August 19, 2003
ODDFELLOWS
When you were a kid, who was the first person you ever realized was, um, different? For me it was Dr. Smith on Lost In Space. Wayyy different. Not that I understood the nuts and bolts of it, of course, 'cause I was only ten or so, but you instinctively knew Dr. Smith was different. And it wasn't just the way he would clutch the children to his chest when he felt threatened. Hell, he wasn't protecting them. Even at ten I knew what a fucking human shield was.
Regardless, I liked Jonathan Harris. He was a great character actor. You could always count on him to show up on an episode of Twilight Zone or Battlestar Galactica and deliver a solid performance. Hell, he was walking a pink poodle when he accosted a naked Roscoe Rules handcuffed to a tree in The Choirboys. If I had directed that movie I'd have fleshed that scene out a little bit.
Useless Bit Of Information: Jonathan died last November, 3 days short of his 88th birthday. Good on the old bugger.
He died shouting "Take the boy! I'm too young to die! Oh the pain, THE PAIN!"
But he was good at what he did - the acting thing.
Posted by: Ric at August 19, 2003 3:29 PMI always thought that Lash Laroo was a little strange in his black leather and a whip. Those two things would make your eyes pop open just a little bit, don't cha think, hummm?
Posted by: Laura at August 19, 2003 6:58 PM