tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post2678912983532063888..comments2024-03-25T18:01:05.147-05:00Comments on A Shroud of Thoughts: American Rural Comedies of the Sixties Part SixTerence Towles Canotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-8443940487906526112017-04-16T03:42:49.420-05:002017-04-16T03:42:49.420-05:00There were some things about the cancellation of t...There were some things about the cancellation of two shows at the end of the 1969-70 season that were of ironic significance:<br />- The rural comedy <i>Petticoat Junction</i> featured among its co-stars the late Meredith MacRae, who took over the role of Billie Jo the same year (1966) that her mother, Sheila MacRae (likewise R.I.P.), landed the role of Alice Kramden in what is now referred to as "Color Honeymooners" episodes on <i>The Jackie Gleason Show</i>. As both were cancelled in 1970, James Bacon in his book <i>How Sweet It Is: The Jackie Gleason Story</i> called it "the only instance of mother and daughter being cancelled at the same time."<br />- With <i>Petticoat Junction</i>'s cancellation and its time slot (on Saturday nights) being taken over the next season by the <i>Mary Tyler Moore</i> show, this was a case of a show featuring June Lockhart (who played Dr. Janet Craig in its final two seasons) being replaced on the CBS schedule by a show featuring Cloris Leachman (who played eccentric landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the MTM program's first five, before getting her own spinoff sitcom). This is significant because some twelve years before, Ms. Leachman had been replaced on the series <i>Timmy and Lassie</i> by Ms. Lockhart. Don't know if this could be called karmic or "what goes around, comes around," but there you are.wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.com