NedNickerson
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Diamonds, daisies, snowflakes, That Girl
Chestnuts, rainbows, springtime is That Girl
She's tinsel on a tree-eee
She's everything that every girl should be
Sable, popcorn, white wine, That Girl
Gingham, bluebirds, Broadway is That Girl
She's mine alone but luckily for you
If you find a girl to love, only one girl to love
Then she'll be That Girl, too
That Girl!
The TVLand Channel is showing a That Girl Marathon this weekend. I bought the First Series on DVD last week and have been reliving memories and laughs from 40 years ago. The show aired in 1966 when I was just 9 years old.
Four years before there was Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards, there was beautiful Marlo Thomas as THAT GIRL, Ann Marie.
I always thought that Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell made a perfect couple onscreen. Even as a boy, I thought Ted Bessell was cute.
There was a boy in my class at school that looked like a younger version of him, and I had a crush on him... The puppy loves of childhood...!
Marlo Thomas portrayed Ann Marie a struggling actress who lived in a nice apartment and wore nice clothes than most people could have afforded at the time. In the DVD set, there's a nice commentary by Marlo Thomas and the co-creator Bill Persky where he comments on that fact, and he states that was actually one of the successes of the show. People tuned in to see what she was wearing.
One of the funniest shows I've seen so far is where Donald (Ted Bessell) and Ann go to see Ann's parents for the first time. They plan to stop for a picnic on the way, first. Donald shows up in a suit. "You're not dressed for a picnic!" Ann says. "That's because we're seeing your parents afterwards," Donald replies.
They stop for a picnic where Ann insists that Donald join her in wading in the stream. He takes off his shoes and immediately steps on a bee, hopping on one foot, he falls in a bed of cattails in the stream. Back on the stream bank, she feeds him a chopped liver sandwich with horse-radish. He tells her, "Didn't you know I'm allergic to horse-radish!?" He gets hives and begins coughing. She slaps him on the back and knocks his contacts out. "You never told me you wore contacts!" While looking for them, she steps on one and breaks it.
Unable to find the other and unable to see, he tells her she'll have to drive them back home. They head back to the car where she discovers it's NOT an automatic. "I only know how to drive an automatic." "I'll tell you what," Donald says, 'You push the clutch, and I'll shift..." Well, that doesn't work. They get out of the car, stranded. He says there's a stone in his shoe and when he empties his shoe, his other contact falls out. Now he can see and drive, but he says he has no depth perception and that she will have to tell him how close he is to the edge of the road.
They continue on to her parents' house, but end up getting stuck in a ditch. Donald gets out to push while Ann gives the car "a little gas." Donald is covered in mud and muck. A policeman finally gives them a lift and they arrive at Ann's parents'. Her father looks out and sees: a policeman... Ann... "and a bum!"
And there's the infamous bowling ball episode!
Anyway, here's a few video clips of THAT GIRL!
And THAT GAL!
And THAT GUY!
Lisa as THAT GIRL!
Chestnuts, rainbows, springtime is That Girl
She's tinsel on a tree-eee
She's everything that every girl should be
Sable, popcorn, white wine, That Girl
Gingham, bluebirds, Broadway is That Girl
She's mine alone but luckily for you
If you find a girl to love, only one girl to love
Then she'll be That Girl, too
That Girl!
The TVLand Channel is showing a That Girl Marathon this weekend. I bought the First Series on DVD last week and have been reliving memories and laughs from 40 years ago. The show aired in 1966 when I was just 9 years old.
Four years before there was Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards, there was beautiful Marlo Thomas as THAT GIRL, Ann Marie.
I always thought that Marlo Thomas and Ted Bessell made a perfect couple onscreen. Even as a boy, I thought Ted Bessell was cute.
There was a boy in my class at school that looked like a younger version of him, and I had a crush on him... The puppy loves of childhood...!
Marlo Thomas portrayed Ann Marie a struggling actress who lived in a nice apartment and wore nice clothes than most people could have afforded at the time. In the DVD set, there's a nice commentary by Marlo Thomas and the co-creator Bill Persky where he comments on that fact, and he states that was actually one of the successes of the show. People tuned in to see what she was wearing.
One of the funniest shows I've seen so far is where Donald (Ted Bessell) and Ann go to see Ann's parents for the first time. They plan to stop for a picnic on the way, first. Donald shows up in a suit. "You're not dressed for a picnic!" Ann says. "That's because we're seeing your parents afterwards," Donald replies.
They stop for a picnic where Ann insists that Donald join her in wading in the stream. He takes off his shoes and immediately steps on a bee, hopping on one foot, he falls in a bed of cattails in the stream. Back on the stream bank, she feeds him a chopped liver sandwich with horse-radish. He tells her, "Didn't you know I'm allergic to horse-radish!?" He gets hives and begins coughing. She slaps him on the back and knocks his contacts out. "You never told me you wore contacts!" While looking for them, she steps on one and breaks it.
Unable to find the other and unable to see, he tells her she'll have to drive them back home. They head back to the car where she discovers it's NOT an automatic. "I only know how to drive an automatic." "I'll tell you what," Donald says, 'You push the clutch, and I'll shift..." Well, that doesn't work. They get out of the car, stranded. He says there's a stone in his shoe and when he empties his shoe, his other contact falls out. Now he can see and drive, but he says he has no depth perception and that she will have to tell him how close he is to the edge of the road.
They continue on to her parents' house, but end up getting stuck in a ditch. Donald gets out to push while Ann gives the car "a little gas." Donald is covered in mud and muck. A policeman finally gives them a lift and they arrive at Ann's parents'. Her father looks out and sees: a policeman... Ann... "and a bum!"
And there's the infamous bowling ball episode!
Anyway, here's a few video clips of THAT GIRL!
And THAT GAL!
And THAT GUY!
Lisa as THAT GIRL!
XXX
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