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Physical comedy was used very sparingly at the time where it was only funny if the audience was actually surprised by it. The writing being old hat was the man problem, but the supporting cast was so awful and I only managed to get through about five episodes. The only episode that I slightly enjoyed was one where Lucy gave away her son's teddy bear and the woman who bought it wouldn't give it back. Dena Dietrich's back and forth with Lucy actually worked and she would have been a decent co-star had the project been done right.

Suzanne Pleshette had a number of misses after being on "The Bob Newhart Show". Her first was the sitcom "Maggie Briggs" (also known as "Suzanne Pleshette is Maggie Briggs") and then she tried dramas "Bridges To Cross" and "Nightengales" before later trying another sitcom called "The Boys Are Back" with Hal Linden. Her last regular series role was in the first season of "Good Morning, Miami". "Bridges to Cross" also featured Eva Gabor in what was her only other series regular role other that "Green Acres".

Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone had a wonderful day and will continue to enjoy the weekend.

Steve Guttenberg failed at primetime series before he focused energy on movies. He had two really bizarre series, "Billy" where he played a mortician's clerk who daydreamed in every episode and later "No Soap, Radio" which was intentionally non-sensical. "No Soap, Radio" was Hillary B. Smith's first regular role on television. Laurence Fishburne (credited as Larry) starred with Mr. Kim Zimmer, AC Weary in "The Six O'Clock Follies". The show was set during the Vietnam War. Robert Guillaume did a self-titled sitcom a few years after "Benson" that revolved around him playing a single father who dates his white secretary. Robert claimed ABC set the show up for failure by showing episodes out of order. He also did "Pacific Station" a couple of years later. "Sports Night" was his last series and it lasted 45 episodes.

Raymond Burr settled into "Ironside" just a year after "Perry Mason" ended and was on television nearly non-stop from the late 50s to mid 70s. He had a flop with "Kingston: Confidential" but later revived "Perry Mason" with a series of TV movies. In between those he did a short series that dramatized real cases where he played a fictional judge. Rita Moreno was on "The Electric Company", then the network seasons of "9 to 5", "Oz" on HBO and the revival of "One Day At a Time". The one season flops she had were "The Cosby Mysteries" (which was a big wtf is this series) and "Cane" which debuted during a writers strike.

Sheryl Lee Ralph got a couple of seasons of "It's A Living" under her belt before she had a flop with "New Attitude" with Phyllis Yvonne Stickney and Morris Day. Sheryl would sometimes use the babyish voice she used for Deena Jones in "Dreamgirls" and it came off silly. Her fellow "Dreamgirls" alumni Loretta Devine had a flop with "Sugar and Spice" that used the similar level headed/impulsive sister format as "New Attitude".

It was an odd match, but Debbie did good some good lines as Jackie. When Tiffany and her friend were trying to go somewhere in some tight dresses Jackie said they looked like they were going dancing with Senator Packwood which for some reason had me in stitches.

Shanice is more willing to go back and forth with Leslie, whereas June is more calm and takes the high road. As we saw in the hospital Shanice had no problem arguing with Leslie. June pretty much just looked at Leslie like she's insane and kept it moving.

*face palm* "Fame" always escapes me for some reason. I had been thinking about Debbie Allen and the only TV shows for her that came to mind were "In The House" and "Grey's Anatomy".

Valerie Bertinelli had a couple of flops with "Sydney" and "Cafe Americain" that were both leading ventures for her. She joined "Touched By An Angel" for the last two seasons and later landed "Hot In Cleveland". Food Network gave her a lot of work for nearly a decade. No one from Good Times had another television hit. Esther Rolle's only attempt at another sitcom was the failed "Singer and Sons" with Harold Gould. John Amos did "704 Hauser" which was a rework of "All In The Family" that Norman Lear was inspired to create by the rise of right-wing talk radio. John played a Democrat with a conservative son who had a White girlfriend. Jimmie Walker did a failed syndicated adaptation of the film "Bustin' Loose".

I remember Fran most for the episode where Thelma burnt up her dress and replaced it with one full of tucks. Rue must have felt so embarrassed to deliver the line "look at my seat, it's all bunched up and pointy".

