C L A U D E Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Geez, another great shot but why all the guards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Geez, another great shot but why all the guards? Policeman's Ball???????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Policeman's Ball???????????????? There ya go again, your mind in the gutter, bringing up sex again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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C L A U D E Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Awwwwwwww, first time seeing that one, wonder if they were together for a Hope special or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Awwwwwwww, first time seeing that one, wonder if they were together for a Hope special or something. Judging by Jill's Geisha make up, it was probably backstage at Pink Lady & Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I still trying to get over that 70s porn paneling. What sadistic basement are they in? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I still trying to get over that 70s porn paneling. What sadistic basement are they in? Dinner party below deck on R.J.'s yacht? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I still trying to get over that 70s porn paneling. What sadistic basement are they in? Friend of gary's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Too bad the HL/DD hour didn't do some cross-over episodes like "Golden Girls" and "Empty Nest". The common thread is that as widows, their late husbands were never mentioned** and after their kids got in the way of plots were done away with. At least there was SOME explanation, however fleeting, on The Lucy Show. When Doris became a career gal in San Fran, there was no mention of what happened to her boys and eventually she is referred to as MISS Martin. Maybe Doris couldn't face her sons after they discovered that "Grandpa" Denver Pyle was only 2 years older than mother Doris; and that their late father was actually their older brother, depriving Doris of an Emmy-worthy confession scene as the boys take turns slapping her face (ala "Chinatown"): "He was your brother" (slap) He was your father" (slap) "He was your brother AND your father!" To make matters all the more confusing, there was actually a scene in a 4th or 5th season episode -- one of the episodes with Peter Lawford -- and "Miss" (used to be Mrs.) Doris Martin answers the phone and it's her MOTHER! And her mother (who was supposed to be dead but now is alive) is apparently a widow (so much for Denver Pyle's character). So . . . when the show started, Doris' Dad and the kids existed, Doris was a widow, and her mother was deceased. By the time it ended, the kids didn't exist anywhere in Doris's world, there was no late husband as she had never even been married, her dad was deceased and her mother was resurrected from her grave. And Doris managed to survive this Twilight Zone metamorphosis in the same apartment and with Willard Jarvis (Bille De Wolfe) as a witness to it all. But somehow he didn't seem to be aware! (Annoying kids? What kids? You mean the ones I used to see running around in Doris's apartment? No, I never saw them before.) For its 2 years following HL, TDDS was #23 for 71-72 (HL:#10) and then dropped out of the top 30 the next, ending its 5 year run. Doris's contract was for 5 years, so did she or CBS end it? According to these articles, they made a mutual decision to end the show. Doris didn't want to continue the show, and CBS didn't want her to continue it, either. So everyone got what they wanted. If Doris had wanted a sixth season, CBS likely would have said no. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=85scAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sWYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7644,678091&dq=ratings+doris-day&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ob8MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JmADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3740,4204135&dq=ratings+doris-day&hl=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 To make matters all the more confusing, there was actually a scene in a 4th or 5th season episode -- one of the episodes with Peter Lawford -- and "Miss" (used to be Mrs.) Doris Martin answers the phone and it's her MOTHER! And her mother (who was supposed to be dead but now is alive) is apparently a widow (so much for Denver Pyle's character). So . . . when the show started, Doris' Dad and the kids existed, Doris was a widow, and her mother was deceased. By the time it ended, the kids didn't exist anywhere in Doris's world, there was no late husband as she had never even been married, her dad was deceased and her mother was resurrected from her grave. And Doris managed to survive this Twilight Zone metamorphosis in the same apartment and with Willard Jarvis (Bille De Wolfe) as a witness to it all. But somehow he didn't seem to be aware! (Annoying kids? What kids? You mean the ones I used to see running around in Doris's apartment? No, I never saw them before.) According to these articles, they made a mutual decision to end the show. Doris didn't want to continue the show, and CBS didn't want her to continue it, either. So everyone got what they wanted. If Doris had wanted a sixth season, CBS likely would have said no. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=85scAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sWYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7644,678091&dq=ratings+doris-day&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ob8MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JmADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3740,4204135&dq=ratings+doris-day&hl=en Well Doris and possibly Kaye Ballard were the only things great about that series, it was never a laugh riot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well Doris and possibly Kaye Ballard were the only things great about that series, it was never a laugh riot. I agree with that. There was only a single episode in this entire series ("The Chocolate Bar War") that made me laugh. That's about the only one that's worth watching more than once. Most of the episodes really aren't worth watching at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I agree with that. There