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Can anyone remember the name of ...
	Topic by: vanjac Posted: June 1, 2005 - 7:00 AM PDT Last Reply: June 1, 2005 - 9:16 PM PDT

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vanjac	post #1  on June 1, 2005 - 7:00 AM PDT   Does anyone recall the name of an unusual soap opera from about 30 years ago (in the 1970s), that had a wife-beater husband and the wife reminds me of Diane Keaton or Lily Tomlin, for some reason. I think it was around the time of 'Dark Shadows', and 'All in the Family'. Van
Cinenaut	post #2  on June 1, 2005 - 11:18 AM PDT   Soap?
kohnfused1	post #3  on June 1, 2005 - 11:28 AM PDT   Eight is enough?
vanjac	post #4  on June 1, 2005 - 12:17 PM PDT   > On June 1, 2005 - 11:28 AM PDT kohnfused1 wrote: > --------------------------------- > Eight is enough? > --------------------------------- humano emailed this to me, and I posted elsewhere--I'll see what is there, but it is 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', with Louis Lasser. Van
DLeonard	post #5  on June 1, 2005 - 2:11 PM PDT   > On June 1, 2005 - 11:28 AM PDT kohnfused1 wrote: > --------------------------------- > Eight is enough? > --------------------------------- Oh man, what I wouldn't give to see Dick Van Patten wailing on those people. They could have kept Mark Hamill with his beat up face, would have worked perfectly.
Cinenaut	post #6  on June 1, 2005 - 2:21 PM PDT   There was even a Mary Hartman Mary Hartman spinoff: Fernwood 2Nite.
kohnfused1	post #7  on June 1, 2005 - 4:08 PM PDT   What about the John Ritter spin off of "Three's Company", remember that? What was it called?
underdog	post #8  on June 1, 2005 - 4:29 PM PDT   > On June 1, 2005 - 4:08 PM PDT kohnfused1 wrote: > --------------------------------- > What about the John Ritter spin off of "Three's Company", remember that? What was it called? > --------------------------------- God, there were actually *two* spin-offs of that show, with the other being "The Ropers." And you're referring to "Three's a Crowd." Yikes, that I remember these both... Did you know that Billy Crystal auditioned for the role of Jack Tripper?
woozy	post #9  on June 1, 2005 - 4:59 PM PDT   oops. Missed this thread. "mary hartman, mary hartman" man that takes me back.
IronS	post #10  on June 1, 2005 - 9:16 PM PDT   > On June 1, 2005 - 4:29 PM PDT underdog wrote: > --------------------------------- > > On June 1, 2005 - 4:08 PM PDT kohnfused1 wrote: > > --------------------------------- > > What about the John Ritter spin off of "Three's Company", remember that? What was it called? > > --------------------------------- > > God, there were actually *two* spin-offs of that show, with the other being "The Ropers." And you're referring to "Three's a Crowd." Yikes, that I remember these both... > Okay, which is better: Three's Company or the British original? The Ropers or the British original, um, equivalent?