Q: Who knew former Melrose Place hunk Rob Estes could be funny? He's one of my favorite actors, but I didn't know he could do comedy until Suddenly Susan.
Jamie Johnson
Aurora, Colo.
He's actually still working on the comic timing but tells us being on a set all day with Monty Python vet Eric Idle (who plays Susan's new boss) is an education and "a kick in the butt. I'm laughing all the time. You can't have a conversation without him going off on some riff." Estes, who plays a photographer and possible love interest for star Brooke Shields, says comedy "is like music - it takes an ear." At home, he's listening to infant son Mason Tru: Estes and his wife, Josie Bissett, also an ex-Melrose resident, became parents in July.