February 02, 2007
Early Influence
Here's an image that made a gigantic impression on me when I was twelve:
Actors David Strathairn and Blair Brown as Moss Goodman and Molly Dodd on the short-lived '80s sitcom The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.
For those of you who never saw this work of art, Molly was a newly-divorced thirtysomething in New York City who worked odd jobs and had a strange relationship with her family and her building's doorman, who claimed to know every single person in Manhattan. In season 2, Molly got a job at a bookstore run by Moss, an odd, nerdly fellow who wore glasses and cardigans and constantly looked at his feet. Moss and Molly became an item, doing it in the stacks of the bookstore. Ultimately, they break up because Moss is so damn weird!
Moss is probably my most favorite tv character ever, and I can say with some certainty that THIS is what 12-year-old me found crushworthy. THAT GUY. Cardigans and glasses have always made me weak in the knees.
Egads. I watched that show, but had forgotten. Thank you.
Posted by: Dave at February 2, 2007 06:58 PMMolly Dodd! I labeled one of my childhood journals "The Days and Nights of K.C. Dodd"...my second TV idol, after Rhoda Morganstern.
Posted by: Karen at February 6, 2007 09:22 PM