Bigfoot / Piedone

[rich]

I still kinda picture Bigfoot as Tige Andrews (Capt Grier) of Mod Squad fame
that haircut

Pynchon stoned, laying out in front of the TV in b/w excursions to his
pot dealer and the local burger/pizza joint somewhere in LA making
connections
who knows how or what stuck in that tactile brain of his god bless'em

rich

2010/8/6 János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>:
> It just occured to me how close Bigfoot is in appearance and manners -
> not to the Rockies' yeti but to another bearlike law-and-order
> character, Piedone ("Flatfoot", literally "Big foot") a.k.a. Inspector
> Rizzo from the Italian movie series. Those films shot somewhat later
> in the 1970s, after the IV period, and I don't know how widely they
> were shown in the U.S. But the actor, Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli)
> was also featured in TV commercials. A-and "his entry method of
> choice" was rather similar. Coincidence or anachronism?
>
> János
>