US President Joe Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi Biden, will be marrying a fellow called Peter Neal. Saw this photo of the couple this morning.

Hmmm. There was something about Neal’s eyes and smile that reminded me of someone, a television actor from my childhood, but I couldn’t remember who it was, or what show he had been on, but I knew the actor I was thinking of had dark hair and a moustache.

I showed the photo to Steven, who is a decade older than me and has a much better memory, but he drew a blank. So I added a moustache.

Funnily enough, this still didn’t help Steven, and neither TinEye or Google Image Search could pinpoint the 70s star with my life-like rendering. I mean, come on, that moustache looked so natural! You know, that guy on that show! Nope.

Needing to scratch this pop culture itch, I searched for “1970s US sitcom casts” and scrolled until I found him.

Gomez Addams, Commander Sherman, husband of Patty Duke – John Astin! I didn’t watch either the Addams Family or Petticoat Junction, but there he was, sitting in a dark corner of my tv-addled brain, barely discernible, but just clear enough to let me match him with someone who looks absolutely nothing like him. Good try, brain.