Larry "Bud" Melman - The pseudonym of actor Calvert DeForest who appeared in sight gags and silly sketches on NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN in the 1980s and 1990s. Larry "Bud" Melman was an "everyman" character. He wore trademark black frame glasses and performed in send-ups of such media celebrities as Roy Orbison, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Meatloaf and in zany physical stunts like getting tied to a wire and sent crashing through a Styrofoam model of the Berlin Wall. When David Letterman left NBC network for his new program LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on the CBS network in August of 1993, attorney's for NBC informed Letterman that he no longer could use the Larry "Bud" Melman character because it was their "intellectual property." This didn't stop Letterman from using DeForest on his new program, however. In one sketch, David Letterman had a roving cameraman scan the sidewalks of New York and there was Calvert DeForest standing innocently on cue to the amusement of millions. Another sketch found Calvert standing outside the TV studio telling the time to David Letterman from a large overhead clock. The charm of the DeForest character was that he just wasn't trying to act. What you saw, was what you got (People Weekly 1/17/94 p. 86-88). 

Last Electric Knight, The - The half-hour police comedy drama SIDEKICKS/ABC/1986-87 featured Ernie Reyes, Jr. as Ernie Lee, an adopted 10 year-old boy from the fictional country of Patasan living with a disorganized bachelor plainclothes police officer, Sgt. Jake Rizzo (Gil Gerard) in Los Angeles. Ernie, (a.k.a. "The Last Electric Knight") inherited mysterious powers from his grandfather (Keye Luke) who arranged his grandson adoption before his death. When Ernie felt the need for advice he closed his eyes and meditated (via flashbacks) on the sage wisdom imparted to him by his grandfather while in his homeland. When a group of street thugs harassed a young couple in the park. the pint-sized Ernie intervened and laid-waste to the entire bunch with his karate-kicking abilities. Afterwards he commented "Every picnic has its ant." The series was based on the TV-movie The Last Electric Knight (1986) produced for THE DISNEY SUNDAY MOVIE. 

Lawman, The  See - "The Fast Gun From Texas"

Lead Bottom  See - "Old Lead Bottom"

Liberal Bill - Leonard Rosen hosted the prime time game show WHAT'S YOUR BID/ABC/DUM/1953 where he was called "Liberal Bill." The program was an on-air auction which allowed the studio audience to bid (with their own money) on cars, mink coats and special items donated/owned by celebrities. All proceeds raised from the auction went to charity. 

Library Cop, The  See - BOOKS: "The Tropic of Cancer" 

Lifeguard - Code name of a longhaired, bearded, handicapped FBI operative (Jim Byrnes) who worked for the Organized Crime Bureau on the police drama WISEGUY/CBS/1987-90. Sitting in his wheelchair (lost both legs) in a room filled with swirling tape recorders, and computer terminals with access to all sorts of government information, "Lifeguard" was the lifeline between other undercover agents working in the field as members of organized crime. Agent No. 4587 Vinnie Terranova (Ken Wahl) reported via telephone (555-2610) to Lifeguard when he needed to contact or transmit vital information to his superiors. Selected words from the "Styles" section of the daily newspaper were used for further verification to ensure Lifeguard was actually talking to an authorized federal agent. Lifeguard was also called "Uncle Mike." 

Lightnin' - Lightnin' was the nickname of the slow-moving janitor who worked at the Harlem fraternal organization "The Mystic Knights of the Sea" on the all-black sitcom AMOS 'N' ANDY/CBS/1951-53. Freeman Gosden (a white actor) had supplied the voice for Lightnin' during on radio. Horace Stewart (a.k.a. "Nick O'Demus") played the role when the program came to television.    

