I Married Joan (1952-55) Hot Off The Wire: The Jim Backus Show (1960-61) I Married Joan (1952-55) a.k.a. Joan encounters the wife in a hat store (they didn't know each other) and fight over a hat. Joan had about half of Lucy's comedic talent, and none of her beauty. 10:58. to find some other site The dog was a basset hound named Cleo, whose voice was provided by future Lucy co-star Mary Jane Croft. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn I do remember liking My Little Margie, December Bride, Love That Bob, some show about a talking dog and that Ann South...whatever show but no where near as much as how I loved ILL. [Thanks to … Like I Love Lucy, I Married Joan featured an upstanding, sensible husband married to a wacky but well-meaning wife who caused problems everywhere she went. Thanks r56. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, 50's-60's Comedy Show You Are Most Ashamed You've Never Seen. al. The channel played some of the shows that you did not see continually on TBS and later Nick at Night. Monopoly. I Married Joan: Honeymoon. But "I Married Joan" still remains a funny riff on the theme, well-crafted and well-acted by Joan Davis and Jim Backus. A successful American woman, art critic Carol Cabbott (Joan Bennett) is married to German Eric Hoffman (Francis Lederer).They have a seven-year-old son, Ricky (Johnny Russell). | Joan Bennett Francis Lederer: Distributed by: 20th Century Fox: Release date. TV. Her show was about as UNfunny as it gets. 1952-1955; 3 seasons NBC Comedy Watchlist. But "Miss Grant Takes Richmond" and especially "The Fuller Brush Girl" are Lucy Ricardo in all but name. Remember the time she bought the $400.00 dress and the time she ate three spaghetti dinners. It was cringe-inducing. Season 2 guide for I Married Joan TV series - see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Jim Backus. Even as a 9-year-old gayling, I could certainly appreciate Jackie Cooper's majorly good looks and very nice ass. Watch full episodes of I Married Joan and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at TVGuide.com Voir l'intégralité des épisodes de I Married Joan vostfr en Streaming gratuitement et facilement sur plusieurs lecteurs sur notre site Series Streaming ! Here's a fun episode of My Little Margie that features 1950s muscleman and pose model ED FURY as a......... 1950s muslceman and pose model! Watch I Married Joan - Season 1, Episode 13 - Bad Boy: Judge Stevens sends a criminal up the river and brings home the criminal's ten-year-old son. The talking dog show was "The People's Choice," starring Jackie Cooper as an aspiring politician. He says, "Will you watch where you're going?!" Only on DL would a thread on Joan Davis get more than three responses. I agree. I Married Joan: Sister Pat . Mar 14, 2018 - I Married Joan is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. And the show was a delight. The two have a palpable chemistry between them, and Ms. Davis has a wonderful facility for physical humor. I know we do! More natural. Joan Davis. Then again, who can ever forget Spring Byington on December Bride? He says that one of the writers always had to be on set. A friend approaches her with an unusual proposition...to go to New York and pretend to be the author of "Always Lulu", Lulu Withers. I Married Joan's SECOND episode in the fall of 1952 was entitled "Ballet". Release Dates Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory was on today - it never gets old. Hello. Finally Jerry Hauser, Ricky's agent on the early episodes got in a big fight on set with Desi over a unconnected telephone in a scene. If Joanie loved Chachi, why did she marry Mr. Howell? 1952; 3 Seasons; NBC; comedy, sitcom; Double Wedding. She was abusive to everyone she worked with. I watched the show as a child and would love to see it again. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens. You think she was "natural," all I see is bad mugging for the camera. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedian-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus). I honestly don't remember anything about IMJ other than telling my grandmother I didn't like it. December Bride!!!!! Apr 13, 2017 - Explore Claudia Nabors's board "My I Married Joan Collection", followed by 308 people on Pinterest. I think the only thing I've seen Joan Davis in was the Abbott & Costello film Hold That Ghost. ILL for the win! I liked her a lot in "Hold That Ghost", too. