For any fans who have seen The Godfather films, did the character of Larry Dallas ever seem reminiscent of Fredo Corleone to you?

I'm thinking specifically the wisecracking and jaunty "banging cocktail waitresses two at a time" version of Fredo that greets Michael when he gets to Vegas for the meeting with Moe Greene. There's something very Larry Dallas-esque about the way he's dancing around after they open the door to the hotel room and the band starts playing. There's also his saucy delivery of the line, "That's for you to find out" to Michael when his little brother asks about the girls in the room (he already knows they're hookers) complete with affectionate slap, which reminded me of an interaction the proto-PUA and wannabe Hefner would've had with Jack on the show.

The timeline certainly fits. Just as The Godfather was one of the biggest movies of the '70s, Three's Company was one of the decade's most popular TV shows. Richard Kline debuted as Larry in the first season, but it took until halfway through Season 2 in 1978 for his character to become recurring and turn into the loveable lech we all remember. That gave him plenty of time to see the late John Cazale's performance as the good-hearted, but weak and stupid, black sheep of the Corleone family in the theater and take inspiration from the role.

I don't know if anyone else ever even wonders or thinks about this stuff while they're watching TV or a movie. It always seems to jump out at me when an actor is channeling one role for another.