#70s sitcoms
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TGIF
#suzanne somers gif#john ritter gif#three's company gif#tgif gif#chrissy snow#jack tripper#70s sitcoms#70s tv series#friday#seventies#1978#gif#chronoscaph gif
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I always tell myself to not get too emotionally attached to old series and shows from the 60s, 70s and 80s cause eventually that will make me feel old, sad and terribly nostalgic (especially when I'm 40+ years late!) but I really cannot help it.
Sometimes I just wish I had experienced them when they came out, with the rest of the world.
#nostalgic feelings#it already happened so many time before#star trek#star trek the next generation#every single star treck serie cause I saw them all#the dukes of hazzard#the a team#knight rider#i dream of jeannie#bewitched#charlie's angels#starsky and hutch#happy days#especially with happy days oh my#70s sitcoms#80s shows#personal ramblings
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The beautiful actress Zara Frances Cully aka Mother Jefferson 🖤🖤
#the jeffersons#black tumblr#black excellence#black community#black literature#black girl magic#blackexcellence365#70s#70s sitcoms#70s tv series#beautiful woman#black women are beautiful#american actress
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Let's talk about ~Difficult Women~
I randomly came across this video in the middle of a YouTube rabbit hole. I grew up watching Three's Company, and I remember always hearing things like-
'Suzanne Somers was fired because she was so ~difficult~'
'Suzanne Somers was a nightmare to work with, that's why she has no career.'
'Suzanne Somers intentionally tanked her lines to make the show fail because she wanted to get off.'
'Suzanne Somers made John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt's lives absolutely miserable.'
'Suzanne Somers was greedy, and had a stand off with the producers because her ego was too big to get through the door.'
'Suzanne Somers has to be careful on her Step by Step set- she doesn't want to get fired for being ~difficult~ again.'
'None of the actors on Three's Company can stand Suzanne Somers, they won't speak to her.'
In actuality, Suzanne Somers' character became the breakout star of the show, and Suzanne's biggest crime was asking for a more equal pay to John Ritter.
The whole cast turned on her because she was asking for equality (her character had the most laughs). She was one of the biggest women TV stars in the '70s: when someone as famous as her was fired for having the fucking nerve to ask for equality, it was a sign to every women out there: don't ask for equality or you will be punished and lose everything.
When you hear that a woman is ~difficult~ maybe clarify what that means-- does it just mean that she's asking to be treated with respect like an equal human? Because it's probably that she's asking to be treated with respect like an equal human.
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'She got fried for leaving,' says Step by Step co-star Patrick Duffy about Somers' departure from Three's Company. 'They poisoned the well, there, in terms of trying to renegotiate. She didn't wanna leave. She... demanded a renegotiation [...] And so, they didn't fire her, they ostracised her. They basically shunned her. She was no longer in those ensemble wonderful scenes in the living room of everybody falling over the couches... she had a two-walled set, a chair, and a phone. And they would call Chrissy [Somers' character].'
#suzanne somers#john ritter#joyce dewitt#three's company#70s sitcoms#90s sitcoms#step by step#suzane somers was fired for asking for decent pay#patrick duffy#difficult actresses#sometimes 'difficult' is code for 'a woman who wants to be treated like a human being'#Janet Hubert from Fresh Prince of Bel Air was ~difficult~#Gates McFadden from Star Trek TNG was ~difficult~#Charisma Carpenter from Angel was ~difficult~#Lisa Bonet from The Cosby Show was ~difficult~#Megan Fox from Transformers was ~difficult~#Selma Blair from Anger Management was ~difficult~#Terry Farrell from Star Trek:DS9 was ~difficult~#Youtube#Valerie Harper from Valerie was ~difficult~#Grace Park on Hawaii 5-0 was ~difficult~#difficult women#Gillian Anderson from X Files was ~difficult~#Charlize Theron from The Huntsman was ~difficult~#Michelle Williams in All The Money in the World was ~difficult~#Robin Wright on House of Cards was ~difficult~#Sienna Miller is ~difficult~#Jessica Chastain frm The Martian Was was ~difficult~#Michelle Williams in All the Money in the World was ~difficult~ - Wahlberg made 1.5 MILLION and she made ONE THOUSAND#Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife was ~difficult~
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Are You Being Served? 🧷
Season 9, Episode 4: Calling All Customers.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0514484/
#john inman#molly sugden#mrs slocombe#mrs. slocombe#are you being served?#british sitcom#punk#punk aesthetic#mohawk#punks#mr. humphries#70s television#department store#british television#british telly#70s sitcom#70s sitcoms#british humour#british humor#calling all customers#punk spikes#punk mohawk
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Things in The Goodies that give me life:
- Bill’s outfits.
