Saturday, February 20, 2016
Classic Television - Prime Time
Funny Face
Original channel
CBS
Original run
September 18, 1971 – December 11, 1971
Starring
Sandy Duncan
Valorie Armstrong
Kathleen Freeman
Henry Beckman
Nita Talbot
Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show are two American sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its 1971 and 1972 fall lineups, respectively. Both series were created and produced by Carl Kleinschmitt.
In the spring of 1971, after having appeared in numerous television commercials and having a great success on Broadway in the 1970 revival of The Boy Friend (which won her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress In a Musical), Sandy Duncan's show business career was quickly ascending. She had just completed her first major motion picture - The Million Dollar Duck for Walt Disney and was about to start on her second film - the screen adaptation of the Neil Simon play Star Spangled Girl which was to be produced and released by Paramount Pictures. Duncan was also signed by Paramount to film a television pilot loosely based on the 1957 film musical Funny Face which they hoped would be picked up by CBS to be part of their 1971–1972 fall television schedule. A pilot was filmed in the spring of 1971 and CBS executives were very enthusiastic. As a result, Duncan was already being touted by the network as the brightest new star of the 1971 fall season.
In Funny Face, Sandy Stockton is a young UCLA student from Taylorville, Illinois majoring in education and making ends meet by working part-time as an actress in TV commercials for the Prescott Advertising Agency. In the pilot for the series, the supporting cast included Nita Talbot as Maggie Prescott, Sandy's modeling agent and best friend, and Frank Aletter as Dick, a photographer for the agency, who also happened to be Maggie's ex-husband. After screening the pilot, CBS picked up the show for the 1971 fall season, however the network requested there be some changes made in terms of cast and format. As a result, the character of Sandy Stockton, instead, became a student teacher who supported her education through professional acting and modeling. Talbot and Aletter were dropped from the cast and replaced by Valorie Armstrong as Sandy's best friend and neighbor Alice McRaven (Armstrong and Duncan in real-life are close friends) and Henry Beckman and Kathleen Freeman as Pat and Kate Harwell, Sandy's friends and landlords. Beckman, in fact, had been featured in the pilot as a telephone repairman. The show was scheduled as part of the CBS 1971 Saturday night lineup which included All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Unlike those two sitcoms which were recorded with live studio audiences, Funny Face was filmed with a laugh track. While many critics dismissed the series as being insipid, they praised Duncan, especially Cleveland Amory, the critic of TV Guide, who called her "a wonderful comedienne." Despite ranking #8 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1971–72 season, obtaining a 23.9 rating tying it with Adam-12, CBS suspended production on Funny Face less than three months after its premiere, because Duncan had to undergo surgery for a brain tumor behind her left eye. At that time, only 12 episodes had been filmed so, in order to complete the first 13-episode cycle, the pilot was dusted off and finally shown as the last show of the series on December 11, 1971.
CBS announced that the series would return the following fall, thereby giving Duncan time to recover from her surgery, but also providing the network time to retool the program. In the spring of 1972, Duncan was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By An Actress In a Leading Role In A Comedy Series.
12 Celebrity Sons That Are Just As Gorgeous As Their Famous Parents
From: NewNowNext
2
Scott Eastwood
29
The son of Clint Eastwood, Scott took a page from of dad’s book and got into acting—appearing in The Longest Ride and Fury, and is set to star alongside Joseph Gordon Levitt and Shailene Woodley in the Edward Snowden biopic, Snowden, as well as the live-action Suicide Squad movie.
Scott also briefly appeared in two of his father’s films, Gran Torino and Invictus.
100 Most Eligible Bachelors 2016
From: OUT
Billy Porter
Actor/Singer
Billy Porter (born September 21, 1969, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Broadway performer, pop singer, film and television actor and vocal coach. He graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School's School of Drama and achieved fame performing on Broadway before going off on a solo career as a singer.
Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots at the 67th Tony Awards. For the role, Porter also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.
Happy Birthday today February 20th
Happy 29th to actor Miles Teller!
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
Miles with Skylar Astin in 21 & Over (2013)
Favorite Click of the Week: Deep Purple
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
I only discovered the work of photographer Jack Pierson last year, but ever since, he has become a favorite, and I anxiously await the release of new imagery. His new shoot with model Miles McMillan for Purple Diary, beautifully exemplifies why.
Body & Soul
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
If you're in the Atlanta area over the weekend, head on over to PB&J Gallery and check out Body & Soul! With all you've come to expect from this sensual and erotic event, this exhibition celebrates the nude male form at its most compelling. Last year's artists return including videographer Drew Davis, presenting an erotic video short, and award-winning (and FHFavorites) photographers Bob Burkhardt and Trevor Green. This show's featured models include Brandon Akins, Kai Bell, Ak Brown, Brad Cato, Denerick Lindsey and XL.
50 Straight People Who Nabbed Oscar Noms For LGBT Roles
From: Advocate
Gay — lesbian, bi, and trans — is gold! At least if you're talking about those statues handed out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences every spring. Of course, this rule also does not apply to out actors, who, as Ian McKellen recently noted, have never taken home acting's top prize. Regardless, here are 50 hetero actors and actresses who received Oscar nominations for playing LGBT characters.
Judith Anderson
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock directed Rebecca, a story of a self conscious bride who is tormented by the memory of her new husband’s first wife. Judith Anderson earned an Oscar nod for playing Mrs. Danvers, the chilling and obsessive caretaker who may or may not have been in love with the deceased wife.
6 Front-Loaded Instagrammers To Quench Your Thirst
From: Gaily Grind
Sit back, relax, and let us attempt to quench your thirst with these front-loaded Instagrammers who aren’t afraid to show us what they’re packing.
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Henry Licett
I do love the hot days, that’s when we get them here in the Uk lol but what fun you can have when the sun does shine!!
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Shawn, the lawnboy
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| "Mrs. Dunwoody always looked forward to Tuesdays. That’s when Shawn, that nice boy from down the street, would come over and spend hours mowing her lawn…" -- Marlen Boro |
History's Hottest Movie Actors
From: Boy Culture
#63
Paul Rudd
(1969—)
I have a soft spot in my heart and also elsewhere for adorable, affable Paul Rudd, who in an endless string of films that are beneath his ingenuity and dramatic talent has convincingly portrayed the kind of goofy, awkwardly hot boyfriend who's good-looking enough to make hearts flutter but not so
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| Object of my affection |
impossibly good-looking that he becomes an untouchable sex object. He's hilarious and has a nice body that sometimes gets lumpy but only in the best possible way. Husband material.
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| I same-sex love you, man |
Sexy Sampler
Clueless (1995), Romeo+Juliet (1996), The Object of My Affection (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), The Ex (2006), The Ten (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Role Models (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), Wanderlust (2012), This Is 40 (2012)
Butthead
MICHAEL BULLOCK
1976
Brooklyn, United States
hanging out
happy, honest, pervert
BUTT: How do you like to kiss? Please be specific.
Michael: depends who I'm kissing.