Mary Wickes and Alice Pearce

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  • Two of the greatest appear in an episode of "Dennis the Menace". Dennis overhears Mr. and Mrs. Wilson hashing over the mistakes they made as partners in a game of bridge they played the previous night. Dennis relates a few statements out of context to Miss Cathcart of Miss Tarbell who start to salivate over the possibility of another newly single man in town. Watch Mary describe Wilson as a "Greek God".
    Clever script in this underrated series.

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  • @virginiaolson7537
    @virginiaolson7537 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I miss simpler times and good sitcoms....Ahhh to be young again....thanks for the memories...

  • @vistaestrada
    @vistaestrada 10 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Mary Wickes and Alice Pearce. That's comic gold right there.

  • @Ian2844
    @Ian2844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Mary Wicks, Alice Pearce and Gale Gordon. Great lineup of talent. I used to watch this in the very early 1960s.

  • @thejupiter2574
    @thejupiter2574 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Ohhhhh Lorde I did NOT want to get stuck watching old TV clips from my past but when I saw these two wonderful character actresses listed as being in the same clip I just had to watch it. They were both wonderful and appeared in so many things. Alice Pearce had such great facial expressions and did comedy records like her novelty song about being "in love with the Invisible Man" from a Hans Conried 'Monster Rally' comedy album among many other things she did . I think she passed away in early Bewitched like SE 2 from Ovarian Cancer. She was excellent as the nervous nosy neurotic neighbor Gladys Kravitz on that show. Then Ms. Mary Wickes, ummm what hasn't she been on :) I grew up watching all these 1950's 60's shows and she was a popular guest star even on the I Love Lucy Show I believe as the tough Ballerina Instructor "Abah Abah, Abah." she'd yell. Mary Wickes did so much but younger people will remember her from the Sister Act Movies as leader of the Nun's choir.
    Alice Pearce reminded me of being in the same comedy league as Paul Lynde, Charlotte Raye, Kathleen Freeman and Alice Ghostly those types.

    • @gwb7875
      @gwb7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mary Wickes last Role was the Voice of the Female Gargoyle in Disney's Animated Hunchback Of Nortadam She Finished it just Months before her Death at the End Credits of the Movie it was Dedicated In Loving Memory to the Late Mary Wickes.

  • @MarkinDC
    @MarkinDC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    An understated part of what made these early sitcoms good was the excellent character performers; Mary Wickes and Alice Pearce are two of the best. They really elevate the otherwise inane material. THANKS for posting this.

    • @musicom67
      @musicom67 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      EXACTLY. Also, most of these actors/actresses started in RADIO - so their PERSONALITY characterizations and VOICE was first and foremost - their abilities to mug for the camera was probably no different than their mugging for the radio audience to induce laughs. Gale Gordon is a perfect example.

    • @RayPointerChannel
      @RayPointerChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the things that is most obvious is that while this is supposed to be DENNIS THE MENACE, this episode is less about him and the silly antics of the adults. I suppose the only excuse for this is that Dennis is the source of the misunderstanding. Other than that, the story is less about him. The situations focused on Dennis were what really made the show in the beginning. This was an entirely different direction.

  • @nomiddlenamenmn427
    @nomiddlenamenmn427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    May God bless Alice and hold her in His hand. She died of one of the most horrific diseases, God rest her soul. Tragic that she brought so much joy and had to endure so much pain and suffering. Never forgotten.

  • @ajabrams
    @ajabrams 12 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Two of the best character actresses ever!!

  • @carlosbright9615
    @carlosbright9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Alice Pearce aka Gladys Kravitz was my favorite character on 'Bewitched'. I just finished watching episode 24 from Season 2 of 'Bewitched'. Alice aka Gladys Kravitz had loss a lot of weight. Years later as an adult, I realized she had ovarian cancer. My recent purchase on an Amazon Fire Stick, I am able to see all episodes of 'Bewitched' on IMDB. I have been binge watching 'Bewitched' since the Christmas holiday of 2019. I was 11 years old when Ms. Alice Pearce passed away. All the characters on 'Bewitched' are not deceased with the exception of the character 'Tabitha Stevens', Erin Murphy. RIP Alice Pearce because you continue to bring joy and laughter in my heart in 2020 as I continue to watch 'Bewitched'. Those were the good old days it seem because today in the United States and around the world is filled with hate, doom, and gloom.

