Mr. Terrific

This ep also appears in The Pill Caper, so it has pretty much survived. Henry Brandon was a Hollywood fixture for decades. His earliest film role was as the evil Silas Barnaby in the Laurel & Hardy version of Babes In Toyland. At a 1986 convention of L&H buffs he talked about his appearance on Mr. Terrific, remembering how he drove the CBS legal department crazy. As the knife throwing Von Brock he had Paul Smith strapped to a large circus wheel and happily adlibbed a German folk song he'd learned as a child. Director Arnold loved it, but the lawyers went nuts trying to find out who wrote the song and who owned the rights.