Showing posts with label sitcoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sitcoms. Show all posts
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September 16, 2011
July 12, 2011
Thank You, Mr. Schwartz
Thank you for giving Seventies Kids another family to love and to share as we were growing up.
May 13, 2011
From 1982: Show Me That Smile
This commercial aired on Tuesday, April 27, 1982.
Notice anything about the two young actors playing The Kids?
That's Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold, roughly three years before they were cast as siblings on Growing Pains!
Notice anything about the two young actors playing The Kids?
That's Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold, roughly three years before they were cast as siblings on Growing Pains!
January 28, 2011
Why Kim Richards Will Always Be Awesome
And why her sister Kyle is just a "hater"
(as the Young People Of Today like to say).
Kim was in both seasons of NBC's spectacular drek called Hello, Larry.
Yes, McLean Stevenson left M*A*S*H* to do this show.
(I would say "fire your agent," but I hate M*A*S*H*, so in my book, this was the right career move.)
As you can see, the two seasons are quite different. Between them, the show underwent quite a retooling.
The swapped out The Funny Fat Guy for The Funny Old Guy.
They added a bratty kid and Meadowlark Lemon to the cast.
And the dark-haired sister was recast because Donna Wilkes, the original, was caught with a pocket full of 'ludes on the L.A. party circuit. Her replacement was Krista Errickson, best known for playing Cinder in 1980's Little Darlings.
Kim Richards, you are awesome. You are always one of the shiniest of stars here at ATOTW.
(as the Young People Of Today like to say).
Kim was in both seasons of NBC's spectacular drek called Hello, Larry.
Yes, McLean Stevenson left M*A*S*H* to do this show.
(I would say "fire your agent," but I hate M*A*S*H*, so in my book, this was the right career move.)
As you can see, the two seasons are quite different. Between them, the show underwent quite a retooling.
The swapped out The Funny Fat Guy for The Funny Old Guy.
They added a bratty kid and Meadowlark Lemon to the cast.
And the dark-haired sister was recast because Donna Wilkes, the original, was caught with a pocket full of 'ludes on the L.A. party circuit. Her replacement was Krista Errickson, best known for playing Cinder in 1980's Little Darlings.
Kim Richards, you are awesome. You are always one of the shiniest of stars here at ATOTW.
April 6, 2010
It's The Absolute Ultimate!
Just the other night, I watched the very charming Sandra Dee/James Darren film Gidget, from 1959. I really like it. It's rather gooey, with a manic performance from Dee, but I like it in the way I like cotton candy: a confection of next to no substance, but sweet, nonetheless. (A word of quick trivia: Tuesday Weld was an early casting choice for the title role, but she turned it down.)
However, I love the television series, based on the film, which aired on ABC from September 15, 1965 through April 21, 1966. It was one of the network's first color programs. An adorable young lady named Sally Field took the role of the surfer schoolgirl around whom shenanigans seem to flock. Field beat 75 girls out for the role, including actress Cindy Carol, who had already played Gidget in 1963's Gidget Goes To Rome!
Groovy Gidget is all over the Internet, should you wish to learn more about her. The Wikipedia entry for the television series is a good jumping point.
The theme song is one of the most memorable of all time, I think. Be forewarned: you'll be humming this to yourself all day after listening to it. Enjoy.
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