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Let's be One Day At A Time!

I'm Ann Romano, playing to the cheap seats.

I'm Julie's pockmarks.

I'm the deluded, closeted teen boy who thinks that Barbara's landing strip nose equals beauty.

by Anonymousreply 322February 26, 2019 3:24 PM

I'm the mother that demanded Norman Lear cast her untalented son as Barbara's love unrequited love interest.

by Anonymousreply 1April 9, 2017 6:46 PM

I'm the daughter of one of the creators whose mother was such a bitch that after I turned 60 I turned lez.

by Anonymousreply 2April 9, 2017 6:47 PM

I'm the fire that took down Schneider's camper and the first floor of the building. That's just how flaming Glenn Scarpelli was.

by Anonymousreply 3April 9, 2017 6:57 PM

I'm the mirror into which Ann Romano delivers her 13 minute, overwrought monologue about the horrors of turning 36 years old.

by Anonymousreply 4April 9, 2017 7:16 PM

I'm the liberated leap into the air that newly divorced Ann gives every week in the opening credits. I hate men! Wheeeee!

by Anonymousreply 5April 9, 2017 7:17 PM

We're the party guests wondering where the hell she went.

by Anonymousreply 6April 9, 2017 7:17 PM

I'm the jog to the door when the doorbell rings.

by Anonymousreply 7April 9, 2017 7:18 PM

I'm the royalty check Elton John got when Barbara and Julie dressed as him and Kiki Dee and sang "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." And I'm also the money Sony is going to have to fork up for it if and when they want to put the rest of it on DVD.

by Anonymousreply 8April 9, 2017 7:19 PM

I'm Indianapolis. One Day at a Time is literally the gayest thing that's ever happened to me.

by Anonymousreply 9April 9, 2017 7:20 PM

[quote]We're the party guests wondering where the hell she went.

And we're the party guests who never even noticed when she left.

by Anonymousreply 10April 9, 2017 7:21 PM

I'm the party that improved when she left.

by Anonymousreply 11April 9, 2017 7:22 PM

We're the parties she never got invited to because we couldn't stand her overdramatic ass.

by Anonymousreply 12April 9, 2017 7:24 PM

I'm Ginny Wroblicki. What possessed you to start this thread without me?

by Anonymousreply 13April 9, 2017 7:26 PM

I'm the red pubes in the shower drain.

by Anonymousreply 14April 9, 2017 7:26 PM

I'm the smell of dirty pantyhose.

by Anonymousreply 15April 9, 2017 7:29 PM

I'm the middle-aged guy who was willing to risk a statutory rape charge by hooking up with fugly slut Julie. I don't know what I was thinking.

by Anonymousreply 16April 9, 2017 7:30 PM

[quote]I don't know what I was thinking.

I bet I do.

by Anonymousreply 17April 9, 2017 7:32 PM

I am the tool Schneider uses handily.

by Anonymousreply 18April 9, 2017 7:32 PM

I'm the alley behind Metromedia Square where Mackenzie Phillips and Dana Plato would get high between tapings of their respective shows.

by Anonymousreply 19April 9, 2017 7:34 PM

I'm Ann's Heart Attack. On a Very Special One Day At A Time.

by Anonymousreply 20April 9, 2017 7:35 PM

We're [italic]Alice[/italic] and [italic]The Jeffersons[/italic], the shows that usually got pre-empted by CBS whenever they did an hour-long episode.

by Anonymousreply 21April 9, 2017 7:37 PM

I'm the bland, blond dude who didn't really speak who was supposed to marry Julie, when she ditched me for my best friend and polar opposite Max Horvath. I'm never heard from again on the series or anywhere else.

by Anonymousreply 22April 9, 2017 7:38 PM

I'm a feature of all Noman Lear sitcoms - the sudden serious moment.

by Anonymousreply 23April 9, 2017 7:38 PM

I'm Schneider's white upper arms peeking out from the sleeves.

by Anonymousreply 24April 9, 2017 7:39 PM

I'm the shrill delivery and complete lack of comedic ability.

by Anonymousreply 25April 9, 2017 7:40 PM

I'm the sterilizer in which Julie and her doctor boyfriend cooked hot dogs.

by Anonymousreply 26April 9, 2017 7:40 PM

I'm the godawful final episode with Schneider going to live with carnival folk on the Santa Monica pier that aired the week AFTER Ann and the gang said goodbye. I was what was known as a backdoor pilot, and I never got picked up, to the mercy of television viewers everywhere.

by Anonymousreply 27April 9, 2017 7:40 PM

I'm . . . THAT sweater . . .

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by Anonymousreply 28April 9, 2017 7:41 PM

I'm Chicken Cacciatore and Ann is always ready to whip me up.

by Anonymousreply 29April 9, 2017 7:41 PM

I'm Bea Arthur, lumbering over to the Maude soundstage and mumbling "what a talentless cunt" every time I pass Bonnie Franklin on the lot.

by Anonymousreply 30April 9, 2017 7:42 PM

R16 - I forgive you, Daddy.

by Anonymousreply 31April 9, 2017 7:43 PM

I'm that short exhale/short vocal inhale that Ann used to call "emoting".

by Anonymousreply 32April 9, 2017 7:43 PM

I'm the sassy poses for all the publicity shots!

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by Anonymousreply 33April 9, 2017 7:45 PM

I'm Danny Partridge, and I would like my hair back, please.

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by Anonymousreply 34April 9, 2017 7:47 PM

She looks like she got caught pulling her granny panties out of her ass in R33's link.

by Anonymousreply 35April 9, 2017 7:47 PM

I'm yet another episode where Mackenzie Phillips is visibly fucked-up on camera.

by Anonymousreply 36April 9, 2017 7:48 PM

I'm Danny Partridge and I'd like crack habit back, please.

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by Anonymousreply 37April 9, 2017 7:49 PM

I'm the screaming, cold-sweat nightmares everybody who clicked on r28's photo will be having tonight.

by Anonymousreply 38April 9, 2017 7:50 PM

We're the bra manufacturers who were so grateful when R28's picture was released because we knew no woman alive would ever be seen in public looking like that. Our sales went through the roof.

by Anonymousreply 39April 9, 2017 7:53 PM

I'm Italian-American actor Joe Campanella as the rarely-seen father of Julie and Barbara; explain to me again why my character's last name's "Cooper" and Irish Bonnie Franklin's is"Romano"?

by Anonymousreply 40April 9, 2017 7:57 PM

I'm David, holding Ann as commanded.

by Anonymousreply 41April 9, 2017 7:57 PM

r40 Bonnie Franklin was Jewish, believe it or not.

by Anonymousreply 42April 9, 2017 8:00 PM

I'm Ann's shaking shoulders and wobbling head, which means I'm Acting (aka laughter for all you Philistines).

by Anonymousreply 43April 9, 2017 8:00 PM

I'm Ann Romano, speaking with my eyes closed whenever I'm annoyed with something.

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by Anonymousreply 44April 9, 2017 8:01 PM

I'm the Very Special Episode where David and Schneider got Ann Romano drunk and tag-teamed her.

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by Anonymousreply 45April 9, 2017 8:04 PM

I'm the earworm theme song, "This is It" performed by Polly Cutter!

by Anonymousreply 46April 9, 2017 8:04 PM

I'm Ann Romano, speaking as I look up at the ceiling as I "act". That's where the Emmy I'm certain to win is sitting.

by Anonymousreply 47April 9, 2017 8:05 PM

I'm dozens of truly funny actresses in the 1970s, wondering who the hell Bonnie Franklin fucked to get the lead in a sitcom.

by Anonymousreply 48April 9, 2017 8:09 PM

I am Schneiders throbbing member every time I got close to Ann Romano.

by Anonymousreply 49April 9, 2017 8:10 PM

Including me.

by Anonymousreply 50April 9, 2017 8:10 PM

I wonder if A Very Special Episode is charted by how many emotional breath intakes Ann does.

by Anonymousreply 51April 9, 2017 8:13 PM

I'm "DAMMIT!" -- Bonnie's contract stipulates I must be uttered at least 11 times per episode.

by Anonymousreply 52April 9, 2017 8:14 PM

Ann's breasts never won a single award.

