I agree with everything you said in this video. I was 6 years old and had the biggest crush on Cassiopeia. It's how I know I'm straight. The memories of visiting my aunt's house in Knoxville. I have lived a great life, and Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica helped make that possible.
Such a beautiful and talented woman!! Still is! To use a old cliche, they don't make'em like that anymore. Happy to see she is so happy and doing so well. Don't forget her in The Secrets of Isis cheerleader episode too!!
I remember seeing her in a guest appearance on Emergency! Lol! She was gorgeous and talented and should’ve gotten her own show after BSG (as is the case with most of the show’s actors). Dave, I love your channel! You have such great content. And like you, I’m a Star Wars fan. So for me, BSG is right there with it. Thanks for all the love you give to it and all the other great shows of its era!
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Thanks for doing this video Dave. I loved Cassiopeia on Battlestar Gallactica! She was so beautiful and so great! Let's also not forget her on one of the funniest Three's Company episodes of all time, Downhill Chaser, as the ski-obsessed girlfriend of Jack. Love you Laurette!
She popped up on all kinds of stuff in the 70s and was always great. The Secrets of Isis, Man from Atlantis, and The Six Million Dollar Man stood out for me.
Laurette Spang guest starred on a lot of Shows on ABC back then. I remember her on episodes of the Love Boat, Happy Days, Three's Company, and Charlie's Angels.
Huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. Loved Cassiopia's spunk in the episode The Living Legend when she joined the landing party as the med-tech. Man, she and Sheba looked great decked out in black leather spandex. Thanks Dave for giving Laurette her due...she was always one of my favorites.
Fun Fact - I would go on to work on the test equipment used in the background as the high tech displays. The equipment was a line of small plug in signal generators, wave form generators, and oscilloscopes manufacturered by Tektronix.
She actually was my favorite character on Battle star Galactica thank you so much for doing this again I also loved her characters name on the show Cassiopeia me being half Greek I thought it was awesome and a beautiful name 🤗💞 btw Dave I agree the original cast had the best chemistry 😎
Amazing how "in tune" you and I can be, Dave. My copy of the original series should be arriving in the mail at any minute. Laurette, Maren and of course, the stunning Jane Seymour (and let's not forget Robynn Douglass) that show was a treasure trove of gorgeous women worthy of watching, even if the show itself didn't hold your interest, as it did mine.
For some odd reason, I never was into Star Wars.... but, yes, the TV series Battlestar Galactica was one of my favorite shows, entering my early teens in the late 1970s. I waited anxiously for each new episode, seeing the two main characters coming down from their mother ship to do things on earth, them being chased by bad guys or the police, and their vehicles would just take off, from freeway chases, into the air... with technologies humans couldn't comprehend. I think that's when my fascination with technologies, the future, time travels, etc. started; that's why I went on to read over 1,000 hard core science fiction books but never touching any comics or Star Wars materials.... For some odd reason, I don't remember the character played by this actress, Laurette Spang....
@@fw1421 G1980 was doomed from the very beginning. Except for the pilot and The Return of Starbuck, the episodes lacked the action, drama, suspense and character interplay of the original, and while series stars Kent McCord and Barry Van Dyke are fine actors, they didn't have Hatch and Benedict 's chemistry and dramatic punch.
1978 Battlestar Galactica, the only Galactica, as far as I'm concerned, was truly a great show with a great cast, including Laurette. Too bad network execs were such boneheads and ruined things, never allowing the show to blossom, but instead, die a shameful death in Galactica 1980. I've seen every episode at least 50 times since it aired and own the 3D Cylon head box set. Great upload, Dave!
I remember going to the theatrical release of the pilot, which was lengthened into a movie. Same for the pilot of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". It's hard to imagine a time when there was no you-tube, no internet, and no DVD's. But somehow we managed with our VCR's.