- Bill fawning over any animals they come across.
- The way Bill is visibly cracking up in practically every episode.
- Bill.
- The MUSIC.
- The CUDDLING.
- The Goodies actually being friends, despite their differences, and actually seeming to like living together.
- The big bisexual energy.
- Them Goodies actually wanting to help people in the early seasons.
- They way Graeme and Bill often comfort Tim when he’s upset, or scared.
- Graeme swinging between genuine kindness to cartoonish evil at any given time.
- In the same vein, Graeme swinging between being the dad friend and the cloud cuckoo lander at any given time.
- Tim and Bill, who are usually bickering like children having to become cloud cuckoo lander minders, when Graeme goes into villain mode.
- Graeme.
- Tim in his dresses.
- Tim’s motivational speeches.
- Tim’s scream.
- Tim’s tacky Union Jack waistcoat.
- TIM.
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This man, is Everyman and every woman, and everyone, and everything, and it shows, on his face, and on his lips, and in his brain, and in his writing, and in his shows he created, and in his love of comedy, and in his support of all people, and his fearlessness in approaching hard to navigate topics truthfully and woth bravery, and with love, and his love of life, and in his energy, of love. He used more punctuation than I do, so you can understand him better, but our message is clear; love is where it’s at, and if you don’t agree, stuff it, kindly, and with a wink and a smile. 💖💖💖
#life blogging#me#norman lear#how the hell are you still alive#i love him#tv sitcom#sitcoms#70s sitcoms#writing#the truth#exposing the truth#love#feel the love#love is all around#love is#i love this guy
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The Jeffersons (1975-1985)
“George’s First Vacation” (Episode 2; Season 2)
#things#andys gifs#the jeffersons#70s sitcoms#gems#norman lear#tv couples#black tv shows#classic tv#so good#weezy and george#black love#honky tonk
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I couldn’t help but smile when I came across this one! Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Recipes?? Whaat!!? Pure nostalgia
(Available on my storefront).
#Mayberry#andy griffith#barney fife#Betty Crocker#vintage cooking#vintage books#vintage cookbook#aunt bee#70s sitcoms#80s kid#80s nostalgia#70s#retro aesthetic#vintage
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The stage play version of the popular TV sitcom Are You Being Served? ran at Blackpool's Winter Gardens Theatre in the summer of 1976. From left, John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Nicholas Smith, Wendy Richards and Frank Thornton.
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Welcome Back, Kotter paper doll - The Toy Factory (1976)
#welcome back kotter#gabe kaplan#70s sitcoms#vintage paper dolls#vintage toys#ther toy factory#gabe kotter#70s toys#70s tv series#seventies#1976
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2021 Interview with John Schuck
I found an interview with John Schuck dated Aug. 9, 2021 on "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast". I transcribed the parts related to "Holmes & Yoyo" below, but can listen to the whole interview at this link:
1:07:41
Gilbert Gottfried: Now-- Now we can't be nice to you any longer.
Frank Santopadre: Uh-oh.
GG: Talk to us about "Holmes and Yoyo".
FS: Also created by Leonard Stern!
John Schuck: Created by Leonard Stern… Well, it wasn't… [laughs] I must say…
[GG and FS laugh]
JS: All right guys, it was a crap show. Come on…
[GG and FS laugh]
JS: It was well-intended. It was an-- It was an attempt by Leonard to get back to two-man comedy like Abbott and Costello.
FS: Mm-hmm.
JS: I mean, you name your duo. Of course, it never turned out to be that. But several interesting things happened. The craftspeople that could make something funny no longer existed in Hollywood. For instance, if you wanted to take a phone and water squirt and some guy pours water in at one end it comes out and hits them-- the other guy in the face-- those gags, they didn't know how to recreate.
FS: How interesting.