was only a single episode in this entire series ("The Chocolate Bar War") that made me laugh. That's about the only one that's worth watching more than once. Most of the episodes really aren't worth watching at all. That's why i never bought the series. BUT, i did get any special of hers or movie that she starred in. Her specials were sugary sweet like her series but her singing saved them though. Doris had some great comments about Rock that i've read recently, seems she was just devastated when she saw him for the last time and said goodbye, he hugged and kissed her but she would later hear of his death and remember him as one of her favorite performers, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 That's why i never bought the series. BUT, i did get any special of hers or movie that she starred in. Her specials were sugary sweet like her series but her singing saved them though. Doris had some great comments about Rock that i've read recently, seems she was just devastated when she saw him for the last time and said goodbye, he hugged and kissed her but she would later hear of his death and remember him as one of her favorite performers, ever. I've seen one of those specials in recent years -- the one with John Denver. I like her, I like him. I think they worked together nicely. The public personas of both of them were similar, although JD had a dark private side. I remember when she had that series in the '80s about pets (is that what it was?), I can recall she had Rock Hudson as a guest. I think he had already passed by the time it aired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I've seen one of those specials in recent years -- the one with John Denver. I like her, I like him. I think they worked together nicely. The public personas of both of them were similar, although JD had a dark private side. I remember when she had that series in the '80s about pets (is that what it was?), I can recall she had Rock Hudson as a guest. I think he had already passed by the time it aired. Her life was no walk in the park either, several marriages, getting beat up by her first hubby, while pregnant yet, and then her third hubby screwing her out of millions she had earned through the years and even singing her up for that cornball tv series without her even knowing about it. As for Rock, imagine the look on her face when she had asked him to be on but then seeing him ravaged by AIDS without getting any warning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neil Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I agree with that. There was only a single episode in this entire series ("The Chocolate Bar War") that made me laugh. That's about the only one that's worth watching more than once. Most of the episodes really aren't worth watching at all. What season is this "Chocolate Bar" episode? Yes, I bought them all. They put so much effort into them, I felt I had to support them. So Doris had a mother in one episode? This makes Lucy Carmichael's Jimmy/Jerry mistake not look so bad. Later writers didn't seem to get the original premise. Even Bob and Madelyn, usually pretty good about this stuff, had Harry's sister being the nun Sister Paula played by mary Wickes. No mention of Paula also being Lucy's sister in law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 What season is this "Chocolate Bar" episode? Yes, I bought them all. They put so much effort into them, I felt I had to support them. So Doris had a mother in one episode? This makes Lucy Carmichael's Jimmy/Jerry mistake not look so bad. Later writers didn't seem to get the original premise. Even Bob and Madelyn, usually pretty good about this stuff, had Harry's sister being the nun Sister Paula played by mary Wickes. No mention of Paula also being Lucy's sister in law. I think the "Chocolate Bar" episode is season two. And yes, what they did to Mrs./Miss Doris Martin, the widow and mother who was never married and never had any children and lived with her widowed father reminiscing about her late mother until her mom called her several years later is by far worse than Lucy calling her son by the wrong name. Bad mother for sure, forgetting her son's name, but at least she knew she had a son! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 So "Chocolate" was featured when she was still on the farm? I don't suppose the plot is a conveyor belt with chocolates to wrap that was too close to the rabbit cage. And Lucy Carmichael completely missed the seething resentment is his letter (sent postage due: nice touch, Jimmy/Jerry), "we're required to send a letter to our parents once a week. This is it." which Lucy thought was cute (really?) but Mooney thought was not worth a nickel, the price for a letter postage at the time. We had a sort of scatterbrained mother in our neighborhood, who was out of stamps, so instead taped 5 pennies to the envelope! Now, THERE was a Lucy Carter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Lucy and Sammy died within a year of each other. Later, Gary and Altovoese appeared on the Joan Rivers talk show about widows/ers of stars; with Gary and Alto kvetching that nobody calls them anymore. I have an idea. Call each other! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I found a reference to that interview and always wanted to know what they talked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 Laughing Boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I always wanted to know why flats had that ugly elastic on. Why wasn't it integrated into the shoe? First time I saw it I thought they were a last minute add but I've seen too many flats like this across decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think this was her appearance promoting Yours Mine and Ours. They showed clips from the movie, then all the kids came out to do a "YMO" production number with Lucy that mainly consisted of her marching around. The intro conversation went SOMETHING like this: Ed: I've been an admirer of yours for years. Lucy: Oh, and I've been an admirer of you. Ed: I've always loved your show. Lucy: And I've always loved your show. Ed: And your face, it's so animated and expressive. Lucy:..(pause)....And I've always loved your show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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