twintubdexter
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Richard Deacon aka Mel Cooley, Fred Rutherford and countless others doesn't seem to be focused on anything Thermador.[this post was last edited: 9/28/2013-18:48]
from an article on AOL...
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What a racy ad for the time in both language and picture. I wonder if it appeared in a trade publication more geared to men than in a shelter mag for the mostly female audience. It would almost be comparable to a dryer ad showing a man at a clothes line with the term "well hung?"
What a racy ad for the time in both language and picture. I wonder if it appeared in a trade publication more geared to men than in a shelter mag for the mostly female audience. It would almost be comparable to a dryer ad showing a man at a clothes line with the term "well hung?"
Richard Deacon was very underrated as an actor. One of my favorites.
danemodsandy
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People Forget:
How spicy the later '60s and the '70s were. The emergence of the religious right toned a lot down for a while, but back in the so-called day, there was a lot going on folks somehow don't remember.
Let's take a sitcom that most people somehow recall as being about a puritanical little missy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That straight-hemmed recollection is strictly at odds with what actually happened on the show; Mary Richards:
- Was on the Pill (let slip to her parents)
- Discreetly had sex outside marriage
- Knew openly gay people (Phyllis's brother Ben, among others)
- Had to overcome a sleeping pill addiction
- Went to jail
- Befriended a hooker
"Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens got Lou Grant in the sack. The phrase "screw-up" was used in a Christmas episode - in 1975. Mary got angry with Ted Baxter and told him she was "P.O.'ed."
Let's don't even get into All in the Family, where Archie Bunker discovered he'd given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a trans woman.
All of this was nearly forty years ago, and the hell of it is that today's kids think they are the generation that invented being risque. Children, please.
How spicy the later '60s and the '70s were. The emergence of the religious right toned a lot down for a while, but back in the so-called day, there was a lot going on folks somehow don't remember.
Let's take a sitcom that most people somehow recall as being about a puritanical little missy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That straight-hemmed recollection is strictly at odds with what actually happened on the show; Mary Richards:
- Was on the Pill (let slip to her parents)
- Discreetly had sex outside marriage
- Knew openly gay people (Phyllis's brother Ben, among others)
- Had to overcome a sleeping pill addiction
- Went to jail
- Befriended a hooker
"Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens got Lou Grant in the sack. The phrase "screw-up" was used in a Christmas episode - in 1975. Mary got angry with Ted Baxter and told him she was "P.O.'ed."
Let's don't even get into All in the Family, where Archie Bunker discovered he'd given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a trans woman.
All of this was nearly forty years ago, and the hell of it is that today's kids think they are the generation that invented being risque. Children, please.
twintubdexter
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I agree with you Kenny,
Deacon was one of the few actors to play two different roles on two different TV shows at the same time, Dick Van Dyke & Beaver. Dorothy Lyman was another as Opal on All My Children and trashy Naomi Harper on Mama's Family.
Deacon was one of the few actors to play two different roles on two different TV shows at the same time, Dick Van Dyke & Beaver. Dorothy Lyman was another as Opal on All My Children and trashy Naomi Harper on Mama's Family.
danemodsandy
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P.S.:
Anyone who thinks "twerking" is anything new obviously never saw the Dirty Bump danced in 1974.
Anyone who thinks "twerking" is anything new obviously never saw the Dirty Bump danced in 1974.
And then there's Maude ...
... who had an ABORTION.
In 1972!
Social issues that were regular fodder for "All in the Family" ... "Maude" ... "The Jeffersons" ... "One Day at a Time" ... would never be touched with a ten-foot pole by television writers today.
Oh don't get me wrong, things are TRASHIER than ever today. But when it comes to real meat-and-potatoes controversy, today's profit-worshipping media behemoths wouldn't dare risk one penny's worth of advertising for any cause, righteous or not.
... who had an ABORTION.
In 1972!
