A post on Nerdist about the Max Headroom DVD release resulted in dueling overreactions to iconic actor Jeffrey Tambor.

The author said “Everything that features Jeffrey Tambor is GOOD. This is a scientific fact.”

And a commenter snarked back “Huh, I never realized Dr. Phil was on Max Headroom.”

First of all, everyone KNOWS Dr. Phool stole the mustache from Tambor (some reports say literally; I’ve seen a police report).

But EVERYTHING? Two words that prove that even JT is fallible: “The Ropers”. And most everyone has tried to forget “Twenty Good Years” with John Lithgow. I think the rule of thumb is that in his worst roles his character’s name was “Jeffrey”. But if you look at his IMDB page you’ll find a lot more than even devoted Tam-Bros may remember: “Superhero Movie”? That Generic Parody released 15 minutes after Generic Parody Movies had permanently jumped the shark featured a treasure trove of icons gone slumming: Leslie Neilsen, Marion ‘Happy Days’ Ross, Brent Spiner, Robert ‘Airplane’ Hays, Dan Castellanetta, Pamela Anderson… you can’t get more ‘mixed bag’.

And there’s a recent unsold pilot in there that made my jaw drop: “Rex Is Not your Lawyer” with DAVID TENNANT in the title role (a lawyer whose panic attacks force him to work behind the scenes), plus Tambor (as his psychiatrist, natch), Jane Curtin and Jerry O’Connell in the regular cast. AND NBC PASSED ON IT? That network is doomed. (end mini-rant)