Back from 1985-1990, everyone wanted a butler like Mr. Belvedere. While, we did not have him, Brice Beckham, Tracy Wells, Rob Stone, did on their sitcom.
Recently, the three of them reunited at The Hollywood Show, and they all aged well. Can you believe that little Wesley is 44, Heather is 48, and Kevin is 57? I can’t. Maybe they can do a revival where Mr. Belvedere’s son comes to work for them and take care of their kids?
Back in the ’80s, everyone wanted to have a neighbor like Monroe, and an apartment like Jackie and Sara Rush’s thanks to their show Too Close for Comfort. Even though that style went out of fashion, the friendship between Jim J. Bullock, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and Lydia Cornell did not.
This weekend, the three co-stars got together and had a meal together just like they did when they lived with the TV sisters’ parents. Since they are still friends, why can’t we a revival with them? They all come together because someone wants to bring back Cosmic Cow and needs their permission.
BTW can you believe that they are all over 65? Not one of them looks older than they did when they were on the sitcom in the early ’80s.
If you are a fan of classic sitcoms, then you recognize all of these faces. In the late ’60s, we got to know Erin Murphy as Tabitha Stephens on Bewitched. Then in the mid-’70s, we were all saying, “Whatcha talking about Willis,” to Todd Bridges on Diff’rent Strokes. Finally, in 1980, Lydia Cornell was making TV sexier on Too Close for Comfort. Even though their shows have been in syndication forever, they never did one together.
So what brought the three of them together now? They were all celebrating Keith Coogan’s 50th birthday. Doesn’t it feel like all of this would be a perfect start for a new sitcom? It could be about child stars trying to get a second chance in Hollywood.
Danica McKellar loves math. Therefore, she did some math about the show she starred on from 1988-1993. Even though Wonder Years aired in the ’80s, it was based in the ’60s. Actually it took place from 1968-1972. That is 20 years before the year the show debuted.
Back then, the ’60s seemed like a lifetime ago. Right? Let’s put it in perspective. If they did the show in 2020, then that would mean it would start out in the year 2000. Y2K does not feel like a lifetime ago for us. Does it?
It makes you feel old, right? It did the same for the actress because she wrote, “I’m trying very hard not to have this make me feel ‘old’ but rather have it astonish me with how lengths of time feel so drastically shorter as we get older.” I see where she is going with that thought, but it made me feel old more than made it me feel astonished. What about you?
At the start of ’80s, Mindy Cohn was on one of our favorite shows The Facts of Life. A year before it ended its run, Fox debuted Married…with Children with Amanda Bearse. She would wind up filling the void that we needed when Natalie went on her own way.
Even though, both of their shows filmed at the same lot for a season, we never saw the two actresses together. That is until now because Cohn shared a sweet hugging photo with her friend. Now we get to see what happens when the facts of life meet married…with children. Or if Natalie cheated on her friendship with Tutti and Marcy did the same to Peggy.
While we will not see them on a television show together…at least not for the near future, there is a place you can see them act together. The women are starring in The Wendy Chronicles this Sunday at the Jewish Women’s Theatre in Santa Monica. Go see them live, it is better than television.