Lightning Force - Elite group of anti-terrorist soldiers on the action adventure LIGHTNING FORCE/SYN/1991-92. The Lightning Force was established by an International Oversight Committee for Anti-Terrorism and comprised the best of the IOCAT collective strike forces. Operating out of the Pacific Northwest, the team members included David Stratton as Lt. Winston Churchill Staples, Engineer/Demolition Expert/Medical Officer from the Canadian 7th Field Regiment-"I blow 'em up, I sew 'em up"; Marc Gomes as Colonel Zaid Abdul Rahmad, an Egyptian Military Intelligence officer skilled in languages, and negotiations; Guylaine St. Onge as Joan Marie Jacard, a French female pilot, computer specialist and assassin (selective termination); Wings Hauser as US Army officer Lt. Colonel Matthew Alan Coltraine, the team leader. The group named itself Lightning Force in memory of their original team leader US Army Lieutenant Mike "Lightning" Rodney who was killed on their first mission. According to a party story told by Colonel Coltraine, Rodney's nickname began when he got drunk, climbed to the top of a roof in the rain storm and got struck by lightning while clutching a lightning rod. TRIVIA NOTE: "Call Me Lightning" was a song written by Pete Townsend in the United Kingdom.     

Little Buddy  See - "Buddy"

Little Buttercup - The pet name of bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) given to him by his wife, Alice (Audrey Meadows) when they were first married on the sitcom THE HONEYMOONERS/CBS/1955-56. When Ralph told his best friend, Ed Norton (Art Carney) about his pet name "Buttercup," Norton remarked "She used to call you little old Buttercup? Ha! Ha! You used to be a little cup of butter, now you're a tub of Lard!"  See also - "Bunny" 

Little Engine  See - "Combustible Huxtable"

Little Lady - Helicopter pilot Jo Anne Santini (Michele Scarabelli) was referred to as "Little Lady" by The Company, an espionage division of the United States government on the aviation adventure AIRWOLF/USA/1987-88. TRIVIA NOTE: "The Lady" was the nickname of the temperamental engine on the schooner Tiki on ADVENTURES IN PARADISE/ABC/1959-62. 

Little Old Winemaker - In the 1960s, Italian Swiss Colony wine producers chose a sweet little old man (Ludwig Stossel) dressed in an Alpine hat and lederhosen to be their TV spokesperson for their fine line of quality wines. His favorite closing phrase was "That little old  winemaker...Me!" His voice was performed by Jim Backus. 

Little One - Term of endearment used by Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) when referring to her daughter Deanna Troi on the sci-fi adventure STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/SYN/1987-94. Deanna (Marina Sirtis), now fully grown, and a "big girl" got irritated when her mother call her "Little One." Lwaxana bore the exulted title "Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed." 

Little Queen of the Soap Operas, The - Childhood nickname of actress Anne Francis, the star of the detective drama HONEY WEST/ABC/1965-66. Anne Francis became a child star on radio at the age of seven and soon earned the sobriquet "The Little Queen of the Soap Operas." Before that, her cover girl face graced a series of short stories in Redbook Magazine (drawn by William Reuswig) and Mortimer Wilson later modeled his "Angel Face" character after her in the Saturday Evening Post. At the age of twelve she made her Broadway debut in "Lady in the Dark"; then starred on the radio series WHEN A GIRL MARRIES; and later appeared in a number of films including Summer Holiday (1948), A Lion in the Streets (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bad Day at Bad Rock (1955), Forbidden Planet (1956), Brainstorm (1965), Funny Girl (1968), and the miniseries Poor Little Rich Girl (1986). Fans of the fantasy series THE TWILIGHT ZONE will remember Anne Francis for her role in the now classic episode "The After Hours" about a woman who discovered she was actually a department store mannequin.  See also - "Siren of the Soaps"

Little Rascals, The - Talented troupe of young performers starring in a series of 221 movie shorts entitled The Our Gang Comedies produced by Hal Roach and M-G-M Studios from 1922-44. When these films were later released to television in 1954, they were re-titled The Little Rascals (because the rights to the "Our Gang" title was acquired by M-G-M). Over the twenty years of production some 200 child actors starred in the "Our Gang" films. They included George "Spanky" McFarland; Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer; Darla Hood; Matthew "Stymie" Beard; Allen "Farina" Hoskins; Mickey Gubitosi (later to be known a Robert Blake); Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas; Darwood K. "Waldo" Smith; Baby Patsy; Jackie "Toughie" Davis; Walton "Wally" Albright Jr.; Dickie Moore; Eugene "Porky" Lee; "Froggy" Laughlin; Jackie Cooper; Chubby Chaney; Wheezer Hutchins; Mary Kornman; Dorothy "Echo" De Borba; Johnny Downs; Harry Spear; Mary Ann Jackson; Scotty Beckett; Jean Darling; Jackie Condon; Tommy "Butch" Bond; Mickey Daniels; Jay R. Smith; Scooter Lowry; Janet Burston; Shirley Jean Richert; Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson; Mickey McQuire (a.k.a. "Mickey Rooney"); Peggy Eames; John Beradino; Nanette Fabray; Sherwood Bailey; Richie Van; Joe "Wheezer" Cobb; Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison; and, of course, Petie, the dog. In 1979 the NBC network made a series of 30-minute cartoon specials featuring Spanky, Alfalfa, Porky, Stymie and their black-eyed pooch, Petie; and cartoon series THE LITTLE RASCALS/ABC/1982-84 continued the tales of these young children. See also - "Buckwheat" and "Spanky"