    • @garymattscheck9066
      @garymattscheck9066 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't know about the first Gladys Kravitz until I saw the black and white episodes of Bewitched with Alice Pearce.

    • @Adam_Savelyev
      @Adam_Savelyev 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👏👏👏

  • @johnmatzye6633
    @johnmatzye6633 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The public doesn't realize it - but it takes skills to delivered these lines like those gifted actresses did.

  • @Weesperbuurt
    @Weesperbuurt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Mary’s comic timing is wonderful.

    • @matthewa8713
      @matthewa8713 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a long career she had. She was in so many television shows.

    • @johnnynbk
      @johnnynbk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mary Wickes was a major talent

  • @randystroder7676
    @randystroder7676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mary Wickes was a good friend of Lucille Ball's she made a guest appearance on I Love Lucy as the Ballet instructor in the episode "The Ballet " she made numerous guest appearances on Lucy's other shows .

  • @luruperchausse10
    @luruperchausse10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoyed watching Mary Wickes as cranky old Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act.
    Alice Pearce was poor old tortured neighbor Gladys Kravitz and played the same type of neighbor with Doris Day in the Glass Bottom Boat .

  • @makeittrue
    @makeittrue 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love both these actresses so much! They really had the gift for comedy. :)

  • @leemclaury6251
    @leemclaury6251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Mary Wilkes was a scene stealer in movies and TV . A great character actress.

  • @malcolmmarshall5946
    @malcolmmarshall5946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They were both brilliant character actresses. No wonder Lucille Ball loved them both.

  • @thomasbinninger1355
    @thomasbinninger1355 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is before Alice got sick.she looks great here.

    • @nomiddlenamenmn427
      @nomiddlenamenmn427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      God bless and rest her soul. This is a painful disease. I had no idea she suffered with and died from it.

  • @daleschneider7689
    @daleschneider7689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mary Wickes and Alice Pearce were 2 of the best character actresses of alll time. May they RIP

  • @lass-inangeles7564
    @lass-inangeles7564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So delightful! Splendid actors and the dresses they wore are back in vogue!

  • @dalesnyder2705
    @dalesnyder2705 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "We thought you flew the coup". LOL

  • @sexysagi
    @sexysagi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Mrs Wilson looked beautiful after her makeover and I just thought it was so funny after these two women, thinking she'd left her husband, got tricked into cooking dinner and making dessert for them

  • @jackanthony976
    @jackanthony976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Little Dennis was certainly shrewd in his own innocent way. He knew how to work the adults in his environment to his advantage...like carrying messages between adults with just enough information to get them excited and concerned.

  • @migue4793
    @migue4793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You can see the Bewitched house when she carries the pies in. This must be the early 60s

    • @thatjpwing
      @thatjpwing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Eloise pulls away from the curb in the car in front of the I Dream of Jeannie house

    • @TotzkeMike
      @TotzkeMike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just saw that ...!!!

  • @eepanusstar5940
    @eepanusstar5940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love Mary Wickes!!

  • @mral8145
    @mral8145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bewitched, sister act and the Walton’s all represented!

  • @neviepoo1
    @neviepoo1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sister Mary Lazarus!

  • @herbthymebaum6816
    @herbthymebaum6816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Two lovely ladies. Always thought I'd like both of them if I'd ever met them.

  • @yikesproductions6420
    @yikesproductions6420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 11:00 you can see Samantha and Darrin Stephens’ house.

  • @buckeyeschmave
    @buckeyeschmave 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Maybe my favorite episode from Season 4, which by and large wasn't that great without George and Martha.

  • @chaswr
    @chaswr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Mary Wickes would have made a better replacement for Alice Pearce as Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched than Sandra Gould.

    • @ricj7517
      @ricj7517 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i agree...I didn't care for Sandra Gould

    • @chaswr
      @chaswr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Neither did Elizabeth Montgomery, from what I've heard.

    • @ricj7517
      @ricj7517 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, Elizabeth wasn't happy with Sandra playing the role of Gladys .. She wanted Alice Ghostley to take over the role but she turned it down .. She would later play the part of Aunt Esmeralda

    • @chaswr
      @chaswr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AG would have even made a better Mrs. Kravitz than SG!

