rec.arts.theatre.musicals

fmomoon wrote:
> "Stephen Farrow" < @ > wrote in message
> news:fd5jt0$pdb$1@ ...
>> VINCE wrote:
>>> Candide wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alice Ghostley, "Esmeralda" In TV's 'Bewitched,' Dead At 81
>>>> by Jim Brogan
>>>>
>>>> Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress who was probably best
>>>> known for her roles on television as Esmeralda in "Bewitched" and
>>>> Bernice in "Designing Women," has died.
>>>> Alice Ghostley passed away yesterday at her home in Studio City,
>>>> California, after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of
>>>> strokes, She was 81.
>>>>
>>>> Ghostley appeared as Esmeralda, Samantha's "Yoo Hoo" maid, in 15
>>>> episodes.
>>>>
>>>> /news/original/
>>>>
>>>> /2007/09/22/arts/television/ ?ref=television
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry to hear that she was a hoot on "Designing Women,"
>>> "Blackman,Blackman"
>>>
>> There was *nothing* funny about "Designing Women".
>>
> Why? I thought Jean Smart was a hoot.

Endless, witless parade of bad acting, bad writing and offensive
stereotypes. I like Jean Smart, actually - though not in this - but
basically I found the show slightly less amusing than, say, pancreatic
cancer.

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Stephen

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