This episode was a real trip for me. I had a blue princess phone like Ann's, and one of the guest stars was Robert Alda---Alan Alda's father. I always liked Robert better than his son. Robert played in many movies in the 1940's. I think the first movie I saw him in was "Rhapsody In Blue"---the biography of George Gershwin. It's still one of my favorite movies of all time. I have always thought that Joan Blondell was GREAT! She made many movies with James Cagney in the 1930's and they played off of each other perfectly! What a walk down memory lane...
I never liked "That Girl" but I loved theme especially the theme to Season1. These shows could never be made today but we love these shows because they are somewhat timeless reminding us of a simpler more prosperous more innocent time. The theme to Season 1 and Season 2 both without lyrics were so optimistic. I can also get a sort of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" vibe as the opening these shows images of NYC in the 1960s...and since Mary Tyler Moore and Marlo Thomas were friends...you can also see a similar vibe between That Girl and the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme with sites of Minneapolis.
Many people were optimistic and prosperous then. If they ever build a real time machine, my husband and I would go back to 1964 at our ages in a heartbeat---he's 77 and I'm 70. People were MUCH more civil then.
Joan Blondell: she still had some acting chops, this was 11-12 years before she passed away. In the 1930's and 40's she was a relatively big star. My favorite film of hers was Union Depot [1932] with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Eddy Edwards takes a seat at a phone booth inside a drug store. While he's speaking on the phone, he puts his hand on top of a window sill and then through it, revealing that the phone booth has no glass in it. Presumably, the glass was removed to avoid reflecting the studio lights and/or prevent muffling his voice from within the booth.
@@hifijohn Robert Alda actually guest-starred on two episodes of MASH. He played a visiting surgeon, Dr. Borelli, who had a stronger relationship with alcohol than Hawkeye Pierce did.
*Without my consent.". Seriously, Donald?? Anne is an autonomous woman, not your property. Her choices are her own. The early 1970's seem like the dark ages. Buddy Hobart is played by stage and film actor Robert Alda. He is also Alan Alda's father. The wonderful actor and activist. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH.
Why did they keep using the same actor (Jessie White) in so many different roles? Was he under some sort of studio contract? It's weird to see him be so many different characters over the years in the same show.
Jessie White was staple for any program, commercial, etc. He was quite a character actor, so why not? He was best known for his portrayal as "Ol' Lonely" the repairman in Maytag television commercials from 1967 to 1988.
It was common practice for Bewitched to use the same actors playing different characters in many episodes. Sara Seegar, who played Eloise Wilson in Dennis the Menace, appeared in Bewitched 10 times, always a different character.
Jessie White was a VERY popular TV comic actor in those days. The studio was always trying to have him star in his own sitcom (I don't know if that ever happened). As a result he was often given roles in other sitcoms. Jessie White usually played somewhat shady, comic characters. At one point, Jessie White was given a part in a comedy Twilight Zone episode (he played an angel who gets involved with a goofy young woman (Carol Burnett), in the hopes that the episode could be a pilot for a spin off in which every week the Jessie White angel woukd rescue Carol Burnett's character from some predicament but it didn't sell (the studio was so hopeful of the episode becoming a spin off series that they even included a laugh track in the episode! Comedy was not Rod Serling's forte alas)
Thank God medical technology is like it is today and not the 70s yet people's views and how we interacting with each other was much better in the 1970s the last 25 years have been really frightening living in this world 🫠🥴🥴🤔🤔😈😈😈
I love this series and seeing the accompanying guest stars! Marlo Thomas is adorable!❤
This is still one of my favorite tv shows.
This episode was over the top unbelievable
This episode was a real trip for me. I had a blue princess phone like Ann's, and one of the guest stars was Robert Alda---Alan Alda's father. I always liked Robert better than his son. Robert played in many movies in the 1940's. I think the first movie I saw him in was "Rhapsody In Blue"---the biography of George Gershwin. It's still one of my favorite movies of all time. I have always thought that Joan Blondell was GREAT! She made many movies with James Cagney in the 1930's and they played off of each other perfectly! What a walk down memory lane...
