This show was my introduction to Christine Baranski. She was the main reason I watched (with all due respect to Cybill who is Ab Fab) Over the years she has shown her versatility. Sublimely talented.
I had forgotten how great these 2 ladies are together- time to rewatch Cybill! Just finished The Good Wife / The Good Fight arc with Christine, too. She’s still gorgeous 25 years later.
Oh yeah, I remember this show. If I remember why it ended it was she kept out staging Cybil cause she got the funnier lines/bits that added to tension on the set. Christine is very talented at delivering lines.
I heard the main reason the show ended was that Harvey Weinstein was harassing Cybil Shepard and she told him NO to sexual advances ! He then ended the show.
@@marjoriegarland2798 I don’t doubt that cause she did do some interviews on age discrimination in Hollywood and said something how it cut her show short
Yeah, Cybil and Christine did an interview and were asked about rumors of jealousy on the set after Christine won the Emmy. Cybil, in true narcissistic fashion, said no she wasn’t jealous because she was the one that gave Christine the opportunity to win the Emmy. If it wasn’t for her and her show, there would be no Emmy. Christine sat there, very composed and lady like, with a blank face (that said what we were all thinking) and never lowered herself to react to Cybil’s inflammatory statements and outrageous conceit.
I think that Cybill was a slight American version of Absolutely Fabulous with Mary Ann as an more likeable version of Patsy and Cybill as an more likeable version of Eddy I'm just saying
Absolutely Fabulous and therefore this was a modern super consumerized version of the formula from The Lucy Show (1960s) with two widows instead of divorcees....originally set in Long Island suburbs... later moved to LA to have more celebrity drop ins. You can always find an earlier series or play to notice TV borrowing and adapting. TV is derivative.
Patsy Stone kicked off the "boozy/pill popping bestie" on Ab Fab. Maryann was the first American version of this character on "Cybill" which then continued with Nina Van Horn on "Just Shoot Me" and Karen Walker on "Will & Grace" These characters were frequently the scene stealers on their respective shows. Always there will a drink in hand, a gorgeous outfit and fast cutting one liner, it's no wonder why they remain popular as they generally got the biggest laughs.
So I ended up going to a Dentist named Dr Dick and every time his receptionist said his name is laugh. She made the mistake 😅f asking me why I laughed. After that I'd come in and she'd give me a stare. I had to find another dentist. It was worth it
Wow. This is strange. Isn't this the woman who played the superannuated mother in Dharma & Greg and in the 2 1/2 men series i binged on since covid era began? Video is like a weird time machine, scrambling the mind.
1. Dharma’s mom was Mimi Kennedy (regular “Chuck Lorre show” actress) & Greg’s mom, Kitty, was Susan Sullivan (was also on Falcon Crest & It’s a Living). 2. Holland Taylor was the mom on 2 & 1/2 Men… AND now *I* feel old for knowing these
kinda agree. I used to see a coupld of episodes. If you never watched the show, then these clips are especially weird. It doesn't really show Maryanns funniest bits---when she would go all banshee on her exhusband; setting traps and crazy on him