I've been meaning to watch this video for the last few days, but i kept getting distracted-anyway, Yes Laurette was a major babe back in the 80's. I was never a big Galactica fan, [of any incarnation] but i watched it because of Laurette and Maren Jensen. On Joss Whedon's series 'Firefly', Morena Baccarin's character Inara was also a 'socialator' . Inara later on became a more important character and her career changed and this was done in honor of Cassiopeia from BG. You always bring me such memories of the classic and great days of TV and always bring a smile to my face. Thanks, Dave.
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Saw her on an episode of Hawaii Five-O when I was binge watching the series. She was held captive by some deranged guy in a mountain cabin. Must have been in 1976.
Laurette Sprang Made A Guest-Appearance In The Tv-Series Gemini Man! On NBC-Tv. She Played A Deaf Salvation-Army Nun. She Was Great In The Role. Glad To Hear That She Is Living A Good-Life. I Recall In The Early 1990s A Lot Of Former Tv-Stars Of 1960s/1970s Were Having Scrapes With The Law. Danny Bonaduche Of All People Pointed That Out They Were All Airing Out Their Dirty-Laundry In Public. This Was Around The Time That Danny Bonaduche Was In And Out Of Trouble With The Law. All Of Those Other People Were Just Jumping on The Bandwagon. Thank Goodness Laurette Sprang Didn't Do The Same Thing.
I remember Laurette from an episode of "Charlie's Angels" during the first season. She played a prostitute. I remember her from "Happy Days" as well. She was such a natural beauty.
Good evening Dave.I too was a fan of the original Battle Star Galactica. One season wasn't enough, I heard BSG was cancelled because it was too expensive of a show to produce on a weekly basis💵.👩🍎🗽
Dave, I really enjoy these! Another good one. I’ve been following for a while. My first comment. I’ve been liking all along though. Please keep them coming. So much of my childhood relived. Do you think you’ll ever do one on the nbc tv show Voyagers! I realized NBC remade into Quantum Leap
Thank you so much! I watched your video on john Erik Hexum just now. I like how you ended on a positive note. A much watch. I won’t give away. Let fans watch. I also have heard that meno Peluce was so influenced by Voyagers that he became a history teacher ❤️🌞
@@jdsundstrom I am a big fan of Adam 12, Emergency!, and Dragnet (1967 series). When I picked up the DVD boxes of both of them and started watching them, I was amazed at the number of future stars that were in both shows. Jack Webb was an underrated genius.
Never knew what happened to laurette spang Dave battlestar galactica is such a great show such a great space show Dave it's awesome laurette spang was a attractive woman fort sure I wished the show would have lasted longer though and wasn't cancelled man I didn't know she was in happy days never knew that happy days is another great show classic show oh yea definitely remember her on threes company love the snow skiing episode didn't remember her on the love boat do remember John Ritter on love boat dressed as a woman lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂funny man love last man standing another great show love Tim Allen thank for sharing Dave great video buddy👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
"Last Man Standing" was actually canceled after 6 seasons on ABC even though it had solid ratings. There was something of a scandal that it had been canceled by politically liberal TV execs who didn't like the show's conservative themes. After a year off, it was picked up on FOX but by then several actors had moved on to different work, including Molly Ephraim who played Mandy. She was replaced by Molly McCook and the character was changed significantly. They even made jokes in the new season, commenting that they didn't recognize her bcuz she was tall and blonde. Ephraim wasn't as tall and was brunette.
Battlestar Galactica was a big hit when it hit the TV screen, one of my favorites, although unlike you Dave I didn't find it equal to Star Wars. But I don't remember Cassiopia as being a high class call girl? That's pretty bold for the 70's. I do remember a secret triangle affair between her and Athena over the effections to Starbuck in one episode. If I remember right, when the girls found out that he was seeing both of them, being good friends, they quickly dumped him at the end of the episode. Ahhh...Starbuck. What a womanizer. Lauretta seems like a very nice person and I'm glad she got out of acting and had a successful marriage to John McCook. Show biz to me is a trap, for certain reasons I won't go into. Thank you for this very uplifting upload. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏☺😄❤
Re-watched Season 1of "Battle Star Galactica" recently on Tubi was great. First time I have watched it since I was a kid. Tried watching season 2 but could not make it through the first episode, what were they thinking? Laurette was very lovely, thinking of her character and Lloyd Bridges character( Commander Kane ) romantically involved is a disturbing thought though.
