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60s sitcom babes

"Laura" - Mary Tyler Moore, DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (1961-66)

2 votes

"Elly May" - Donna Douglas, BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (1962-71)

1 votes

"Cathy/Patty" - Patty Duke, THE PATTY DUKE SHOW (1963-66)

0 votes

"Ginger" - Tina Louise, GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (1964-67)

1 votes

"Samantha" - Elizabeth Montgomery, BEWITCHED (1964-72)

3 votes

"Wrangler Jane" - Melody Patterson, F-TROOP (1965-67)

0 votes

"Jeannie" - Barbara Eden, I DREAM OF JEANNIE (1965-70)

4 votes

"Agent 99" - Barbara Feldon, GET SMART (1965-1970)

8 votes

"Ann Marie" - Marlo Thomas, THAT GIRL (1966-71)

0 votes

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 08:56 AM

Inspired by some recent discussion of "Wrangler Jane", i offer this poll to settle the matter. Which of these mid-60s Hollywood sitcom babes did you, or would you, most want to, um, engage in scintillating conversation... or, you know, fuck? All of these women were on the air during the same magical year, 1966, so i didn't include any shows starting after that.* * note: i didn't include Diana Rigg as Emma Peel from THE AVENGERS because that show was a non-Hollywood non-sitcom (hence not fitting the criteria), and being a hot English chick and a spy in black leather jump suit gives her such an overwhelming advantage as to render the poll (or pole) otherwise moot. Similarly, Julie Newmar's CATWOMAN, while appearing in what we might generously consider a sitcom of sorts, was only an occasional guest star and not a lead or major supporting character, and the Black jumpsuit factor once again would skew the results. i do want to also add a shout out to Diahann Carroll, JULIA (1968-71), who just missed the arbitrary cutoff, but 1966 was when the magic happened and she wasn't there. PLEASE ADD PHOTOS OF THE LADIES TO THE THREAD!

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 09:10 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Marlo Thomas but not Dawn Wells? Did she get eliminated in the all-Gilligan preliminary?

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 09:12 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2012 09:14 AM

yes. i didn't want to split the GILLIGAN vote. There are other "girl next door" types to choose from, but Ginger is the iconic tv slut of the period.

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 09:12 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

And nobody survives the Petticoat Junction play-in?

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 09:14 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2012 09:20 AM

they're anonymous; none of them stand out. and some got replaced during the course of the series.

Swan Swan H Jul 25 2012 09:18 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Excellent choices all, and I picked Elizabeth Montgomery. I am old enough to remember watching all of these shows regularly as a kid. OE: I had written this but was trying to get the pic resized before Petticoat Junction was brought up. Posted as written. If someone can remind me how to make this pic smaller without hijacking Vic's excellent thread, I'd appreciate it. There was another actress who was on the air regularly in 1966 that I always liked - that star of stage, screen, Hooterville, and the Mets yearbook, Meredith MacRae.

MFS62 Jul 25 2012 09:19 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Barbara Feldon - like no other agent in the world. (Other than Dianna Rigg) Do the laughable ABC cop shows of that era count as sitcoms? If so, Connie Stevens of Hawaiian Eye could make that list. Later

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 09:22 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2012 09:32 AM

Barbara Feldon was Warholed. Liz Montgomery got hotter as the Mets got better. But her doppelganger, Serena, was the bomb.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 09:26 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Wanna see my pussy? Meow!* * Special Guest Cameo Appearance by Julie Newmar.

The Second Spitter Jul 25 2012 09:27 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Disappointed by the lack of Agnes Moorehead.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 25 2012 09:33 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

We get to pick just one?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 25 2012 09:38 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Laura Petrie would have been the obvious choice for me, if not for Barbara Eden. Jeannie wins easily. Sorry, Mary.

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 09:39 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

This needs to be a bracket of 64.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 09:41 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Avoid a cat-astrophe. Put me in the poll, Sage.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 09:44 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I did skintight costumes, too. And Elvis.

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 09:49 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

i feel like i'm losing control. The Second Spitter wrote: Disappointed by the lack of Agnes Moorehead. well, who in their right mind wouldn't be disappointed by the lack of more head?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 09:57 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Call me Helga. Or Hilda.

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 10:03 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2012 10:09 AM

Cynthia Lynn was "Helga" during the first season; she was replaced by "Hilda", portrayed by Sigrid Valdis, starting season 2. Hilda was hotter. Valdis married Bob Crane in 1970.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 10:07 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: Cynthia Lynn was "Helga"; "Hilda" was portrayed by Sigrid Valdis. Hilda was hotter. Danke schön

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 10:11 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 25 2012 10:14 AM

gesundheit

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 10:13 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

"And the 1966 Emmy for Sexiest Nazi in a Sitco... aren't these getting a little granular?"

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 10:15 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

your the one that wanted a bracket of 64

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 10:19 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Well, um, you're the one who, um... shut up. I just thought a Helda-vs.-Hilga debate was funny.

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 10:20 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

hey, i'm happy just to look at the pictures. which was kind of the point of the thread.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 10:23 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

So what's a sitcom?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 10:24 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what's a sitcom? Yeah. What's a sitcom?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 25 2012 10:25 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what's a sitcom? Yeah. What's a sitcom?

