"How's Your Sister?"March 1, 1983
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In Roger Garrett's last L & S story, Squiggy's younger sister Squendelyn (yes, Lander in drag) visits from New Jersey, after her marriage to a man named Arnie ends, so Squiggy fixes her up with Carmine, for $200. Carmine reluctantly takes Squendelyn to a Hollywood party, where he's hit on by a succession of very '80s-looking beautiful women. The episode of course isn't particularly funny, and it wants to have it both ways, with Squen mocked for her looks but then in the end admired for her "inner beauty." Still, it's interesting from a biographical standpoint I guess, and both Squigman siblings gets the best of the dialogue, like that she's on the Pill!
I love Squendolyn and Squiggy in this (and yay for David getting to show off his versatility) but man does Carmine not come off well in it, like a horny, shallow jerk. It definitely wants to be lookist but have that Marshall Uplift.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't have a problem with drag per se, and Lander does it well, but honestly, all Carmine had to do was take her to dinner and a movie or something simple. $200 in 1967 (or '68) money is almost $1500 now! Plus, he presumably knew her when they were younger, and Squiggy is his friend, so he could've just been considerate without leading her on.
DeleteYep! Plus it's not painful to just...be nice to her. If he's known her since he was six, he knows her as a person, he can just avoid the sexual stuff. Compare and contrast to Laverne's reaction to Squendolyn. And exactly!
DeleteYeah, Laverne even shared a bed with her, when she could've made her sleep on the couch. And she taught her the Shirley Shimmy!
DeleteExactly!
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