Why did Sandy Duncan fail?

Glass eye haters gonna hate.

She had the crossed eyes.

A Wheat Thin addiction.

Peter Pan was trans!

She's no Mary Martin

Did she do tampon commercials or am I misremembering?

How can you have a show called Valerie's Family without Valerie?!

I was the star.

She had spunk. I hate spunk.

She had major issues when sopranos hit a high note.

Was it mostly liquid or mostly poopie?

Well, her downfall could be attributed to always referring to Danny Ponce as "The Fat Mexican One."

They had a perfectly fine blond on the show to take over.

Why did Sandy Denny fall?

The show was never called Valerie's Family. It was called Valerie and when she left, it was called The Hogan Family.

R15, it was called Valerie's Family for one season, between Valerie and The Hogan Family.

r16 exactly! People forget that. It was morbid and another "salt on the wounds" tactic by the show.

Sandy's performance in "The $1,000,000 Duck" was most compelling.

[quote] Well, her downfall could be attributed to always referring to Danny Ponce as "The Fat Mexican One."

Please. I taught that little wetback to easy pussy like a champ!

She's no Karen Valentine.

Poor Karen. But she's lucky that bus door closing on her face didn't poke one of her eyes out.

TV Guide once proclaimed Sandy Duncan "The next Mary Tyler Moore".

Sit on my Emmy, R-21.

Sandy's career was never the same after showing her bare ass in primetime

It always bothered me that they used her to play Peter Pan. Really? You couldn't find a young male actor? Very confusing for a young gay man. So if I wont grow up I will be a little girl with a glass eye?

She was wonderful in "Peter Pan" I sneaked into the 2nd half of the Broadway show 23 times ~ there was nobody sitting in the balcony. She did a mean "Ug Ug a Wog".

The trans loved it r25, and that's all that matters.

Celiac.

You're all just jealous, Davy Jones never sang a song especially for you.

What did Sandy think of Alison "Rim Job" Williams as Peter Pan?

I've no idea if Sandy Duncan "failed" or if she just didn't keep going after role after role after role and decided, instead, to sit back and enjoy life and work when she wanted.

She was a guest star on an episode of Law & Order and she was so good. I always hoped she'd be an infrequent guest after the episode, the way Elaine Stritch or Tovah Felshuh were... strong and successful lawyer going up against Waterson's Jack McCoy.

I've played Peter Pan. And I played a Soviet athlete on The Six Million Dollar Man. And I jumped and flipped and scooted all over the place for grapefruit juice. I PERSONIFIED Patty Duke's line about hot dogs only for me it was something much healthier.

I did the same - Gymkata

R26, did you learn second acting from Lucy Ricardo when she strolled back into the theater during "Most Happy Fella?"

It was not a glass eye, folks. It was a blind eye. And I'm turning a blind eye to this whole conversation. I WILL NEVER FAIL.

Op, you know Sandy Duncan?

r12

You mean the "gay one" Danny was cute.

Kids, you could do a lot worse than Sandy Duncan’s career.

Love this thread. the immortal Sandy. It makes me want to run off and join a traveling production of "The King and I."

R38 How?

I've liked her over the years. She didn't fail. She stayed working for over 40 years. She started out doing commercials, and became more know for a commercial for Skinny Dip Cologne.

She had a great, under-appreciated role in "Roots" playing Missy Ann opposite Leslie Uggams as Kizzy.

Over the years she stayed busy doing a combination of movies, television and theater. She did the game show circuit appearing on Hollywood Squares and others. The Hogan Family had a good run for a sitcom. She was very likeable.

How did she fail exactly?

Her water cup scene in Roots is one of the most seminal in television history. She was Emmy-nominated for it and should have won.

Peter Pan has ALWAYS been portrayed by women, R25. Ever since Maude Adams.

[quote]r20 She's no Karen Valentine.

At least I had a f-ing CHIN.

She is awesome.

Valerie also got Wendy Schaal removed from It's A Living

It was her nudes in Playboy.

R47

How did Valerie connect to "It's A Living"?

She never changed her look and always played happy go lucky.

One of my friends and I used to keep a running list of "Actresses We Are Worried About" (for not getting enough work, or their due, or both). Meredith Baxter Birney was always at the top of my list, and Sandy Duncan was at the top of his. I at least got a bit of relief when MBB came out; one literally hears nothing about Sandy Duncan at all. It does appear on IMDB that she did two eps of 'SVU' in 2014/2015, though.

Since someone saw fit to resurrect this thread...

I'd just like to echo R31 about her guest stint on L&O. She really was great and I also hoped she would reappear as a repeat character, of which there were many. She was great and the character was great.

She was a blonde Karen Valentine.

It's L&S not L&O

I always keep an eye out for ol' Sandy!

Good one r55.