JS: Um, we had a-- a radio that was supp-- I forget what it was. Um, and I remembered that it was-- it couldn't-- it couldn't do that-- there were a number of things… I'm-- I'm babbling here… um, maybe that was one of the problems with the show. But, we worked hard at it. John Astin directed most of them. We re-- we did a lot of naughty things. We rewrote, uh, Richard Shull, a wonderful actor, um, and an interesting man. Uh, we worked 18, 19-hour days for that show, and it just was definitely a dud. Interestingly enough, the previews for it were shown on ABC during the Super Bowl, and so, for our first night, we had the highest-rated show [chuckles] of the year!
[GG laughs]
FS: Oh, interesting!
JS: An-- And it went quickly down.
[GG laughs]
JS: I mean, by today's standards, with so many s-- We-- We went down like from a 22 to 16, you know.
FS: I always thought of it as Leonard trying to take Dick Gautier's Hymie the Robot from "Get Smart" and spin it off into-- into his own series.
JS: Uh yeah… no?…
FS: Although, you had th-- "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Man--
JS: no
FS: Uh, "Woman" were going strong at that time, so--
JS: That's right.
FS: You could understand the thinking.
JS: I also think we made a-- and here I had my-- my argument with Leonard.
[clearing throat]
JS: In the pilot… uh, there's an accident and I'm-- I fall apart on the street and, as a result, Dick Shull knows that I'm a robot. And I said that should never have happened. He shouldn't know that I'm, uh, a robot that way there's much more conflict about why can't I act like normal people and blah, blah, blah and all that kind of stuff. But, um, it-- it was what it was, and we did our 18 shows and… uh, I did have the honor that year, though, with it of being the first actor to be on two tele-- national television series on two different Networks.
FS: There you go! Oh, "McMillan & Wife" and "Holmes & Yoyo".
JS: Right.
FS: Very good. You know, we joke about it because it's easy to-- it's easy to poke fun at-- at-- at-- shows--
JS: I joke about it.
FS: Yeah, of course!
[GG laughs]
FS: But you-- you have to applaud Stern for trying to bring back that kind of classic comedy form to prime time.
JS: Yeah. And you know, we never made a pilot for it. [clears throat] Uh, Jackie Cooper directed the-- we had a-- a scene and Jackie Cooper directed it, and we went up into Sid Sheinberg's office and moved all his furniture away, and Dick and I did the scene. And on the basis of that performance, he-- he let the show go on the air. So, we never made a pilot which was unusual.
FS: Why did the r-- Why did the android have a Russian name?
[laugh]
FS: Why was he Yo…yo…
JS: Gregor Yoyonovich?
FS: Yoyonovich.
[GG laughs]
FS: Why wasn't he just "Yoyo"?
JS: I dunno. They couldn't find a Scandinavian one?
[laughter]
[projector starting up sound effect]
[The "Holmes & Yoyo" opening credits play.]
[Polaroid ejecting sound. Brass music sting]
Capt. Sedford: You've got four partners in the hospital! Come on, Alex! You're a good cop!
Alex: By the way, who's my new partner?
[Sounds of Polaroid ejection, typing, and typewriting bell]
Narrator Paraphrasing Dr. Babcock: We call him Yoyo. He weighs 427 pounds. He's a completely mobile computer specially programmed for police work.
Capt. Sedford: Is he indestructible?
Narrator: We think so.
Capt. Sedford: Send in Holmes.
[peppy funk theme music]
Narrator: This is top secret. No one, including Holmes, must know his identity.
Yoyo: Alex, no! Don't!
Alex: You're not a person!
Yoyo: You're not going to tell them?
Alex: In my book, you got the makings of a good cop. That's what I put in my report.
[music]
[laughter]
FS: One episode was directed by, uh, Jack Arnold. I don't know if--
JS: Yes.
FS: --you'd remember this, Gilbert, the director of "Creature from the Black Lagoon", "Incredible Shrinking Man", and "Tarantula".
1:51:28
FS: By the way, Richard Shull-- I was talking to John, by the way, who, uh, who starred with Richard Shull in "Holmes & Yoyo"-- By the way, you worked with Richard Shull and Richard Stahl.
JS: Yep.
FS: But possibly not Richard Schaal--
JS: No.
FS: --who was married to Valerie Harper…
JS: To Valerie, yeah.
FS: Okay, okay but there you go. But he told me, what? He was a throwback who drove a car from the '40s? Richard-- Richard Shull?
JS: He-- He and his wife, Marilyn, lived in the '40s.
[FS laughs. GG laughs.]
