Yes, that “wife beater” tank-top wearing Marlon Brando could hold a candle, but not to the megasuperstar that is Conrad Bain, pictured above with the woefully mismatched Rue McClanahan.
A Greek god? No. But oh, so very close as to wonder if the Greeks dared to make statues that resembled anything like our dear Conrad. After a stint on stage and other such Shakespearean blah blah, Bain burst onto the celebrity scene like a savage beast of man, first playing the oh so sexy Dr. Arthur Harmon in the beloved Maude series, and later wowing the entire planet like never before, playing aside that gorgeous chubby-faced cherubic icon Gary Coleman in the unforgettable series, Diff’rent Strokes.
Will celebritydom ever know another Conrad Bain? Impossible to tell, but perhaps as likely as another first man on the moon. What I will say is this: for years and years Conrad Bain gave anyone with a wall outlet and rabbit ears atop the boob tube a chance to laugh, cry, and fall in love with the very epitome of very young, and very hot. For that, the world thanks you Conrad Bain, and may our memories of Diff’rent Strokes season 3, episode 7 (about three minutes in, when CB picks up the newspaper) last throughout the ages.
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