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In the 1977 film Brigham, Moll (credited as Charles Moll) appeared as Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Red Ryder wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:07 pm Funny story time.

On my mission in California, we had somehow come across one of those small portable TV/VCR combos and took it back to our apartment. We shared an apartment with the Spanish speaking elders who were a bit more serious than we were. So we hid it in our closet. Pretty stupid now that I type this out. Anyway, somehow we ended up with a copy of that movie and watched it in our apartment. The Spanish elders came home early and sat and watched it with us.

About a week later, with the VCR still in the closet, the devil on our shoulder kept calling us to go to Blockbuster Video. My companion was from Oregon and apparently still had his blockbuster card in his wallet. So we went to find a movie. Within 2 minutes of walking in, we run into the Bishop’s wife of the ward we were assigned to. She catches eyes with us and before we could duck out says “Hey Elders! What are you doing here?” My companion quickly thinking on his feet says “we’re looking for that movie where Bull from Night Court plays Joseph Smith!” She looked at us like we were crazy! So we asked the video store clerk if they had it. They did and he points us to where it’s sitting on the shelf. Surprised, she decided to rent it. That Sunday, the Bishop came up to us and said “great movie recommendation elders!”

We never went back to Blockbuster after that.