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Bonnie Franklin

2/3/2013

 
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Bonnie Franklin's hair looks better than I remember.
Bonnie Franklin died yesterday. She was the mom, Ann Romano, on One Day at a Time. It was a show I never loved, but watched a bit as a kid. I thought Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli) was really pretty and I had a crush on Julie (Mackenzie Phillips). In recent years, after hearing of Mackenzie's problems with drugs and her fucked up family, I've discovered I still have a soft spot for her.

The colour on the show was terrible - all camel-y and tans and some light golds. I never loved shows with palettes like that. M*A*S*H* was another one. All that army green and desert-y brown. Blech. So depressing. And Schneider's denim vest and white t-shirt - something I could probably find hot now on the right guy - seemed dirty to me. Not sexy dirty, which hadn't occurred to me yet in the late 70s; just dirty dirty. I will admit that Glenn Scarpelli did improve the viewing for me. I thought he was nice to look at and I liked his scratchy boy-man voice. I don't want to know what he looks like now, but I'll probably Google him anyway.

But anyway, when I heard that Bonnie Franklin died yesterday, I felt sad. For her a bit, yes, but really, more for me. It's people like Bonnie Franklin that played roles in my childhood, no matter how small. Isabel Sanford. Sherman Hemsley. Beth Howland. Linda Lavin. My beloved Celia Weston. I am hating getting older, so as the components of my childhood disappear from the world, I notice. And I hate it. 

I won't admittedly miss Bonnie Franklin, but I'm sorry to experience the disruption that her leaving has caused.
Elizabeth Clarke
2/3/2013 01:49:35 pm

Dearest Jason,
Since I just googled Glen Scarpelli, I assume you did too. But did you see the shot of him with his dashing life partner? Seems, he aged quite well... and he's gay! Who knew?
Liz xo

Jason Allen
3/3/2013 01:30:40 am

Liz, I was also happy to discover that his father was the creator and illustrator of Archie comics. And he looks good with his shirt off. (Glenn, that is.)

FF
3/3/2013 01:21:05 am

Those characters 'died' a long time ago you just never realized it. In our mind's eye everyone in our childhood stays the same if you loose touch with them. The memories are yours forever, its like those people never really go away because their existence was only as real as your memory:)


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