A lot of people don't realize this, but Laurette Spang actually co-starred in "Happy Days" The character that she'd played the girl who Richie Cunningham had gotten Mononucleosis from
I have to explain this to my son sometimes. There’s today hot, what’s considered beauty today, and 70s hot. 80s hot, etc. some women are timeless - like Markie Post or Erin Gray or Linda Carter. Spang falls under the 70/80s hot
@@jdsundstrom And thank you for the content. This is channel is a short, but welcome break from life today. I share these with my 12 yr old sometimes. You’re a bit of Mayberry in a Pulp Fiction world.
Nice to meet you DS. Will send a proper email soon. Wanted to comment here because my mom literally gave me the Battlestar rpg today. Goodwill, $0.99, Complete
I remember her on Happy Days. I especially remember when Richie took her to the prom and they had a fight and they were later spotted by Mr. Cunningham making out in a maintenance closet.
I think they just ran out of money for the series, because most television executives often don't like or understand science fiction, and they decided not to finance another series. In the UK Micheal Grade, the nephew of Lew Grade who commissioned Gerry Anderson's work, ironically cancelled Doctor Who because he didn't get the genre.
Early teen memories. I was in love with Maren Jensen and my buddy was so into Laurette Spang. We imagined we were colonial warriors with these ladies by our side. Why did BG had to end ? ! Rhetorical question
It was cancelled mainly due to high cost per episode, nearly three million dollars. In addition, Richard Hatch and Glen Larson had many destructive confrontations about the direction and questionable screen writing about the development of the supporting cast.
the john mccook you mentioned is that the same john mccook who is on the bold and the beautiful? casepea was my favorite character on battle star galactica.
@@jdsundstrom I'm talking like 40 yrs ago!! I googled. He was on Y&R in the 70s and was married to Juliet Prowse. I was heavily into Y&R in my teens during school breaks, so that's what I remember him from.
I've watched Galactica 1980 all the way through twice now. And it just kind of falls flat. The big mistake was changing the time travel aspect, as that was quite an interesting and suspenseful plot. So I would say the first 3 episodes of Galactica 1980 were the best of it. After that it just got corny as heck. lol Well at least they showed Starbuck at the end of the 1980 series. That was actually pretty cool. But yeah Batllestar Galactica was a freaking awesome show and way ahead of it's time no doubt! Such a great cast and awesome storyline overall!
I loved Battlestar Galactica and Laurette Spang was one of my favorite ladies on the show.Thanks for the update!
Married over 40 years.... Awesome and beautiful.... Great video Brother..
Thanks BTB!
She’s still beautiful. Happy to hear she’s been married for so long as many celebrity marriages don’t last long.
I agree with everything you said in this video. I was 6 years old and had the biggest crush on Cassiopeia. It's how I know I'm straight.
The memories of visiting my aunt's house in Knoxville. I have lived a great life, and Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica helped make that possible.
And I know that I am gay because I was torn by her change in hairstyle mid-season from the proto-Farrah to the post-Farrah.
Thanks for sharing your memories, Rick The Explorer!
Yes, she was very beautiful, unforgettable
Such a beautiful and talented woman!! Still is! To use a old cliche, they don't make'em like that anymore. Happy to see she is so happy and doing so well. Don't forget her in The Secrets of Isis cheerleader episode too!!
