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The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 4. Bill Cosby
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 17. Bob Newhart
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Yes! Newhart's awkward, blinking, stuttering style really cracks me up. I got to see him perform live one time and he was every bit as funny in person. After the first show, none of his television shows really worked, but he could still get laughs. But the first Bob Newhart show remains a classic all the way around.
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Zaz
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8/3 9:40am
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 17. Bob Newhart
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The second wasn't bad, though it got bogged down in schtick eventually.
But Newhart is bliss--the subtle graduations of doh! that flicker over his face when confronted with overt (or not so overt) craziness is wonderful. He is a brilliant straight man.
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Zaz
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8/18 7:36pm
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 17. Bob Newhart
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16. David Letterman
Letterman's continued reliance on (increasingly tired) shtick is damaging a once-great reputation.
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 16. David Letterman
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He can be funny at times, but mostly isn't. I only watch the Late Show for Great Moments in Presidential Speeches.
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Zaz
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 16. David Letterman
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Next: #15: "The Not Ready for Prime Time Players" (from Saturday Night Live)
Ironically, though many of them went on to movie stardom, their best work was generally done here.
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Zaz
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 15. "The Not Ready for Prime Time Players"
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14. ED SULLIVAN
"The dour, Nixonian host of the hugely influential Ed Sullivan Show personally preferred comics, opera singers, and puppet mice to rock & roll. But what made him a TV icon is that he knew what America wanted to see — often before we did. He was one of the first to book Elvis Presley, and when he reached out to the Beatles, they hadn't even hit the U.S. charts. When they finally made their Sullivan debut on Feb. 9, 1964, they attracted a Fab-tastic 73 million viewers."
Most people these days have no idea whatsoever who this is.
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Zaz
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 14. Ed Sullivan
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13. JACKIE GLEASON
"Family sitcoms were still new in 1951 when ''The Honeymooners'' (about a Brooklyn bus driver and his long-suffering wife) debuted as a skit on Gleason's Cavalcade of Stars. Yet viewers took instantly to Ralph Kramden, with his panoramic gut and inane get-rich schemes. While CBS' Honeymooners series, TV's original spin-off, lasted only 39 episodes, Gleason's signature bluster and pithy catchphrases (''Bang! Zoom! To the moon!'') rocketed him into TV history.
Get This! The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes"
The genesis of "The Flintstones", "Married with Children", "The Simpsons", etc. etc.
Ralph Kramden is a loser, pure and simple, and he's one of the working poor. But we never feel sorry for him, ever.
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Zaz
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 13. Jackie Gleason
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12. DICK VAN DYKE
"Forget Diagnosis Murder and those '80s fire-safety PSAs (''Learn not to burn, wherever you are...''). You don't know Dick until you've seen The Dick Van Dyke Show. Van Dyke wriggled like human spaghetti through every scene, from describing a duck in a garbage disposal to skating across a walnut-covered floor. Our favorite is still the Twilight Zone parody, when his character, a comedy scribe, dreams he's lost his humor... and his thumbs.
Get This! The Dick Van Dyke Show, season 2"
He aged quickly and not well, but in his prime...yes.
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 12. Dick van Dyke
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He was still great in Ben Stiller's A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM not too long ago!
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 12. Dick van Dyke
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After his first show ended, he became an alcoholic (his words).
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 12. Dick van Dyke
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Ah, I love Dick Van Dyke. He can sing, dance, and he's so great at physical comedy. I think I've seen most episodes of the Dick Van Dyke show - unfortunately, never the Twilight Zone parody or the walnut one. I don't know if I have a favorite, but I do love the episode where he's acting drunk - or was he really drunk? I can't remember.
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 12. Dick van Dyke
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11 ROSEANNE BARR
"When Roseanne blasted into living rooms in '88, she made previous TV wives and moms seem like an archaic joke. The star embodied revolution, ruling her roost with an I'm-the-boss-now-shut-up! mantra that rallied cranky domestic goddesses everywhere. Her goodbye to college- bound daughter/adversary Darlene still smarts; Barr's spot-on portrayal of a mother hen, both insolent and grief-stricken, is painfully familiar to anyone who's flown the coop.
Get This! Roseanne, season 6"
Barr had two basic problems: she couldn't act, and she was not (IMO) likable. Thus this series relied very heavily on John Goodman.
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 11. Roseanne Barr
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10. DICK CLARK
"A tribute by Ryan Seacrest: ''Dick Clark mastered the art of being everyone's best friend on television. He was middle America. You just wanted to be a member of the American Bandstand club, and he was the club leader. You can have the worst fight with your girlfriend, then you hear his voice? Back to a happy place. He writes handwritten notes. September 17, 2007, [one day after the Emmys]: ''Bravo, Ryan. You were perfect. Best, Dick.''
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RE: The 50 Greatest TV Icons of all time: 10. Dick Clark
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9. HOMER SIMPSON
"Homer is not a bright man. (He has referred to his home as ''that...building...thingy... where our beds and TV...is.'') But what The Simpsons' nuclear safety inspector lacks in smarts, he makes up for in heart, laziness, and appetite. Let's admire a conversation that he had with his brain upon discovering a $20 bill under the couch:
Homer: [Disappointed] ''Aww, twenty dollars. I wanted a peanut.''
Brain: ''Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts.''
Homer: ''Explain how.''
Brain: ''Money can be exchanged for goods and services.''
Homer: ''Woo-hoo!''
Get This! The Simpsons, season 5"
Yes.
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Zaz posted:
Yes.
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