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedian-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus). Joan Stevens (98 episodes, 1952-1955) Jim Backus. One thing about that show: whether you love it or hate it, it has one catchy theme song! When his middle daughter failed in show biz and then took her own life, Cantor repented of his unwillingness to aid her career. I am not sure it has the presences it used to have when I was growing up. I Married Joan: Bad Boys. Following a school reunion where she learns that all her old girlfriends has become careerwomen, Joan dreams of all the things she might have done if she hadn`t married Brad. Is I Love Lucy still gaining new generations of viewers?. Sherwood Schwartz wrote about a third of the episodes. Love them all! She is adorable in those scenes. [quote]I do remember liking My Little Margie, December Bride, Love That Bob, some show about a talking dog and that Ann South...whatever show but no where near as much as how I loved ILL. That and Topper were my favorites! Where else would an obscure, long forgotten (at best) B list celebrity be remembered as a beloved icon. Someone gave me "Coffee, Cigarettes & Memories" years ago. I Married Joan: Honeymoon. | Gosh, ya think JOAN was an egotist? And I've got to say the 50s Mamie Eisenhower hairdo she is wearing has to be the least flattering hairdo of all time. The judge plays marriage counselor. I Married Joan: Talent Scout. I loved I Married Joan in reruns throughout my childhood in the late 1950s/early 60s so this news that she was so unpleasant is very sad. I wish i liked the tv show more, though. R126 Did you notice that the butler was played by big queen Richard Deacon? She portrayed Joan's Sister in the show. R103 But Joan, was not as well known as Lucy. She works well with Oakie and wears glamorous clothes very well, even while taking pratfalls. Joan claims Brad is always trusting when Mabel's husband is suspicious of the attentions his wife receives from Dr. Salazar. 5 hours of hilarious good times! But, when she suffers a head injury, her memory is impacted and she now believes she IS Lulu...a worldly lady who has had scores of lovers! Ricky also had a distinct personality whereas Judge Stevens was pretty milquetoast and only there to react to Joan’s shenanigans. Love that Bob, Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, westerns like Laramie etc. IMJ was a much better show in every way possible, yet it's now a distant memory, while ILL mysteriously continues to suck in another generation of viewers. Sheila Bromley Actor . The I Married Joan Nightmare Joan Davis was a comedienne that was in vaudeville, radio, film and television. I thought she was great in Hold That Ghost. I Married Joan - Full Cast & Crew. I recently watched a lot of Our Miss Brooks with Kate Ballard. And she will always be fondly remembered as the dear neighbor lady, Mrs. Potts, of Kim Novak, Susan Strasberg and Betty Field in PICNIC. Otherwise, you'll just have She never achieved the success of fellow Comic actresses such … The ballet with Joan and Lou Costello is a gem. I was just watching I Married Joan on Decades TV last night. Exactly, R63. Try Youtube, lots of episodes. Once I hear it I can't stop replaying it over and over in my mind. I used to watch it in the early 80's on Pat Robertson's CBN network of all places. I prefer it to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", sung by Jimmy Boyd and released at the same time, also greatly beloved by my mother. A beautiful woman making funny faces..... Did Beverly Wills ever meet Beverly Sills in Beverly Hills? Veteran character actress Hope Summers was cast as Joan's housekeeper, and Wills was signed to play Joan's daughter, also named Beverly. She was the Catherine Zeta-Jones of her day. It’s weird she and Eddie Cantor has a thing going on. A couple who have been married for more than 60 years were reunited for the first time in 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The I Married Joan Nightmare Joan Davis was a comedienne that was in vaudeville, radio, film and television. "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein," on the other hand, was just as hilarious upon re-viewing. Kinda like Cybill and Baranski 40 years later. Hal Walker. Joan was a rather obnoxious stage mother, using her own powers such as they were to plug her daughter at every turn. [quote]Joan Davis was a straight up cunt. Decades was showing it. Thank you, r71! Why? Jim Backus is fantastic as Joan's put-upon Husband, Judge Bradley Stevens. Speaking of tragic Joan and her family had tragedy after tragedy. [quote]Gosh, ya think JOAN was an egotist? The JOAN Davis Show - I Married JOAN, starring America's Queen of Comedy, JOAN Davis as Mrs. JOAN Stephens! Damn spellcheck.... Watch Fuller Brush Girl or Miss Grant Takes Richmond, r68. Joan didn’t have the memorable supporting cast and writers like Lucy did. I watched the show (in syndication) faithfully as a young child and thought it was hilarious. To each his own Can't deny that's why I married Joan. Wally Brown Actor . [quote]I liked her a lot in "Hold That Ghost", too. The judge plays marriage counselor. And yes, we are! Cuban pinga and Vivian Vance? After sending a criminal to jail, Judge Stevens brings home the criminal's son. She even bore a fairly strong resemblance to Joan, & was a fine contribution to the series. Could you imagine being stuck on an island with Joan Davis, oh the nightmare. I couldn’t tell you the plot of a single episode or any character aside from Joan and Jim Backus. She was a funny woman trying to maintain a successful career in the fucking 1950s for chrissakes. Eddie Cantor, by contrast, refused on principle to aid his one daughter out of five who sought a career in show biz. [quote] Backus told us stories of Davis once slapping a little boy at a restaurant only because the child asked for an autograph. Judge Bradley Stevens (98 episodes, 1952-1955) ... Davis was starred in this sitcom of similar format - and of similar title: I Married Joan. So, Featherstone goes and is prepared to just pick up a royalty check and run. The title track is certainly languid. Let's start arguing about whether she was better than LB. Cleo was voiced by veteran sitcom character actress Mary Jane Croft. Her routines and songs run from just OK to painful - one of her shticks was 'comical' stuttering. Hope Emerson Actor . Pointless situations and poor quality kinescopes/film make it hard to embrace. A few years back, I tried watching IMJ on a channel that could not get rid of a loud sonic distortion that made watching impossible. Cast & Crew. I married Joan! David Shipman, the greatest writer about the movies, pointed out that Grace Moore never could make it in the movies because of her too great resemblance to Joan Davis. What's next? SO glad you remember. And she replies, "I knocked you down; didn't I?". Her mother, daughter and grandchildren died in a house fire two years later. (This was very physical, but Joan gives it the college try). No suggestions yet. I married Joan! Series Cast. I watched a few Joans and they were pointless and unfunny... Oh [R11]!!!!! I Married Joan 1952-1955 "Mabel's Dress" First Aired: January 27, 1954 Season 2 Episode 16 The teacher buried his sons in Hillside Cemetery in Culver City, Joan's mother was buried in Holy Cross cemetery next door, but there is no trace of Joan's daughter that I could find. They travel to Germany to visit Eric's father, whom he has not seen for ten years, although everybody tells them that going to Germany is foolish. As mentioned above, Joan's daughter Beverly died in a house fire she started by falling asleep with a lit cigarette, killing Joan's mother and her own daughters as well. FREE. She could not shine Lucille Ball's shoes. ...while the much inferior "I Love Lucy" is still wildly popular. I think the salesman won the money. I Married Joan is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. I Married Joan premiered in 1952 on NBC, casting Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge (Jim Backus), who got her husband into wacky jams with or without the help of a younger sister, played by her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills. Top Series Cast. Director 4 Credits. r35: I never knew about Cantors daughter committing suicide. Oh Joan! For some reason I don't get Retro anymore. William Frawley and Vivian Vance were perfectly cast, and their characters had interesting things to do in supporting the leads, but also on their own occasional storylines. I Married Joan: Talent Scout. I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. I remained a fan of Betty's, though, and fell in love with her again when she played Sue Ann Nivens. Very good and astute observations r104 - thank you for that! I Married Joan's trademark was broad physical slapstick, with Joan Stevens portrayed as bright but somewhat childlike and given to misunderstanding. She knew it. Ray Ferrell was cast as Joan's grandson Stevie. The antics of a scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge. NOT KNOWN Written by Sherwood Schwartz, Jesse Goldstein, Phil Sharp Directed by John Rich director of photography: Hal Mohr; film editor: Robert Stafford Synopsis: Joan and Brad swap homes for a week with their neighbors … r117 J'adore Verna Felton. Giddy and gay, all day she keeps my heart laughin' Never know where her brain has flown. [quote]Sothern, not Southern! Joan's daughter had two husbands -- the first a gentle schoolteacher who fathered her two sons, and the second a salesman (grifter) of some sort. 2.25 [64] I Married Joan: CHANGING HOUSES 31Mar54 NBC (original network airdate) Prod. Joan had a run at Fox in the 30s and early '40s - moving from 'B' s with Jane Withers to second-banana parts in Sonja Heine - Alice Faye films and supported Shirley Temple (with Bert Lahr) in "Just Around the Corner" where Lahr out-does her at every point. The Joan Davis Show Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive with contributions by: Jim Brent, Tom Alger, Wayne Miller , John King, Rina Fox, Revel Partington See more ideas about situation comedy, joan, married. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the manic wife of … Yikes. as Joan Stevens. r102: all true, but she wasn't known exclusively for comedy the way Davis was. I saw these back in the early 80s on CBN, and they are well worth the price. It is in the public domain so there used to be many purchase options. Please click here to register for free. Wouldn't the salon be the one with grounds to sue, if Davis knocked over the salon's bottle? Much love for Joannie here. I used to watch it when I was a very young boy. He said they would write only 15 minutes of schtick, so many episodes have a completely different second half (The ballerina episode comes to mind). It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens (). A good situation comedy rises or falls on the strength of its second bananas. It was actually Lucy NOT Joan Davis who was due to star in I MARRIED JOAN but she had a dream one night of a lazy Jewish man talking