Thanks for sharing, jt20042. You can watch that episode of Isis right here on YT: th-cam.com/video/U_FuWrD7QVU/w-d-xo.html
If only we could get a Cylon Jumping a Shark while yelling Ayyyy in a Cylon Voice.
Now, that would be cool!
That would have gotten Battlestar Galactica a second season! One show's "jump the shark" moment is another's saving grace!
@@jdsundstrom welcome back kotter theme song 😎
LOL! 👍🏻
Thanks Dave for putting this segment together. I look forward to when you create a similar retrospective on her co-star, Dirk Benedict.
You're welcome, Kevin! Dirk is on my potential topics list.
Oh yes, please do one on Dirk Benedict too! :D
I remember seeing her in a guest appearance on Emergency! Lol! She was gorgeous and talented and should’ve gotten her own show after BSG (as is the case with most of the show’s actors). Dave, I love your channel! You have such great content. And like you, I’m a Star Wars fan. So for me, BSG is right there with it. Thanks for all the love you give to it and all the other great shows of its era!
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Dirk! Thanks for sharing your memories. 🙂
Randolph Mantooth of Emergency was in a two-part BSG with Laurette called, "Greetings From Earth".
She was great on Charlie's angels too
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Well said Cindy!
@@jdsundstrom thanks Dave !
Dave you got great taste cause that was my favorite tv show growing up and was a huge hurt when it didnt come back... love your taste!
Thanks Tim!
Thanks for doing this video Dave. I loved Cassiopeia on Battlestar Gallactica! She was so beautiful and so great!
Let's also not forget her on one of the funniest Three's Company episodes of all time, Downhill Chaser, as the ski-obsessed girlfriend of Jack. Love you Laurette!
Glad you enjoyed it, MR!
Laurette also did an episode of Three's Company as another love interest for Jack Tripper she was a person who loved to ski on that episode
Thanks for sharing Jim!
She popped up on all kinds of stuff in the 70s and was always great. The Secrets of Isis, Man from Atlantis, and The Six Million Dollar Man stood out for me.
Happy Days
Streets of San Francisco
Believe it or not, Laurette Spang has been guest starred on two episodes of Emergency! 🚑🚒
I believe it!
CORRECTION: Laurette Spang has been guest starred on three episodes of Emergency!
Heather Chandler: Well, beep me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?🤗
I think all the women on the original Battlestar Galactica were beautiful.
Thanks for the comment.
I was a totally smitten 18 year old when Laurette first appeared on my tv screen...thanks for doing a story on her!
You're welcome, Donald!
Congratulations on a nice video Dave. 👍
My first memory of Laurette was an episode of Charlie's Angels, her first scene had her in short shorts and she caught my eye instantly!
Thank you Dave. Always great coverage
You are most welcome, Keith.
I'm happy that Dave is willing to put in the hard work of creating these videos. He is King!
Thanks for the kind words James!
She also played as Stewardess Arlene in the movie Airport 75.
I always thought that she was the most beautiful woman on that show and I was sad to see that she wasn’t featured more
Thanks Dave, for answering the questions that sometimes keep me up at night.
I thought I was the only one who stayed up late thinking about these things!
Laurette Spang guest starred on a lot of Shows on ABC back then. I remember her on episodes of the Love Boat, Happy Days, Three's Company, and Charlie's Angels.
And The Secrets of Isis!
Thanks for the comment.
Battlestar was my favorite
Thanks for the comment.
Huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. Loved Cassiopia's spunk in the episode The Living Legend when she joined the landing party as the med-tech. Man, she and Sheba looked great decked out in black leather spandex. Thanks Dave for giving Laurette her due...she was always one of my favorites.
I thought I was the only one who noticed Sheba in black leather.
You're most welcome, Rometiklan! Thanks for commenting.
@@rino7789 We ALL noticed!
She also appeared in 1973 on Adam -12 episode.
Cassiopeia and Lt. Sheba in black leather....now THAT's icing on the cake!
