Just a few days ago, a co-worker was telling me about his daughter who's on a sports team in high school. Her events were cancelled because of the coronavirus, and he started telling me about his years as a teen swimmer. He mentioned different swimming styles such as the butterfly.
"That was Mark Spitz' thing," I said.
He said that Mark Spitz was his hero.
The image that came to mind wasn't Mark Spitz but Lyle Wagonner appearing as Mark Spitz on The Carol Burnett Show, wearing an American flag speedo and several Olympic medals. The skit had him on a talk show with Carol Burnett playing Charro.
I was a kid when I saw it and didn't think about it, but imagine appearing on TV that way. He was in awfully good shape.
I never really watched Wonder Woman. He had been up for the role of Batman---it was between him and Adam West. I saw his screen test on YouTube.
Lyle Wagonner has died at 84.
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