Freddie, yes, he played the Brain. It was a good idea on paper and a terrible idea in reality because a) he couldn't take direction and b) he was a terrible actor. He, of course, thought he saved the show. His idea of funny was walking into the Chance Theater to rehearse and announcing, "I gotta take a dump." Right. He's lived his entire life on the laurels of co-creating Laverne and Shirley with Lowell Ganz. Ganz, with a new partner, went on to be hugely successful. Rothman went on to do "She's the Sheriff."