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by Anonymousreply 53April 9, 2017 8:15 PM

Her overacting started in the pilot and she never dialed it back.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 9, 2017 8:21 PM

I'm Julie having sex with Max, wishing it Was daddy's tr.

Always had a gayling crush on David.

by Anonymousreply 55April 9, 2017 8:26 PM

I'm Barbara's Farrah knockoff haircut, which got poofier and poofier after she lost her virginity.

by Anonymousreply 56April 9, 2017 8:32 PM

[quote]I'm Danny Partridge, and I would like my hair back, please.

I'm Pete from [italic]Pete's Dragon[/italic]. My hair is more like hers than yours ever was. I'd let her have it back but she's dead. Are you sure you still want it back?

by Anonymousreply 57April 9, 2017 8:44 PM

I'm "wup"

by Anonymousreply 58April 9, 2017 8:45 PM

I'm Sam Royer, Ann's second husband. Going on for two more years after our wedding set a precedent that [italic]Diff'rent Strokes[/italic] and [italic]The Facts of Life[/italic] would follow, and by that time I'd be the teacher on [italic]Head of the Class[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 59April 9, 2017 8:47 PM

I forgot how bad this show was after not seeing it for 30 years.

by Anonymousreply 60April 9, 2017 8:54 PM

I'm Valerie's forehead, which didn't exist because it was all hair.

by Anonymousreply 61April 9, 2017 8:56 PM

I am Michael Lembeck!

What else do you need?

by Anonymousreply 62April 9, 2017 8:58 PM

R60, you must have it confused with [italic]Who's The Boss?[/italic], the textbook definition of bad TV, and paradoxically from the same company. This holds up better.

by Anonymousreply 63April 9, 2017 8:58 PM

I'm Joe Campanella coming back to gloat that I not only fucked Ann Romano, but also Dorothy Zbornaik and Thelma Harper.

by Anonymousreply 64April 9, 2017 8:59 PM

I'm Boyd Gaines. A year of this and then it's back to Broadway. At least somebody from this show got a Tony.

by Anonymousreply 65April 9, 2017 9:06 PM

[quote]I'm Ann Romano, playing to the cheap seats.

We're the audience members in the cheap seats. We can hear you just fine.

by Anonymousreply 66April 9, 2017 9:28 PM

I'm the absurd amount of houseplants that required so much TLC from Ann, that she didn't have the energy left to give any to her own 2 daughters.

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by Anonymousreply 67April 9, 2017 9:51 PM

I'm [italic]Hello, Larry[/italic], McLean Stevenson's attempt at a male equivalent on NBC. Even with [italic]Diff'rent Strokes[/italic] as a lead-in and Ruth Brown and Meadowlark Lemon in the second season, we failed miserably despite getting chance after chance to get better.

by Anonymousreply 68April 9, 2017 9:59 PM

I'm Gopher Burgers' secret formula: plop. pickle, plunk.

by Anonymousreply 69April 9, 2017 10:14 PM

I'm Barbara Cooper's hot-ass boyfriend Cliff Randall (Scott Colomby) I fuck a lot, to the point where I point out "the three stars on my motorcycle helmet represent a calendar; April, May, and June" I never got to fuck Barbara though, I don't know how she was able to resist my ultra tight '70s jeans which displayed a bulge that rivaled Gary Sandy's.

by Anonymousreply 70April 9, 2017 10:19 PM

I'm the lead's hatred of exercise and love of tap, which still couldn't buy her more than 69 years on this Earth.

by Anonymousreply 71April 9, 2017 10:43 PM

I'm the apartment that would only exist in a sit com. I'm in an apartment building with many other units yet I have a huge living room, tons of built-ins, a sunroom with a window seat, and 2 huge bedrooms. All this on a broke divorcees salary.

by Anonymousreply 72April 10, 2017 12:48 AM

R2 = David Birney

by Anonymousreply 73April 10, 2017 12:57 AM

Barbara and Julie as Elton John and Kiki Dee:

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by Anonymousreply 74April 10, 2017 1:19 AM

Here's the clip of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

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by Anonymousreply 75April 10, 2017 1:21 AM

[quote]I'm the apartment that would only exist in a sit com. I'm in an apartment building with many other units yet I have a huge living room, tons of built-ins, a sunroom with a window seat, and 2 huge bedrooms. All this on a broke divorcees salary.

Didn't she get any kind of alimony from her ex?

by Anonymousreply 76April 10, 2017 1:24 AM

I'm the motorcycle Cliff used to wrap his legs around and sit his ass on.

by Anonymousreply 77April 10, 2017 1:32 AM

I'm the dance Julie does over Mackenzie Phillips' credit.

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by Anonymousreply 78April 10, 2017 1:33 AM

I'm Bonnie Franklin's entire upper dental arch, on display with every smile.

by Anonymousreply 79April 10, 2017 1:43 AM

I'm Elton John, who had already stopped dressing like that when that episode aired.

by Anonymousreply 80April 10, 2017 3:24 AM

Ugh, Bonnie was so terrible, how the hell did she ever get a lead in a sitcom? The only actress who was worse was Lisa Bonet on a Different World, and at least she only lasted a season.

by Anonymousreply 81April 10, 2017 3:30 AM

I'm Nanette Fabray, alive at 96, having outlasted my TV daughter by more than four years.

by Anonymousreply 82April 10, 2017 3:32 AM

Bonnie was another M compared to that Anistakassis woman. Talk about someone who only got ahead because of gentile privilege.

by Anonymousreply 83April 10, 2017 3:36 AM

I'm Shari Lewis. Please stop comparing me to her, even though we're both dead.

by Anonymousreply 84April 10, 2017 3:36 AM

I'm chunky Richard Masur, a good actor but totally miscast as Ann's besotted younger lover. I stick out like a sore thumb on a sitcom where a bunch of females are always screaming at each other.

by Anonymousreply 85April 10, 2017 3:37 AM

I'm the sax solo from the closing credits. I started the trend of sitcom closing credits sax solos that at least half the successful sitcoms of the 1980s had, from [italic]Gimme A Break![/italic] and [italic]Webster[/italic] to [italic]Growing Pains[/italic] and [italic]Head of the Class[/italic]. But we did it first and best.

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by Anonymousreply 86April 10, 2017 3:40 AM

I am Boyd Gaines huge weiner.

by Anonymousreply 87April 10, 2017 5:21 AM

[quote]I'm the middle-aged guy who was willing to risk a statutory rape charge by hooking up with fugly slut Julie.

Julie was 18 and out of high school at the time.

by Anonymousreply 88April 10, 2017 6:37 AM

r81

I agree

by Anonymousreply 89April 10, 2017 6:38 AM

[quote]I'm Boyd Gaines. A year of this and then it's back to Broadway. At least somebody from this show got a Tony.

Actually Boyd Gaines is the only actor to win every Tony a male actor can win.

by Anonymousreply 90April 10, 2017 6:39 AM

[quote]I'm Joe Campanella coming back to gloat that I not only fucked Ann Romano, but also Dorothy Zbornaik and Thelma Harper.

