Scott Hutchins requests:
 
 
> I'm working on a script in which one of the major characters is one, and I
> only know of two other films to feature one, netiher of which have I seen:
> _Carnosaur_ and _Dr. Alien!_, both of which are apparently very bad,
> campy, hokey, sexist, gratuitous, and violent.  Does anyone know of any
> others, particularly any good ones, or is mine relatively unique?
> (Particularly since it does not follow any predictable plots:  no glasses,
> no sex, no falling in love, no loss of bookishness, no asylum, etc., etc.)
 
Not certifiably "mad," and too much within the stereotypes you cite is
Ann Magnuson in MAKING MR. RIGHT.
 
A parody of the concept is "Pearl Forrester" in the movie and series
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.
 
Don Larsson
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