Little Sure Shot - The nickname of Annie Oakley, allegedly given to her by Sitting Bull. On the children's western adventure ANNIE OAKLEY/SYN/1952-56, Gail Davis starred as Annie Oakley a sharp-shooting rancher who lived with her kid brother Tagg (Jimmy Hawkins) in her hometown of  Diablo. The real Annie Oakley (1859-1926) traveled around the world and gave exhibitions of her sharp-shooting skills to such dignitaries as Kaiser Wilhelm II (who allowed her to shot a cigarette from his mouth). 

Load - Childhood nickname of actress Jodie Foster. She earned her moniker because she always had a "load" (poop) in her diapers. On an interview on THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW in Mach 2002, Foster recalled "when your the fourth child nobody wants to change your diapers." Jodie Foster (Alicia Christian Foster) is also referred to as "Lulu."  Now famous as a film star, Jodie Foster, born November 19, 1962,  did a number of TV roles in her early career including pretty teenage tomboy, Hank Bennett on the unsold pilot MY SISTER HANK/CBS/1972; neighborhood kid, Julie Lawrence on THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY/ABC/1970-74; the voice of Anne Chan on the cartoon THE AMAZING CHAN AND THE CHAN CLAN/CBS/1972-74; the voice of Pugsley Addams on the cartoon spin-off THE ADDAMS FAMILY/NBC/1973-75; Alice's preteen daughter, Elizabeth Henderson on the sitcom BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE/ABC/1973; Eddie's schoolmate Joey Kelly on the sitcom COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER/ABC/1969-72; Sharon Lee on the 1973 TV Movie Rookie of the Year; a precocious 11-year-old waif, Addie Pray on the sitcom PAPER MOON/ABC/1974-75; Liberty Cole on the TV Movie Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (the movie pilot for the drama HARRY-O/ABC/1974-76; youth T. K. Dearing on the ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS "The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing" aired April 23, 1975; and a costarring role as fledgling singer Zoe Alexander in the CBS TV Movie Svengali aired on March 9, 1983.

Log Lady, The - Catherine E. Coulson played an eccentric woman named Margaret Lanterman (a.k.a. "The Log Lady") who lived in the Northwest town of Twin Peaks at 1400 River Road on the bizarre prime time drama TWIN PEAKS/ABC/1990-91. Her nickname was derived from the "log" that she carried around with her, much like a child would carry around a doll. She talked to the log and even told FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) that the Log held many secrets for those willing to listen. Some of her thoughts included: "Shut your eyes & you'll burst into flames."; "Fire is the devil, hiding like a coward in the smoke."; and "My log does not judge." Her log (a piece of Ponderosa Pine) was a gift from her firefighter husband on their wedding day. Unfortunately, he died the next day while fighting a forest fire. A parody of the Log Lady appeared on the cartoon series THE REN AND STIMPY SHOW seen on the NICKELODEON cable channel where a commercial for TWIN PEAKS inspired toys featured a "High Fashion Log for Girls" with the promo "I'm gonna dress mine up like a bride." The Log Lady was also parodied in the Homestar Runner cartoon, Three Times Halloween Funjob! In June 1993, the BRAVO Network ran (ad free) weekly episodes of this cult series hosted by the Log Lady in segments written and directed by David Lynch. In 1992, she reprised her small-screen role in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me the big screen prequel to the TV series. See also - "The Potato Man"

