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« on: June 05, 2016, 04:35:34 PM »
I did watch the 2nd episode with Kate Jackson. Besides having some jibes about politicians, it sort of reminded me as a knockoff of Lucy and Ethel running against each other for club president. Kate's part could have been done by anybody - but yes, it give her a look and maybe helped her getting a shot on The Rookies.
I also took a look on imdb.com on the show and found a couple of tidbits. First, Jimmy Stewart's hawkish views on the war didn't go over so well with the younger cast.It was 1971 so not real surprising. More disturbing was that Stewart had Hal Williams fired from the show because he didn't feel it was appropriate for a black character to be ordering him around on television with a family audience watching. Really?.....That doesn't exactly match his closing words on every episode wishing everyone peace love and laughter.I assume NBC was hoping even with an older audience it could compete against Ed Sullivan but failed miserably.Oh well.interesting to look back on it regardless.