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Juanita Down at the Diner
LisaM
(27,821 posts)Last edited Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Also, Niles' wife Maris in "Frasier" (I know I snuck in two, but I figured the shows were related).
Corrected to Maris from "Mavis", oops!
hlthe2b
(102,337 posts)LisaM
(27,821 posts)I'll fix it.
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Came to me immediately.
LisaM
(27,821 posts)There was one scene where someone was sitting there with her head swathed in bandages from a facelift, but I don't think we ever actually saw her.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)PJMcK
(22,041 posts)In the final episode of the series, Commander Ryker, (from TNG), takes the role of Chef (I know, it's on the holodeck).
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)And yet, even if there was an image of "Chef" in subjective mode not played by Riker, it still wouldn't count, he wasn't real. No one knew what he actually looked like.
PJMcK
(22,041 posts)It wasn't a great episode anyway.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Big Bang Theory
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Perhaps she was afraid to appear on camera.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)PJMcK
(22,041 posts)On "Rhoda," Lorenzo Music voiced the doorman who was never seen. Mr. Music was also a producer of the show.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,034 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)underpants
(182,866 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)benld74
(9,909 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Unseen PA announcer Sal Viscuso on Children's Hospital was a direct homage to the PA Announcer on M*A*S*H. Voiced by Michael Cera (George-Micahel Bluth on Arrested Development), the character was named for the actor who did the PA announcements (when it wasn't Radar) on M*A*S*H.
no_hypocrisy
(46,158 posts)Tippi. She always seemed to be screaming over the phone at Dr. Bernie Tupperman.
Loved the alliteration of her name, Tippi Tupperman.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)TBA
(825 posts)but Buddy on the Dick Van Dyke she spoke of her often. She was his wife.
Actually I stand corrected -
Fiona Conway "Pickles" Sorrell (Barbara Perry/Joan Shawlee) Buddy's slightly nutty wife and former showgirl. She becomes an off-screen character after season two
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)I am old enough to remember that!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)FSogol
(45,515 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,145 posts)Close call, you never saw his face.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)sakabatou
(42,170 posts)FSogol
(45,515 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Sure, he later took it back but Thomas, TC, and Rick had long suspected this was the case.
FSogol
(45,515 posts)I still laugh every time I remember that episode.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)lapfog_1
(29,219 posts)do a casting session for Indiana Jones (Raiders).
There would never have been a sequel.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)YES!
And the two episodes of The Rockford Files were:
White on White and Nearly Perfect (1978)
Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979)
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0079574/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_50
lapfog_1
(29,219 posts)Home Improvement.
Loved the fact that he was a junior.
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)louis-t
(23,296 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)As I recall she was a comely blond with thin eyebrows and finger waves. Didn't she leave the school because she got married? The things I remember. But just ask me today's date...
Montauk6
(8,079 posts)I don't think we ever met up close and personal the loving hubby of Mary's neighbor Phyllis.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Montauk6
(8,079 posts)The owner of the brewery Laverne & Shirley worked for.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)sakabatou
(42,170 posts)Though, it's been said he was seen on a beach.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Thirties Child
(543 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)
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FM123
(10,054 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)B.J. Hunnicutt's wife, Peg.
Ferret Face Frank's wife.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Orrex
(63,220 posts)Peg was featured in a home movie sent to BJ for their anniversary, as well as in a dream sequence in a later episode.
Frank's wife likewise appeared in a home movie.
However, Winchester's sister Honoria was heard in a reel-to-reel recording, but she was never seen.
3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)...superior recall!
hlthe2b
(102,337 posts)nor Trapper's wife...
but, I remember the tapes with Charle's sister. That was a touching episode.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)And of course her photo was on the Colonel's desk.
You're right about Trapper's wife.
And the Honoria episode, featuring the soldier who struggled with a stutter, was indeed very touching. I didn't like Charles much when I was younger, but as I grew older I appreciated him more and more.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)"Sherman, time for dinner."
"They couldn't have waited 5 minutes? It's been years since I tasted..."