Lolita - The nickname of lawyer Liza Bump (Christina Ricci) on the legal dramedy ALLY MCNEAL/FOX/1997-2002. Liza is attractive, 21, small in stature (she prefers to be called "Puny") and works for the firm of Price Communications. She'll do anything to win. According to Nell Porter (Portia de Rossi) of the firm of Cage/Fish & McBeal Lolita "does better against men from what I' ve heard." Once, when negotiating with a lawyer to settle a case out of court, Lolita began to cry and mockingly said "Please don't make me try this case, I'm not prepared." But she's more than prepared and ready action in the courtroom. Liza uses her youth, apparent innocence, and touchy feely sexual wiles to rattle her opponents. But more importantly she uses her shrewd legal mind to argue her cases. Knowing a good lawyer when he sees one, John Cage hired Liza to work for his firm. Or was it because Liza told him he was a hottie. Hmmm? TRIVIA NOTE: The term "Lolita" was coined after the title of the scandalous 1955 novel of the same name written by Russian émigré Vladimir Nabokov. The book tells the racy tale of an affair between literature professor Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged sexual pervert and Dolores "Lolita" Haze, a fatally seductive twelve-year-old nymphet (the landlady's daughter). The "Lolita" character reportedly was inspired by the scandal between actor Charlie Chaplin and his subsequent divorce to under-age actress Lolita McMurry. Director Stanley Kubrick produced a screen adaptation of the book in 1962 starring James Mason and Sue Lyons.

Lone Gunmen, The - Group of brainy conspiracy theorists who publish The Lone Gunman (a.k.a. The Magic Bullet) a weekly newsletter on the fantasy drama THE X-FILES/FOX/1993+. and THE LONE GUNMEN/FOX/2001+. Its techno-geek members included Dean Haglund as Richard Ringo Langly, a tall computer geek with dark glasses and long blonde hair; Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers, a bearded computer expert; Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike, a Melvin Frohike, a surveillance specialist who has a thing for FBI agent Dana Scully; and Bernie Coulson as Kenneth Suna (a.k.a. "The Thinker"), a computer hacker who accessed classified Defense Department MJ files and was later murdered, execution-style. The Lone Gunmen debuted in the first season episode "E.B.E." (Extraterrestrial Biological Entities). They formed an alliance with FBI paranormal investigator Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny). Once Frohike quipped to Mulder "UFO's caused the Gulf War Syndrome? That's why we like you, Mulder. Your theories are weirder than ours." When THE LONE GUNMEN series debuted, these klutzy conspiracy buffs reluctantly added a new member to their team in the form of former football coach for the blind Jimmy Bond, a good looking but dumb jock (played by Stephen Snedden). The group's  secret location is located in a warehouse/basement in Takoma Park, Maryland, an industrial suburb of Washington DC. The Gunmen travel in a beat up blue and white  Volkswagen van (their "mobile news unit") filled with an amazing array of surveillance equipment, including a periscope. The van's license plate TSD 596 has Maryland registry. TRIVIA NOTE: In reality the actors who played the Lone Gunmen had less than mysterious real life jobs: Haglund (a stand-up comedian); Braidwood (an assistant director on the X-FILES); and Harwood (a local library clerical worker). 

 

