In case anyone was wondering, that was the sound of me spitting yogurt all over my computer upon reading Joe’s mention of `barrel-chested, bull-necked’ (so says IMDB) actor Dolph Sweet this morning. Or, as my dad used to call him, Charles Durning Lite. 

Nevertheless, a good primer for our typical van conversations:

Joe: Gavone, who was that old guy in…

Me: Strother Martin?

Joe: Right, right…

Jose: Was Ralph Macchio in `Eight is Enough?’

Petyon: (Dismissively) No, man, you’re thinking of Glenn Scarpelli.

Lord James: Honk-shoooooooo…..