Mind. Blown.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Sherman T. Potter has the least distressing dream in the episode. He dozes off at his desk, and is roused by his horse, Sophie, who enters the room in full saddle and bridle. He grabs his hat and mounts Sophie, riding into an open field. A pair of Koreans in the shrubbery throw a grenade at Potter, who effortlessly knocks it away with a polo mallet, resulting in a spectacular fireworks display. Potter then comes upon a familiar site: his childhood home. A younger Sherman Potter is riding on a horse outside, and a female voice is calling him to dinner. At this point, Klinger abruptly awakens Potter, much to his regret; "It's been a long time since I've tasted one of her home-baked muffins."
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Here's one for you: Horshack's mother in Welcome Back, Kotter.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,190 posts)I watched that growing up and it killed me we never saw his face....or at least I don't remember seeing his face.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)...and you stole it!
Damn kids today, with their time machines...
Doreen
(11,686 posts)the last couple of episodes.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)The tape dude from Mission Impossible.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)justhanginon
(3,290 posts)Trump Reality Sh*t Show sometimes referred to as the "Trump Administration". Not sure if she was ever heard,
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)True and funny at the same time.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Coventina
(27,160 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Donkees
(31,450 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)I recall a video of Soupy getting pranked. A knock at the door and when Soupy opens it, it's a naked lady!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)The big face girl!
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)Captain Tuttle.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)"There's a little of Captain Tuttle in all of us. You might say that all of us made up Tuttle."
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)They made him up to give his pay and benefits to the orphanage.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)But EVERYBODY claimed to have heard him...
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)The one time that Vera appeared on camera, her face was covered with pie.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,772 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)JuJuYoshida
(2,216 posts)mikeargo
(675 posts)"Moose" the reclusive son of Charlotte Rae's was never seen, but one time the "Moose" got loose.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Corvid
(3 posts)From long ago.
Peter Gunn's receptionist, only her legs are ever seen and her voice heard. Years later she became very famous. Mary Tyler Moore.
Also there was an un-seen character named "Mother"... I think. Have not seen an episode in the last 50 years or so. I believe that Henry Mancini did the theme music but I cannot be sure. Music was bluesy.
cheers
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)On Peter Gunn Mother owned the club where Gunn hung out and his main squeeze Edie Hart was a singer. Mother was portrayed by two actresses, Minerva Urecal and Hope Emerson.
Peter Gunn is currently available on Amazon Prime.
Ptah
(33,034 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)lame54
(35,313 posts)FM123
(10,054 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)She was a bit of a prototype for Vera on "Cheers" and Maris on "Frasier."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_Bride
"December Bride centered on the adventures of Lily Ruskin, a spry widow played by Spring Byington, who was not, in fact, a "December" (rather old) bride but very much desired to become one if the right man would come along. Aiding Lily in her search for this prospective suitor were her daughter Ruth Henshaw (Frances Rafferty) and son-in-law Matt Henshaw (Dean Miller), and her close friend Hilda Crocker (character-actress Verna Felton). A next-door neighbor, insurance agent Pete Porter (Harry Morgan), was frequently seen. Married miserably himself, according to his constant complaints about his unseen wife Gladys..."
We finally meet Gladys in a spin-off, "Pete and Gladys," 1960-62, played by actress Cara Williams.
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)On the Fugitive
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)
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tymorial
(3,433 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,444 posts)For us oldsters
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)sweetloukillbot
(11,058 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)The_REAL_Ecumenist
(728 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Initech
(100,098 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Initech
(100,098 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,755 posts)Never really heard from, either, but a central character in the movie.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Mendocino
(7,504 posts)He was the "Balladeer" on the Dukes of Hazzard. He did play a single episode but as a Duke relative, not as the narrator.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)NotASurfer
(2,153 posts)Kind of the opposite of Wilson from Home Improvement, he was only seen from the neck down. His head was always out of frame off the top of the screen
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I'll start with Penny on Big Bang Theory, and follow it up with the whole family on Malcolm in the Middle.
herding cats
(19,566 posts)underpants
(182,866 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)I must have forgotten that, but I was a little kid when I watched it. I just remembered always wondering what he looked like. Now I know!
Thanks!
underpants
(182,866 posts)I'm a MASH fan
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)Voiced but Burt Reynolds
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Boo Radley? "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,550 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)It's pronounced, "Bouquet!"
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