tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post1417662883881789079..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Doris Day(s) #5: “The Songwriter” (10/29/68, prod. no #8516)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-27653913762128297792020-01-26T14:33:50.732-05:002020-01-26T14:33:50.732-05:00I stumbled upon this site just to get the words to...I stumbled upon this site just to get the words to Doris's Rancid Butter song. But you have left me puzzled. Why are you bothering to write page after page after page of details lavishly illustrated with pictures and dialogue. For what? A 25-minute TV show which you are clearly not impressed with.<br /><br />Anyway, I enjoyed the series (especially this episode). It gave me an insight into the everyday story of countryfolk in the USA. (If you are interested in the everyday story of countryfolk in England, there is BBC Radio-4, weekday evenings at around 7pm.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545594873724869023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-83803321353251077232013-07-10T14:14:15.958-04:002013-07-10T14:14:15.958-04:00The first few months of filming were very difficul...The first few months of filming were very difficult as Doris had just lost her husband in April, 1968. They started filming in June. During those first months Doris and her son Terry were discovering the mess her husband, Marty, had left her finances in. (Eventually she would sue the attorney and win more than 22 million in 1974). It was a difficult time on the set and Fran was running her mouth to the Press about the strain the show's star was under.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-16874518366919179602013-07-10T07:17:56.445-04:002013-07-10T07:17:56.445-04:00R.A.M. theorized:
This plot might've worked b...R.A.M. theorized:<br /><br /><i>This plot might've worked better with Goober or Howard as the prospective songwriter on Mayberry RFD.</i><br /><br />Oh, don't I wish Howard had been in this episode.<br /><br /><i>this underwhelming show</i><br /><br />The perfect description of the Doris Day sitcom.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-37495598277918864322013-07-10T07:16:20.037-04:002013-07-10T07:16:20.037-04:00I have great memories of watching it when it first...<i>I have great memories of watching it when it first aired and the cover of my book, "Was That a Name I Dropped?" is me and Miss Day.</i><br /><br />So, Paul...I have to know: why did Doris give Fran Ryan the sack?Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-26214845994279039952013-07-10T07:15:08.773-04:002013-07-10T07:15:08.773-04:00Mr. Leal turned my head with shameless flattery:
...Mr. Leal turned my head with shameless flattery:<br /><br /><i>>That's downright Falstaff Openshaw-esque.</i><br /><br />It does have an OTR connection: Jack Benny was a guest on Bob Hope's show one time and they did a sketch in which the two of them pretended to be disc jockeys. That was the title of one of the records they were playing.<br /><br />The "She Broke My Heart, So I Broke Her Neck" comes from my longtime WV paisan Jeff Lane.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-27580100712665409872013-07-09T12:50:53.905-04:002013-07-09T12:50:53.905-04:00This plot might've worked better with Goober o...This plot might've worked better with Goober or Howard as the prospective songwriter on <i>Mayberry RFD</i>. Here, it's comedy "by the numbers", and how painful it can be at times.<br /><br />Another authoritative analysis of this underwhelming show! :)R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-11402548489272741662013-07-09T10:13:26.369-04:002013-07-09T10:13:26.369-04:00Thoroughly enjoying your dissection of "The D...Thoroughly enjoying your dissection of "The Doris Day Show". I have great memories of watching it when it first aired and the cover of my book, "Was That a Name I Dropped?" is me and Miss Day. As the biggest female film star of that era, she certainly deserved better writing for her show but she is always watchable and, like you, I laugh out loud at some of her reactions. <br /><br />Paul E. Brogan<br />Concord, NHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-47868262065687033402013-07-08T20:02:04.184-04:002013-07-08T20:02:04.184-04:00>“You Used to Be the Cream in My Coffee—But Now...>“You Used to Be the Cream in My Coffee—But Now You’re Just Grounds for Divorce.”<br /><br />That's downright Falstaff Openshaw-esque.Andrew Lealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536423892525694724noreply@blogger.com