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.
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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 Anonymous | reply 322 | February 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 Anonymous | reply 1 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 2 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 3 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 4 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 5 | April 9, 2017 7:17 PM |
We're the party guests wondering where the hell she went.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 9, 2017 7:17 PM |
I'm the jog to the door when the doorbell rings.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 8 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 9 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 10 | April 9, 2017 7:21 PM |
I'm the party that improved when she left.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 9, 2017 7:22 PM |
We're the parties she never got invited to because we couldn't stand her overdramatic ass.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 9, 2017 7:24 PM |
I'm Ginny Wroblicki. What possessed you to start this thread without me?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 9, 2017 7:26 PM |
I'm the red pubes in the shower drain.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 9, 2017 7:26 PM |
I'm the smell of dirty pantyhose.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 16 | April 9, 2017 7:30 PM |
[quote]I don't know what I was thinking.
I bet I do.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 9, 2017 7:32 PM |
I am the tool Schneider uses handily.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 19 | April 9, 2017 7:34 PM |
I'm Ann's Heart Attack. On a Very Special One Day At A Time.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 21 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 22 | April 9, 2017 7:38 PM |
I'm a feature of all Noman Lear sitcoms - the sudden serious moment.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 9, 2017 7:38 PM |
I'm Schneider's white upper arms peeking out from the sleeves.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 9, 2017 7:39 PM |
I'm the shrill delivery and complete lack of comedic ability.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 9, 2017 7:40 PM |
I'm the sterilizer in which Julie and her doctor boyfriend cooked hot dogs.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 27 | April 9, 2017 7:40 PM |
I'm Chicken Cacciatore and Ann is always ready to whip me up.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 30 | April 9, 2017 7:42 PM |
R16 - I forgive you, Daddy.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 9, 2017 7:43 PM |
I'm that short exhale/short vocal inhale that Ann used to call "emoting".
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 9, 2017 7:43 PM |
I'm the sassy poses for all the publicity shots!
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 9, 2017 7:45 PM |
I'm Danny Partridge, and I would like my hair back, please.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 9, 2017 7:47 PM |
She looks like she got caught pulling her granny panties out of her ass in R33's link.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | April 9, 2017 7:47 PM |
I'm yet another episode where Mackenzie Phillips is visibly fucked-up on camera.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 9, 2017 7:48 PM |
I'm Danny Partridge and I'd like crack habit back, please.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 9, 2017 7:49 PM |
I'm the screaming, cold-sweat nightmares everybody who clicked on r28's photo will be having tonight.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 39 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 40 | April 9, 2017 7:57 PM |
I'm David, holding Ann as commanded.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 9, 2017 7:57 PM |
r40 Bonnie Franklin was Jewish, believe it or not.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 43 | April 9, 2017 8:00 PM |
I'm Ann Romano, speaking with my eyes closed whenever I'm annoyed with something.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 9, 2017 8:01 PM |
I'm the Very Special Episode where David and Schneider got Ann Romano drunk and tag-teamed her.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 9, 2017 8:04 PM |
I'm the earworm theme song, "This is It" performed by Polly Cutter!
by Anonymous | reply 46 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 47 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 48 | April 9, 2017 8:09 PM |
I am Schneiders throbbing member every time I got close to Ann Romano.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 9, 2017 8:10 PM |
Including me.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 9, 2017 8:10 PM |
I wonder if A Very Special Episode is charted by how many emotional breath intakes Ann does.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 9, 2017 8:13 PM |
I'm "DAMMIT!" -- Bonnie's contract stipulates I must be uttered at least 11 times per episode.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 9, 2017 8:14 PM |
Her overacting started in the pilot and she never dialed it back.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 55 | April 9, 2017 8:26 PM |
I'm Barbara's Farrah knockoff haircut, which got poofier and poofier after she lost her virginity.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 57 | April 9, 2017 8:44 PM |
I'm "wup"
by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 59 | April 9, 2017 8:47 PM |
I forgot how bad this show was after not seeing it for 30 years.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 9, 2017 8:54 PM |
I'm Valerie's forehead, which didn't exist because it was all hair.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 9, 2017 8:56 PM |
I am Michael Lembeck!
