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Appointment TV for Girl Watchers

posted 15 years ago by cgculpeper
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I fondly recall this series because of all the beauteous actresses that appeared every Friday night as suspects or Burke girlfriends. Among them: Barrie Chase, Charlene Holt, Elizabeth Montgomery, Elizabeth Allen, Barbara Eden, Tina Louise, Diana Dors, Juliet Prowse, Joy Harmon, Lola Albright, Joan Staley, and Nancy Kovack. Apparently the show didn't pay them much so producer Aaron Spelling wooed them with flowers, champagne and caviar. He also sent a Rolls Royce to pick them up for work. Those were the days in Hollywood. It was fun to see legends like Buster Keaton and Edward Everett Horton make cameos each week on the show, but like most guys, I tuned in for the babes.

[–] eric-1501 14 years ago

So did I, at the ripe old age of 11.

"Could be worse."
"Howwww?"
"Could be raining."

[–] mcfaddensflats 14 years ago

I find women are to me at their most attractive in this period. Anybody into the natural look won't get much from the US shows from the late 50s to the mid 60s. But I find there is nothing so sexy to me as the likes of Diane McBain, Francine York, Joan Staley, Dorothy Provine, Joan Marshall, Kathy Kersh, Marianna Hill, Karen Steele, Anne Francis, Eileen O'Neill done up to the hilt in the tight clothes (or lack of ) of the period, who glammed up shows like Burke's Law, 77 Sunset Strip etc.

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[–] cgculpeper 14 years ago

I couldn't agree with you more - Girl-wise, the mid-to-late-60s was Nirvana!

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[–] Piafredux 12 years ago

Why, my dear mcfaddensflats, in Western Civilization the late 1950's to mid-to-late 1960's formed the last spell in which adults dressed as...grownups. This, I expect, is why you find that women of that time embody the apogee of the Western canon of beauty. And, I think that in this you show good old fashioned good taste, as since the mid-60's Western Civilization has done its damndest to flush itself down the bog.

[–] PrickWithAFork 12 years ago

....or "toilet".

I'm a Prick With a Fork.

[–] CineramaMama 11 years ago

Blame it on Laugh-In. People had to dress 'hip' and casual after that point. But eye makeup started to become sophisticated, also. Before that, TV women were plain-Janes, even if they were dressed to the "nines".