Pleshette was a frequent guest on Carson’s Tonight Show back in the day.
Between that and Newhart and Columbo, I always carried a torch for her.

Kevin M. (RPCV)


On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM jbelkin <[email protected]> wrote:

> So, I just finished watching the entire run of the Bob Newhart Show - the
> 1970's were before my time but I'm curious about one thing - how come the
> show doesn't seem to acknowledge that Suzanne PLeshette was gorgeous? Did
> everyone in the 1970's just feel she was not unattractive but some sort of
> run of the mill attractive? I mean, there were a couple eps where she was
> jealous about Bob's old college girlfriends who were apparently super
> attractive (one was shown but others were not), I'm thinking - in that era,
> was Pleshette considered "average" or so she was more relatable to the avg
> viewer?  - also, is there a backstory to Newhart only making cameos
> appearances in a handful of eps in season 5 and 6, was he just bored??
> Curious what you think? Thanks.
>
> JB
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 2:22 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Max Heading for Europe in May
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/52aafad101314ad9?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Mar 22 08:58AM -0700
>>
>> Just in time for the Paris Olympics, for which WBD's Eurosport has
>> exclusive non-terrestrial rights (and the second season of "House of the
>> Dragon")--it will include WBD-owned linear channels, including Eurosport,
>> and an extra-pay sports hub--it is not launching in countries where Sky
>> is
>> in operation and has rights to HBO programs:
>>
>> https://www.thewrap.com/max-europe-release-date-plans-details/
>> "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Mar 22 10:07AM -0700
>>
>> I read that as “Max Headroom is in Europe” and got excited.
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>
>>
>> PGage <[email protected]>: Mar 22 05:36PM -0700
>>
>> Same.
>>
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>> Dan Schneider denies toxic-workplace claims as docu on Nick situation
>> airs
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/9d8ef6001b2a5671?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Mar 22 03:47PM -0700
>>
>> Watched the full series this week. Some of the details I knew as it
>> happened, others I learned a few years ago, but there was a lot I did not
>> know. The names of the people who wrote letters to the court supporting a
>> pedophile (who was recorded admitting to the crime) and trying to blame
>> the
>> victim was disheartening.
>>
>> Until now, I thought the worst thing that ever came out of the
>> “Nickelodeon
>> on Sunset” building was “The Chevy Chase Show.”
>>
>> I wonder how much the Disney executives are praying they don’t produce a
>> second season focused on the Disney Channel?
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> Not all of the L&Os renewed at NBC
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/8bbd76724981385d?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 08:00AM -0700
>>
>> "...Organized Crime" is still awaiting a decision... the turnover of
>> showrunners hasn't helped.
>>
>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/law-and-order-svu-renewed-nbc-law-and-order-organized-crime-limbo-1235864770/
>> (link)
>> B
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> Equity Firm Makes $11B Bid for Paramount Film, TV Studio
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/fe93bd7bf4054280?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Mar 22 07:58AM -0700
>>
>> The bid by Apollo reportedly doesn't include other Paramount Global
>> divisions, including CBS and the cable channels, and doesn't mention
>> whether the back libraries are included:
>>
>>
>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-sale-film-tv-studio-apollo-1235856809/
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> Dana Carvey apologizes for Sharon Stone undressing on SNL
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f8a42c0414b7d51d?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 07:56AM -0700
>>
>> When the actress hosted the show in 1992, Carvey played an Indian airport
>> security officer fearful of dangerous stuff... the mea culpa came during
>> Stone's appearance on Carvey and David Spade's *Fly on the Wall *
>> podcast...
>>
>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/dana-carvey-apologizes-saturday-night-live-sketch-undressed-sharon-stone-1235865481/
>> (link)
>> B
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> BBC presenters told to hit back on transphobia accusations
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/126ddc1f1d2b5b57?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 06:46AM -0700