What else do you need?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 63 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 64 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 65 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 66 | April 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.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 68 | April 9, 2017 9:59 PM |
I'm Gopher Burgers' secret formula: plop. pickle, plunk.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 70 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 71 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 72 | April 10, 2017 12:48 AM |
R2 = David Birney
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 10, 2017 12:57 AM |
Here's the clip of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 76 | April 10, 2017 1:24 AM |
I'm the motorcycle Cliff used to wrap his legs around and sit his ass on.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | April 10, 2017 1:32 AM |
I'm the dance Julie does over Mackenzie Phillips' credit.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | April 10, 2017 1:33 AM |
I'm Bonnie Franklin's entire upper dental arch, on display with every smile.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | April 10, 2017 1:43 AM |
I'm Elton John, who had already stopped dressing like that when that episode aired.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 81 | April 10, 2017 3:30 AM |
I'm Nanette Fabray, alive at 96, having outlasted my TV daughter by more than four years.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 83 | April 10, 2017 3:36 AM |
I'm Shari Lewis. Please stop comparing me to her, even though we're both dead.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 85 | April 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.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | April 10, 2017 3:40 AM |
I am Boyd Gaines huge weiner.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 88 | April 10, 2017 6:37 AM |
r81
I agree
by Anonymous | reply 89 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 90 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 91 | April 10, 2017 6:40 AM |
I'm Schneider's unseen wife who was mentioned twice but never heard from again
by Anonymous | reply 92 | April 10, 2017 6:41 AM |
I'm Schneider's son who was in one episode of his life
by Anonymous | reply 93 | April 10, 2017 6:41 AM |
I'm Trish the Dish, somehow I'm supposed to be skankier than Julie...
by Anonymous | reply 94 | April 10, 2017 11:03 AM |
I am Michael Lembeck and his Just For Men beard.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 96 | April 10, 2017 2:24 PM |
R91 And I outlived you, my other daughter, too!
by Anonymous | reply 97 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 98 | April 10, 2017 7:05 PM |
I am Julie's big buck teeth .
by Anonymous | reply 99 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 100 | April 10, 2017 7:53 PM |
I'm Max's cute little ass, seen once in dolphin shorts and never seen again.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 102 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 103 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 104 | April 11, 2017 3:53 AM |
I'm Bonnie Franklin's post-ODAAT career, which consisted of game shows, dinner theatre and autograph signings.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 106 | April 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.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 108 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 109 | April 11, 2017 6:39 AM |
I'm the bra that Bonnie Franklin never owned.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | April 11, 2017 10:59 AM |
I'm Glenn Scaroelli. I was nothing before and I'm nothing now.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 112 | April 11, 2017 12:52 PM |
I'm the sun room where nobody ever sat. Not even once.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 114 | April 11, 2017 1:19 PM |
r114
So Max doesn't get an extension to his name?
by Anonymous | reply 115 | April 11, 2017 2:39 PM |
I'm homosexuality the one controversy ODAAT steared totally clear from.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 117 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 118 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 119 | April 11, 2017 2:44 PM |
I'm the pussy stench emanating from Schneider's moustache.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 121 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 122 | April 11, 2017 4:07 PM |
I'm the TicTac Barbara pretended was The Pill when she went through her brief slut phase.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 125 | April 11, 2017 4:12 PM |
I'm the audience's gasp whenever Ann slaps one of her children or her pseudo-child Alex.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 11, 2017 4:15 PM |
They seemed less shocked when she did it to Alex.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 128 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 129 | April 11, 2017 5:13 PM |
I am the children Mark couldn't have because of Barbara.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | April 11, 2017 9:27 PM |
I'm endometriosis. Please speak in hushed tones when you discuss me.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 132 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 133 | April 11, 2017 10:19 PM |
I'm Whitney Blake co-creator and always elegant and beautiful
by Anonymous | reply 134 | April 11, 2017 10:30 PM |
I'm the sequel Two Dongs at a Time starring Brent Corrigan.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | April 11, 2017 10:31 PM |
"Kiss My Grits" oh wait that was another annoying mid 70's to 80's sitcom.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 137 | April 11, 2017 11:18 PM |
Thank the Lord Meredith's mom had a hand in a hit after Hazel.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | April 11, 2017 11:34 PM |
R136: Perhaps it's me you were thinking of?
by Anonymous | reply 139 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 140 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 141 | April 12, 2017 3:26 AM |
I'm Interstate 70 in Indianapolis, which got top billing in the opening credits from Season 5 on.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | April 12, 2017 3:47 AM |
I'm the bloated cast from Season 8, 9 credits including Interstate 70.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 144 | April 12, 2017 4:22 AM |
I am Boyd Gaines and his swinging apparatus!
by Anonymous | reply 145 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 146 | April 12, 2017 4:45 AM |
How did Glen Scarpelli and Boyd Gaines get billed before Mac Phillips?
by Anonymous | reply 147 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 148 | April 12, 2017 4:54 AM |
R148 yes, I remember that now. Thank you.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 150 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 151 | April 12, 2017 5:34 AM |
Plus Valerie didn't look like shit, Mac looked awful.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 153 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 154 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 155 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 156 | April 12, 2017 1:28 PM |
And she did a great job on Match Game. That's such a fun show.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 158 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 159 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 160 | April 12, 2017 3:08 PM |
I'm Alex's bedroom that mysteriously came and went.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | April 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].
by Anonymous | reply 162 | April 12, 2017 3:12 PM |
R156 Me too. I find her charming and very relatable. I love her house, too.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | April 12, 2017 4:05 PM |
I'm Julie's dressmaking career that like Julie just vanished off the show.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | April 12, 2017 4:06 PM |
[quote]I love her house, too.
