"Let's Play the Scene!"

I happened to notice James Karen as the LA newscast director on "The China Syndrome" this morning.  I always enjoy seeing him on "Eight Is Enough" as Sacramento newspaper editor Elliot Randolph.  The character has a certain smarmy WASP charm to him.  It's similar to his past-his-prime movie director Wally Bruce auditioning ingenue Naomi Watts for a role in "Mulholland Drive."