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🤣 MTS seems to have went through a period where she thought of herself as the Queen Bee of the Y&R hive and clashed with several co-stars. Jeanne Cooper wrote about their falling out in her book. On Peyton Place I wonder about Barbara Parkins and James Douglas. They became a super couple with fans. I never have found interviews about their offscreen relationship. Just write ups about Parkins and O'Neal. On Dallas Larry Hagman supposedly mistreated Dack Rambo.

I have seen Davis in a lot of old shows and movies and there was always something off putting about him. I seem to remember a falling out between Melody Thomas Scott and Roberta Leighton being written about in one of the soap magazines. Several years ago MTS was giving a public talk and Roberta stood up in the audience and asked why Nikki never calls her sister. MTS kind looked flabbergasted and said it was good to see her.

Yes, I remember reading that. I think when asked about the lawsuit she was quoted as saying " Would you like to see my Picasso". I also remember Joan had Andy Gibb on several years after the break up and she started asking about Victoria's age and Andy quipped " She still same age as when we met".......LOL Joan insisted Victoria was older than she states because Victoria said she was the first American baby born in Japan after the war which ended in 1945. At one point people were going on Wikipedia changing her birthdate to 1945 and it kept getting changed back. I think moderators finally put a lock on it and it's listed as 1950.

There was always weird tension between most of the cast of Dallas and Victoria Principal. Any time one of the cast member is asked about working with her, it's like they are walking on eggshells to be complimentary. VP rarely does any kind of reunion projects with them. Joan Rivers hated her and tried to involve Ken Kercheval in their feud when he was invited on her talk show. Joan tried calling her live on air and giving out VP telephone number for all to hear. Ken was on edge the whole time saying that he gets along with her and implied this would wreck things. I remember reading an old interview with William Gray Espy and he stated he did not get along with Trish Stewart. Several years after he left the show, it was stated he was her house guest in a soap blurb. I assume they made up at some point. I didn't watch AMC in the 90's, but there were rumors of Sydney Penny and Keith Hamilton Cobb despising each other.

Thanks for posting. The contestant with the mustache looks like Tony Orlando.

Yes, the parody was called Rich and Jealous. It used to be on youtube but it's no longer there. LOL at Kael's scathing review of the original film.

🤣........When I think of Ruth Gordon I always remember a sketch they did on SCTV where Andrea Martin plays Barbra Streisand and Valri Bromfield plays Ruth Gordon in a film parody. Ruth see's a picture of Barbra and exclaims " Oh Wow ! My old college roommate. Later they get into a brawl and Ruth Gordon is wearing a mink coat that drags the ground because she is so short.

You know that Jaclyn will be seated in the middle between the two.....LOL I hope Kate is in a good mood that day and Cheryl doesn't do or say anything that pisses her off. Kate and Cheryl did "Satan's School For Girls" together for Spelling in 1973. I often wonder is something happened on set there between the two that carried over to Charlie's Angels ? There's a 1977 Mike Douglas show on youtube where He visits the set to meet the newest angel. Kate sits in on Jaclyn's interview then leaves before Cheryl come in. It's awkward.

That picture of Mia makes her look like Sandy Dennis.......LOL

The show was built as a vehicle for Kate. Spelling liked her so much from The Rookies he wanted her to have a series of her own to shine, but the Farrah mania cast a shadow on that. Jackson quickly got put out with Fawcett leaving, the mediocre writing, and the casting of another blonde bombshell (Cheryl Ladd). By season 3 she was over it completely with losing out on the film role and was showing out. Spelling could have accommodated her by having her character be kidnaped or on a special assignment that has her returning by end season. He did not and the show suffered with her departure. I read that next month The Paley Center is doing a 50th Anniversary of Charlie's Angels panel with Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd. That should be interesting. Jackson and Ladd have not appeared together since the show and their supposed tension behind the scenes.

