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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
« on: February 03, 2022, 04:59:51 PM »
One of the oddest credits in Karloff's long career is his guest shot on The Girl From UNCLE in an episode entitled The Mother Muffin Affair. What's so odd about it? Karloff plays Agnes Tewksbury, alias Mother Muffin. The part was originally intended for Dame Judith Anderson (!) but a character description of the character stating that Mother Muffin looked like Boris Karloff in drag led the producers to offer the part to Boris. Boris relished the challenge and had a pretty good sense of humor about it, though when he first saw himself in the Mother Muffin makeup and wardrobe said he looked like a two dollar whore.
The plot, such as it is, has the villainous Mother Muffin trying to capture the plucky April Dancer so that she can become the Lady Macbeth figure in Muffin's wax museum. It's all played very straight. Well, as straight as The Girl From UNCLE ever got. And the episode's notoriety transcends the series itself.
The plot, such as it is, has the villainous Mother Muffin trying to capture the plucky April Dancer so that she can become the Lady Macbeth figure in Muffin's wax museum. It's all played very straight. Well, as straight as The Girl From UNCLE ever got. And the episode's notoriety transcends the series itself.