Lone Ranger, The - John Reid (Clayton Moore) was the "lone" survivor of six Texas rangers ambushed at Bryant's Gap by the notorious Butch Cavendish and his Hole-in-the-Wall gang on the western adventure THE LONE RANGER/ABC/1949-57. Vowing to avenge this atrocity, the young ranger donned a mask and called himself "The Lone Ranger" eventually capturing the men responsible for his fellow rangers death. According to the opening of the program "with his faithful Indian companion Tonto (Jay Silverheels), the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west." The Lone Ranger character was created by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle and debuted on WXYZ Detroit radio on January 30, 1933 and ran until episode No.2596 entitled "Cold Spring Showdown" that aired on September 3, 1954. The television adaptation ran on ABC-TV from September 15, 1949 through September 12, 1957. During the 1952-54 season, John Hart played the role of the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger was a friend to decent people everywhere. To protect them and himself he wore two six-shooters specially made for him. He never shot to kill but wound ed if necessary. Silver bullets were his ammunition of choice; he used the bullets as a means of identifying himself to local law enforcement. Clayton Moore who played the role of the Lone Ranger on the TV series was a stuntman, horseman and expert gun twirler. Born in Chicago on September 14, 1914, Clayton Moore spent his youth as a circus trapeze artist and later in his career became known as "King of the Serials" at Republic Pictures starring in Jesse James Rides Again (1947), The Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948), G-Men Never Forget (1948), and Ghost of Zorro (1949). In 1954 George W. Trendle, the owner of the Lone Ranger character, sold his interests to Texan Jack Wrather for the sum of three million dollars. The Wrather Corporation purchased the entire Lone Ranger property including all of the radio programs, 182 half-hour Trendle black & white produced programs as well as all merchandising and related rights. During the 1956-57 season the Wrather Corporation produced the thirty-nine new LONE RANGER adventures (these were produced in color). In August of 1955 the color feature film The Lone Ranger began production at Warner Brothers Studios followed by a second feature film The Lone Ranger and The Lost City of Gold (1958) released through United Artist. Both films starred Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. The Wrather Corporation later produced a Saturday morning cartoon series THE LONE RANGER/CBS/196-69 as well as the box-office bomb of a remake The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) starring Klinton Spilsbury as the Lone Ranger and Michael Horse as Tonto, his faithful Indian companion (Michael Horse was part Cree Indian and part Caucasian). The idea for the Lone Ranger can be traced back to a program written by Fran Striker called "Covered Wagon Days' that aired in Buffalo, New York on WEBR as early as 1929. See also - CLOTHING: "The Lone Ranger's Mask" 

Lone Wolf, The - The nickname of globetrotting private eye, Michael Lanyard (Louis Hayward) on the syndicated detective drama THE LONE WOLF/SYN/1954 (a.k.a. STREETS OF DANGER). The character, based on the novels by Louis Joseph Vance (first published in 1914) appeared in some twenty movie adaptations filmed between 1929 and 1949. 

Lonesome George - The easygoing, guitar-strumming comedian George Gobel was affectionately known as Lonesome George. His poor soul, unassertive demeanor and the fact he was smaller than his wife "Spooky Old Alice made that nickname fit quite nicely. The crew-cut comic starred in the comedy variety program THE GEORGE GOBEL SHOW/NBC/CBS/1954-60 where he entertained a nation of faithful viewers with his wry, down-home sense of humor and catch phrases like "Well, I'll be a dirty bird" and "You don't hardly get them no more." George Gobel died on Sunday, February 24, 1991 in a Los Angeles hospital of complications after bypass surgery to a major artery in his left leg. He was seventy-one. 

The Loneliest Man in Town - In 1967 the Maytag Company located in  Newton, Iowa hired actor Jesse White to portray their Maytag repairman on television commercials. His character symbolized the reliability of Maytag products to the extent that their repairman never got any repair calls and thus became "the loneliest man in town." The under-worked repairman was created by the Leo Burnett Advertising Agency based in Chicago. In the late 1980s, Maytag replaced Jesse White (He died in Los Angeles on January 9th, 1997 at age of 78 from cardiac arrest) as their spokesperson and in turn hired actor Gordon Jump who previously starred in the sitcom WKRP IN CINCINNATI as Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson, a bumbling radio station manager. TRIVIA NOTE: On 12/1/92, Bob Leibold, at Bob's Specialty Service in Monroe, Wisconsin, started a Maytag washing machine during a Maytag promotion and expected it to run about 2 and 1/2 years. Amazingly, the machine ran until August 16, 1996 and stopped after 32,500 hours. The machine pumped out over 56 cycles a day and cost about $1 a day in electricity. Leibold calculated it was the equivalent of 193 years of use by a family of four. Those interested in the history of the Maytag washing machine can visit The Maytag Historical Display at the Jasper County Museum located about 30 miles east of Des Moines off Interstate 80 at the Iowa 14 exit at 1700 South 15th Avenue, West in town of Newton, Iowa.   

Look, The - The nickname bestowed on the sultry, throaty-voiced actress Lauren Bacall for her screen debut, in Howard Hawks film To Have and Have Not (1944) co-starring opposite Humphrey Bogart. Bacall's unique delivery of such lines as "If you want anything, just whistle..." earned her a place in film history. According to one biography, Bacall's "Look" was the result of nervously walking around with her chin pressed against her collarbone to keep from shaking during filming. As a result, she had to glance upward every time she spoke, thus creating the sexual air about her performance. Born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 in New York City, Lauren Bacall's film credits included Key Largo (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Sex and the Single Girl (1964), The Shootist (1976), the miniseries Too Rich, the Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) and narrator of the made-for TV movie Greta Garbo: The Lone Star (2001).

