static pixie dream girl?
She's too calm to be a MPDG, but I think Landry's new bassist is there to get hime to "to embrace life and its infinite mysteries" again.

Mary Stuart Masterson in "SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL"
Not because it's her, she's fine. But the intensity of the feelings she (and screenwriter John Hughes, I suppose) stirred in me continues to embarass me even after 20 years.

I think you've nailed it.

Patty Duke's dad?
I think that was William Schallert playing Mayor Norris in this episode. That doesn't make this a good show, but I'm glad to see he's still alive and acting.

The Great Escape
Noel: I envy you for having access to The Great Escape as a teenager. I went to high school in Murfreesboro from 82 to 86. I knew The Great Escape existed, but had no way of getting there until just before I left Tennessee for college. We did have a decent branch of Cat's Records in the 'Boro, well…