Members All My Shadows Posted March 30, 2022 Members Share Posted March 30, 2022 I’ve already been broken up over Tom Parker’s death, and now to see that Helmut has passed… Tom was my favorite in The Wanted - idk why, I just really loved his wild man vibe. I knew he was sick but I guess I didn’t realize the end was so near for him. And Helmut…sigh. Erica had plenty husbands but Susan had Helmut and no one else. I honestly like to think that she willingly shared him with all of us. He was OUR husband. I will miss her Instagram videos of his cooking! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members John Posted April 2, 2022 Members Share Posted April 2, 2022 https://tvline.com/2022/04/02/barrie-youngfellow-its-a-living-dead-dies-obituary/ Barrie Youngfellow, From '80s Sitcom It's a Living, Dead at 75 By Nick Caruso / April 2 2022, 3:42 PM PDT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 2, 2022 Members Share Posted April 2, 2022 Oh, no. Not Jan. Please register in order to view this content "It's a Living" was, IMO, a mediocre sitcom nevertheless blessed with an extraordinary cast (minus Crystal Bernard, lol). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 2, 2022 Members Share Posted April 2, 2022 IAL got points for their cast alone. It was a cute little sitcom. The humor was lukewarm but cozy simply because the cast was made up of actors who could deliver (well, most of them, as you stated). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 3, 2022 Members Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) The cast is just crazy. How many shows could boast Susan Sullivan, Louise Lasser, Marian Mercer, and Sheryl Lee Ralph? So many passed through the show. I always laugh at how they steadily got more and more covered up. The '80s in a nutshell. That "making a living" version of the song does not work... Edited April 3, 2022 by DRW50 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 3, 2022 Members Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) The uniforms in the first season make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Backless halter tops with clashing skirts? Are these women servers, or are they hookers? Well, "It's a Living"! And you're right about the "Making a Living" version of the theme song not working. Which is fitting, since I don't think Louise Lasser (God bless her) or Gail Edwards' Mary Tyler Moore hairdo worked on that show either, lol. Edited April 3, 2022 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 3, 2022 Members Share Posted April 3, 2022 I suppose it it the last gasp of the jiggle network, which was also a big selling point for Ann Jillian at the time. It's so unbelievably trashy though. I always do a double take at Susan Sullivan, who has always been the epitome of class any time I have seen her, in that getup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted April 3, 2022 Members Share Posted April 3, 2022 I’ve never seen It’s a Living, and I really want to. It definitely should have showed up on TV Land for a run or two in the early 2000s. Barrie Youngfellow is more recognizable to me for her appearance in one of my favorite Three’s Company episodes, “Triangle Troubles,” where she plays a classmate of Jack’s trying to hide the fact that she lives with two (hot af) guys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members BetterForgotten Posted April 4, 2022 Members Share Posted April 4, 2022 As I wrote in the EE thread: I know she had long moved on from the show, but it's almost impossible to separate her from my viewing experience and history with the show. She was a very complicated woman IRL and not easy to deal with for some (both on-screen and behind the scenes), but she was always committed to making Dot a standout, and we should be lucky we had such a long time with her. RIP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wonderwoman1951 Posted April 6, 2022 Members Share Posted April 6, 2022 just sat this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bobby-rydell-teen-idol-dead-at-79_n_624cbae2e4b068157f7d6482 the music i grew up with — you can do the math. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 6, 2022 Members Share Posted April 6, 2022 Sad to hear he's gone. I like him the most of that group of guys of the late '50s/early '60s, pre Beatles. Forget Him is a song I listen to a lot. Such good production and a vocal emotional just in the right ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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