▁during ▁his ▁interview ▁Ed ▁interrupt s ▁with ▁an ▁ir r ational ▁phone ▁call ▁that ▁spark s ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁ecc ent ric ▁editor ▁conduct ing ▁the ▁interview . ▁Henry ▁is ▁ultimately ▁h ired , ▁but ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁continue ▁living ▁with ▁Ed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁have ▁readily ▁available ▁material ▁via ▁his ▁father ' s ▁un sol ic ited ▁r ants , ▁hence ▁the ▁title ▁$ # * ! ▁My ▁D ad ▁S ays . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁William ▁Sh at ner ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Ed ison ▁Mil ford ▁" Ed " ▁Good son ▁III ▁ ▁Jonathan ▁S adow ski ▁as ▁Henry ▁Good son ▁ ▁Will ▁S asso ▁as ▁V ince ▁Good son ▁ ▁N icole ▁S ull ivan ▁as ▁Bon nie ▁Good son ▁ ▁Tim ▁Bag ley ▁as ▁Tim ▁ ▁Development ▁and ▁production ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁CBS ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁developing ▁a ▁television ▁pilot ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Twitter ▁feed , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁written ▁by ▁Hal per n ▁and ▁Patrick ▁Sch um acker . ▁William ▁Sh at ner ▁land ed ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁in ▁late ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁which ▁triggered ▁a ▁green - light ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁pilot . ▁N icole ▁S ull ivan ▁and ▁Ryan ▁Dev lin ▁came ▁on ▁board ▁in ▁early ▁March . ▁Cast ing ▁was ▁completed ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁Will ▁S asso ▁as ▁V ince ▁and ▁Steph anie ▁Lem elin ▁as ▁Sam ▁later ▁that ▁month . ▁Both ▁S asso ▁and ▁S ull ivan ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁cast -