re: #187 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

That he was Asian was already plenty revolutionary for that decade.

oh, there were asian characters in television, and they generally were portrayed pretty decently. I think of Perry Mason episodes from the late 50’s, where they did a pretty good job of not making Asian characters complete stereotypes. Hell, Perry even had a black judge in an episode, which probably scared the bejezus out southern affiliates in the late 50’s.