He dated but never boinked me

by Anonymousreply 91April 10, 2017 6:40 AM

I'm Schneider's unseen wife who was mentioned twice but never heard from again

by Anonymousreply 92April 10, 2017 6:41 AM

I'm Schneider's son who was in one episode of his life

by Anonymousreply 93April 10, 2017 6:41 AM

I'm Trish the Dish, somehow I'm supposed to be skankier than Julie...

by Anonymousreply 94April 10, 2017 11:03 AM

I am Michael Lembeck and his Just For Men beard.

by Anonymousreply 95April 10, 2017 2:18 PM

I'm Marc Price reinforcing the show's indirect connection to [italic]Family Ties[/italic] by playing one of Alex's friends before I became friends with another Alex.

by Anonymousreply 96April 10, 2017 2:24 PM

R91 And I outlived you, my other daughter, too!

by Anonymousreply 97April 10, 2017 7:05 PM

I'm the monthly pile of used tampons that would accumulate in the trash chute after their cycles started syncing up.

by Anonymousreply 98April 10, 2017 7:05 PM

I am Julie's big buck teeth .

by Anonymousreply 99April 10, 2017 7:32 PM

I am middle America's teen population who tuned in every week because we'd never seen a genuine junkie on a network sitcom. And that was how the show was rumored to stay on.

by Anonymousreply 100April 10, 2017 7:53 PM

I'm Max's cute little ass, seen once in dolphin shorts and never seen again.

by Anonymousreply 101April 10, 2017 11:14 PM

I'm Howard Hessman. I used to be on a really great sitcom but now I'm selling my soul and going to marry Annie Romano in the last year of this tired show.

by Anonymousreply 102April 11, 2017 2:52 AM

I'm Julie's good friend who Ann hires as a secretary even though she suspects me of having a drug habit. My real secret is I have epilep~~~😑

by Anonymousreply 103April 11, 2017 3:49 AM

I'm the red hair dye and the mushroom hairdo and the cowl neck sweaters and the glazed eyes.

by Anonymousreply 104April 11, 2017 3:53 AM

I'm Bonnie Franklin's post-ODAAT career, which consisted of game shows, dinner theatre and autograph signings.

by Anonymousreply 105April 11, 2017 3:54 AM

[quote]I'm Boyd Gaines. A year of this and then it's back to Broadway. At least somebody from this show got a Tony.

Hey, screw you, Boyd!

by Anonymousreply 106April 11, 2017 4:36 AM

I'm the "10-foot wall" speech. I am delivered to all of Ann's children before the spanking of said child's ass.

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by Anonymousreply 107April 11, 2017 5:02 AM

I am everyone's gaucho boots and pants and jean jumpsuits which rotated through every episode ever. Oh, and I am a cowl neck sweater, too.

by Anonymousreply 108April 11, 2017 5:17 AM

I'm Barbara who started out cute, grew up to be breathtaking and then became the fat Yoko Ono of Van Halen.

by Anonymousreply 109April 11, 2017 6:39 AM

I'm the bra that Bonnie Franklin never owned.

by Anonymousreply 110April 11, 2017 10:59 AM

I'm Glenn Scaroelli. I was nothing before and I'm nothing now.

by Anonymousreply 111April 11, 2017 12:11 PM

I'm the tension in the room when Ann Romano yells "Damn it, Barbara! Damn it, Julie! Damn it, David"!

by Anonymousreply 112April 11, 2017 12:52 PM

I'm the sun room where nobody ever sat. Not even once.

by Anonymousreply 113April 11, 2017 1:11 PM

I'm Ann Romano's odd habit of reciting everyone in the room's name when she's trying to convince them of something or get them on her side; "Julieeee, Barbaraaa, Max, Schinderrr, Alexxx"

by Anonymousreply 114April 11, 2017 1:19 PM

r114

So Max doesn't get an extension to his name?

by Anonymousreply 115April 11, 2017 2:39 PM

I'm homosexuality the one controversy ODAAT steared totally clear from.

by Anonymousreply 116April 11, 2017 2:40 PM

I'm the unused birth control pills that Barbara didn't want to take but wanted the men to THINK she was using.

by Anonymousreply 117April 11, 2017 2:40 PM

We're black people. Oddly, you can find us on every Norman Lear show but this one for some reason.

by Anonymousreply 118April 11, 2017 2:43 PM

We're the mental scars that formed on Mackenzie Phillips' brain every time her daddy raped her. Ann Romano was mother of the year compared to that.

by Anonymousreply 119April 11, 2017 2:44 PM

I'm the pussy stench emanating from Schneider's moustache.

by Anonymousreply 120April 11, 2017 3:37 PM

We're TV repairmen cashing in on having to calibrate every TV set in America to deal with all the shouting.

by Anonymousreply 121April 11, 2017 3:57 PM

I'm Frances Lear, Norman's crazy and voluble wife at the time. I inspired all of these sitcoms filled with shouting.

by Anonymousreply 122April 11, 2017 4:07 PM

I'm the TicTac Barbara pretended was The Pill when she went through her brief slut phase.

by Anonymousreply 123April 11, 2017 4:12 PM

I'm this slap-happy moment:

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by Anonymousreply 124April 11, 2017 4:12 PM

[quote] I'm the TicTac Barbara pretended was The Pill when she went through her brief slut phase.

That must be where Bart Simpson got the idea to do it to me.

by Anonymousreply 125April 11, 2017 4:12 PM

I'm the audience's gasp whenever Ann slaps one of her children or her pseudo-child Alex.

by Anonymousreply 126April 11, 2017 4:15 PM

They seemed less shocked when she did it to Alex.

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by Anonymousreply 127April 11, 2017 4:23 PM

[quote]I'm Indianapolis. One Day at a Time is literally the gayest thing that's ever happened to me.

Clearly you were not familiar with Mayor William Hudnut's son Bill, in high school at the time of ODAAT. Great guy, and one of the gayest men I had the pleasure of going to college with. And I'm sure he had a lot to do with the mayor then being so pro-gay rights.

by Anonymousreply 128April 11, 2017 5:11 PM

I'm the requisite full head of mid-parted, feathered hair all of the girls' boyfriends had in that show - and Facts Of Life for that matter.

by Anonymousreply 129April 11, 2017 5:13 PM

I am the children Mark couldn't have because of Barbara.

by Anonymousreply 130April 11, 2017 9:27 PM

I'm endometriosis. Please speak in hushed tones when you discuss me.

by Anonymousreply 131April 11, 2017 10:04 PM

I'm the Broadway career Bonnie Franklin never had after ODAAT. She told TV Guide that she couldn't wait for the series to end so she could get back to her real love, the theater. I heard she auditioned for Roxie in "Chicago". Thank God that never happened.

by Anonymousreply 132April 11, 2017 10:10 PM

I'm Valerie Bertinelli's feathered, parted-down-the-middle, winged-back hairdo that became the standard girl haircut from the mid 70s to the mid 80s.

by Anonymousreply 133April 11, 2017 10:19 PM

I'm Whitney Blake co-creator and always elegant and beautiful

by Anonymousreply 134April 11, 2017 10:30 PM

I'm the sequel Two Dongs at a Time starring Brent Corrigan.

by Anonymousreply 135April 11, 2017 10:31 PM

"Kiss My Grits" oh wait that was another annoying mid 70's to 80's sitcom.

by Anonymousreply 136April 11, 2017 10:55 PM

I'm the poor friendless girl who thinks Barbara is my best friend until she sets me straight: "I'm not your best friend and I'm not your worst friend! If I was your friend I'd be your only friend!" I later try to commit suicide and am shown nearly comatose in a bed in a hotel room, dying from an overdose of pills...and yet the bottle of pills I'm fingering is brimming over with capsules. I can't remember...did I take one or two of them?

by Anonymousreply 137April 11, 2017 11:18 PM

Thank the Lord Meredith's mom had a hand in a hit after Hazel.

by Anonymousreply 138April 11, 2017 11:34 PM

R136: Perhaps it's me you were thinking of?

by Anonymousreply 139April 11, 2017 11:59 PM

I'm "Ma," the confusingly old-fashioned term Julie uses to address her mother (even though her sister Barbara calls her "Mom" like any normal teenager in the 1970s).

by Anonymousreply 140April 12, 2017 1:29 AM

I'm the absolutely abysmal 9th season, where 11 episodes in, Julie up and abandons Max and her newborn baby, who continue to live with Barbara and Mark. And I feature the one of the most irritating performances in sitcom history with Nanette Fabray as Grandma becoming a full cast member. Ann Romano only appears in maybe 5 episodes, even though she's still credited as the star, and new husband is nowhere to be seen except in the season premiere and the finale, and it seems like there is no longer a standing set for Ann's apartment, we almost never see it.

by Anonymousreply 141April 12, 2017 3:26 AM

I'm Interstate 70 in Indianapolis, which got top billing in the opening credits from Season 5 on.

