Run, man, run

This odd note turned up in the Google news cache about Arnold Schwarzenegger movies from the 1980s. The Ahnold-fanboi author has a tough time selecting just five of the muscular thespian's flicks from the decade:

"It is difficult to pick out the 5 best '80s Arnold Schwarzenegger movies simply because they're all good. It does not seem to matter which character the governator plays. His accent and bulging physique makes Schwarzenegger a very versatile actor for some bizarre reason."

My personal opinion of the former weightlifter and his growling monotone is not so kind. But enough about Ahnold. One of the movies on the top-five list is Running Man, which featured a memorable turn by Richard Dawson as, you guessed it, an evil game show host.

Typecasting? Some of Dawson's disenchanted co-workers from the old Match Game and Family Feud days might say that. In fact, Brett Somers pretty much did say it. Richard gets his comeuppance in the flick, as all evil game show hosts must, sooner or later. But before the inevitable denouement, Dawson chews enough scenery to give set designers a couple decades of work.