John Travolta was already a household name thanks to Welcome Back, Kotter, playing Vinnie Barbarino, the dimpled, daft leader of the Sweathogs. But right in the middle of that run, he flipped the script starring in the 1976 TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, playing Tod Lubitch, a sweet, sensitive teen with no immune system. Living his life sealed inside a sterile bubble, he longed to touch the world, and the girl next door played by Glynnis O’Connor. Who is your pick – leader of the pack or bubble wrapped?