MFS62 Jul 25 2012 10:34 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

The CLOO network (pronounced "clue") will be having a marathon of classic (as in old) cop shows this weekend. They just said that Get Smart will be one of the shows they'll be airing. Time to get our Barbara Feldon fix. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2012 12:20 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Give me some 99 action. Jeannie may have been hotter but I watched a lot more GS in my time so Feldon gets the nod.

RealityChuck Jul 25 2012 12:36 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Barbara Feldon. I was a fan ever since she appeared on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 12:38 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

i'm surprised by Spy Girl's surge in the poll. I'll take the gorgeous, big-boobed blonde who is bound to make my every wish her command. Obvious? sure, but if it ain't broke...

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2012 12:43 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: i'm surprised by Spy Girl's surge in the poll. Two words: Hand Cuffs

Chad Ochoseis Jul 25 2012 12:46 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

How did this thread get this far without The Flying Nun*? *Shown here as Gidget. The Flying Nun didn't wear bikini tops.

sharpie Jul 25 2012 01:28 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I went 99. Jeannie was tempting. Laura and Samantha too suburban for my taste.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 25 2012 02:09 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: i'm surprised by Spy Girl's surge in the poll. I'll take the gorgeous, big-boobed blonde who is bound to make my every wish her command. Obvious? sure, but if it ain't broke... Gentlemen prefer brunettes? Barbara Feldon actually looked too much like my sister for me to take interest in her.

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 02:16 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Chad Ochoseis wrote: How did this thread get this far without The Flying Nun*? *Shown here as Gidget. The Flying Nun didn't wear bikini tops. i thought about it, but figured a nun shouldn't factor into a "fantasy fuck" poll. Of course, that just increases her fantasy value for some maladjusted types, so maybe that was a mistake. Feel free to write her in. But even on her best day, Sally Field was not a shvantz raiser.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 25 2012 02:26 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

If it's loving we're talking about, then 99, or Laura or Samantha, mebbe. If it's "loving," then it's Jeannie, no?

Vic Sage Jul 25 2012 02:31 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

yeah, that's what i thought, but tastes apparently differ on this point.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 25 2012 03:09 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Larry Hagman always looked harried and not like he was getting his way at all.

Zvon Jul 25 2012 05:28 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Jeannie trumps Wrangler Jane. Yvonne Craig missed the poll by >< that much. She joined the cast of Batman in '67.

Fman99 Jul 25 2012 06:58 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I'm going to need a few weeks and a big pile of napkins before I'm ready to vote. Stand by...

TheOldMole Jul 25 2012 08:29 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

i worked briefly as an office boy for a Broadway press agent, and I got to talk to Julie Newmar on the phone once.

Ceetar Jul 25 2012 08:56 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Fman99 wrote: I'm going to need a few weeks and a big pile of napkins before I'm ready to vote. Stand by... a few weeks? not having issues are you?

Edgy MD Jul 25 2012 09:50 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Sally Field was an all-American girl at the beach before she took on the habit.

Fman99 Jul 26 2012 02:59 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Ceetar wrote: Fman99 wrote: I'm going to need a few weeks and a big pile of napkins before I'm ready to vote. Stand by... a few weeks? not having issues are you? Nope. Just being, uh, thorough. After careful delibermasterbationation, I've decided to vote for the hayseed from Beverly Hillbillies. Because I think I'd be able to convince her to do freaky backwoods stuff.

cooby Jul 26 2012 07:39 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

My little girl heart beat for Katie...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 08:01 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Wait. Family Affair was a masculine show?

cooby Jul 26 2012 08:06 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

My Three Sons :)

Vic Sage Jul 26 2012 08:14 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Cooby, do you have something you'd like to tell us? And do you have any pictures? While FAMILY AFFAIR was traditionally feminine in its family-centric concerns, it could be seen as "masculine" in the sense that it told a domestic family sitcom narrative from the male point of view... a widower father and his man-servant, raising 3 kids.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 08:16 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Uncle Bill had lots of honeys but that was just for show.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 08:18 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

While half-hour television from 1962-1972s was full of widows and widowers --- My Three Sons, Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Nanny and Professor --- Brian Keith on Family Affair was not one of them. Brian Keith was the kids' uncle, inheriting them after they became orphaned. Part of the premise --- the family affair --- was originally how these three lost moptops infringed on his swinging, bachelor, cocktails/eveningware/special ladyfriends lifestyle. The idea of Mr. French as mother figure was comic because his skill set --- particularly the droller, skinny original one --- was about getting the penthouse-dwelling architect dressed up to go out and get his mack on, on to have up a potent martini ready on demand, whether to welcome the boss home or to help him with his seduction technique, and he knew nothing of kids except they brought chaos to the carefully controlled lifestyle of the sixties man about town.

Vic Sage Jul 26 2012 08:55 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

i totally misremembered that show. Of course, he was "Uncle Bill". He and Mr. French were the first gay couple on TV to adopt chil... wait, i'm misremembering again. Or am I?