Did she show you the room where she and Yoko plotted?
by Anonymous | reply 165 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 166 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 167 | April 13, 2017 1:47 AM |
I'm Glenn Scarpelli's training dildo.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 169 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 170 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 171 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 172 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 173 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 174 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 175 | April 13, 2017 11:40 AM |
^^ to save
by Anonymous | reply 176 | April 13, 2017 11:40 AM |
I'm Robbie Benson who had the incredible choice of Bonnie or Mackenzie and chose Bonnie.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 178 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 179 | April 13, 2017 5:25 PM |
I'm Shelley Fabares correctly spelled last name, unlike my aunt.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 181 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 182 | April 13, 2017 7:56 PM |
That's because Mrs. Garrett actually listened to their problems.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 184 | April 13, 2017 8:15 PM |
I am producer Bud Wiser. Everyone gets a kick out of my name.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | April 13, 2017 8:38 PM |
I'm Ron Rifkin who everyone thought was director Alan Rafkin for some reason.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 187 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 188 | April 13, 2017 9:00 PM |
I am Vicki Cooper!
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 190 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 191 | April 13, 2017 9:43 PM |
I'm the piano chord at the beginning of the theme song.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 13, 2017 9:47 PM |
R191 Mrs. Loring. Or "Boring Loring".
by Anonymous | reply 193 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 194 | April 14, 2017 1:24 AM |
DAMMIT, Your Honor!
by Anonymous | reply 195 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 196 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 197 | April 14, 2017 3:35 PM |
I'm Lester's mandolin.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | April 14, 2017 3:49 PM |
Julie having hot dates would be like a bunch of old ladies sharing a home being sexually active
by Anonymous | reply 199 | April 14, 2017 6:09 PM |
I'm Glenn Scarpelli's nonexistent shoulders.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 201 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 202 | April 14, 2017 7:43 PM |
[quote]Original ideas people!
Like there were never any single mothers on TV before she tapped into town.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | April 14, 2017 7:47 PM |
r203
Ann was not part of a closeted lesbian couple.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | April 14, 2017 7:48 PM |
[quote]Ann was not part of a closeted lesbian couple.
With hair and wardrobe like that?
by Anonymous | reply 205 | April 14, 2017 7:51 PM |
No, I am.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 208 | April 15, 2017 6:16 AM |
r206
Wrong
by Anonymous | reply 209 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 210 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 211 | April 15, 2017 7:06 AM |
Me too R163 Here's one of Valerie Bertinelli's recipes worth trying:
by Anonymous | reply 212 | April 15, 2017 11:49 AM |
Here is a recipe of Valerie's not worth trying.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 214 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 215 | April 19, 2017 7:50 AM |
I don't know, R215, you tell me.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | April 19, 2017 7:57 AM |
Awesome evil thread.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 218 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 219 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 220 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 221 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 222 | April 19, 2017 10:46 PM |
I am LOGO butchering episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 225 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 226 | April 20, 2017 5:20 PM |
By the time Julie left, David wasn't there to hold her anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 228 | April 20, 2017 6:27 PM |
I'm jogging to answer the door. My tits bounce unrestrained in my burnt sienna cowl neck sweater.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | April 20, 2017 7:59 PM |
I am Guido Panzini!
by Anonymous | reply 230 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 231 | April 21, 2017 12:12 AM |
Writers give the stupidest reasons to get rid of actors/characters don't they?
by Anonymous | reply 232 | April 21, 2017 12:13 AM |
I'm the fur coat Julie's sugar daddy gave her.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 234 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 235 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 236 | April 21, 2017 6:15 PM |
Dammit Julie! Stop fucking your father!
by Anonymous | reply 237 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 238 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 239 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 240 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 241 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 242 | April 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.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 244 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 245 | April 24, 2017 3:44 AM |
Interview with Jean Stapleton about Edith's death and Archie Bunker's Place.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 247 | April 24, 2017 4:17 AM |
Episode 2 of Archie Bunker's Place. Jean Stapleton's name comes second in the opening credits.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 249 | April 27, 2017 2:11 PM |
I am funny. I have never met this show.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 251 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 252 | April 27, 2017 7:05 PM |
Julie and Max were a great team.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | April 28, 2017 2:20 AM |
I am Jesse who had to go back to the Mendozas.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | April 30, 2017 6:54 PM |
DAMMIT, JESSE!