It's possible there was some spite, but it would have been pretty silly on the producers part since Mama's Family was off a full two years before syndication revived it and Rue was starting the second season of The Golden Girls by then. Rue was asked about Mama's Family in an interview and she sort of waved off the question in a "don't remind me" sort of way. A check is a check, but from a creative standpoint Fran was such a pathetic, whiny character that Rue probably was not happy with playing.

Debbie Reynolds was definitely tested as a possible replacement in the episode where Dorothy tried to remarry Stan. But the way Debbie played Truby she almost rivaled Blanche more so than a replacement for Dorothy. There was no replacing Arthur or Dorothy anyway. Back to actors having misses, just before "The Golden Girls" Bea had a terrible flop with "Amanda's" which was an adaptation of "Fawlty Towers". Oddly enough, Betty White did a failed pilot for show that was the first attempt to adapt that show. "Amanda's" flopped but managed to produce one episode than "Fawlty Towers" although only 10 aired. Not much a flex though since US sitcoms were expected to last longer than that.

When Anita told Bill and Hayley to politely scram, Hayley looked at her like "I wish I could give you some this poison too, bitch" lol.

Harriet: Oh my gracious. I cannot see what Miss Beadle would see in that great big, uncouth varmint but I suppose some women have limited options. Nels: Now see here, Harriet. It is none of Mr. Edwards and Miss Beadle want to see each other. Harriet: It is too my business! She is suppose to set an example for the children. Do you want Nellie to grow up and marry a stray like Isaiah Edwards?

Alexis slapping him like it would stop the heart attack will never not be funny.

I did not know that one lol. From what I can tell he was a nice man with a good sense of humor. He was spoken of very highly at the reunion

Bill mentioning Hayley's teas and Tomas mentioning he like espresso might be breadcrumbs. Picture it: Hayley poisons the wrong cup or Tomas grabs the wrong cup. Later on, Kat gets theatrical in bed again, Tomas has a fatal heart attack and Kat blames herself. But let me stop writing.

Tomas has the potential to be a casualty of Hayley's plan should be accidentally stumble upon something or if he ends up mixing up drinks with Bill or something like that.

Landon and Anderson were the only real problem and everyone else was calm. Landon would drink heavily on set and the writers once had to change a fight scene because Anderson threatened to actually hit Arngrim.

Tomas is about to use Kat to help his image and Kat will easily be roped into it. Bill is pressed and it serves him right. He looked semi pathetic trying to talk to Dani about Winterfest.

Karen Grassle talks about that in her book. From what I know Landon was often drunk on set (he'd show up like that) and tried to limited Karen's role when she asked for a raise, which she deserved because she did a lot of good work on the show. At the Little House 50th Anniversary she did her panel and didn't put a single ounce of shade into anything about Landon when he was mentioned, so she is very classy. Speaking of Little House drama, the problem amongst the younger actors was Melissa Sue Anderson who shoved Melissa Gilbert off of a wagon and called Alison Arngrim stupid.

If Urich doesn't hold the record then he probably he is very close to it because that is a lot of shows. Carol Burnett is another successful icon who tried and failed with ventures after her big hit. "Carol & Company" was an comedy anthology series that lasted 33 episodes. After that failed, Burnett went for a revival of the "The Carol Burnett Show" but it didn't catch on.

Cicely Tyson was a master of television movies, but only was a regular on two series, the acclaimed but short lived "East Side West Side" and the one season "Sweet Justice" with Melissa Gilbert. That was Gilbert's second attempt at another series post "Little House" after a flop sitcom on Fox called "Stand By Your Man". Robert Urich had an interesting trend of his biggest success being two to three season shows, "S.W.A.T", "Vega$" and "Spenser: For Hire". He had plenty of flops, including the "Bewitched" spinoff "Tabitha, a "Love Boat" revival on UPN and his final TV series role was in "Emeril".

It took awhile to move forward, but it was indeed clear what the team was setting groundwork for. What will be interesting to see is if Ted feels some type of way about seeing Leslie with Marcel.