So I just learned that Merritt Butrick, the actor who played John 'Johnny Slash' Ulasewicz on the show Square Pegs is dead. In fact he died more than 15 years ago, back in 1989, from AIDS. I'm stunned. I always kinda figure that anyone reasonably young is still alive, unless I've already heard something about their death. This just threw me for a loop. A couple of favorite quotes from Jonny Slash (horribly misremembered, I'm sure. Corrections welcome):
"I like Dark. Dark is good."
"It's not punk. It's New Wave. Totally different scene... Totally."BTW, has anyone else noticed that the one square peg girl (not Saricca, the other one) was heavily padded in her costume? And Poorly ! I always noticed she looked a bit strange, but back then I never caught on why. I wonder if the reason for the padding is on record. I mean, if they wanted a girl who was overweight, why not cast one? Wierd.
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