11 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Those lyrics certainly get to the point.

Don't they? It's like, "Just in case you're confused as to what this show is about: her name is Jennifer, and she's [!@#$%^&*] haunting these people's house. Enjoy!"

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NBC aired Alone At Last on June 24 1980 up against Three's Company and the CBS movie.

It was the lead in to a 90 min news special.

So it was a textbook example of burning off a dud show. It didn't even get a slot NBC was using for comedy, like Wed after Diff'rent Strokes or Sat after Sanford.

7 hours ago, Khan said:

House Rule (not really): anytime someone mentions JSH, I am compelled by law to post this:

You have no whimsy sometimes LOL

Not every show needs to be the gold standard. Sometimes a show is just mindless fun (Like watching a soap head-written by a Margaret Depriest or Megan Mctavish) which we all need to balance out the obnoxious shows (like any soap head-written by Douglas Marland)

I noticed the late Valerie Mahaffey in the Doritos ad. She and Julie Haggerty had a similar comedic style.

This one's been making the rounds on Facebook: 1988's Old Money, intended for CBS. The ensemble cast includes Don Porter and Nan Martin as the heads of the family, plus Lori Loughlin, Conchata Ferrell, John Dye, Jim Piddock, and Sandy Faison (the original Grace Farrell in Annie), among others.

It's fascinating to me that in the course of two years, 1986-88, all four broadcast networks tried their luck with an "Oh, those kooky rich!" sitcom. NBC -- Easy Street and technically Marblehead Manor. FOX -- Down and Out in Beverly Hills. ABC -- The Thorns. CBS -- the Old Money pilot. And not a one of them clicked with viewers.

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29 minutes ago, Franko said:

This one's been making the rounds on Facebook: 1988's Old Money, intended for CBS. The ensemble cast includes Don Porter and Nan Martin as the heads of the family, plus Lori Loughlin, Conchata Ferrell, John Dye, Jim Piddock, and Sandy Faison (the original Grace Farrell in Annie), among others.

It's fascinating to me that in the course of two years, 1986-88, all four broadcast networks tried their luck with an "Oh, those kooky rich!" sitcom. NBC -- Easy Street and technically Marblehead Manor. FOX -- Down and Out in Beverly Hills. ABC -- The Thorns. CBS -- the Old Money pilot. And not a one of them clicked with viewers.

I was watching some promos from Easy Street a few days ago and the whole thing is even worse than I remembered, in spite of Loni's likeability. All kinds of "aren't those homeless people so endearingly weird compared to our classy rich lady." You'd think Down and Out in Beverly Hills would have shamed them.

Thanks for the pilot. John Dye was also in The Nerd around this time.

Sandy and Lori both worked with Joel Crothers on EON, about a year apart. I wonder if they swapped any stories.

14 hours ago, SoapDope78 said:

I noticed the late Valerie Mahaffey in the Doritos ad. She and Julie Haggerty had a similar comedic style.

I used to get them confused in the early '90s.

I didn't realize until a year or two ago that they switched in and out of the same role on Women of the House. I dropped that show after one episode.

Not the full pilot episode, but the intro for a Lisa Kudrow pilot from 1989 (and the origin was the same play that later inspired Romy & Michelle's High school Reunion).

20 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Sandy and Lori both worked with Joel Crothers on EON, about a year apart. I wonder if they swapped any stories.

Ah, yes, I forgot Sandy was on EON.

Speaking of scenes from the class struggle in TV Land, an anecdote from Teri Garr's autobiography. She claimed that Good and Evil was pitched to her as a more biting satire of the rich, but as production continued, the producers felt greater affection for the characters.

6 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Not the full pilot episode, but the intro for a Lisa Kudrow pilot from 1989 (and the origin was the same play that later inspired Romy & Michelle's High school Reunion).

You know, with a tweak here and a tweak there, this could just as easily be folded into The Comeback as Valerie's original series, I'm It!

10 minutes ago, Soaplovers said:

Not the full pilot episode, but the intro for a Lisa Kudrow pilot from 1989 (and the origin was the same play that later inspired Romy & Michelle's High school Reunion).

Lisa Kudrow and Marcia Cross on the same show? Someone's head would have been exploding at this news in 1995.

I was going to ask why this footage was never brought out to humiliate Lisa, the way we so often got on talk shows, but she probably had her lawyers say any airing of this opening would lead to being shot on sight.

Whoever's singing the theme song in that Lisa Kudrow pilot sounds an awful lot like Tisha Campbell.