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by Anonymousreply 142April 12, 2017 3:47 AM

I'm the bloated cast from Season 8, 9 credits including Interstate 70.

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by Anonymousreply 143April 12, 2017 3:53 AM

Was that the second time Mac was fired for drugs? I wonder why Franklin was in so few episodes, that must have been the best season with her absence, lol

by Anonymousreply 144April 12, 2017 4:22 AM

I am Boyd Gaines and his swinging apparatus!

by Anonymousreply 145April 12, 2017 4:40 AM

R144 Yes, she did some guest shots in season 8, and they brought her back as a regular for season 9. She'd gone back to her partying ways, and was seen nodding on the set. She got one warning, I believe. Next time she nodded on the set, she was dismissed. It was strange to have Max and the baby living with Barbara and Mark, but what the hell. At least that had Grandma Romano to help, who's personality changed from week to week depending on what the plot called for.

In one of those E! True Hollywood Story things, I think, MacKenzie talked about the incident.She was still claming, 20 years later, that she was just resting her eyes that day, and she'd being treated unfairly. When I heard that, I thought "She'll never get off drugs". She was bused for heroin/coke two times since I saw that.

Bonnie Franklin was very unhappy with the direction that season 9 was going in, so she just took a powder for most of it. She hated the focus on Julie and Barbara and their new family.

I recall her on an Entertainment Tonight story about the finale saying "I had 8 great seasons and a 9th season that wasn't so great".

by Anonymousreply 146April 12, 2017 4:45 AM

How did Glen Scarpelli and Boyd Gaines get billed before Mac Phillips?

by Anonymousreply 147April 12, 2017 4:49 AM

One of the producers wanted Mackenzie to take a drug test and she told her I can't take one and that's when she was asked to leave.

by Anonymousreply 148April 12, 2017 4:54 AM

R148 yes, I remember that now. Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 149April 12, 2017 4:58 AM

The irony is Valerie wound up smoking crack with Eddie, yet no one knew it at the time, I don't know if she was doing it during the end run of the show or not. But she talks about it in her book, I remember she was on Oprah and Mackenzie came out and Valerie told her she felt guilty because she was doing the same thing Mac was, but no one ever knew.

by Anonymousreply 150April 12, 2017 5:10 AM

Valerie used drugs on her days off and showed up to work on time and ready. If you know how to play the game right, you can get far in life...like an appearance on "The Match Game" and a cooking show on a cable network.

by Anonymousreply 151April 12, 2017 5:34 AM

Plus Valerie didn't look like shit, Mac looked awful.

by Anonymousreply 152April 12, 2017 5:41 AM

I'm the camera that would take a selfie of the cast, at the end of the opening credits, for the first three seasons.

by Anonymousreply 153April 12, 2017 5:53 AM

Bonnie Franklin only signed for another season if her Ann character got married, that's why that happened. Then she bitched because it was stupid and against the whole point of the series.

by Anonymousreply 154April 12, 2017 5:56 AM

[quote]I'm the sequel Two Dongs at a Time starring Brent Corrigan.

How about "One Hundred Gays At A Time"?

by Anonymousreply 155April 12, 2017 7:45 AM

R151 I'm embarrassed to admit I enjoy Valerie's cooking show; I find it relaxing and have actually tried some of her recipes.

by Anonymousreply 156April 12, 2017 1:28 PM

And she did a great job on Match Game. That's such a fun show.

by Anonymousreply 157April 12, 2017 1:38 PM

I'm the strangely placed little 'sitting' area in the back of the apartment with a window seat and divided from the living room by some weirdly shaped architectural dividers.

by Anonymousreply 158April 12, 2017 2:58 PM

I'm the scorecard you need to keep up with the cast changes, especially in the absence of more comprehensive DVD releases.

by Anonymousreply 159April 12, 2017 3:00 PM

[quote]I find it relaxing and have actually tried some of her recipes.

Like what? "Take two dozen HoHos cram them in your mouth, then use milk to wash them down so you don't choke"

by Anonymousreply 160April 12, 2017 3:08 PM

I'm Alex's bedroom that mysteriously came and went.

by Anonymousreply 161April 12, 2017 3:08 PM

I'm the Embassy logo that ended the last two seasons, unfortunately cutting off the end credits music to do so. But I didn't even get a cool fade-in effect here like I did on [italic]The Jeffersons[/italic].

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by Anonymousreply 162April 12, 2017 3:12 PM

R156 Me too. I find her charming and very relatable. I love her house, too.

by Anonymousreply 163April 12, 2017 4:05 PM

I'm Julie's dressmaking career that like Julie just vanished off the show.

by Anonymousreply 164April 12, 2017 4:06 PM

[quote]I love her house, too.

Did she show you the room where she and Yoko plotted?

by Anonymousreply 165April 12, 2017 4:06 PM

I'm the compelling 4 episode arc that kicked off season two when Julie ran away with Chuck. I'm the best the series will ever be.

by Anonymousreply 166April 12, 2017 4:16 PM

Some of the plot lines for this show were absolutely crazy. Like the one where Julie goes on a ski trip and not one, but two hot guys fall in love with her. It's insane, because MacKenzie Phillips looked like a rotting corpse by then due to her heroin addiction. She has to chose between the two hot guys and gets married to Max, despite the fact that they barely know each other. She has an affair with another man and gets pregnant but assures Max that it's his. She has the baby, names her Annie, and shortly abandons both her baby and her husband...for what? I never saw the episode where she runs out on her family, but I did see a clip from it where Barbara is reading her goodbye note and Ann chokes out with glazed eyes as usual "DAMN her." MacKenzie Phillips kept coming and going due to her drug use and maybe some the nutty Julie plots stemmed from that. But it always seemed ridiculous to me that hot guys keep falling for Julie, who even at her best looked weird: pop eyes, shapeless skinny body, huge teeth.

by Anonymousreply 167April 13, 2017 1:47 AM

I'm Glenn Scarpelli's training dildo.

by Anonymousreply 168April 13, 2017 1:49 AM

[quote] Like the one where Julie goes on a ski trip and not one, but two hot guys fall in love with her.

From the same cultural mindset that gave us: "Oh Blossom -- you are so beautiful."

by Anonymousreply 169April 13, 2017 2:06 AM

I'm Bob, Barbara's hapless, adorkable classmate who has a massive crush on her. The producers spent six seasons setting us up for the "Barbara repeatedly rejects Bob, but then grows up, becomes less shallow, and sees him for the beautiful soul that he is" storyline, only to pull the rug out from under me by having her fall in love with Mark, with the movie-star looks.

I'm also played by Jean Stapleton's son.

by Anonymousreply 170April 13, 2017 3:43 AM

I'm Mackenzie's acne scarred face. How the hell did I wind up on a sitcom with hot guys wanting me all the time?

by Anonymousreply 171April 13, 2017 8:01 AM

I'm Mary Louise Wilson, wondering who got screwed worse: me, or Ann Wedgworth over at Three's Company.

by Anonymousreply 172April 13, 2017 11:17 AM

[quote] I'm Mackenzie's acne scarred face. How the hell did I wind up on a sitcom with hot guys wanting me all the time?

Connections. And most of those guys were probably gay.

by Anonymousreply 173April 13, 2017 11:34 AM

[quote]It's insane, because MacKenzie Phillips looked like a rotting corpse by then due to her heroin addiction.

