Watching this on YT and it's held up well. Striking how much it relies on the joke being on Midler.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 13, 2023 8:47 PM |
I'm not OP. Lindsay Lohan is her daughter. Bette's shtick does hold up but a little goes a long way.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 9, 2023 12:56 PM |
Oops, Lindsay is replaced by episode 3.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 9, 2023 1:49 PM |
True story. I was waiting on Miss Midler and asked if they were going to have fun with Joanna Gleason's dad. Midler asked, "Why? Who's her father"? When I told her, she was amazed. She honestly didn't know. "Is he really her father?"
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 9, 2023 5:54 PM |
I didn't know Monty Hall was Joanna's father until you mentioned it right here.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 9, 2023 7:55 PM |
Omg the late, great Wendie Jo Sperber did a guest spot!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 12, 2023 3:04 PM |
It was OK but definitely was a bit of a mess. They replaced the daughter and the husband and.....yeah, it was kinda half baked.
I don't think it was the right medium for her.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 12, 2023 3:21 PM |
Damn, did they have big bowls of cocaine in the green room?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 12, 2023 3:30 PM |
I think it shows Bette's wonderful talent for physical comedy. And they obviously modeled it a bit on Lucy's shows.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 12, 2023 4:34 PM |
It doesn’t work because she’s playing herself.
That only really takes about once in a lifetime.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 12, 2023 7:53 PM |
Carl Weathers was brilliant on "Arrested Development."
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 12, 2023 8:04 PM |
I loved "Bette" too bad it never got the ratings it needed to sustain.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 12, 2023 8:05 PM |
[quote]That only really takes about once in a lifetime.
Twice, at least.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 12, 2023 8:06 PM |
I liked it and was sorry it was cancelled. It wasn’t great but had enough fun moments.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 12, 2023 8:37 PM |
Watching the first two episodes, I think it would have worked much better as a single camera sitcom.
As it is, Bette's overly broad performance and the intrusive audience response get in the way of strong scripts and a great cast.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 13, 2023 8:37 PM |
Making The Wind Beneath My Wings a punchline was delightful.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 13, 2023 8:37 PM |
I enjoyed it when it originally aired. Some clever scripts.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 13, 2023 8:42 PM |
We never got Candice farting.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 13, 2023 8:47 PM |
