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My worst moment: Peter Gallagher wouldn't call himself a dancer. But when Bob Fosse calls, you go to the audition.

On NBC's new series "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist," the lead character finds she has recently acquired the ability to hear the thoughts of others, but only when expressed through song. Take her father, for example: He has a degenerative neurological disease that impedes his ability to move or communicate - except, of course, when he (like nearly everyone else in her life) occasionally breaks into song. Which only Zoey can see.

He's played by Peter Gallagher, and his character is based on that of the show creator's own father. "The big reason I wanted to do it," Gallagher said, "was that I found the story Austin Winsberg created and lived

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