I agree, but I don't think any amount of money would have lured her back. She insists in interviews that Pam is dead and that's that. She has her "Principles"........LOL Victoria was a stunning woman, especially at the beginning of the series. She stood out among all the TV blondes being fawned over in the media in the late 70's like Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Loni Anderson etc...

Michael Ontkean who was popular with young audiences left The Rookies after the second season for wanting more pay and better writing for his character. He was replaced by Bruce Fairbairn. Then you have Kate Jackson who was denied time off from Charlie's Angels to do Kramer vs Kramer. The show suffered with the casting of Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts to replace her.

I agree. I think it was crappy the way they shafted Pamela Sue to cater to the teen idol mania of Shaun Cassidy.

I'm glad she stuck to her principles and was happy with her choices. She left Nancy Drew half way through the run because ABC wanted to phase her series out and combine it with Hardy Boys into one show since Shaun Cassidy was on fire with the teen set. Pamela Sue told them this is not what she signed on for and walked.

New interview with Pamela Sue Martin. I take it she enjoyed doing Nancy Drew more than Dynasty.

I would love to see episodes of Executive Suite, but only a few promos have surfaced. I would also like to see Married The First Year that ran a few episodes in 1979. Leigh J. McCloskey starred in both.

Lee Horsley had several short lived series including 1994-95 Hawkeye with co-star Lynda Carter. Unfortunately, he was often viewed as a poor man's Tom Selleck. I enjoyed Horsley in the series Matt Houston, but the format was constantly being tweaked which was often frustrating. In the first season it had a lot of comedy elements and a revolving door of guests like other Spelling productions. The supporting cast was dropped mid-season with the exception of co-star Pamela Hensley ( as C.J. Parsons) and the famous guest stars were scaled back. In season 2 they sexed it up with Matt often hitting the sheets with a babe of the week, including episodes of Matt and later C.J. being stalked ala Play Misty For Me/Fatal Attraction. Season 3 they dug Buddy Ebsen out of moth balls to play Matt's Uncle. I'm surprised Spelling didn't use Horsley in one of his soaps.

🤣......I'm surprised Dian didn't try to get a role on one of the soaps. She did some guest stints in the 70's on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Vegas etc...

A studio master copy of the first Battle Of The Network Stars from 1976.

I missed the documentary but will try to see it when it pops up again or on youtube. I figured Dian and Janice would not participate. Dian has not been seen or heard from in decades and Janice still speaks fondly of Barker and the show even though she was let go by management in 2000. I would be curious to hear more from Anitra Ford. She comments occasionally on a Price Is Right Facebook page. She has fond memories of the show. Someone asked her about Dian and she spoke positively about working with her. She referred to her as beautiful and vulnerable.

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LOL...Yes, Linda Thompson is another. Joe Hamilton also had a first wife and a house full of kids before he married Carol. Vicki Lawrence said after she signed on to do the syndicated version of Mama's Family, she and Carol did not speak for years. Carol had wanted to produce her own version of MF with her reprising Eunice and Vicki as Mama, but Joe beat her to the punch.

I saw some photos of him and his family in Google search. Korver now usually wears a beard and longer hair. After Korver was let go from ATWT, Y&R should have picked him up to play Chuck Foster or Brooks Prentiss.

I always wondered who played the back of his head in those scenes.....LOL. Dian got around. She gave an interview in 1991 (around the time she first did Playboy) where she claimed she was recently in a long term relationship with Joe Hamilton (Carol Burnett's ex) till he died which devastated her. She then said she was comforted by her long time friend of 18 years Kenny Rogers (where she admitted the friendship had recently turned sexual).....LOL Supposedly she also had affairs with Smokey Robinson and Tim Reid in the 80's. I think she was also involved with David Hasselhoff at some point. It has also been stated that Dian had a thing for Pat Sajak back in the 80's and would openly flirt with him when WOF moved it's production to CBS from the NBC Burbank Studios. I think she was also jealous of Vanna White who was getting all the press then. Dian's first husband in the late 60's/early 70's was Robert Parkinson the Executive of the Miss World Pageant. It's rumored she married for a third time in the early 2000's.