Saturday, June 02, 2007

Adrienne Barbeau - "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"

Adrienne Barbeau is remembered for a number of movie and TV appearances.

She was the daughter of Maude, in the awful 70's series of the same name (never cared for Bea Arthur. I always thought a better occupation for her would have involved chasing cars).



She was in the pilot episode for Fantasy Island (actually, I can't remember if it was the pilot or the first regular episode, or "Return to Fantasy Island"--sorry, drawing a blank).



She was the woman in the Lamborghini with the boobs-dying-to-be-released-from-a-zippered-jumpsuit in Cannonball Run.



She was the female lead in "Swamp Thing"



And, most recently, she had a role in the HBO series, Carnivale, which, unfortunately, was canceled (They always cancel the good shows like Firefly, Dead like me, and Deadwood).



Well, here's something I had never seen myself. Which is logical, as the scene is from an episode of Maude (I detested the show). This is as close to raunchy as 70's-era sitcom television probably ever got.

BTW, the guy with the rifle doing the pitiful song-and-dance is her character's father. You may remember him as the father in the series, "Different Strokes", a sitcom that, unfortunately, today, is only notable because the child actors from that show all seemed cursed in one way or another.




5 Comments:

At 6:48 PM, Anonymous Opal: Vegan Momma said...

Ah yes Conrad Bain (Different Strokes daddy) I think he's still alive.
I never saw Maude, but I loved Bea Arthur in Golden Girls I loved some of the comments she would say.

I saw only one episode of Dead Like Me, but I really liked it it's funny, but the only time I seem to watch tv is when I go on vacation.

 
At 5:50 AM, Blogger YouCanCallMe...T said...

That's his name! I was trying to think of his name but couldn't remember it. And he played Mr. Drummond. I actually watched Different Strokes for a couple of years and watched the spinoff show, The facts of Life. Actually, Bea Arthur wasn't bad in Golden Girls. I guess I just didn't like Maude. Also, the name of the show sounds wretched, since it rhymes with "fraud", "claude", "clawed", and "oh, god".

"Dead like me" was like a lot of shows. It started off very slow. In fact, a little boring. But very slowly it kept getting better and better. When the second season ended, the writing was great. And then they canceled it. I think even the actors were taken by surprise.

But it was really an original show, which you don't see too much of. In fact, the producer of the show admitted that he based it on a book that he had read, which I had also read: "On a Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony. The premise of the story is that Death is just a job and somebody has to do it.

 
At 7:01 AM, Anonymous Bilal said...

Hi.....Adrienne Barbeau is a good actress of America

 
At 1:21 AM, Anonymous Sanjay said...

I saw only one eposode of Dead Like me but i really liked it it's funny.

 
At 1:28 PM, Blogger Anna said...

Dear Geek News Week editor,

I am working on an Internet marketing campaign for the promotion of Adrienne Barbeau's new humorous horror novel, VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD, and would love to send you a copy of the book to look at for possible feature or review. Please let me know if you'd like a review copy of VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD, or if you have any other questions.

Best wishes,
Anna Jarzab

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