There was a fire on the set of Little Rascals, but it wasn’t how Mr. Trump described it. What happened was, Penelope Spheeris, the director, had a crush on George “Dreamboat” Wendt. We all did, to be honest. Every day he wore a red taffeta dickey—and nothing else. When it was time to shoot a scene George would weep in his trailer because he’d have to change into his character’s clothes. He wouldn’t leave his trailer. Eventually Penelope said he could wear his taffeta dickey under his shirt, and that seemed to make him happy.
Anyway, Trump was jealous that Penelope was into Dickey Wendt and not into him. So in order to try and impress her, Trump got all hopped up on the Steve Coogan moonshine and had one of his underlings light a fire next to Penelope’s ponytail. Then he “heroically” appeared with a copy of the Trump board game and put the fire out. No one was impressed. We saw him as a nuisance. One day he even showed up in a chiffon Trump dickey but everyone thought it was so lame and he wasn’t allowed near the craft services table until after the PA’s had eaten. There was nothing left but two packets of relish and a radish rose, and he pretended to enjoy it! He kept saying real loud, “Mmm, now that’s a good radish! I enjoy this radish! Such a tasty radish!” He was so pathetic. A few years later, when he found out I was going to be Eddie Munster in the made-for-TV movie The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas, he sent me steaks around the clock. He wanted me to put in a good word with Norm Liebmann—he wanted to play Grandpa Munster!
What a lout.
