There’s a new channel, Cozi (109), on Cablevision in NY. Like Antenna TV (114), it airs old TV shows. One is
Petticoat Junction, memorable only for its bevy of young females beauties. I caught a few minutes of it the other night. Veteran character actress Bea Benederet popped up. I got to wondering how many credits she amassed. IMDb has her listed for 111, which is a significant total but not even close to those some actors amassed. So far in my unofficial derby, Irving Bacon is lapping the field at 524. George Chandler is a distant second at 446. What is not included in an artist like Benederet’s figures is the number of TV episodes in which she appeared. IMDb counts a series as one. Well, she did 291 episodes of
Burns and Allen, 175 of
Petticoat Junction, 23 of
The Beverly Hillbillies, and was the voice of Betty Rubble in 113 episodes of
The Flintstones! That’s 600, not counting her numerous appearances in other shows. She also worked extensively in radio and appeared in dozens of B movies, none of which stand out. And she only lived to 62, dying of cancer in 1968. What a stalwart. Here are pictures of the three actors in question. I’m sure Benaderet and Chandler will be familiar to many, but Bacon simply blended in so naturally as to be almost indistinguishable from the background.
RIP Jack Klugman, 90, another of Hollywood’s great character actors. Of course, viewers know him best as Oscar in
The Odd Couple (114 episodes) and as
Quincy ME (148), but he also played significant parts in memorable films such as
12 Angry Men (1957) and
The Days of Wine and Roses (1962). Thank you, sir.
Kudos to my eldest niece Isabel, who cooked the traditional seafood Christmas Eve dinner. She is slaving over the stove right now to produce part two, which features meat. Her youngest sister, Sandra, will be in from Jersey with her family. I will catch up with the doings of her kids, Ronnie Jr. and Danielle, both now in high school. I haven't eaten breakfast, and I hope to skip a snack. My colon is not yet clear. My niece Luci, Dani's godmother, is with us, as always, but we miss my niece Tanya, who lives in Colorado. We look forward to her call. Merry Christmas.
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