by Anonymous | reply 255 | April 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 Anonymous | reply 256 | April 30, 2017 11:54 PM |
Is it me or did Mark Royer sound a lot like Jimmy Stewart?
by Anonymous | reply 257 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 258 | May 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.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | May 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.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | May 1, 2017 2:14 PM |
Barbara should've married Cliff or at least Edith's kid
by Anonymous | reply 261 | May 1, 2017 2:37 PM |
End this shit thread.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | May 1, 2017 2:41 PM |
Mark Royer was HOT!
by Anonymous | reply 263 | May 1, 2017 7:06 PM |
I saw Mark Royer play opposite Patti LuPone in Gypsy.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | May 1, 2017 8:59 PM |
End R262 and his unconstructive, parasitic bitchiness.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | May 1, 2017 9:00 PM |
I am Nick Handris being killed off in one line.
by Anonymous | reply 266 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 267 | May 2, 2017 2:02 AM |
I am Pussy Whipped David Kane searching for his balls.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | May 2, 2017 2:09 AM |
I'm the fern. Somebody water me.
by Anonymous | reply 269 | May 2, 2017 2:09 AM |
I am Lori Wroblicki whose mother couldn't care less for.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 271 | May 2, 2017 5:05 AM |
And they replaced one Jewish business partner with another one when Martin Balsam walked away.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 273 | May 2, 2017 9:13 AM |
I am Ron Rifkin, still bitter.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 275 | May 2, 2017 1:59 PM |
I am Michael Lembeck wondering if I will work this week.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 277 | May 2, 2017 5:36 PM |
I am LOGO who puts in way too many Fire Island ads between scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | May 2, 2017 7:40 PM |
I am Bob and his blue balls.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | May 4, 2017 12:40 AM |
I am Mark and his non resemblance to Howard Hesseman.
by Anonymous | reply 280 | May 4, 2017 6:33 PM |
I am the ONE bathroom for all of those tenants.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | May 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).
by Anonymous | reply 282 | May 6, 2017 1:48 AM |
The show's second TV Guide cover (May 7, 1977). This one features all three ladies!
by Anonymous | reply 284 | May 6, 2017 2:54 AM |
Barbara never had any female friends.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | May 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?
by Anonymous | reply 286 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 287 | May 7, 2017 8:26 PM |
Even I had another sitcom for a season and a half
by Anonymous | reply 288 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 289 | May 7, 2017 9:30 PM |
Bonnie Franklin and Joyce DeWitt - you can keep one, the other will go to gulag!
by Anonymous | reply 290 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 291 | May 7, 2017 11:20 PM |
Shit thread.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | May 7, 2017 11:20 PM |
R292, what do you mean?
by Anonymous | reply 293 | May 8, 2017 12:36 AM |
She means Bonnie Franklin is shit, esp a shit actress.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | May 8, 2017 1:02 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 295 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 296 | May 8, 2017 8:54 PM |
Is that bird shit on her tombstone?
by Anonymous | reply 297 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 298 | May 8, 2017 9:21 PM |
Valerie smoked crack with Eddie.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 300 | May 9, 2017 12:49 AM |
No r297 it's the final load pat Harrington jr. shot out before kicking the bucket.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 302 | May 9, 2017 2:59 AM |
That makes me sad.
by Anonymous | reply 303 | May 9, 2017 3:14 AM |
R302 I guess that's why she's never been on her cooking show.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | May 9, 2017 5:19 AM |
[quote] Is that bird shit on her tombstone?
Dammit, pigeon!
by Anonymous | reply 305 | May 9, 2017 9:16 AM |
Am I the only one who thought Glenn Scarpelli was a good actor and terrific crier?
by Anonymous | reply 306 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 307 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 308 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 309 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 310 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 311 | May 9, 2017 11:48 PM |
[quote]Am I the only one who thought Glenn Scarpelli was a good actor and terrific crier?
Yes.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | May 11, 2017 1:45 AM |
R308 Sounds like Bonnie Franklin, lol
by Anonymous | reply 313 | May 11, 2017 2:04 AM |
I am Fred.
by Anonymous | reply 314 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 315 | May 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 Anonymous | reply 316 | May 11, 2017 4:21 PM |
Plug turned down the role? Where did you hear that?
by Anonymous | reply 317 | May 11, 2017 4:44 PM |
I am Max the hack writer.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | June 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 Anonymous | reply 319 | June 7, 2017 1:15 AM |
I am Max's hairy chest.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | June 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.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | February 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.
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