I'm the low resolution of NTSC videotape that helped minimize it whereas film would have just made it even more obvious without LucyMAME levels of diffusion.

by Anonymousreply 174April 13, 2017 11:37 AM

We're Linda Marsh and Margie Peters jumping ship for [italic]The Facts of Life[/italic] in 1980 after NBC and TAT tried everything they could [italic]Hello, Larry[/italic]. At least on that set, the drug of choice was just plain old sugar.

by Anonymousreply 175April 13, 2017 11:40 AM

^^ to save

by Anonymousreply 176April 13, 2017 11:40 AM

I'm Robbie Benson who had the incredible choice of Bonnie or Mackenzie and chose Bonnie.

by Anonymousreply 177April 13, 2017 5:02 PM

[quote]Julie goes on a ski trip and not one, but two hot guys fall in love with her.

Max was not hot ever.

by Anonymousreply 178April 13, 2017 5:23 PM

[quote]But it always seemed ridiculous to me that hot guys keep falling for Julie,

Greg Evigan also picked her over Barbara.

by Anonymousreply 179April 13, 2017 5:25 PM

I'm Shelley Fabares correctly spelled last name, unlike my aunt.

by Anonymousreply 180April 13, 2017 5:26 PM

I'm The Facts of Life, another Embassy/Norman Lear produced "issue" orientated female sitcom that tapes right next door to you guys, in fact future gay Glenn Scarpelli hangs out with the FOL girls all the time on set.

And once you guys get canceled in 1984, Norman Lear will move a majority of your writers and producers over to FOL.

by Anonymousreply 181April 13, 2017 7:50 PM

[quote]And once you guys get canceled in 1984, Norman Lear will move a majority of your writers and producers over to FOL.

And yet not once did we ever hear Mrs. Garrett say "dammit, Jo!"

by Anonymousreply 182April 13, 2017 7:56 PM

That's because Mrs. Garrett actually listened to their problems.

by Anonymousreply 183April 13, 2017 8:10 PM

I'm Alan Horn. I took over the production supervisor position from Norman Lear in 1978 when the company had too many shows for him to devote time to all of them. Now I'm head of Disney studios rebooting everything you liked when you were a kid along with everything you disliked, were indifferent to, or have never even heard of. This is it…for originality in Hollywood.

by Anonymousreply 184April 13, 2017 8:15 PM

I am producer Bud Wiser. Everyone gets a kick out of my name.

by Anonymousreply 185April 13, 2017 8:38 PM

I'm Ron Rifkin who everyone thought was director Alan Rafkin for some reason.

by Anonymousreply 186April 13, 2017 8:57 PM

I'm Alex who had no mother, then had one, then didn't then did again. I had the same problem with my bedroom

by Anonymousreply 187April 13, 2017 8:58 PM

[quote] I'm Alex who had no mother, then had one, then didn't then did again. I had the same problem with my bedroom

And we give [italic]The Golden Girls[/italic] flack for less than that.

by Anonymousreply 188April 13, 2017 9:00 PM

I am Vicki Cooper!

by Anonymousreply 189April 13, 2017 9:39 PM

I'm Ann's boss Mr Conner or Mr Davenport, depending on which of us was free from doing guest roles that week.

by Anonymousreply 190April 13, 2017 9:41 PM

I'm Esmeralda or Cousin Alice or Bernice or well I forget which everyone I am but I play a teacher that talks to plants so unlike the wacky kooky characters I usually play

by Anonymousreply 191April 13, 2017 9:43 PM

I'm the piano chord at the beginning of the theme song.

by Anonymousreply 192April 13, 2017 9:47 PM

R191 Mrs. Loring. Or "Boring Loring".

by Anonymousreply 193April 14, 2017 12:15 AM

I'm the young man that worked for the same company Ann does. She invites me over, ostensibly to discuss work related matters, then proceeds to kiss me in an attempt to get me to fuck her. I leave and she's humiliated. Instead of filing a sexual harassment suit, I quit the company. Too bad I didn't sue. It would have great to see Ann Romano on the spot in a courtroom setting. The histrionics she would have had! It boggles the mind.

by Anonymousreply 194April 14, 2017 1:24 AM

DAMMIT, Your Honor!

by Anonymousreply 195April 14, 2017 10:11 AM

I'm the retarded kid Schneider hired to help around the building without knowing I was retarded. Many jokes in the episode center around Schneider saying how he and I are "a lot a like" and "on the same wavelength". It wouldn't surprise me if my episode was removed from all syndication packages, and future DVD releases.

by Anonymousreply 196April 14, 2017 12:57 PM

[quote]But it always seemed ridiculous to me that hot guys keep falling for Julie,

Mackenzie was sharing her blow with the writers, obviously.

by Anonymousreply 197April 14, 2017 3:35 PM

I'm Lester's mandolin.

by Anonymousreply 198April 14, 2017 3:49 PM

Julie having hot dates would be like a bunch of old ladies sharing a home being sexually active

by Anonymousreply 199April 14, 2017 6:09 PM

I'm Glenn Scarpelli's nonexistent shoulders.

by Anonymousreply 200April 14, 2017 7:34 PM

[quote] I'm the retarded kid Schneider hired to help around the building without knowing I was retarded. Many jokes in the episode center around Schneider saying how he and I are "a lot a like" and "on the same wavelength". It wouldn't surprise me if my episode was removed from all syndication packages, and future DVD releases.

Other shows of the era that did similar plot lines haven't been cut or censored on DVD.

by Anonymousreply 201April 14, 2017 7:40 PM

R201 like The Facts of Life when Blair dated a retarded person without realizing it

See what happens when sitcoms have the same writers and producers...

by Anonymousreply 202April 14, 2017 7:43 PM

[quote]Original ideas people!

Like there were never any single mothers on TV before she tapped into town.

by Anonymousreply 203April 14, 2017 7:47 PM

r203

Ann was not part of a closeted lesbian couple.

by Anonymousreply 204April 14, 2017 7:48 PM

[quote]Ann was not part of a closeted lesbian couple.

With hair and wardrobe like that?

by Anonymousreply 205April 14, 2017 7:51 PM

I am the Queen of TV movies.

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by Anonymousreply 206April 15, 2017 5:48 AM

No, I am.

by Anonymousreply 207April 15, 2017 5:51 AM

[quote]ike The Facts of Life when Blair dated a retarded person without realizing it

For reruns and the DVD release they changed him to a drug dealer.

by Anonymousreply 208April 15, 2017 6:16 AM

r206

Wrong

by Anonymousreply 209April 15, 2017 6:17 AM

R201 I know, I was overstating for comedic effect. I haven't seen that episode in years, but I bet it plays quite differently now than when it was produced.

by Anonymousreply 210April 15, 2017 6:49 AM

We're the writers, tearing our hair out trying to write episodes with Max but not Julie as Mackenzie Phillips keeps leaving and returning and leaving again due to her drug problems. (Ann Romano, running to the door: "Look, Barbara. It's Max! Hi, Max. Where's Julie?" Max: "She's waiting in the car.")

by Anonymousreply 211April 15, 2017 7:06 AM

Me too R163 Here's one of Valerie Bertinelli's recipes worth trying:

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by Anonymousreply 212April 15, 2017 11:49 AM

Here is a recipe of Valerie's not worth trying.

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by Anonymousreply 213April 15, 2017 12:48 PM

I'm whatever wuponvee is. That's what I thought "walk on your feet" sounded like when I was 5.

by Anonymousreply 214April 19, 2017 6:55 AM

I'm Shelley Fabares wondering why, despite being a better actress, better looking, funnier and all around nicer, I'm playing second fiddle.

by Anonymousreply 215April 19, 2017 7:50 AM

I don't know, R215, you tell me.

by Anonymousreply 216April 19, 2017 7:57 AM

Awesome evil thread.

by Anonymousreply 217April 19, 2017 8:34 AM

I've been catching up with the airings on Logo and while Mac was an ugly girl, she was one hell of an actress. Easily the best of the cast. She also has a real chemistry with Pat "Schneider" Harrington and the writers have them playing off of each other alot in these 3rd, 4th and 5th season shows.