Frayed Knot Jul 26 2012 10:07 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Edgy DC wrote: While half-hour television from 1962-1972s was full of widows and widowers And they were always widows and widowers, divorce having not been invented at that point (at least not in TV land).

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 10:13 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I'm going with Oscar Madison as sitcom TV's first divorcee/major character. Any earlier sitcom divorces?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 10:14 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: gesundheit As you can see, when it comes to Hogan's Heroes minutiae, I know nuthink.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2012 10:14 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I know Mr. Brady was a widower, but Mrs. Brady may have been a divorcee.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 10:18 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: While half-hour television from 1962-1972s was full of widows and widowers And they were always widows and widowers, divorce having not been invented at that point (at least not in TV land). I think that was part of what was going on. Single parenthood was heroic, but divorce was not, so suddenly sitcom TV was this post-epidemic landscape of young parents soldiering on without (but almost never ever mentioning) their deceased beloved. Add The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and The Courtship of Eddie's Father to the shows about hilariously grieving parents. Mrs. Brady was TOTALLY not a divorcee. Shame on you.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2012 10:28 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Edgy DC wrote: Mrs. Brady was TOTALLY not a divorcee. Shame on you. She actually poisoned her first husband and hid the body in the trunk of a Chevy Impala sunk in a lake. But she never divorced.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 10:29 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucy_Show And the winner might be Vivian Bagley, played by Vivian Vance. The [Lucy Show] began with Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children, Chris (Candy Moore), and Jerry (Jimmy Garrett), living in Danfield, New York, sharing her home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley (Vance) and her son, Sherman (Ralph Hart). In order to get Vance to commit to the series....

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2012 10:36 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

From Wikipedia (I know, I know...) Producer Schwartz wanted Carol to have been a divorcée but the network objected to this. A compromise was reached whereby no mention was made of the circumstances in which Carol's first marriage ended.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 10:39 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

There actually was a reference in the pilot/wedding episode. Carol: "A few years ago, I thought it was the end of the world, but now it's just the beginning," Mike: "For all of us --- the whole bloomin' Brady Bunch." Now yes, that's somewhat obscure, and some people could interpret that as a reference to a divorce, but all those people are from Russia.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2012 10:50 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I didn't know the Bradys were from Russia. That explains why they named their dog Tiger.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 10:57 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Really the Bunch didn't much need the whole "way they all became" backstory, especially after the first season it wasn't even an issue anymore. What happened to Mr. Partridge? He must have been a good-looking guy to produce Keith and Laurie, then ran out good sperm or something. Or maybe there were 2 dads. What do you think?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2012 11:01 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Did you ever see the episode where Shirley was flirting with the milkman? Here's what he looked like:

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 11:07 AM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Ray Bolger played Shirley's father, giving Danny some recessive genes.

Vic Sage Jul 26 2012 02:40 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

i can't believe only 17 forumites have an opinion on this topic. How many male (or lesbian) forumites are there, between the ages of puberty and death?

Ceetar Jul 26 2012 02:42 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: i can't believe only 17 forumites have an opinion on this topic. How many male (or lesbian) forumites are there, between the ages of puberty and death? They're all before my time (and as such I've only seen about half of them) and as hence with a consolidated picture post, I don't feel equip to make the call.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 02:53 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I'm trying to better myself. And by arbitrarily cutting off at 1966, you leave out Diahann Carroll of Julia, which qualifies your poll as... racist!

cooby Jul 26 2012 02:57 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Vic Sage wrote: i can't believe only 17 forumites have an opinion on this topic. How many male (or lesbian) forumites are there, between the ages of puberty and death? For the record, I loved Tina Cole because I was hoping to look just like her when I grew up. Alas, it didn't happen. Agent 99 was my second favorite, but she was brunette, so she didn't look like me much. I still love Barbara Feldon though. We watched Get Smart just the other night.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 03:13 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Not bad, cooby

Frayed Knot Jul 26 2012 03:17 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

cooby wrote: For the record, I loved Tina Cole because I was hoping to look just like her when I grew up. Alas, it didn't happen. Agent 99 was my second favorite, but she was brunette, so she didn't look like me much. I believe this blond fixation also explains Cooby's fond recall of both Nancy Seaver and Ruth Ryan.

cooby Jul 26 2012 03:20 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

lol, you could be right :) And I'd have to look through my old yearbooks but one of the old boys had a cute teeny tiny blonde wife I thought looked sweet. Remind me and I'll look for her next week. OE: I think it was George Stone

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 03:31 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

I read these books about 3rd grade.

Frayed Knot Jul 26 2012 03:32 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

lol, you could be right :) And I'd have to look through my old yearbooks but one of the old boys had a cute teeny tiny blonde wife I thought looked sweet. Remind me and I'll look for her next week. OE: I think it was George Stone

cooby Jul 26 2012 03:37 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

That's her! Isn't she cute?

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 07:09 PM Re: 60s sitcom babes

Julia, by the way was also a show featuring a young widowed mother, although it bucked the trend by explcitly acknowledging the deceased and how he died (a pilot shot down in Vietnam).