John Larroquette confirms he was paid in marijuana to narrate 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

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John Larroquette narrated the prologue of the 1974 horror movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" without pay — at least not in the traditional sense.

Larroquette, 75, confirmed longstanding rumors that he was paid by late director Tobe Hooper in marijuana. "Totally true," he told Parade Tuesday.

"He gave me some marijuana or a matchbox or whatever you called it in those days. I walked out of the (recording) studio and patted him on the back side and said, 'Good luck to you!'" the "Night Court" star recalled.

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Larroquette said he and Hooper sparked a friendship years earlier in 1969 when the director was filming a project in Colorado, where he was bartending at the time.

They later reconnected when Larroquette moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. "Tobe heard I was in town and asked for an hour of my time to narrate something for this movie he just did," the Emmy winner said. "I said 'Fine!' It was a favor."

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film went on to be a cult classic and turned into a franchise with several more movies. Larroquette provided narration for some of the franchise films, but he did get a paycheck for those, he said.

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A few years after lending his voice to the film, Larroquette found stardom playing attorney Dan Fielding on the sitcom "Night Court." It aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992.

Larroquette reprised his role in "Night Court," which premiered Tuesday on NBC. In the reboot, burned-out Fielding is recruited as public defender by the new presiding judge, the late Judge Harry T. Stone's (Harry Anderson) grown and equally eccentric daughter Abby ("Big Bang Theory" star Melissa Rauch).

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Contributing: Bryan Alexander

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