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Thanks!!!

In my mind, Eden and Cruz reunited and are today enjoying their grandchildren!!!!

That makes two of us, even though the rest of the series did have some fun moments. I remember one critic, when Hangin' With Mr. Cooper premiered, calling it kind of a cross between Three's Company (the three adult roommates, two girls and a guy) and The White Shadow (a former NBA player becomes a high school coach), with a black cast. I never did find out whether it was Dawnn Lewis' choice to leave the show. Does anyone know for sure?

Yes, I remember the live season of Roc (I think it was the second season). Also, Charles S. Dutton went on to play Dr. Eric Foreman's (Omar Epps) father on House. I think comedian Mark Curry would be a good candidate for UH. He came up through the ranks of standup to get his own sitcom in the early 90s (though obviously, nowhere near as big as the ones helmed at this time by Jerry Seinfeld and Tim Allen would be), was badly injured in a near-tragic freak accident that nearly drove him to suicide, and would return to his roots both in standup and in a sitcom (he plays the best friend of Scott Baio's character in that NICK show I can't remember the title of). On second thought, though, wasn't he profiled in Life After? That might cancel out a UH episode, but who knows.

Oh my gosh, what a vintage treasure!! Thanks for posting this.

This show was only in production for less than two years - talk about not getting a fair shake, but when you factor in the Persian Gulf coverage that was (rightfully so) pre-empting it, there's no way it could have built an audience. What were ratings like when compared to the ratings of today? Were they atrocious even by early 90s standards?

That's it!! Thank you so much. I still remember the promos that promised, "This ain't The Brady Bunch!!"

Yes, Roc would be great. What was the name of that show, also on Fox, about a mixed marriage? The husband was black and the wife was white? Nancy Walker (aka Ida Morgenstern and Rosie of the Bounty Paper Towel ads) played the mother-in-law? That would be a good pick as well, I think.

Now THAT would be awesome.

Preach!!!! I couldn't agree more.

Classic case of great idea, shaky (at best) execution.

At first, I read your post too fast. I thought it said Betty WHITE. I was like, "HUH???" LOL!!!!

I just heard that. How sad.

Indeed. It's a testament to his acting, chemistry with Robin/Kelly and screen presence that he made a run of only three months into something people still remember today.

Sadly, Syreeta passed away in 2004 due to complications from breast cancer. But quite a few of her songs are available on iTunes (I especially recommend her first two albums, 1972's Syreeta and 1974's Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta). She also sang a beautiful duet with Jermaine Jackson called "Stay With Love" that was included in The Jacksons: An American Dream miniseries and its accompanying soundtrack. Stevie appeared in the Unsung profile of Deniece Williams; I don't see why he wouldn't appear in one for Syreeta. Even though they divorced after only a couple of years of marriage, they remained the best of friends until her passing.

Sweet!! I REALLY wish they would do an Unsung about Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder's first wife who collaborated with him in the early/mid 70s. She had the voice of an angel, but with the exception of one duet she did with Billy Preston ("With You I'm Born Again" in 1979), she never really made it big stateside. She should have been a star.

The remaining two episodes of Unsung Hollywood in its first season (following Cooley High) will profile Bill Duke (4/9) and the Harlem Globetrotters (4/16). Am I the only white woman who loves the Unsung shows? But, I'm a sucker for all those shows - Behind the Music, True Hollywood Story, Biography, etc., etc. Can't get enough of them.

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2014/03/dane-witherspoon-dead-at-56.html

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2014/03/dane-witherspoon-dead-at-56.html

Eerie that the last post before this one was about Dane Witherspoon...because... Sad news to pass along - Dane Witherspoon (Tyler McCandless #2, 1985-86), passed away early this morning in Colorado at the age of 56. A Martinez, his Santa Barbara co-star, posted the news on his FB page: "DANE WITHERSPOON 1957-2014 Dane passed this morning. People who watched Santa Barbara in its earliest days will remember him as Joe Perkins, a character to which he brought a quiet grace and deep, bittersweet sense of soul. He was a singular, standup guy, loved and admired by many. My first thought, upon meeting him in 1984: "This is the most beautiful man I've ever seen." That beauty went all the way to his core." RIP Dane...thanks for the memories.

Sad news to pass along - Dane Witherspoon (Joe Perkins #1, 1984), passed away early this morning in Colorado at the age of 56. A Martinez posted the news on his FB page: "DANE WITHERSPOON 1957-2014 Dane passed this morning. People who watched Santa Barbara in its earliest days will remember him as Joe Perkins, a character to which he brought a quiet grace and deep, bittersweet sense of soul. He was a singular, standup guy, loved and admired by many. My first thought, upon meeting him in 1984: "This is the most beautiful man I've ever seen." That beauty went all the way to his core." RIP Dane...thanks for the memories.

You're welcome - I wish I could have been more help!!

I'm not Hendersonite, but I looked it up and couldn't see him on any cast lists for GL or LOL. However, I did see that he was on EON in 1964 as a character named Martin Sider, and on AW in 1976 as a character named Charley Beckwith. This is per imdb, so take it for whatever it's worth.

The tears of a clown, in other words. Definitely.

Thanks! Not to mention Lisa Peluso, who played two different roles on OLTL, one in the mid-80s and one in 2000 or so.