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calimary

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42. I did too! I grew up with the nuns as well. I think we all knew that Mother Superior.

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 06:26 PM

Aug 2012

That woman was a force of nature in an itsy-bitsy physical body. And Sidney Poitier was magnificent in it! He won the Oscar for Best Actor and made history in the process as the first Black actor to do so. And his accomplishments have kept on coming. Just an all-around classy fellow.

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I didn't know that about Bewitched dsc Aug 2012 #1

Being gay? lunatica Aug 2012 #12

yeah what would gay people in that era know about keeping a secret? dsc Aug 2012 #18

And wasn't one of the Darrens gay in real life? Quantess Aug 2012 #19

yep dsc Aug 2012 #21

Agnes Moorehead was probably not a lesbian demwing Aug 2012 #53

There is nothing in her bio that has her attending BJ univ LiberalFighter Aug 2012 #54

when i grow up i want to go to BJ university BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #61

Yep, you're right. I misread and corrected my post demwing Aug 2012 #64

What a stretch! lunatica Aug 2012 #26

It is far more than keeping ones sex life secret dsc Aug 2012 #30

It's not a stretch. There was another recent series with a similar connection. pnwmom Aug 2012 #40

How is Sam any more closeted than Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Donald Blake, hfojvt Aug 2012 #59

Again, it's not about the sex life. It's about identity. yardwork Aug 2012 #60

She's not "more closeted." And Bruce Wayne had Robin, remember? pnwmom Aug 2012 #62

To me the most symbolically gay show was cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #14

Wiiiiil-burrrr! rfranklin Aug 2012 #24

I would say that My Favorite Martian might beat even Mr. Ed in that category. pnwmom Aug 2012 #41

Both were Sunday night TeeVee PCIntern Aug 2012 #51

that is really a revelatory interpretation of Mr Ed BOG PERSON Aug 2012 #63

To me, it was and is a TV show about a talking horse. He didn't tell his wife... Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #67

Really? treestar Aug 2012 #2

I hadn't heard about that new sitcom. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #3

It could be an interesting show. xmas74 Aug 2012 #20

I did not know that! zappaman Aug 2012 #4

It's a fine book cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #5

Doctor Doolittle??? zappaman Aug 2012 #13

In keeping with a tradition of nominating excess cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #15

I remember Berlin Expat Aug 2012 #31

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I don't think he meant that Tyson was liberalhistorian Aug 2012 #10

you are right, I am wrong... delete Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #11

Yes, Cicely Tyson was on East Side/West Side, playing George C. Scott's Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #36

Did a southern affiliate drop The New Normal too? nclib Aug 2012 #7

My bad! Corrected the OP. Thanks. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #9

No problem. nclib Aug 2012 #17

I loved Lillies of the Field. Cleita Aug 2012 #8

I did too! I grew up with the nuns as well. I think we all knew that Mother Superior. calimary Aug 2012 #42

It's gradually getting better (I hope) aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #16

The first show with a gay character mainstreetonce Aug 2012 #23

I loved soap. nm rhett o rick Aug 2012 #25

And everyone loved it! lunatica Aug 2012 #28

Soap was, and always will be, the best show ever on tv, IMO. kas125 Aug 2012 #32

All in the Family had a few episodes, but they were not full time characters on the show n/t Tx4obama Aug 2012 #39

Soap was great blogslut Aug 2012 #49

+1 on Soap BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #52

Thanks for posting Berlin Expat Aug 2012 #34

Loved Bewitched, HUGE crush on Elizabeth Montgomery. What happened to the DUer who posted here? Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #22

Wasn't his name Alan? Kolesar Aug 2012 #33

Me, too. I remember him well. Faygo Kid Aug 2012 #38

I am so confused! What was interracial about Bewitched? Nt adigal Aug 2012 #37

Maybe more interspecies than interracial. Cleita Aug 2012 #45

Haven't heard from Arwalden in years.... Rowdyboy Aug 2012 #58

Interracial marriages were so shocking back then. murielm99 Aug 2012 #27

In today's world Inger Stevens would be diagnosed with clinical depression probably lunatica Aug 2012 #29

She attempted suicide over a few lovers before that cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #35

Wasn't her name Britt something? She came into a shop in Beverly Hills one day when I was in there Cleita Aug 2012 #46

May Britt was married to Sammy Davis. murielm99 Aug 2012 #47

Yes, that was her. n/t Cleita Aug 2012 #48

Other shows TV didn't want to admit were about gay people. pnwmom Aug 2012 #43

The Odd Couple - I mean come on.... demwing Aug 2012 #65

We recently watched "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" starring FailureToCommunicate Aug 2012 #44

Wasn't THAT the first interracial kiss? mainer Aug 2012 #55

TV versus movies cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #56

But the Bewitched tv series came before the Bewitched movie. itsrobert Aug 2012 #57

A retired ABC exec says that's not true dems_rightnow Aug 2012 #66