Shame she had to fuck it all up with drugs but I guess when your pop is your sex date on a nightly basis, well it can really screw with your head.

by Anonymousreply 218April 19, 2017 9:02 AM

I'm the Janis Ian-lookalike who shows up with Barbara's boyfriend's baby. I claim to be a 17-year old high school dropout despite looking older than Bonnie Franklin.

by Anonymousreply 219April 19, 2017 7:31 PM

"That's what I thought "walk on your feet" sounded like when I was 5."

Actually it was "so up on your feet" but it came out "so WUP on ya feet!"

by Anonymousreply 220April 19, 2017 8:01 PM

I'm Ann Romano's righteous indignation whenever some male chauvinist pig addresses me as Miss Romano. I close my eyes (while speaking to him) and tell him "that's MS. Romano!" The audience applauds my feminism.

by Anonymousreply 221April 19, 2017 8:31 PM

[quote]Shame she had to fuck it all up with drugs but I guess when your pop is your sex date on a nightly basis, well it can really screw with your head.

That wasn't the only part he screwed with, sadly.

by Anonymousreply 222April 19, 2017 10:46 PM

R215 Not to mention your recording career!

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by Anonymousreply 223April 20, 2017 1:25 AM

I am LOGO butchering episodes.

by Anonymousreply 224April 20, 2017 2:36 AM

Exactly WHY did Julie abandon her husband and child? I know the writers needed to get rid of MacKenzie Phillips, but what was the reason Julie ran off? I know she left a note; did that explain it? It would have been great if they had killed Julie off; my God, Bonnie Franklin would have had a field day portraying the grief stricken Ann. It would made for some great over the top television dramatics.

by Anonymousreply 225April 20, 2017 3:06 AM

R225 As I recall, Julie's letter basically said it was all too much for her to handle, so she split. It was strange, because it didn't fit with the 12 or so previous episodes, where Julie was shown as a basically happy and content mother. The letter seemed to come from season 2 Julie, not the current version.

And Ann DID get to do some over-the-top dramatics. I remember her, with tears in her eyes, crumbling the note and yelling "DAMN her!" I assumed at the time that it was actually Bonnie Franklin's reaction, and she wasn't acting there.

by Anonymousreply 226April 20, 2017 5:20 PM

By the time Julie left, David wasn't there to hold her anymore.

by Anonymousreply 227April 20, 2017 6:25 PM

[quote] I am LOGO butchering episodes.

We're the distributor who does it so they don't have to.

by Anonymousreply 228April 20, 2017 6:27 PM

I'm jogging to answer the door. My tits bounce unrestrained in my burnt sienna cowl neck sweater.

by Anonymousreply 229April 20, 2017 7:59 PM

I am Guido Panzini!

by Anonymousreply 230April 20, 2017 10:26 PM

Julie seemed to have achieved a semblance of normalcy (finally!) with her marriage and baby, so to have her just chuck them both because it was "too much for her to handle?" Well, that certainly came way out of left field. And what was too overwhelming for her to "handle?" She had her mother and sister and grandmother there for her all the time, in addition to her besotted husband who was madly in love with her. The way Julie was gotten rid of just didn't make much sense. It really would have been better to kill her off. Other characters in sitcoms had been killed off (Henry Blake in "MASH", James Evans in "Good Times", Edith Bunker in "All In The Family"), so why not crazy Julie Cooper? I think viewers would have loved to have seen that.

by Anonymousreply 231April 21, 2017 12:12 AM

Writers give the stupidest reasons to get rid of actors/characters don't they?

by Anonymousreply 232April 21, 2017 12:13 AM

I'm the fur coat Julie's sugar daddy gave her.

by Anonymousreply 233April 21, 2017 1:50 AM

[quote]Edith Bunker in "All In The Family"

Edith Bunker died on "Archie Bunker's Place," not "All in the Family."

by Anonymousreply 234April 21, 2017 2:03 AM

I'm pretty sure the writers felt that in light of the actresses off-screen struggles, killing off Julie might have hit a little too close to home.

by Anonymousreply 235April 21, 2017 6:12 PM

[quote] Writers give the stupidest reasons to get rid of actors/characters don't they?

Some are more valid than others.

by Anonymousreply 236April 21, 2017 6:15 PM

Dammit Julie! Stop fucking your father!

by Anonymousreply 237April 21, 2017 6:50 PM

"Edith Bunker died on "Archie Bunker's Place," not "All in the Family."

After Edith's death, "All In The Family" became "Archie Bunker's Place." It was the same show with the same lead character (Archie Bunker); the name just changed due to Jean Stapleton's departure. Anyway, "All In The Family" should have ended when Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers left. I heard there was talk of having Archie remarry; thank God that never happened.

by Anonymousreply 238April 21, 2017 9:11 PM

[quote]After Edith's death, "All In The Family" became "Archie Bunker's Place."

No, dear. Edith was alive during the entire first season of "ABP." She appeared in several episodes, very much alive.

by Anonymousreply 239April 21, 2017 11:02 PM

I'm the guy Barbara dumped, not because he had a kid out of wedlock but because the girl he knocked up, had a face that look like it was run over by a truck.

by Anonymousreply 240April 22, 2017 12:17 AM

"No, dear. Edith was alive during the entire first season of "ABP." She appeared in several episodes, very much alive."

ABP was "All In The Family" with a different name, sweetie pie. Jean Stapleton was done with the series, but the network wanted to continue the saga of Archie Bunker; of course the show couldn't continue under the title "All In The Family" without Edith (or Gloria and Mike, for that matter) hence "Archie Bunker's Place." ABP was a bastardized version of AITF, complete with a different title. Got that, honey bunch?

by Anonymousreply 241April 22, 2017 1:16 AM

R241 But he's right. Edith does appear in several season 1 episodes of Archie Bunker's Place. She dies off-screen at the start of season 2.

by Anonymousreply 242April 24, 2017 1:33 AM

Check it out. She seems to appear in maybe 6 or 7 episodes in season 1 of APB. Including one in which Mike and Gloria return, and it's the last time they're ever all together.

Edith last appears in December of 1979 in episode 14, The Shabbat Dinner. For the rest of the season, she's said to be visiting relatives. Jean Stapleton said she was willing to continue to do a very limited number of episode of APB per year, but Carroll O'Connor felt it was too silly to have to come up with reasons why Edith wasn't there every week, plus it was felt that it would open up new storylines for Archie to be able to date.

O'Connor had to convince Lear (who actually never wanted APB to happen in the first place) to let them kill off Edith. He really didn't want to do it. O'Connor finally wore Lear down, and Lear made the call to Jean Stapleton to tell her.

Archie Bunker's Place was a terrible show compared to All in the Family, of course. But, in the episode where Edith dies, Carroll O'Connor gives a tour de force performance, like likes of which we certainly haven't seen since. He was feeling every bit of the loss.

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by Anonymousreply 243April 24, 2017 1:47 AM

"Archie Bunker's Place" was "All In The Family", renamed to reflect the fact that there was no longer any "family"; Mike and Gloria were gone, and Edith, after a few episodes, was killed off.

That show was a big mistake. Not only did it kill off one of the most beloved characters in tv history, it was a crummy show. I tried to watch it a few times, but it was very unfunny. And it featured one of the most unappealing child actors of all time, Danielle Brisbose, as the unbearable "little Steffi." And I thought Carroll O'Connor's performance as the grieving Archie was pure ham.

by Anonymousreply 244April 24, 2017 2:26 AM

R244 I agree with basically everything you said, but I think O'Connor is great in that scene.

The show suffered from bad writing. Norman Lear had nothing to do with it, other than signing off on it, reluctantly.

