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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 04:41 PM Mar 2019

My all-time "second bananas" TV 1961-65. Yours?

It was a Golden Age to be a kid. And I was. With apologgies to Barney Rubble, here we go:

5. Mary Tyler Moore, "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Like all great shows, this was a fantastic ensemble cast.

4. Agnes Moorhead, "Bewitched." Loved this show, HUGE crush on Elizabeth Montgomery to this day.

3. Irene Ryan, "The Beverly Hillbillies" Granny. Need I say more?

2. Joseph Kearns, "Dennis the Menace"

1. Don Knotts.

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My all-time "second bananas" TV 1961-65. Yours? (Original Post) Faygo Kid Mar 2019 OP
Odie O. Cologne Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #1
Diana Rigg, The Avengers... First Speaker Mar 2019 #2
Oh--and don't forget Bullwinkle the Moose... First Speaker Mar 2019 #3
2nd bananas... Mike Nelson Mar 2019 #4
Edith in All In The Family Sanity Claws Mar 2019 #5
I immediately thought "Barney Rubble" when I saw your headline... TwilightZone Mar 2019 #6
It came later gratuitous Mar 2019 #7
How depressing gratuitous Mar 2019 #8
Christine Baranski justgamma Mar 2019 #9

Mike Nelson

(9,968 posts)
4. 2nd bananas...
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 04:59 PM
Mar 2019

5. Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock, "Star Trek"
4. Barbara Feldon, Agent 99, "Get Smart"
3. Don Knotts, Barney Fyfe, "The Andy Griffith Show"
2. Art Carney, Ed Norton, "The Honeymooners""
1. Vivian Vance, Ethel Mertz, "I Love Lucy"

Sanity Claws

(21,854 posts)
5. Edith in All In The Family
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 05:01 PM
Mar 2019

I didn't watch Dennis the Menace so I can't comment on that item on your list but the other 4 are great.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. It came later
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 05:47 PM
Mar 2019

But which one was the second banana - Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo, or Snorky?

Now I gotta go check the internet to see if I remembered the names right.

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