what about him? i love him. people don t like him. kids don t like him. if you were a kid, would you want to be an annoying jewish guy with a sidewall haircut? as i kid, i lived through the quiz show period. i wanted john to play herb stempel, the guy from the lower class area and he rose to fame and then certain people were getting tired of him because he wasn t that pleasant to look at but no one could beat the guy. he was so sharp. that s when they came up with the guy why don t we find somebody that looks good and we ll give him the answers. yes, i know his name. halek. general h.w. halek. you are our new champion. that cruelty was something i wanted to show. the power of money and personality. so to me that was a story that really had to be told. we didn t land on plymouth rock. plymouth rock landed on us. landed right on top of us. malcolm x is spike lee s epic.