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The Time When Robert Gagno Was Mistaken for John Travolta’s Son
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This week’s cover story is a profile of Robert Gagno, a 22-year-old autistic savant from Vancouver, B.C. who’s one of the best pinball players in the world. You might think you’ve never seen Robert. But if you’ve ever watched Look Who’s Talking Too then you’d be wrong.
Back in 1989, Robert’s mom Kathy kept hearing radio ads promoting a casting call for baby boys with blond hair and blue eyes, an apt description of her youngest son. Having spent a couple weeks with Kathy, I can attest to the fact that she’s nothing like one of those childhood-destroying stage moms you might see on TLC. What she is, however, is intensely curious about a lot of different things, including film, so she figured there was no harm in taking Robert to the audition.
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