    • @davidlightfootsr.373
      @davidlightfootsr.373 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      chaswr yeah they kinda look alike and act similar.

  • @darreljohnson3644
    @darreljohnson3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First broadcast Sunday October 7, 1962....Right around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.......

  • @manny4552
    @manny4552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Two great rather homely actresses

  • @franciscollette2368
    @franciscollette2368 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch every day. Sick but makes me sooo happy with his wagon & gee, I'm gonna miss most of my favorite programs. When he said mom had Tattoos. Love him. Still a star. That boy paid many mortgages. He was & is 🤴 King !!

  • @kiwi007
    @kiwi007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I recognise that voice.. Was she in Sister Act?

  • @walkerpantera
    @walkerpantera 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this was great, thanks!

  • @dangelo1369
    @dangelo1369 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jay "Dennis The Menace" North is now 65 years old. Feeling old yet?

  • @jons.6216
    @jons.6216 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mary Wickes always reminded me of a combination of a couple of my aunts on my dad's side! Haha!

  • @gwb7875
    @gwb7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hard to Believe but (Alice Pearce) was only 39yrs When she Died during the Second Season of Bewitched TV Series.

    • @thatjpwing
      @thatjpwing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm pretty sure she was 48

    • @darreljohnson3644
      @darreljohnson3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Born in 1917, died in 1966....48years old.....

  • @jeanineruby
    @jeanineruby ปีที่แล้ว +5

    proving you don't need to be beautiful and bare a bunch of skin to be successful in Hollywood

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Classic comedy, with just enough innuendo to give it a little spice. Stories with misunderstandings can go a long way. For a minute there it looked like these busybody ladies were going to peel off Mr. Wilson's clothes and have at him. Good thing his wife showed up before everyone ended up in the bedroom.

  • @jevilscientist
    @jevilscientist 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    two of my fav actresses! i own all the Dennis The menace eps

  • @SaxPortal
    @SaxPortal 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    : )Mary Wickes!!! Thank you

  • @2vacuumboy
    @2vacuumboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Umm I see 1164 morning glory circle , the bewitched house ,,, down the street ,,, do you see it..?

  • @59frex
    @59frex 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just watch their every little move and expression---priceless. This would be the second time they performed together on film. First, they were on a Shirley Temple Theatre episode and then a year after they filmed this Dennis ep, they shared scenes in the movie Dear Heart. These two are the real "dear hearts."

    • @thatjpwing
      @thatjpwing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, if you watch very closely during the party scene of "Dear Heart", you'll see Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould, the two Mrs. Kravitzes, in the same place at the same time!

  • @MrDoobug2
    @MrDoobug2 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At :26, that is Emil Sitka from the 3 Stooges! hahhaa
    and if you look him up, that is his promo picture! hehhahaha

  • @marlenesonnenberg3465
    @marlenesonnenberg3465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So good, simpler times.

  • @sammypus
    @sammypus 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I so much enjoyed this video.
    Laughed so much..dont make comedy like this anymore.

  • @AFGSANFORD2
    @AFGSANFORD2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like that woman in the beauty shop who's wearing glasses and black leather gloves (I love black leather gloves).

  • @gregrak9389
    @gregrak9389 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    one of the Baldwin sisters from "The Waltons" Helen Kleeb, as appears here, interesting

    • @gwb7875
      @gwb7875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Beauty Shop Owner was Still Working as Late as 7yrs Ago She Appeared on a Episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit She also appeared in a National Commercial for Popa John's Pizza there New York Style large Pepperoni Slices Pizza.

  • @alanr4447a
    @alanr4447a 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The house interior in the first scene, and later, looks like the one that became the Nelson house on "I Dream of Jeannie" -- and the exterior that the Wilsons are in front of next is used for the Nelson house as well!

    • @midwest9040
      @midwest9040 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +alanr4447a You are correct. If you also look, you will see the house used in the TV show Bewitched where Alice Pearce is cast as the nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz. The backdrop was at the Warner Brothers Ranch (originally Screen Gems/Columbia).

    • @alanr4447a
      @alanr4447a 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +NaughtyRobbot Thanks; and I see it now, at 11:00 to 11:08 you can see the Bewitched Stephens' house exterior way in the background across the street as Mary Wickes enters what will be the Nelson house exterior (the Wilson exterior here). BTW the Stephens house was numbered 1164, on the "even" side of the street, and the Wilson/Nelson house on the "odd" side was correspondingly numbered 1137 in "Jeannie" 's first season. That "street" also featured prominently in the 1965 movie "Village of the Giants".