I never liked "That Girl" but I loved theme especially the theme to Season1. These shows could never be made today but we love these shows because they are somewhat timeless reminding us of a simpler more prosperous more innocent time. The theme to Season 1 and Season 2 both without lyrics were so optimistic. I can also get a sort of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" vibe as the opening these shows images of NYC in the 1960s...and since Mary Tyler Moore and Marlo Thomas were friends...you can also see a similar vibe between That Girl and the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme with sites of Minneapolis.
Many people were optimistic and prosperous then. If they ever build a real time machine, my husband and I would go back to 1964 at our ages in a heartbeat---he's 77 and I'm 70. People were MUCH more civil then.
Joan Blondell: she still had some acting chops, this was 11-12 years before she passed away. In the 1930's and 40's she was a relatively big star. My favorite film of hers was Union Depot [1932] with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
That is a good movie, maybe Fairbanks Jr's best. But I prefer her with Cagney.
My grandma loved Joan
It's interestibg to see the mannerisms that are similar in Robert and Alan Alda. It shows how much we unconsciously absorb from our parents
I miss the home phone would love to get rid of technology and go back to the 70s
Eddy Edwards takes a seat at a phone booth inside a drug store. While he's speaking on the phone, he puts his hand on top of a window sill and then through it, revealing that the phone booth has no glass in it. Presumably, the glass was removed to avoid reflecting the studio lights and/or prevent muffling his voice from within the booth.
Joan Blondell...love her, she was working all her life
Omg..she sleeps in full make up.
You shouldn't casually or carelessly use omg
@@bethr8756 Sure, Jan. Omg.
Joan Blondell: mother of Norman Powell who produced '24'. Robert Alda: father of Alan Alda.
He was on one episode of MASH.
@@hifijohn
Robert Alda actually guest-starred on two episodes of MASH. He played a visiting surgeon, Dr. Borelli, who had a stronger relationship with alcohol than Hawkeye Pierce did.
Robert's son died young, of cirrhosis.
Life imitating art.
*Without my consent.". Seriously, Donald?? Anne is an autonomous woman, not your property. Her choices are her own. The early 1970's seem like the dark ages. Buddy Hobart is played by stage and film actor Robert Alda. He is also Alan Alda's father. The wonderful actor and activist. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH.
Alan Alda,
So handsome, and a good person, as well.
@@bluecollarlit
Yes, he absolutely is.
Joan Blondell!
Why did they keep using the same actor (Jessie White) in so many different roles? Was he under some sort of studio contract? It's weird to see him be so many different characters over the years in the same show.
Jessie White was staple for any program, commercial, etc. He was quite a character actor, so why not? He was best known for his portrayal as "Ol' Lonely" the repairman in Maytag television commercials from 1967 to 1988.
It was common practice for Bewitched to use the same actors playing different characters in many episodes. Sara Seegar, who played Eloise Wilson in Dennis the Menace, appeared in Bewitched 10 times, always a different character.
Jessie White was a VERY popular TV comic actor in those days. The studio was always trying to have him star in his own sitcom (I don't know if that ever happened). As a result he was often given roles in other sitcoms. Jessie White usually played somewhat shady, comic characters. At one point, Jessie White was given a part in a comedy Twilight Zone episode (he played an angel who gets involved with a goofy young woman (Carol Burnett), in the hopes that the episode could be a pilot for a spin off in which every week the Jessie White angel woukd rescue Carol Burnett's character from some predicament but it didn't sell (the studio was so hopeful of the episode becoming a spin off series that they even included a laugh track in the episode! Comedy was not Rod Serling's forte alas)
Does anybody remember here comes the brides with Joan Blondell anyone wants to answer this 😮
Thank God medical technology is like it is today and not the 70s yet people's views and how we interacting with each other was much better in the 1970s the last 25 years have been really frightening living in this world 🫠🥴🥴🤔🤔😈😈😈