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... of Dobie Gillis, by far. Great work by the whole cast and terrific writing. Dobie and Maynard delve into philosophy. Who'd a thunk it? I look forward to watching it again soon.

What a great portrayal! Bravo to Bo Svenson for his realistic creature. Finally, someone has played the damned story of this unfortunate from the book. What a wonderful job of acting. The scene with the mirror: "Who's hand, please?" Or when Svenson says, "I cry," in almost bewilderment that he is able to even do so ... priceless acting. I remember watching this on TV and being in tears at the plight of the terrible tragedy of this child-like giant through no fault of his own. No other cinematic telling of the Shelley classic has ever even come close. I remember that the acting across the board was excellent, but Svenson was simply incredible.

If this is available anywhere, I'd sure like to have a copy.

Darwin Joston was a dear friend of mine. I believe that the role of Snake Pliskin in 'Escape from New York' was originally written for Darwin, but was given to Kurt Russell when the studio was looking for a star. This pretty much ended Dar's career. We can't blame Carpenter for this. After all, John was looking at a big movie for a change. I had the extreme good fortune to act on-stage with Darwin Joston and the late, equally brilliant actor, Jack Nance in a production at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. I miss them both tremendously. They were the best of the bunch of us. Jack was rather quirky, but a wonderful actor. His starring role in Lynch's 'Eraserhead' may have sealed his fate as an unusual screen persona, but Darwin should have become a big star. A truly brilliant master of his craft. Ah, well.