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In 1968, 'gimmick' shows were hot - funny thing is, most of the gimmick shows never caught on. The gimmick here is that the main character is running around in really bad drag. You see, Timothy Blair (Peter Kastner) has a photographer brother named Gene (played by Garry Marshall, creator of 'Lavern & Shirley' and regular on 'Murphy Brown'). Gene lost some important photo shoot pics - so he dresses Timothy up in Hippie chick garb and submits these shots to his London publisher. The publishers think they've found the new 'Twiggy', and 'Timmie' becomes a hot fashion model. As a girl, of course. This works out great for Timothy - he gets to fly back and forth to London where his girlfriend Julie Renfield (Patricia Brake) lives. And he gets to be a supermodel, prancing around go-go London in all the latest mod fashions. Sixties' audiences were not amused. "A couple of episodes
that stand out in my mind are one where s/he was ordered to pose as
a nude model (he covered up his lack of feminine allure by posing in
a bubble bath) and one where he had to sing in falsetto, but because
he couldn't sing in key, a male janitor sang for him. The clothes were
at their silliest Austin Powerish best. Very 60's airline stewardess-style
clothing, puffy hats, go-go boots, big round sunglasses." "Here are some lines
from the theme song of "The Ugliest Girl in Town". I've been carrying
them around in my head for 30 years, and I'll be relieved to unload
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