The answer is a tremendous asset and sole identity to Bud, NOT Buddy! As a ten year old orphan in 1936 hard-hit depression filled Flint, Michigan, Bud has little else. Four years ago his beloved mother died, leaving him is name and a few possessions he guards with his life.
Entertainment Weekly. Article. This Is Us: Katey Sagal, Brad Garrett to guest-star. The This Is Us family is expanding: Katey Sagal and Brad Garrett have signed on to the guest roster of the NBC dramedy about a group of inviduals who are interconnected through their birthdays.
The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Marcia Wallace, and Russi Taylor with guest appearances by Tom Hanks, Green Day, and Albert Brooks.