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a kennedy

(35,915 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:44 PM Oct 2022

5

Most favorite wife on the older tv shows.....

I’ll go first, Suzanne Pleshette in the Bob Newhart show. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

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Most favorite wife on the older tv shows..... (Original Post) a kennedy Oct 2022 OP

Mary Tyler Moore GP6971 Oct 2022 #1

+1 SheltieLover Oct 2022 #9

Mary Tyler Moore in the Dick Van Dyke Show Sanity Claws Oct 2022 #2

Maude on MAUDE! hlthe2b Oct 2022 #3

I vote with you. She was pretty and cool and clever. efhmc Oct 2022 #4

My favourite line from that show is Emily to Bob, who is upset about niyad Oct 2022 #5

👍🏻 I thought she was great with Bob, not like his new wife at the Stratford in Vermont. a kennedy Oct 2022 #11

I agree Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #13

Wilma and Betty Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #6

Lets not forget GP6971 Oct 2022 #7

Edith: "Oh, Archie"... ultralite001 Oct 2022 #12

Audrey Meadows. multigraincracker Oct 2022 #8

+ 1 GP6971 Oct 2022 #15

+ 2 Stuart G Oct 2022 #26

Let's not forget Audrey Meadows as Alice thucythucy Oct 2022 #10

Samantha from Bewitched!!! Who else??? ret5hd Oct 2022 #14

Us perverts gotta stick together. Elizabeth Montgomery vs Barbara Eden. rubbersole Oct 2022 #19

Yeah, but she wasn't a wife (as specified). ret5hd Oct 2022 #22

Yes she was. She married Tony in the last year. rsdsharp Oct 2022 #30

That's impossible... ret5hd Oct 2022 #31

No mention of GP6971 Oct 2022 #16

Lucy was the show and it was a "Great Show"and without Lucy there would be few ladies who Stuart G Oct 2022 #27

I harbored many unhealthy fantasies about tv moms when I was growing up... bahboo Oct 2022 #17

Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty. OilemFirchen Oct 2022 #18

That was such a good show! FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #21

Harriet Hilliard. Ozzie Nelson's screen wife (and real wife) Chipper Chat Oct 2022 #20

June Cleaver clutching her pearls, "Ward, Don't you think you're being a bit hard on the Beaver?" Ziggysmom Oct 2022 #23

Lilith on Cheers, Frazier's wife Bayard Oct 2022 #24

She was hilarious. MLAA Oct 2022 #25

I looked up to Claire Huxtable. GPV Oct 2022 #28

Yeah. It's hard to argue against Suzanne Pleshette. Aristus Oct 2022 #29

GP6971

(37,956 posts)

1. Mary Tyler Moore

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:46 PM

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on the Dick Van Dyke show.

SheltieLover

(80,178 posts)

9. +1

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:04 PM

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Sanity Claws

(22,408 posts)

2. Mary Tyler Moore in the Dick Van Dyke Show

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:47 PM

Oct 2022

Oh, Rob!!

Your choice is great too.

hlthe2b

(113,807 posts)

3. Maude on MAUDE!

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:50 PM

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efhmc

(16,598 posts)

4. I vote with you. She was pretty and cool and clever.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:53 PM

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niyad

(132,113 posts)

5. My favourite line from that show is Emily to Bob, who is upset about

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:55 PM

Oct 2022

something or other: "Bob, you can't write anonymous letters on personalized stationery."

a kennedy

(35,915 posts)

11. 👍🏻 I thought she was great with Bob, not like his new wife at the Stratford in Vermont.

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:10 PM

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Diamond_Dog

(40,471 posts)

13. I agree

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:14 PM

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Suzanne Pleshette had that deadpan delivery down pat. She was perfect with Bob.

Tetrachloride

(9,612 posts)

6. Wilma and Betty

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:55 PM

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GP6971

(37,956 posts)

7. Lets not forget

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 09:57 PM

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Edith on Archie Bunker.

ultralite001

(2,538 posts)

12. Edith: "Oh, Archie"...

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:10 PM

Oct 2022

Sideways... Sorry...

https://youtube.com/shorts/tlT5VaBEugU?feature=share

That is all...

multigraincracker

(37,572 posts)

8. Audrey Meadows.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:02 PM

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The honeymooners.

GP6971

(37,956 posts)

15. + 1

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:28 PM

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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

26. + 2

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 12:58 AM

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thucythucy

(9,094 posts)

10. Let's not forget Audrey Meadows as Alice

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:09 PM

Oct 2022

on "The Honeymooners."

And then too there's Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams.

ret5hd

(22,482 posts)

14. Samantha from Bewitched!!! Who else???

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Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:18 PM

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rubbersole

(11,193 posts)

19. Us perverts gotta stick together. Elizabeth Montgomery vs Barbara Eden.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:39 PM

Oct 2022

Witch vs genie. I vote for genie...

ret5hd

(22,482 posts)

22. Yeah, but she wasn't a wife (as specified).

Reply to rubbersole (Reply #19)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:42 PM

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rsdsharp

(11,985 posts)

30. Yes she was. She married Tony in the last year.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #22)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 02:50 PM

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ret5hd

(22,482 posts)

31. That's impossible...

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #30)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 03:19 PM

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One night she came to me in a dream and professed her love for me. I was 13 I think.

GP6971

(37,956 posts)

16. No mention of

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:30 PM

Oct 2022

Lucille Ball on I Love Lucy?

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

27. Lucy was the show and it was a "Great Show"and without Lucy there would be few ladies who

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 01:00 AM

Oct 2022

could have made it. OH AND ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT....................................YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS:

BUT..................LUCY BALL MADE THE DECISION ON WHEATHER OR NOT TO PRODUCE...."STAR TREK" original show..

It was her company that produced the original series. What a gift to us Lucy Ball was. (and still is)

bahboo

(16,953 posts)

17. I harbored many unhealthy fantasies about tv moms when I was growing up...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:35 PM

Oct 2022

but yeah...Suzanne Pleshette takes the prize for me...

OilemFirchen

(7,288 posts)

18. Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:35 PM

Oct 2022

FoxNewsSucks

(11,681 posts)

21. That was such a good show!

Reply to OilemFirchen (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:53 PM

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And yes, she was great!

Chipper Chat

(10,859 posts)

20. Harriet Hilliard. Ozzie Nelson's screen wife (and real wife)

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:50 PM

Oct 2022

THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET. 50s Comedy. FIRST TO USE A LAUGH TRACK.
https://images.app.goo.gl/CP7Vp4usXMd3bTu38
Link is safe but it is a Walmart ad. Duh.

Ziggysmom

(4,123 posts)

23. June Cleaver clutching her pearls, "Ward, Don't you think you're being a bit hard on the Beaver?"

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 12:01 AM

Oct 2022

Bayard

(29,550 posts)

24. Lilith on Cheers, Frazier's wife

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 12:23 AM

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MLAA

(19,738 posts)

25. She was hilarious.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #24)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 12:34 AM

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GPV

(73,393 posts)

28. I looked up to Claire Huxtable.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 04:22 AM

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Aristus

(72,114 posts)

29. Yeah. It's hard to argue against Suzanne Pleshette.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 09:32 AM

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