    • @tonytune4342
      @tonytune4342 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wilson house same one used for Father Knows Best , original Cleaver house "Leave It To Beaver"is next door, second Cleaver house just down the street.Bewitched house also close by. Second Cleaver house used for Hazel. Neighbor on The Middle lives in Bewitched house.

    • @thatjpwing
      @thatjpwing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Esther Cathcart lives in the Kravitz's house!

  • @johnnynbk
    @johnnynbk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More people should handle problems like Mrs. Wilson, with class.

  • @adel-711
    @adel-711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best of the best , that is for sure.

  • @thatjpwing
    @thatjpwing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm confused. The Wilsons walk out of Major Nelson's house, but Miss Cathcart's living room is in Major Nelson's house! LOL.

  • @marilyns8497
    @marilyns8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And the shop lady is one of the Baldwin ladies from the Waltons.

  • @Carla62fr
    @Carla62fr 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this video !! Mary Wickes

  • @karlakor
    @karlakor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This episode is an example of character actresses who rise above the level of the material they are given. Gale Gordon is also good here, not yet indulging in the shameless overacting that he later did on The Lucy Show.

  • @dtw1958
    @dtw1958 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @ 11:00 you can see the next house Alice Pearce liked snooping around........Darrin and
    Samantha Stephens'

  • @Juliaflo
    @Juliaflo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thoroughly second that.

  • @ronllewellyn616
    @ronllewellyn616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    En español por favor, gracias

  • @dannywhite3538
    @dannywhite3538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are there any other episodes this looks great ,

  • @batterymakermarkii2654
    @batterymakermarkii2654 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:26 Photo is Emil Sitka, of "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" Three Stooges fame....

  • @walkerpantera
    @walkerpantera 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you catch that? At 12:49 Miss Tarbell wants to give Miss Cathcart that pie 😂😂😂

  • @dawnheistand912
    @dawnheistand912 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks

  • @nando1974ify
    @nando1974ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    me hubiera gustado que este en español,de todas maneras estoy aprendiendo ingles

  • @OSTARAEB4
    @OSTARAEB4 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:02-08 The Bewitched House in the background.

    • @BronzellePixie
      @BronzellePixie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow great catch.

  • @suzannealese7872
    @suzannealese7872 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @KJTV67
    @KJTV67 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Wilson #2!

    • @randysills4418
      @randysills4418 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the storyline he was Mr. Wilson's brother...

  • @fisterhr
    @fisterhr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So was Ms Cathcard a lonely widow or a lonely and unlucky old maid?

  • @johnburnside7828
    @johnburnside7828 ปีที่แล้ว

    Emil Sitka!

  • @paulcassidy1060
    @paulcassidy1060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍🤣🤣

  • @satori03
    @satori03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    when i see Mary Wickes is in a movie..i watch

  • @ALKAHESTBOY
    @ALKAHESTBOY 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How awful that they replaced the marvelous Joe Kearns with that dreadful gale gordon.

    • @jackjules7552
      @jackjules7552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gale Gordon made the rounds of radio and TV sitcoms...whenever they needed a pompous queen to ramble on you could hire Gale Gordon.

  • @selinaoakley3613
    @selinaoakley3613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those two are a scarey cpl of looking women

  • @davidlightfootsr.373
    @davidlightfootsr.373 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Alice Pearce, but Mrs. Wilson looks way better and classier than both of these women.

    • @marilyns8497
      @marilyns8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was meant to, though, wasn't she???! That was the idea.

  • @carolynmezias9433
    @carolynmezias9433 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE. ATTENDANT IS ALSO A MAN.

  • @danielstanwyck2812
    @danielstanwyck2812 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and also one of the worst kid actors

  • @danielstanwyck2812
    @danielstanwyck2812 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what an awful show. the 2 deserved much better

    • @marilyns8497
      @marilyns8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was popular though, wasn't it? I loved it. Mind you I was only about 9 . . .

  • @thealmaherself
    @thealmaherself 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    lulz

  • @caroljenny7701
    @caroljenny7701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow these are TWO MEN transvestites,or transgenders!