I can't think of two finer Colonial Warriors to defend humanity. Cylons watch out! 🙂
Fun Fact - I would go on to work on the test equipment used in the background as the high tech displays. The equipment was a line of small plug in signal generators, wave form generators, and oscilloscopes manufacturered by Tektronix.
That is a fun fact! Thanks for sharing, jonniez62.
She was one of my crushes. I was seven when BSG aired.
She actually was my favorite character on Battle star Galactica thank you so much for doing this again I also loved her characters name on the show Cassiopeia me being half Greek I thought it was awesome and a beautiful name 🤗💞 btw Dave I agree the original cast had the best chemistry 😎
Great comment, SRM!
Amazing how "in tune" you and I can be, Dave. My copy of the original series should be arriving in the mail at any minute.
Laurette, Maren and of course, the stunning Jane Seymour (and let's not forget Robynn Douglass) that show was a treasure trove of gorgeous women worthy of watching, even if the show itself didn't hold your interest, as it did mine.
I liked Robynn Douglass in "Breaking Away"...but not so much in "Galactica 1980". Regardless, enjoy the DVDs!
What about Anne Lockhart?
For some odd reason, I never was into Star Wars.... but, yes, the TV series Battlestar Galactica was one of my favorite shows, entering my early teens in the late 1970s. I waited anxiously for each new episode, seeing the two main characters coming down from their mother ship to do things on earth, them being chased by bad guys or the police, and their vehicles would just take off, from freeway chases, into the air... with technologies humans couldn't comprehend. I think that's when my fascination with technologies, the future, time travels, etc. started; that's why I went on to read over 1,000 hard core science fiction books but never touching any comics or Star Wars materials.... For some odd reason, I don't remember the character played by this actress, Laurette Spang....
Even Muffit had enough sense to bail out of “Galactica: 1980”!
Believe it or not that little Robot Dog was played by a Chimpanzee. I'm not joking.
@Queen Glamazona
Anyone worth their weight in mushies knows that.
Galactica 1980 was a horrible show. Insulting to the audience that watched the original show.
@@fw1421 G1980 was doomed from the very beginning. Except for the pilot and The Return of Starbuck, the episodes lacked the action, drama, suspense and character interplay of the original, and while series stars Kent McCord and Barry Van Dyke are fine actors, they didn't have Hatch and Benedict 's chemistry and dramatic punch.
A very young Laurette Spang was on an episode of Isis. She played a deceitful cheerleader who cheated on her exams.
You can view that episode right here on TH-cam.
th-cam.com/video/U_FuWrD7QVU/w-d-xo.html
1978 Battlestar Galactica, the only Galactica, as far as I'm concerned, was truly a great show with a great cast, including Laurette. Too bad network execs were such boneheads and ruined things, never allowing the show to blossom, but instead, die a shameful death in Galactica 1980. I've seen every episode at least 50 times since it aired and own the 3D Cylon head box set. Great upload, Dave!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Scott.
I totally agree...and I have the box set also, they did a great with that, especially the commentary track for the pilot movie :)
Saw it back in the day and rewatched all the episodes. 👍🏻
I don't even acknowledge the reboot 😝
Great 👍 video love a good stuff update with a happy ending
Glad you enjoyed it, Danny!
@@jdsundstrom good stuff special place at flea market for you tomorrow
She was a pretty girl and she was talented and I'm glad she's happy in her marriage
Eleven year old me was completely smitten with Cassiopeia. 😍
I remember going to the theatrical release of the pilot, which was lengthened into a movie. Same for the pilot of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". It's hard to imagine a time when there was no you-tube, no internet, and no DVD's. But somehow we managed with our VCR's.
