Little Christie Streator (Tracy Stratford) loves her present - a Talky Tina doll.
One thing is certain: this episode was not sponsored by Mattel. It also makes you wonder why Annabelle ever married this creep in the first place.
Telly Savalas was such a versatile actor – he could play a despicable monster of a stepdad in Living Doll and then be so sympathetic as Burt Lancaster s convict neighbor in
Birdman of Alcatraz. And we mustn t forget him as the lollypop-sucking homicide captain on
Kojak or as Big Joe in
Kelly s Heroes ( We ain t got no booze. )
Telly Savalas plays one of his darker characters, a stepfather with no sense of humor in Living Doll.