If I could have any actor’s career during any period, I might pick Elliott Gould’s decade from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. All those Altmans, Busting, Capricorn One, The Silent Partner, hosting a bunch of SNLs in its glory days, plus this absolutely fantastic comedy, where he is one of four staggeringly good lead performers.

Stray thought: What if I started wearing beaded necklaces? What would be the ultimate outcome? I wonder.