Try to imagine a scandal that directly or indirectly involves:
- Legendary actor Rex Harrison
- The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
- The Sound of Music
- A public park in Maine
- Bipolar disorder
- Attacking actors playing Nazis with spray paint
No, it isn't the scenario for Mel Brooks' next project. Rather, it's a real-life newstory involving Will Harrison, son of actor/singer Noel Harrision, who played agent Mark Slate on The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Will is also the grandson of Rex Harrison. The spirited offspring of the TV secret agent is banned from visiting a public park in Maine because of any number of antics he has sprung on local residents - including climbing on stage in a cape and goggles to spray paint actors playing Nazis in a theater production of The Sound of Music! Hey, we all have to do our part to denounce Hitler's policies, don't we? We can't help but being reminded of the scene in The Naked Gun in which Leslie Nielsen's Lt. Drebin brags about having shot a gang of cult members dressed in togas who were assaulting an innocent victim. The exasperrated mayor then informs him they were cast members from a production of Julius Caesar! The younger Harrison attributes his actions to a bipolar disorder, but he's still hopeful that it won't interfere with his aspirations of being knighted. (Given some of the people who have been knighted in recent years, this goal may not be as far-fetched as you would believe.) The real question is whether this will negatively affect his chances of being an U.N.C.L.E. agent! For more on the story click here