Pary Productions Company Poster of "The Phone Room" Alan Gross.. "The Checkov of Elston Ave." I think this was his best work, although Lunching got all the praise. And Leon was one of my favorite roles to play as an actor. This was before "Tin Men". We spent most of the show on the phone selling siding. It is a great play about the death of a salesman in a boiler room. (a phone sales room.)