Michael McKeanis revealing the deeply personal toll elevator bells had on late comedianFred Willard.

“Fred, hes not like any other guy,” McKean said.

And the guy says, ‘No, no.'"

Michael McKean, Fred Willard

Michael McKean & Fred Willard.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty, Emma McIntyre/Getty

“‘Oh, its the bell,'” Willard replied.

“‘When the bell goes off when the elevator hits on the floor, I cant stand that.

I have really good hearing.

I cant sleep with that bell going every night,'” McKean recalled Willard telling him.

Willard was willing to make the bells stop by any means necessary, too.

Willard didn’t permanently destroy any elevators though.

“I said, ‘Do you really do that every time?'”

“He was really f—ing awesome.

Listen to McKean talk about Willard’s bell obsession in the podcast above.

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