Not only do I know Dr. Jack Kevorkian, but I know Neal Nicol, as well.

As a matter of fact, Neal sat down beside me in a theater in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to watch the socially evolved play, Good Death, that was created by the theater members at Western Michigan University, last October, and does a tremendous job at conveying the real Dr. Kevorkian to the public.

I had a bit of a problem with John Goodman in the role of Neal Nicol, due to the overabundance of belly and body fat the actor carries about. I was with Neal 15 years ago and 6 months ago, and, I can tell you that, yes, Neal Nicol is a big man, but he is not a big slump of fat like the actor who portrayed him.

I know a movie is a movie, but when the people are real and are the very people who helped my son, Nick Loving, escape the protracted suffering of Lou Gehrig’s and die a Good Death, the film is seen through a unique prism, one of actual experience.

By the way, Nick passed away on Neal’s couch in the living room of his lovely home, which had been used before and broken into by the police so many times that Neal put a sign over the front door saying, “Police Entrance.”

On Thursday, April 15, 2010, John Goodman was a guest on The View, following a discussion on the merits of assisted death, as a result of the HBO movie premier about Dr. Kevorkian.

Why John Goodman? Because he portrays Neal Nicol, Dr. Kevorkian’s friend and assistant, in the HBO production, You Don’t Know Jack, which premiered in New York on Wednesday night, April 14.

Thumbs down for John Goodman, who was so fucked up, on who knows what, that he failed to say anything about the movie. He failed to live up to his contractual obligation to PROMOTE the work. If I were HBO, I would sue him for breach of contract.

The showcase of John Goodman on behalf of You Don’t Know Jack was a promotional failure.

By the way, my beloved Nick left this world in the home of the REAL NEAL NICOL!