Years later, I believe after In the Heat of the Night went off the air, O'Connor wanted to bring Archie back, and by this time, Archie would be back driving a cab, part time, to supplement is social security. This time, Lear refused, and I don't think O'Connor ever spoke to him again.

by Anonymousreply 245April 24, 2017 3:44 AM

Interview with Jean Stapleton about Edith's death and Archie Bunker's Place.

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by Anonymousreply 246April 24, 2017 4:03 AM

R231 I think maybe it was (now that I think about) more that Julie felt boxed in and trapped. Again, nothing in the previous several episodes would have suggested it, though.

by Anonymousreply 247April 24, 2017 4:17 AM

Episode 2 of Archie Bunker's Place. Jean Stapleton's name comes second in the opening credits.

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by Anonymousreply 248April 24, 2017 4:22 AM

I am the married man who used Ann to get out of his marriage by sleeping with her under false pretenses and dumping her.

I am also the creep who tried to molest a teenage Mallory Keaton.

by Anonymousreply 249April 27, 2017 2:11 PM

I am funny. I have never met this show.

by Anonymousreply 250April 27, 2017 5:59 PM

Julie was always a volatile mess -- that's what was great about her. And sure, some teens who are volatile messes go on to become mature, responsible spouses and parents, and some try to live a white picket fence life and fail miserably, and don't their shit together until middle age or later or never.

Julie running off unexpectedly and blowing up her life even though she'd seemed happy? Completely within the realm of the established character.

by Anonymousreply 251April 27, 2017 6:55 PM

Julie was probably the first "bad" sitcom kid. Sure other kids were bad but they were led into it and were really good. Or the "bad" kids were not the shows main cast.

Julie was usually the one who lead others into trouble and was a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 252April 27, 2017 7:05 PM

Julie and Max were a great team.

by Anonymousreply 253April 28, 2017 2:20 AM

I am Jesse who had to go back to the Mendozas.

by Anonymousreply 254April 30, 2017 6:54 PM

DAMMIT, JESSE!

by Anonymousreply 255April 30, 2017 11:30 PM

Wow, Carroll O'Connor sounds like he an incredible asshole. I hope Norman Lear told him to fuck off if he really tried to shill another tv series starring himself as Archie Bunker.

by Anonymousreply 256April 30, 2017 11:54 PM

Is it me or did Mark Royer sound a lot like Jimmy Stewart?

by Anonymousreply 257May 1, 2017 6:09 AM

I remember Mark Royer imitating Jimmy Stewart on the show, now that you mention it. That was a weird thing certain sitcoms did. On Good Times last season you had Penny doing Mae West, Keith doing Clark Gable, and Bookman doing John Wayne on nearly every episode.

by Anonymousreply 258May 1, 2017 2:01 PM

[quote] That show was a big mistake. Not only did it kill off one of the most beloved characters in tv history, it was a crummy show. I tried to watch it a few times, but it was very unfunny.

The irony is that it (at least in part) inspired [italic]Til Death Us Do Part[/italic] to give Alf Garnett a sequel series. This time Johnny Speight was involved with it.

[quote]Wow, Carroll O'Connor sounds like he an incredible asshole. I hope Norman Lear told him to fuck off if he really tried to shill another tv series starring himself as Archie Bunker.

They actually thought people would watch [italic]704 Hauser[/italic] with just the house and none of the original cast, even with John Amos in it playing a new character. I'm starting to wonder whether Lear pitched that to Columbia and CBS just to spite O'Connor, who was still doing [italic]In the Heat of the Night[/italic] at the time.

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by Anonymousreply 259May 1, 2017 2:14 PM

[quote] That show was a big mistake. Not only did it kill off one of the most beloved characters in tv history, it was a crummy show. I tried to watch it a few times, but it was very unfunny.

The irony is that it (at least in part) inspired [italic]Til Death Us Do Part[/italic] to give Alf Garnett a sequel series. This time Johnny Speight was involved with it.

[quote]Wow, Carroll O'Connor sounds like he an incredible asshole. I hope Norman Lear told him to fuck off if he really tried to shill another tv series starring himself as Archie Bunker.

They actually thought people would watch [italic]704 Hauser[/italic] with just the house and none of the original cast, even with John Amos in it playing a new character. I'm starting to wonder whether Lear pitched that to Columbia and CBS just to spite O'Connor, who was still doing [italic]In the Heat of the Night[/italic] at the time.

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by Anonymousreply 260May 1, 2017 2:14 PM

Barbara should've married Cliff or at least Edith's kid

by Anonymousreply 261May 1, 2017 2:37 PM

End this shit thread.

by Anonymousreply 262May 1, 2017 2:41 PM

Mark Royer was HOT!

by Anonymousreply 263May 1, 2017 7:06 PM

I saw Mark Royer play opposite Patti LuPone in Gypsy.

by Anonymousreply 264May 1, 2017 8:59 PM

End R262 and his unconstructive, parasitic bitchiness.

by Anonymousreply 265May 1, 2017 9:00 PM

I am Nick Handris being killed off in one line.

by Anonymousreply 266May 2, 2017 1:14 AM

I think they could have brought Archie Bunker back in the 90s. Little Joey has grown into a liberal arts college student, and he's gay. And he wants to live in Archie's house while he goes to school.

by Anonymousreply 267May 2, 2017 2:02 AM

I am Pussy Whipped David Kane searching for his balls.

by Anonymousreply 268May 2, 2017 2:09 AM

I'm the fern. Somebody water me.

by Anonymousreply 269May 2, 2017 2:09 AM

I am Lori Wroblicki whose mother couldn't care less for.

by Anonymousreply 270May 2, 2017 3:46 AM

[quote]Little Joey has grown into a liberal arts college student, and he's gay.

Not really, the idea is OK but it was already done with Anne Meara's character's gay nephew.

By the time Archie Bunker's Place rolled around, Archie was neutralized. Archie wasn't much of a bigot to begin with, and by the time the show changed formats, he had a Puerto Rican girlfriend, a Jewish niece, a black housekeeper, Jewish partner and so on and so on.

A real bigot wouldn't allow what Archie did. He didn't like it but in the end he basically did what was right.

by Anonymousreply 271May 2, 2017 5:05 AM

And they replaced one Jewish business partner with another one when Martin Balsam walked away.

by Anonymousreply 272May 2, 2017 5:08 AM

I don't think Archie ever replaced his partner, they had Murray leave and he made one or two guest appearences but his interests were being represented by Gary Rabinowitz. (Archie's actual niece Billie was his love interest and both Barry Gordon (Gary) and Denise Miller (Billie) played together on ABC's "Fish."

Stephanie was not related by blood to either Archie or Edith.

by Anonymousreply 273May 2, 2017 9:13 AM

I am Ron Rifkin, still bitter.

by Anonymousreply 274May 2, 2017 1:39 PM

Archie had basically become a closet liberal by the time Archie Bunker's Place ended. They had him kissing Sammy Davis Jr. That in itself was ok, how many times can a character "learn his lesson" before he finally absorbs it? But the writing had become piss poor.

Mad Magazine did a brilliant, savage parody of it where Archie was visited by the ghosts of sitcoms past (Edith, Mike and Gloria). They were showing Archie great scenes from the old show, juxtaposed with scenes from "Starchie Bonkers Place" One had Archie sitting at the table with Stephanie saying "Come on now, there, eat your shreded coca puffs! It'll help your body grow 8 ways, 2 of which I don't even wanna mention!" to great reams of canned laughter. I wish I could find it.

by Anonymousreply 275May 2, 2017 1:59 PM

I am Michael Lembeck wondering if I will work this week.

by Anonymousreply 276May 2, 2017 4:18 PM

I'm Schneider's camper home to Max and Julie and probably Julie's first child, by Chuck and aborted

by Anonymousreply 277May 2, 2017 5:36 PM

I am LOGO who puts in way too many Fire Island ads between scenes.

by Anonymousreply 278May 2, 2017 7:40 PM

I am Bob and his blue balls.

by Anonymousreply 279May 4, 2017 12:40 AM

I am Mark and his non resemblance to Howard Hesseman.

by Anonymousreply 280May 4, 2017 6:33 PM

I am the ONE bathroom for all of those tenants.

by Anonymousreply 281May 4, 2017 7:22 PM

The show's very first TV Guide cover (July 24, 1976). Kinda boring with just Ann (no Julie or Barbara).

