tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4245715815782115794..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: EP35: The Fascinating Lives of Natalie Wood & Ann JillianBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60332164657879508652017-08-31T23:52:30.608-07:002017-08-31T23:52:30.608-07:00Years ago, I caught a PBS drama about waitresses i...Years ago, I caught a PBS drama about waitresses in a diner-like restaurant. The central rivals were a tough old survivor and the college-educated young woman who was reduced to this. "It's a Living" felt similar, except the waitresses were now in a flashy expensive restaurant in sexy uniforms and getting along a lot better. Wondered if it was an actual adaptation; with the gritty play being network-noted into a chipper sitcom.<br /><br />Much later, when Diane in "Cheers" took to writing (and eventually dramatized her life in "Frasier"), I remembered the PBS play and recalled the one educated waitress being almost too eloquent in responding to others. Maybe the playwright was a real-life Diane.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35596855013425660662017-08-31T14:07:29.705-07:002017-08-31T14:07:29.705-07:00Wood Burr,
Good catch on "suicide." I ...Wood Burr,<br /><br />Good catch on "suicide." I meant "accidental." Anyway, I am taking steps to correct it. Thanks much.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75417635828322126662017-08-31T11:06:25.115-07:002017-08-31T11:06:25.115-07:00Ann Jillian sounds like a down-to-earth, great lad...Ann Jillian sounds like a down-to-earth, great lady. I enjoyed her on It's a Living - wish that show would turn up in reruns somewhere. It was a competently-written and produced show from two thirds of the Golden Girls team. And they had some wonderful comic actors in there, like Marian Mercer.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28066249701022379662017-08-31T09:39:35.707-07:002017-08-31T09:39:35.707-07:00I don't think the Natalie Wood death was ever ...I don't think the Natalie Wood death was ever declared a suicide nor do I think Raymond Burr ever came out of the closet, except perhaps to his male partnersWood Burrnoreply@blogger.com