Billy Crystal, aware that “The Sixth Sense, but with the guy from City Slickers” might be a tough sell for many TV viewers, has been actively promoting his upcoming AppleTV+ horror series Before. So far, critics have been calling the show everything from “brilliant” to “goofy” to “disappointing.”
Last week, Crystal took his Before hype tour to Today, where he discussed the new show, his thoughts on his portrayal in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, and his potential carelessness in giving away a piece of priceless movie memorabilia.
Over the years, Crystal shared his collection of “particularly important” movie props, such as Miracle Max’s hat from The Princess Bride, his City Slickers chaps, and Danny DeVito from Throw Momma From the Train (pause for laughter). “I keep him in a guest house with Jersey Mike’s subs, and he’s very happy,” Crystal joked.
But what about the terrific cable knit sweater from When Harry Met Sally that made Crystal an unlikely autumnal fashion icon? “It became important to people, and I can’t find it,” Crystal said of the sweater. That said, the comedian has a theory about what happened. “I realized, about eight years ago, I made a big contribution to the theater department at UCLA,” Crystal revealed. “It was all of these sweaters and clothes, and I think it was in that—hhey UCLA, if you’re watching, please check to see if there’s this beautiful, big, iconic sweater.”
In addition to Crystal’s personal plea to the academic institution, Today sent out a social media post tagging UCLA, asking them to “help us find the sweater!” Fans jumped into action in response to this urgent request, but it turns out they haven’t actually done anything at aThe responses to today’s post on Twitter/X consist solely of irrelevant spam. am. Meanwhile, over on TikTok, the comments were similarly unhelpful and, weirdly, kind of thirsty for Crystal.
Is it really the case that no one at UCLA wants to visit the theater department and quickly search for the sweater? This isn’t a costume from My Giant or Mr. Saturday Night; it’s from a movie most people actually like! Nobody on the UCLA subreddit appears to have brought up the possibility that this unique cinematic artifact could be hidden in a drawer somewhere.
Between schoolwork, relationships, and grappling with the constant existential anxiety about the near future, students just don’t have the time to go hunting for old movie props right now. Had it been the cable knit sweater that Chris Evans wore in Knives Out, presumably every student on campus would have gone full “Nicolas Cage in National Treasure” in order to track it down.