Joseph Hardin Movies
- 1979
Fast Friends is a lumpy satire set "backstage" at a talk show (imagine what the film would have been like had it been made in 1989 rather than '79). Most of the action centers around egotistical, near-lunatic talk host Dick Shawn. His frantic antics are counterpointed with the story of career woman Susan Heldfond, a divorcee who re-enters the workplace for the sake of her child. This made-for-TV film costars former critic's darling Carrie Snodgress and then-hot actress MacKenzie Phillips. But the real attraction in Fast Friends is the prescient appearance of tenth-billed David Letterman as "Matt Morgan", a brash comedian who has the temerity to upstage the preening Dick Shawn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
Radar (Gary Burghoff) becomes convinced that he will attract women if he gets a tattoo. The rest of the camp forms a protective circle around Radar, hoping to prevent him from defiling his innocent young epidermis. But Radar is determined, and soon he is sporting a beauty of a skin decoration--but things aren't quite what they appear to be. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