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I'm so old! I grew up when there were only about five TV channels and not even a VCR yet. :D
I've been meaning to watch this video for the last few days, but i kept getting distracted-anyway, Yes Laurette was a major babe back in the 80's. I was never a big Galactica fan, [of any incarnation] but i watched it because of Laurette and Maren Jensen. On Joss Whedon's series 'Firefly', Morena Baccarin's character Inara was also a 'socialator' . Inara later on became a more important character and her career changed and this was done in honor of Cassiopeia from BG. You always bring me such memories of the classic and great days of TV and always bring a smile to my face. Thanks, Dave.
Thanks for the kind words and great comment, No Man!
That was great to see ... glad for a positive story too, and I enjoy the comments. I never realized who did the voice of Lucifer ... now it's so obvious! Thanks! Subscribed
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Let's face it, the networks always find some bogus reason to cancel shows. They do not care about the viewer's like they did up to the late 70s.
Very true. Battlestar Galactica is the perfect example of a show that the network seemed anxious to cancel because it was super expensive to produce.
Great video Dave! I remember loving Battlestar Galactica as well. In fact, do you remember that you had a model of one of their Colonial Viper ships?
Yes I do!
Laureate appeared in an early first season episode of The Six Million Dollar Man episode entitled Survival of the Fittest
Saw her on an episode of Hawaii Five-O when I was binge watching the series. She was held captive by some deranged guy in a mountain cabin. Must have been in 1976.
The Beautiful" Cassiopeia "
Laurette Sprang Made A Guest-Appearance In The Tv-Series Gemini Man! On NBC-Tv. She Played A Deaf Salvation-Army Nun. She Was Great In The Role. Glad To Hear That She Is Living A Good-Life. I Recall In The Early 1990s A Lot Of Former Tv-Stars Of 1960s/1970s Were Having Scrapes With The Law. Danny Bonaduche Of All People Pointed That Out They Were All Airing Out Their Dirty-Laundry In Public. This Was Around The Time That Danny Bonaduche Was In And Out Of Trouble With The Law. All Of Those Other People Were Just Jumping on The Bandwagon. Thank Goodness Laurette Sprang Didn't Do The Same Thing.
Enjoying your videos here in Ireland on your channel keep up the good work ✅
Thank you Michael! I appreciate the kind words. 🙂
This girl went from being a Socialator to a Doctor's Assistant? Talk about being versatile.
She even assisted the Ship's Doctor when he performed a delicate heart operation on Commander Adama. I guess she had a really well rounded education.
Thanks for the comment.
I remember Laurette from an episode of "Charlie's Angels" during the first season. She played a prostitute. I remember her from "Happy Days" as well. She was such a natural beauty.
It's crazy that her character was a call girl on BSG. That might show up in a 3-5 things you didn't know about BSG over on my channel!
Can't wait for the video, Ean!
Laurette Spang was so goddamn beautiful in Battlestar Galactica especially in that dress she wore at 0:48 and 4:22.
Definitely a beautiful lady. 🙂
She also did an episode of Adam-12 where she was assaulted by a stalker in her aprtment.
Good evening Dave.I too was a fan of the original Battle Star Galactica. One season wasn't enough, I heard BSG was cancelled because it was too expensive of a show to produce on a weekly basis💵.👩🍎🗽
That is correct, it was too expensive and ABC grew tired of producing it.
Pretty awesome to hear that she "lived happily ever after".
Indeed. I also found out she has her own TH-cam channel! th-cam.com/channels/ylwyqkhwF7smu_2UL6DhZg.html
I did like her in BSG. I imagine in the new BSG, she would have remained a solicitor.
You're probably right, Kevin.
Wow! Great times Dave!
Indeed!
Dave, I really enjoy these! Another good one. I’ve been following for a while. My first comment. I’ve been liking all along though. Please keep them coming. So much of my childhood relived. Do you think you’ll ever do one on the nbc tv show Voyagers! I realized NBC remade into Quantum Leap
Glad you like them, Eric. Here's a video that I did about Jon-Erik Hexum a while back: th-cam.com/video/BgI9re65Yjs/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much! I watched your video on john Erik Hexum just now. I like how you ended on a positive note. A much watch. I won’t give away. Let fans watch. I also have heard that meno Peluce was so influenced by Voyagers that he became a history teacher ❤️🌞
ABC cancelled BSG due to cost of $1,000,000 per episode, that's over $4,000,000 in todays money.
