He spoke to his remaining associates: militant Salvation Army founder Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling) (a parody of Rosa Klebb inFrom Russia With Love), Korean ex-wrestler and evil handyman Random Task (Joe Son) (a shoe-throwing parody of Oddjob inGoldfinger), ex-Irish assassin Patty O'Brien (Paul Dillon) (a parody of Red Grant inFrom Russia With Love), and one-eye-patched businessman Number Two (Robert Wagner).BackgroundNetwork(1976) is director Sidney Lumet's brilliant, pitch-black criticism of the hollow, lurid wasteland of television journalism where entertainment value and short-term ratings were more crucial than quality.The dark comedy's advertisements and posters featured a sultry young "Baby Doll" curled up in a crib in a suggestive pose, sucking her thumb.I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I make tonight.Figaro, you know what I wished for? I wished that my little Pinocchio might be a real boy! Wouldn't that be nice? Just think - a real boy." She followed him as he went to the side of a large docile marine mammal with a long snout - a sea sow with four bulging udders.