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by Anonymousreply 282May 6, 2017 1:48 AM

Lord, it looks just like the Mason Reese cover.

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by Anonymousreply 283May 6, 2017 1:56 AM

The show's second TV Guide cover (May 7, 1977). This one features all three ladies!

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by Anonymousreply 284May 6, 2017 2:54 AM

Barbara never had any female friends.

by Anonymousreply 285May 6, 2017 3:21 AM

How did virtually unknown Bonnie Franklin get so much power on the show and why didn't John Amos get the same amount of respect?

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by Anonymousreply 286May 7, 2017 8:03 PM

r286, she certainly didn't hold onto to the power. She didn't much other TV or movies after the show ended in 1984.

by Anonymousreply 287May 7, 2017 8:26 PM

Even I had another sitcom for a season and a half

by Anonymousreply 288May 7, 2017 8:29 PM

How did she ever become a lead in the first place? She even sucked on an episode of the Munsters.

by Anonymousreply 289May 7, 2017 9:30 PM

Bonnie Franklin and Joyce DeWitt - you can keep one, the other will go to gulag!

by Anonymousreply 290May 7, 2017 11:14 PM

She was on Gidget as a contemporary of Sally Field and even then she seemed like a dreary frau.

by Anonymousreply 291May 7, 2017 11:20 PM

Shit thread.

by Anonymousreply 292May 7, 2017 11:20 PM

R292, what do you mean?

by Anonymousreply 293May 8, 2017 12:36 AM

She means Bonnie Franklin is shit, esp a shit actress.

by Anonymousreply 294May 8, 2017 1:02 AM
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by Anonymousreply 295May 8, 2017 8:52 PM

For a show whose best years are nowhere to be found on DVD, this is a pretty fun thread, honestly.

by Anonymousreply 296May 8, 2017 8:54 PM

Is that bird shit on her tombstone?

by Anonymousreply 297May 8, 2017 9:20 PM

"One Day At A Time" is good gossip fodder due to the never ending drug addiction of MacKenzie Phillips. Valerie Bertinelli was no angel, either (she was a little cokehead) but it never affected her work. Phillip's drug habit was painfully obvious; she looked like death on camera. I'm surprised they gave her as many chances to reform as they did.

by Anonymousreply 298May 8, 2017 9:21 PM

Valerie smoked crack with Eddie.

by Anonymousreply 299May 8, 2017 9:22 PM

R296 I totally agree, and the interest in the show goes beyond the tabloid behind-the-scenes aspects. The first few years were quite well written, and some episodes (again, like the 4 episode arc of season 2 of Julie running off with Chuck) made for excellent family drama. The contrast between Julie and Barbara, and the jealousy between them, mostly coming from Julie, was very interesting to watch. And I think Bonnie Franklin, while maybe a somewhat limited actress, did a great job as Ann Romano. The supporting cast, and many of the guest stars were great as well.

I know it's sort of considered something of an "also ran" as far as Norman Lear shows go, but it was quite good and great at time (up until Barbara meets Mark, I would say.)

I'm unable to watch the show on cable because of how much is now cut from each episode. But if there were some way to see the original, uncut episodes online, I would do it in a heartbeat, or of course I'd love a DVD set. I think it would do well.

by Anonymousreply 300May 9, 2017 12:49 AM

No r297 it's the final load pat Harrington jr. shot out before kicking the bucket.

by Anonymousreply 301May 9, 2017 12:59 AM

Nicolette Larson was Valerie Bertinelli's maid of honor at her wedding to Eddie Van Halen.

And then she died

by Anonymousreply 302May 9, 2017 2:59 AM

That makes me sad.

by Anonymousreply 303May 9, 2017 3:14 AM

R302 I guess that's why she's never been on her cooking show.

by Anonymousreply 304May 9, 2017 5:19 AM

[quote] Is that bird shit on her tombstone?

Dammit, pigeon!

by Anonymousreply 305May 9, 2017 9:16 AM

Am I the only one who thought Glenn Scarpelli was a good actor and terrific crier?

by Anonymousreply 306May 9, 2017 7:41 PM

He was a young DeNiro compared to that blond AIDS boy on that stupid Tony Danza show that was so bad it drove Norman Lear to sell out to Coca-Cola.

by Anonymousreply 307May 9, 2017 7:43 PM

I am the London firm offering Ann a job in 1984 developing computers.

WHY would she be a fit for that, exactly?

She got to the top of the field with no discernible talent apparently.

by Anonymousreply 308May 9, 2017 10:30 PM

[quote]WHY would she be a fit for that, exactly?

Did they even have a computer in their apartment? I never noticed one.

by Anonymousreply 309May 9, 2017 10:36 PM

[quote][R302] I guess that's why she's never been on her cooking show.

When [italic]Fuller House[/italic] goes off the air, Jodie Sweetin will probably end up doing a cooking show. Except it probably won't be with food, if you catch my drift.

by Anonymousreply 310May 9, 2017 10:37 PM

Wasn't Ann's career in an advertising firm? How did she get into that field? I thought she had no education at all, had married and started popping out babies right after high school. She's such a driven career woman that she has a heart attack. While in the hospital with tubes in her nose she squeaks "I'm scared." She was always saying that "I'm scared."

by Anonymousreply 311May 9, 2017 11:48 PM

[quote]Am I the only one who thought Glenn Scarpelli was a good actor and terrific crier?

Yes.

by Anonymousreply 312May 11, 2017 1:45 AM

R308 Sounds like Bonnie Franklin, lol

by Anonymousreply 313May 11, 2017 2:04 AM

I am Fred.

by Anonymousreply 314May 11, 2017 4:14 PM

I'm Jo Ann Pflug turning down the role of Ann Romano on religious grounds before divorcing Chuck Woolery five years later.

by Anonymousreply 315May 11, 2017 4:20 PM

[quote] Wasn't Ann's career in an advertising firm? How did she get into that field? I thought she had no education at all, had married and started popping out babies right after high school. She's such a driven career woman that she has a heart attack. While in the hospital with tubes in her nose she squeaks "I'm scared." She was always saying that "I'm scared."

Wouldn't you be scared if you were trying to develop an identity separate from other people after years of only being defined by your relationship to others?

by Anonymousreply 316May 11, 2017 4:21 PM

Plug turned down the role? Where did you hear that?

by Anonymousreply 317May 11, 2017 4:44 PM

I am Max the hack writer.

by Anonymousreply 318June 7, 2017 12:31 AM

I'm the glass giraffe that was given to Barbara by that girl who wanted to be her friend.

by Anonymousreply 319June 7, 2017 1:15 AM

I am Max's hairy chest.

by Anonymousreply 320June 11, 2017 3:26 AM

BUMP! I did not know one was already created, though I did search everywhere. Mea culpa. My stupid attempt below.

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by Anonymousreply 321February 25, 2019 11:40 PM

R286 Norman Lear was facing any number of revolts from the leads in his casts. Carroll O'Connor staged a sick-out and missed four episodes of All in the Family. I believe Beatrice Arthur pulled something similar.

I believe Lear felt he had to find a sacrificial lamb, and fire him. Of all his leads, John Amos was likely the most expendable, because there was still another parent left to care for the kids. I would imagine Amos' firing at least somewhat tamped down on the problem Lear was having.

by Anonymousreply 322February 26, 2019 3:24 PM
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