I was 13 back then, I noticed all the beauties.
Loved her. She also did an Adam 12 episode that was really good.
Thanks for sharing Tom! And...thank you for your support. 🙂
@@jdsundstrom I am a big fan of Adam 12, Emergency!, and Dragnet (1967 series). When I picked up the DVD boxes of both of them and started watching them, I was amazed at the number of future stars that were in both shows. Jack Webb was an underrated genius.
She made an appearance on Emergency for 3 episodes
I just watched an episode of Charlie's Angels she was in.
She was part of a Dating Service that was Crooked and was being used to rob wealthy clients.
Lauretta Spang as Cassiopeia was my first childhood crush. God I dreamed of growing up fast so I could marry her.....
She was on Love Boat a bunch of times other than that I've never heard of her...
One of the reasons I enjoyed watching "The Love Boat"!
She was the 70s version of a Dabo girl when she started out except there were no Ferengi in Battlestar Galactica.❤⚡🙏💯🙉🙊🙈😻🔥❤
Alway glad when somebody from my nostalgic childhood gets a happy ending.
Never knew what happened to laurette spang Dave battlestar galactica is such a great show such a great space show Dave it's awesome laurette spang was a attractive woman fort sure I wished the show would have lasted longer though and wasn't cancelled man I didn't know she was in happy days never knew that happy days is another great show classic show oh yea definitely remember her on threes company love the snow skiing episode didn't remember her on the love boat do remember John Ritter on love boat dressed as a woman lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂funny man love last man standing another great show love Tim Allen thank for sharing Dave great video buddy👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Cade. 🙂
Happy to hear that Dave sure did buddy always man 😊
Left you some comments Dave on your live stream from yesterday
Commented on your ed asner video as well finally Dave
"Last Man Standing" was actually canceled after 6 seasons on ABC even though it had solid ratings. There was something of a scandal that it had been canceled by politically liberal TV execs who didn't like the show's conservative themes. After a year off, it was picked up on FOX but by then several actors had moved on to different work, including Molly Ephraim who played Mandy. She was replaced by Molly McCook and the character was changed significantly. They even made jokes in the new season, commenting that they didn't recognize her bcuz she was tall and blonde. Ephraim wasn't as tall and was brunette.
Thanks for the info, Chris in Indiana!
Battlestar Galactica was a big hit when it hit the TV screen, one of my favorites, although unlike you Dave I didn't find it equal to Star Wars. But I don't remember Cassiopia as being a high class call girl? That's pretty bold for the 70's. I do remember a secret triangle affair between her and Athena over the effections to Starbuck in one episode. If I remember right, when the girls found out that he was seeing both of them, being good friends, they quickly dumped him at the end of the episode. Ahhh...Starbuck. What a womanizer.
Lauretta seems like a very nice person and I'm glad she got out of acting and had a successful marriage to John McCook. Show biz to me is a trap, for certain reasons I won't go into.
Thank you for this very uplifting upload. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏☺😄❤
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Re-watched Season 1of "Battle Star Galactica" recently on Tubi was great. First time I have watched it since I was a kid. Tried watching season 2 but could not make it through the first episode, what were they thinking? Laurette was very lovely, thinking of her character and Lloyd Bridges character( Commander Kane ) romantically involved is a disturbing thought though.
Yep. Just like Elvis and Priscilla. Yikes!
@@jdsundstrom Indeed :D
A lot of people don't realize this, but Laurette Spang actually co-starred in "Happy Days"
The character that she'd played the girl who Richie Cunningham had gotten Mononucleosis from
I never knew the fake Mandy on LMS was her daughter. That is something. I always liked that Cassiopeia was named after a consolation.