JS: They bought u-- all their clothes from the '40s. It's-- it's various stores. He would write only with a-- a fountain pen. He had a 1940 Chevy or something. A Buick or Chevy. He had-- He was a railroad aficionado, and he owned his own railroad car.
FS: Wow!
JS: And for the opening gift, uh, because he knew of my affection for, as a kid, of-- of taking the train from Buffalo, New York to New York-- to New Jersey to see my grandparents, and I had remarked on the-- on this doeskin type, uh, blankets that they used to have, he gave
me one of those blankets numbered so you could find out where it came from. Which compartment on which-- which train.
FS: That's cool.
JS: Very thoughtful, but he was-- he was eccentric. And their-- their house was all, um, from the '40s. All their furniture. Everything.
FS: He was like a-- sort of a-- a-- a-- a curmudgeonly actor. A little bit like a Matthau.
JS: Yes.
FS: In some ways.
JS: Yes, he had this wonderful, unusual, mobile rubbery face, and, uh, very distinctive and--
FS: Loved him!
JS: Um, he was doing a Neil Simon play, went home between shows in New York, and never c-- you know, the break, never came back.
FS: Oh.
GG: Ohh.
JS: It was a bit of a shock. I hate to end this on such a downer but…
FS: All right then, sing us a little more from "Annie".
#holmes and yoyo#holmes & yoyo#70s tv shows#1970s tv#retro scifi#1970s#john schuck#retro science fiction#sitcom#robots#scifi comedy#70s tv series#70s sitcoms#70s tv#70s television#actor interviews#character actors#richard b shull#obscure media
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I’ve become lowkey obsessed with this 1970s sitcom Taxi.
I found it randomly on one of the classic comedy channels on Pluto. I it might have been the TVLand one. Whatever. But it caught my attention cause Danny DeVito is in it. Then I kept watching and I noticed one of the characters looked exactly like Micheal Kelso in the early seasons of That 70s Show.
Just, heads up, I haven’t watched all the episodes or anything. I’m not 100% sure if its like Honeymooners or Married With Children level offensive. So keep that in mind.
#random#random ramblings#my thoughts#nostalgia#tv and streaming#tv and film#1970s nostalgia#70s television#70s sitcoms#1970s#1990s nostalgia#that 70s show#youtube#pluto tv#danny devito#free streaming#frugal#classic sitcoms
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World premiere of Un Nuevo Capitulo: An American Novela
I love comedy in all its forms.
For the second time this year, I have directed a new play in San Antonio. Un Nuevo Capitulo: An American Novela is a comedic story about two families coming together despite their cultural and societal differences. This play, performed in the style of 1970s sitcoms, is suitable for the whole family and is 95% performed in English. I’m extremely proud of this comedic collaboration and there has never been a more perfect cast. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us by coming out and enjoying this delightful show.
👉 Produced by Aria Creative Productions
👉 Written by Patricia Zamora
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The play stars:
👉 Sharon Beales
👉 Yvette Cardenas
👉 Jake Reese
👉 Melissa Martinez
👉 Lacy Lansford
👉 Renee Kristian
👉 Julio Alberto Sepúlveda
👉 Janie Sauceda
👉 Joe De Mott
👉 Karen Ross Garrett
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📅 September 15-25, 2022
⏰ Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
💸 Tickets are $17 GA | $25 VIP | $28 Bistro table
🔗 unnuevocapitulo.bpt.me
📍 Black Potion San Antonio
🗺️ 1900 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas
🌐 www.ariacreativeproductions.com
Graphics: Gibbs Saad
#jade esteban estrada#director#choreographer#new play#theatre#theater#san antonio#satx#san antonio theatre#un nuevo capitulo#comedy#70s sitcoms#latino#latinx#latino actors#latinx actors#lgbtq#diabetes#world premiere#opening night#family#family drama#comedic play#directing#getjaded#entertainment#lgbt#texas#hilarious#gay
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THAT 70'S SHOW
2x21 "Kelso's Serenade"
#that 70’s show#eric forman#2x21#that 70s show#that70sedit#that70showedit#tvedit#tvandfilm#usersitcom#sitcomedit#sitcom#t70ssource#mine#*#like he went from laughing at kelso flopping to rooting on jackie and hyde thats a real one idk what to say
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All three of the Goodies (the characters, not the actors) are neurodivergent and you can’t change my mind.
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