15. Developing Ladmo
At first, Kwiatkowski remained a camera operator while still playing Ladmo. He would lock the camera in place, then run into the shot with Wallace. It was Thomson who shortened Ladimir to Ladmo. “At the time there was a commercial called Babo, the Flaming Cleanser,” explained Kwiatkowski, who’d started shortening everyone’s name, adding an “o” to the end. Thomson turned the nicknaming on Ladmir’s name, branding him Ladmo. “That was it,” said Kwiatkowski. “Instead of going on as Lad or Ladimir, it was Ladmo. I’ve been Ladmo ever since.”