her out of it, saying that her fans wouldn't accept her playing a character named Joan. Plot. R99, I agree about Mr. Honeywell looking like the Monopoly figure! I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Joan, Lucy, Ann Sothern, Eve Arden, Gale Storm and Spring Byington were my babysitters. I loved the new series but I think it only lasted about a season and a half. I loved that show---and, unlike I Love Lucy, its opening theme had lyrics. no. Read up on her if you can find information on the internet. See the story for yourself." Where to Watch. She wasn't as much of a ham as Lucy. Both series were about "zany" "scatter-brained" housewives of successful husbands. I thought it was terrible. Jim Backus HATED her with a passion. Unlike Lucy Ricardo, Margie Albright was young and chic and alternately rocked those pencil skirts and big swishy 50s crinolines. El Brendel , as Joan's father, becomes a permanent member of the cast. OP - please contact your psychaiatrist asap ... either the medication is all wrong or the dose is too high. Several complete episodes are on YouTube. Some here may recognize Joan's daughter Beverly who appears (fleetingly!) [Thanks to choubdou for correcting these lyrics] Back to: TV Themes Lyrics. I loved the show but I think it only lasted a season or two. The descriptions of the High School Reunion haven`t change on the last 60 years. I Married Joan is ok, but it is no where near as perfect as I love Lucy, and Joan was never as beautiful nor as funny as Lucy. With the dearth of other shows in syndication, stations had no choice to buy and repeat the series. It is still on TV a lot, but it seems more early morning hours. I Married Joan was aimed straight at the television viewers who watched I Love Lucy. There were some funny episodes. for your pointless bitchery needs. And what about Spring Byington smearing her face with black shoe polish in the clip at r126? I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. Any other fans? The IMJ set on the other hand is so cluttered and ugly. Biting her lip, Joan had them over. Oh I married Joan What a find, love is blind, what a wife! Joan Davis Actor . Watch I Married Joan - Season 1, Episode 25 - Model: After a showdown with her husband, Joan goes in search of a job to prove her worth. I wonder what the age demographic is of people watching those episodes. See more ideas about joan, married, classic television. Hello. I really loved My Little Margie with adorable Gale Storm and hot silver daddy Charlie Farrell as her dad Vern Albright. So, you're going to Disney's Hollywood Studios? producer / associate producer (55 episodes, 1952-1955), executive producer / producer (36 episodes, 1952-1955), executive producer (31 episodes, 1952-1953), associate producer (21 episodes, 1952-1954), production supervisor / production manager (29 episodes, 1952-1955), assistant director (27 episodes, 1952-1955), assistant director (4 episodes, 1953-1954), supervising editor / editorial supervisor / supervising film editor (26 episodes, 1952-1955), supervising editor (20 episodes, 1952-1954), musical director / composer: theme music (87 episodes, 1952-1955), choral singer (uncredited) (unknown episodes). Her best film IMHO is the goofy SHE WROTE THE BOOK with Jack Oakie. Joan's daughter reminds me of Carol Haney. This was another series that I was too young to watch in its original run but caught up with in day time reruns that seemed to go on for years. The whole series is available on DVD. But in the spin-off Gladys was played by gorgeous redhead Cara Williams, who was being hailed as the second coming of Lucille Ball (the original hilarious gorgeous rehead). [quote] Backus told us stories of Davis once slapping a little boy at a restaurant only because the child asked for an autograph and that she sued a beauty salon in Hawaii when in a fit of rage she knocked over a bottle of bleach. Joan died at age 48 of a heart attack. Company Credits Join Next Episode Sign In ? He said her lack of discipline, her attitude toward the other cast and crew and lack of preparation were her downfall. Her first line is a scream (literally). I used to listen to Jack Benny's old radio shows while studying. The show with the talking dog was "The People'sChoice," starring Jackie Cooper, Patricia Breslin, and Cleo the Basset Hound. I spent so many hours in front of the b&w TV watching them during summer mornings and sick days from school. making everyone in the world click on these pointless things while changing Love that movie, btw. Do you remember how Margie would look straight at the camera and "gurgle" when she knew her dad had caught her in some hi jinks? This woman was only 30 when she died so this photo was probably taken when she was mid-20s. Watch I Married Joan: on DIRECTV. Virtually every episode had a plot which provided star Davis with a setup for at least one scene of over-the-top physical comedy. To each his own Can't deny that's why I married Joan. Joan Davis was a very intelligent, strong, and independent woman who vigorously portrayed a very stupid, weak, and childish woman based on the worst stereotypes of her era.
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