Sister has a friend who could be Laurette's double.
She must be quite the beauty!
I have to explain this to my son sometimes. There’s today hot, what’s considered beauty today, and 70s hot. 80s hot, etc. some women are timeless - like Markie Post or Erin Gray or Linda Carter. Spang falls under the 70/80s hot
Thanks for sharing, SC!
I told my boys that women in the old days were beautiful but they didn't melt under a heat lamp.
@@jdsundstrom And thank you for the content. This is channel is a short, but welcome break from life today. I share these with my 12 yr old sometimes. You’re a bit of Mayberry in a Pulp Fiction world.
The women of the 70s were the best. They had the style, grace, and poise. They weren't a bunch of raging man haters like many of the women today.
I am not familiar with a "LINDA Carter" 🤔
Thanks.
Laurette was my crush. Still is😊
Nice to meet you DS. Will send a proper email soon. Wanted to comment here because my mom literally gave me the Battlestar rpg today. Goodwill, $0.99, Complete
Very cool!
I used to love her
I remember her on Happy Days. I especially remember when Richie took her to the prom and they had a fight and they were later spotted by Mr. Cunningham making out in a maintenance closet.
Yes, she played Arlene. That’s when Happy Days was at it’s best.
I really have to watch the original BSG. I've only seen a handful of episodes.
Yes. You definitely should!
I Loved this Woman when I was a Kid.
I remember her from an early Adam-12
I recently saw her in an episode of Magnum PI with her husband.
Laurette Spang McCook has the same birthday as my mother.
I think they just ran out of money for the series, because most television executives often don't like or understand science fiction, and they decided not to finance another series. In the UK Micheal Grade, the nephew of Lew Grade who commissioned Gerry Anderson's work, ironically cancelled Doctor Who because he didn't get the genre.
Can you do whatever happened to betsy russell?
Wouldn't know her, from that; not a sci-fi fan. I do recall Ms. Spang, from The Partridge Family & Happy Days.
Early teen memories. I was in love with Maren Jensen and my buddy was so into Laurette Spang. We imagined we were colonial warriors with these ladies by our side. Why did BG had to end ? ! Rhetorical question
I ask myself that rhetorical question all the time!
It was cancelled mainly due to high cost per episode, nearly three million dollars. In addition, Richard Hatch and Glen Larson had many destructive confrontations about the direction and questionable screen writing about the development of the supporting cast.
I wonder if Cassiopeia being a "socialator" was where Joss Whedon got the idea for Inara being a "companion" on Firefly.
the john mccook you mentioned is that the same john mccook who is on the bold and the beautiful? casepea was my favorite character on battle star galactica.
Yes. The very same John McCook, Kenneth.
John McCook, that name sounds familiar. Was he ever on a soap?
I believe he is still on "The Bold and the Beautiful".
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I'm talking like 40 yrs ago!! I googled. He was on Y&R in the 70s and was married to Juliet Prowse. I was heavily into Y&R in my teens during school breaks, so that's what I remember him from.
I've watched Galactica 1980 all the way through twice now. And it just kind of falls flat. The big mistake was changing the time travel aspect, as that was quite an interesting and suspenseful plot. So I would say the first 3 episodes of Galactica 1980 were the best of it. After that it just got corny as heck. lol Well at least they showed Starbuck at the end of the 1980 series. That was actually pretty cool. But yeah Batllestar Galactica was a freaking awesome show and way ahead of it's time no doubt! Such a great cast and awesome storyline overall!
Thanks for the comment.
The theme is so epic I thought it was scored by the Maestro John Williams
It was epic! Stu Phillips was the genius who composed the score.
@@jdsundstrom I read one time John Williams went in to check the scoring so to see if it doesn’t rip-off his style
Ann Lockhart and Laurette were the hottest women on Battlestar Galactica...IMO.
I agree.