I first noticed the remarkable character actor John Goodman in David Byrne's 1986 new-style film musical, True Stories, a film that Goodman made after having just scored big on Broadway in Roger Miller's 1985 musical, Big River, and having played small roles in such films as Sweet Dreams" and Revenge of the Nerds.He became a staple in some of the best films of the late 1980s and a household