>>
>> After the network admitted that reports on JK Rowling fell short of
>> standards... Deadline reprinted an internal memo on this and related
>> subjects sent to journalists and staffs last year...
>>
>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/bbc-sex-and-gender-briefing-jk-rowling-1235864310/
>> (link)
>> B
>> "Kevin M." <[email protected]>: Mar 22 06:51AM -0700
>>
>> So they can’t refer to someone as transphobia unless they, themselves,
>> “accept” the term?! Isn’t that akin to not calling someone racist unless
>> they call themselves racist? Can the BBC still refer to Trump as a
>> buffoonish, chauvinistic, tax-dodging, sexual predator if he doesn’t
>> accept
>> the term?
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 6:46 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Mar 22 09:06AM -0500
>>
>> The link says that this came up after a host of BBC Radio 4's "Today"
>> programme (no relation to or not to be confused with our "Today" show)
>> said
>> "trans women, in other words, males" on the air in referring to a story
>> about whether biological males have an advantage in chess (they obviously
>> never saw "The Queen's Gambit"). Sounds like the guy was auditioning to
>> replace Piers Morgan on Rupert's TalkTV or one of the Tory politicians
>> that
>> the government regulators say cannot host shows on GBNews anymore.
>>
>> Mark Jeffries
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>> NBC's Paris Olympics opening ceremony coverage...
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/4d988c403524b2db?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 06:29AM -0700
>>
>> ...is already promising to be an eye-popper, being staged along the Seine
>> instead of in a stadium, aaaaaand paying customers in selected IMAX
>> theaters will get their own angle of the festivities... this on top of
>> cinema chain AMC's deals with NBCU for showings of other events...
>>
>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/nbc-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-coming-to-imax-live-summer-1235857771/
>> (link)
>> Who goes to a movie hall to watch stuff they could find on their cable?
>> B
>> Doug Eastick <[email protected]>: Mar 22 09:50AM -0400
>>
>> It's not that often I go to a theatre, but watching the Taylor Swift Eras
>> concert on an IMAX screen (and associated sound system) was way better
>> than
>> watching it on my tablet or cable TV.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 9:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: Mar 22 08:59AM -0500
>>
>> And as Nicole says, "Hahtbreak feels good in a ploice loike this..."
>>
>> Mark Jeffries
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 8:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> NPH series leaps to Showtime, "Ripley" to Netflix
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f2f35e76166e9781?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 06:40AM -0700
>>
>> The deal is off for *Uncoupled*... sounds like the strikes might be the
>> ultimate reason...
>>
>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/uncoupled-series-canceled-showtime-1235864464/
>> (link)
>> B
>>
>> Moi, Feb 11th:
>>
>> MTV Studios-based *Uncoupled*, which Harris co-execs with among others
>> creator Darren Star, was not the big hit Netflix was expecting...
>>
>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/uncoupled-moving-showtime-after-netflix-cancellation-1235322667/
>> (link)
>>
>> This follows Showtime's report that a series version of big-screen
>> feature *The
>> Talented Mr Ripley,* written by Steven Zaillian and starring Andrew
>> Scott,
>> will also shift platforms as SHO concentrates on "franchise-building in
>> the
>> vein of *Yellowstone*", as the THR piece put it...
>>
>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/talented-mr-ripley-series-moving-netflix-showtime-1235322247/
>> (link)
>> Back to top <#m_7969834961367511314_m_-8631299663714769329_digest_top>
>> David Chase to do a horror film
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/92cb11ab5c573e0f?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>
>> Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: Mar 22 06:23AM -0700
>>
>> Well, I did see the word "omerta" in the article, honestly...
>> B
>>
>> Kevin M, to moi, March 21st:
>>
>> The movie picks up where the Sopranos finale left off.
>>
>> As new zombie Tony Soprano emerges from the restaurant in search of
>> brains,
>> Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing fades out and Journey’s Who’s Crying Now
>> fades in.
>>
>> There will be blood… and power ballads… tonight!
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