I’ve always found him attractive in a dorky kind of way. Was he considered a catch when That Girl was on?
Eldergays, tell me about Donald from That Girl.
by Phil Donahue | reply 25 | Last Tuesday at 2:20 AM |
Oh the burnt oranges, harvest golds and hunter greens that man wore, I assume he’s the one who inspired home interiors in the 70s.
by Phil Donahue | reply 1 | Last Monday at 7:40 AM |
I’m watching That Girl right now on Antenna TV. He deserved much better than Marlo.
by Phil Donahue | reply 2 | Last Monday at 7:44 AM |
I always thought it was hilarious that they pretended that she wasn't all over that cock.
by Phil Donahue | reply 3 | Last Monday at 7:57 AM |
Ted was one of the kindest men who ever lived.
by Phil Donahue | reply 4 | Last Monday at 8:03 AM |
He was considered very attractive in an Ivy League way.
by Phil Donahue | reply 5 | Last Monday at 8:18 AM |
My first crush. Handsome and slightly goofy. Same him on broadway back in the 70s and he was just as cute in person.
by Phil Donahue | reply 6 | Last Monday at 8:26 AM |
Ted Bessell was very fuckable in a straight laced, adorkable kind of way while on "That Girl". I was born well after the show aired but, when I saw it decades later, I developed a lowkey crush on Ted.
by Phil Donahue | reply 7 | Last Monday at 8:36 AM |
Every time I watched that show I thought they were brother and sister. Their relationship seemed so sexless.
by Phil Donahue | reply 8 | Last Monday at 9:10 AM |
"OH, ZDONALD!"
by Phil Donahue | reply 9 | Last Monday at 9:12 AM |
He was cute as MTM's boyfriend in a few episodes.
by Phil Donahue | reply 10 | Last Monday at 10:16 AM |
If you watch ever so closely, you can see that Donald and Ann's father are hot for each other and probably having sex on the side.
by Phil Donahue | reply 11 | Last Monday at 12:07 PM |
I hated everything about him on MTM, R10. Hideous, with a ridiculous toupee. Mary deserved better than that, especially since he was two-timing her.
by Phil Donahue | reply 12 | Last Monday at 12:16 PM |
No one his age wore hair that short during that time.
by Phil Donahue | reply 13 | Last Monday at 12:22 PM |
Guys wore their hair that short. I knew guys who would ask barbers to style their hair just like Donald's.
by Phil Donahue | reply 14 | Last Monday at 12:33 PM |
As a gayling I never felt any sort of attraction or crush on Donald. He struck me as an asexual nerdy type - probably just right for Marlo.
by Phil Donahue | reply 15 | Last Monday at 12:38 PM |
[quote]No one his age wore hair that short during that time.
Men who worked in offices did. Look at the majority of male hairstyles on Mad Men. All very cleancut and short. It wasn't until the 1970s that men got away with longer hair.
by Phil Donahue | reply 16 | Last Monday at 1:02 PM |
I recently read a bio about him, and he was in two failed tv series before That Girl. One of them was "It's a Man's World." In the other one he was the father of a chimpanzee.
by Phil Donahue | reply 17 | Last Monday at 1:58 PM |
At the age of seven, I wanted to see him naked. I don't know if I was more infatuated with cock or bush, but I wanted to see both.
by Phil Donahue | reply 19 | Last Monday at 5:57 PM |
R17: get your glasses checked. He appeared in "Me and the Chimp" after "That Girl". "It's a Man's World" was about 5 years before and a much better show than "That Girl".
by Phil Donahue | reply 20 | Last Monday at 6:08 PM |
I watched the show when it was a network staple and thought he was very handsome. But I was too young at the time to understand what drew me to him.
by Phil Donahue | reply 21 | Last Monday at 7:06 PM |
He also was on "Gomer Pyle" on a number of episodes as one of marines and he's in "Captain Newman, MD" in the mental ward, starring Gregory Peck as the eponymous doctor and Bobby Darin in an amazing Oscar-nominated performance.
by Phil Donahue | reply 22 | Last Monday at 7:10 PM |
He was never considered anything special at the time, no. Ironically he seems more appealing now than he did then.
by Phil Donahue | reply 23 | Last Tuesday at 12:58 AM |
For a 1970's or 1960's guy Ted Bessell was handsome enough, yes that includes his short hair cut.
No he wasn't some sort of Adonis that stopped traffic, but just an attractive (in his sort of way) steady sort of decent guy any girl (or gay guy) of the time would be happy to have.
by Phil Donahue | reply 24 | Last Tuesday at 2:17 AM |
OTOH have always felt Marlo Thomas was lucky to nab Donald. More so that he remained with her crazy behind and constantly putting off getting married.
by Phil Donahue | reply 25 | Last Tuesday at 2:20 AM |