Lord of the Idiots - Nickname of George Costanza (Jason Alexander) on the sitcom SEINFELD/NBC/1990-1998 mentioned on episode No. 10 "The Apartment" (4/4/91). George once said of himself "I'm disturbed. I'm depressed. I'm inadequate. I've got it all!" George's friend Jerry Seinfeld also referred to George as "Biff" a reference to the character Biff Loman "The biggest loser in the history of American Literature" in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman. 

Lovable Lush, The - Comedian Foster Brooks made alcoholism his trademark by creating a lovable but blitzed drunk known as "The Lovable Lush" who stuttered, stammered and belched his way through a conversation. He once explained his "Favorite Hangover Cures" on an installment of the variety program THE BOOK OF LISTS/CBS/1982. His drunk routine was a recurring skit on the comedy variety program THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW/NBC/1965-74. 

Love Mate of the Week - The comedy romance anthology LOVE AMERICAN STYLE/ABC/1969-74 pioneered the video centerfold in a feature called the "Love Mate of the Week." Each week a large heart-shaped prop slowly opened to reveal a beautiful young girl tastefully clad in a bikini. 

Lover - The affectionate nickname used by domestic relations Judge Brad Stevens (Jim Backus) in reference to Joan Stevens (Joan Davis), his slightly wacky housewife on the sitcom I MARRIED JOAN/NBC/1952-55. Years later Jim Backus would call another TV wife by the name "Lovey" when he starred on the sitcom GILLIGAN'S ISLAND/CBS/1964-67 as millionaire Thurston Howell III, (a.k.a. "The Wolf of Wall Street"), a millionaire industrialist shipwrecked on an deserted island with his wife Mrs. Lovey Howell. On the detective drama HAWAIIAN EYE/ABC/1959-63 singer-photographer Cricket Blake (Connie Stevens), who worked at the Shell Bar of the Hawaiian Village Hotel, was given the special nickname of "Lover" by two handsome detectives Tom Popaka (Robert "Bob" Conrad) and Tracy Steele (Anthony Eisley). 

Lum Lum  See - "Babycakes"      

Lumpy - Nickname of Clarence Rutherford (Frank Bank), the friend of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow) on the sitcom  LEAVE IT TO BEAVER/CBS/ABC/1957-63. Originally, Clarence was a bully who picked on the Cleaver kids on their way home from school. His neighborhood name "Lumpy" was a reference to the "lumps" he gave the local kids when he caught them. His hulking body and stupid facial expressions matched his nickname perfectly. Once the Cleaver boys, Wally and his younger brother, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) placed barrel hoops on the driveway of Lumpy's house hoping to trip him when he ran after them. Unfortunately, the hoops caught Lumpy's father, Fred Rutherford (Richard Deacon) instead. When Lumpy's father discovered the reason why the kids pulled their prank, he disciplined Clarence for being a bully. Later Lumpy became friends with Wally Cleaver and was a featured regular on the revival series STILL THE BEAVER/DIS/1985-86 and THE NEW LEAVE IT TO BEAVER/TBS/1986-89. Lumpy was also the nickname of public defender Rosie O'Neill (Sharon Gless) bestowed by her childhood friend Victoria Lindman (Tyne Daly) on the law drama THE TRIALS OF ROSIE O'NEILL/CBS/1990-92. TRIVIA NOTE: In the film Scrooged (1988) Bill Murray played Mr. Cross, an insensitive, venal television executive who long ago lost the spirit of Xmas. In his more innocent days, his girlfriend (Karen Allen) called him "Lumpy." 

Lunch Bandit, The - Unknown person who for years stole people's lunches from a Baltimore police station refrigerator on the drama HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS/NBC/1993-99. On the 1/3/97 episode while reviewing a videotape documentary of the station life, a clip of video revealed the Lunchroom Bandit to be officer Gaffney, a porky detective with a crew-cut.