Social issues that were regular fodder for "All in the Family" ... "Maude" ... "The Jeffersons" ... "One Day at a Time" ... would never be touched with a ten-foot pole by television writers today.
Oh don't get me wrong, things are TRASHIER than ever today. But when it comes to real meat-and-potatoes controversy, today's profit-worshipping media behemoths wouldn't dare risk one penny's worth of advertising for any cause, righteous or not.
That Thermador ad is quite a put on, the great character actor Richard Deacon was gay.
Ken D.
Ken D.
dirtybuck
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What About "Bewitched"?
The episode I'm referring to showed in Season 5, (1968-69) ("It's So Nice To Have A Spouse Around The House"). It was loaded with sexual overtones, but that three letter word wasn't mentioned at all.
A short synopsis:
Darrin objects to the Witches Council's demand that Samantha make an appearance, so Serena stands in at home while Darrin goes golfing. The deception goes well until Darrin takes Serena for a weekend at the Moonthatch Inn…the location of his honeymoon.
The one item that really makes me laugh in this episode is when Serena zaps a "closed for repair" sign on the bed while Darrin is getting the suitcases out of the Camaro.
The episode I'm referring to showed in Season 5, (1968-69) ("It's So Nice To Have A Spouse Around The House"). It was loaded with sexual overtones, but that three letter word wasn't mentioned at all.
A short synopsis:
Darrin objects to the Witches Council's demand that Samantha make an appearance, so Serena stands in at home while Darrin goes golfing. The deception goes well until Darrin takes Serena for a weekend at the Moonthatch Inn…the location of his honeymoon.
The one item that really makes me laugh in this episode is when Serena zaps a "closed for repair" sign on the bed while Darrin is getting the suitcases out of the Camaro.
I also remember Richard Deacon in a Twilight Zone episode, where he was the owner of a large factory he was converting to run on robots. Great episode!
twintubdexter
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Deacon was also Mr. Baldwin on "The Pruitts of Southampton." Can you imagine that Thermador ad with Phyliss Diller in place of that "stacked" model?
Always enjoyed "Pruitts of Southampton"; watched it every week.
Speaking of movies and shows with "questionable" or trashy subjects, plenty of old movies from the early 30's had these as a theme. Adultry, abortion, alcohol and drug addiction, you name it. That all ended with the production code in 1934. Some of them are in Warner's "Forbidden Hollywood" collection.
Speaking of movies and shows with "questionable" or trashy subjects, plenty of old movies from the early 30's had these as a theme. Adultry, abortion, alcohol and drug addiction, you name it. That all ended with the production code in 1934. Some of them are in Warner's "Forbidden Hollywood" collection.
danemodsandy
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Soap:
Was one of television comedy's finest hours.
Not only was it the naughtiest show of its time (and probably a contender for naughtiest show ever), it was side-splittingly funny.
Who can forget Chuck Campbell and his dummy sidekick Bob, both played by ventriloquist Jay Johnson? I will always chuckle when I think of the time several characters took Chuck and Bob to a bar and Bob got so drunk the others left him there in disgust.
To say nothing of trans character (yes, in 1977) Jodie (Billy Crystal) when Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon) catches him wearing her clothes:
"This is disgusting! It's unnatural! I can't believe what I'm seeing! Oh - you wear that belted?"
Funny. P.S.: The entire series is available as a boxed DVD set.
Was one of television comedy's finest hours.
Not only was it the naughtiest show of its time (and probably a contender for naughtiest show ever), it was side-splittingly funny.
Who can forget Chuck Campbell and his dummy sidekick Bob, both played by ventriloquist Jay Johnson? I will always chuckle when I think of the time several characters took Chuck and Bob to a bar and Bob got so drunk the others left him there in disgust.
To say nothing of trans character (yes, in 1977) Jodie (Billy Crystal) when Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon) catches him wearing her clothes:
"This is disgusting! It's unnatural! I can't believe what I'm seeing! Oh - you wear that belted?"
Funny. P.S.: The entire series is available as a boxed DVD set.
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