Can you remember any major changes in a sitcom character? Example:
extreme weight gain or weight loss, facial hair, major hairstyle change, etc.
Anything that really changed their appearance.

Roseanne-She changed from the season 1 through season 9. She lost weight had a face lift and different hair styles.

Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) She changed from the 1st season to season 8. She went from innocent newlywed to the housewife look in the 2nd season on up through season 3, 4, 5. Season 6 she had a slightly different hairstyle and really changed by the 8th season her hair was long and thick and she worn modern clothes for the time, she also stopped wearing her signature diamond heart necklace.

Among the changes in the looks of the Monkees, Micky went from straight hair in the first season to his natural curly hair in the second season. The same goes for the men of The Brady Bunch. Mike Brady had straight hair in the first three or so seasons, before going with his natural curly hair.

Adam Green on "Ellen" had a beard in the first season, then shaved it off for the second season.

On 3rd Rock from the Sun, Tommy went from being a young kid with long hair to a college bound man with short hair.

On Family Ties, Steven goes from being clean shaven in the first season to having a beard for the rest of the run.

There are so many more, but I'll save some for others.

Don't forget on ROSEANNE how Jackie went from this cute lady to this fugly dike-looking person! Her wardrobe was soooooo bad. She went from bad to worse as far as how she was mentally. For someone who was in therapy for a couple of years, it sure didn't help.

Kirk Cameron finding religion on Growing Pains

don't forget B.J.s mustache on MASH.

in some of the later eps of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES Elly wouldn't wear her jeans and checked shirt.

(allright all you other guys, stop thinking that!!!:lol: :lol: ) I meant she'd wear a dress instead; now just erase those images from your minds, perverts:lol: :lol:

Meredith Baxter Birney, Family Ties, had her hair long in the first season and cut it in the second season in the style of Mary Tyler Moore. In season 3 she grew it back and in four she had it long with bangs. In the final season of the show she cut it again in a Mary Tyler Moore style. Also in the fourth season to the end of the series she wore heavier makeup.

Shelley Fabares, Coach, wore her hair straight in the last season and half of the show. I love that style a lot better than that godawful frizzy look she through most of the show run.

Bonnie Franklin started One Day at a Time with the mushroom style cut and in season four she had a Dorothy Hamil hairstyle. She looked better with that hairstyle.

Joyce DeWitt every season changed her hairstyle and fashion on Three's Company. Season four when her hair was cut and spiked at the top Janet came out more and was more looser. I hated that perm she wore and the jumpers she used to wear. Joyce DeWitt is a attractive actress and in the first three seasons of 3's Co they made Janet look plain.

Bob Saget of Full House cut his hair differently nearly each season. Also, he gained some muscle as well. You can tell in the later seasons he works out.

Jonathan Frakes was cleanshaven in the first season of "Star Trek: THE NEXT GENERATION" then grew a beard in the 2nd season, (he shaved it off in one of the movies, then in the last movie it was sudennly back; with no explanation) and Deanna Troi wore her hair up in the first season, then down for the rest of the shows run.

And; Kate Mulgrew wore her hair up in the first season of "Star Trek: VOYAGER" then she wore it down and with a ponytail for seasons 2, 3, and a quarter of the way through season 4 when she started wearing it short.

Avery Brooks shaved his head and grew a goattee starting in seasn 4 of "Star Trek: DEEP SPACE 9".

Mary Tyler Moore wore her hair slightly different the last couple seasons of "The Dick Van Dyke show". Then on her show, Marys hairstyle changed about 3 times during the shows run.

Mike wore a green wool hat in the first season of "The Monkees." In the first half of the second season, he wore a green wool hat, with white buttons down the middle. The second half of the second season, Mike didn't wear a hat at all.

Darrin had a different face on seasons 6 thru 8 of Bewitched. (LOL)

Uncle Jesse had long hair in the first season of "Full House" and cut it shorter in the second season. It would start to grow out again by the last season, though not to the extent it was in the first season.

Ellen Morgan (DeGeneres) had hair down to her shoulders in the first season of "Ellen". She cut it short in season two and has had that hairdo ever since.

Klinger on M*A*S*H went from wearing dresses to wearing his regular military outfit in the later seasons.

Dorothy from The Golden Girls had different hairstyles throughout the show's run.

The most common change is hairstyle. Some are:

All the Facts of Life women (Jo's change seemed the most drastic).
Eric Matthews went to short hair on Boy Meets World.
Gloria Bunker Stivic had a really short, curly perm the first season.
Mike, Carol, Greg, Peter and Cindy
Louise Jefferson wore that tight, slicked-back bun in the early episodes.

Dan Conner and Shawn Hunter got beards.

Roseanne and George Lopez lost weight.

Beverly Crusher and Troi had different hairstyles throughout the seasons.
Wesley Crusher seem to went to California bang waves to very crew cut hair.

On Night Court, Markie Post cut her hair short, but later regained length.

Lea Thompson got a fairly radical, shorter haircut during the run of Caroline in the City.

On The Andy Griffith Show, Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump) had long hair worn up, but later wore a short style.

On Becker, Shawnee Smith changed her hair in major ways.

And I agree about Shelley Fabares: The straight style was better!

On Gimmie A Break, Nell Carter had a low cut fro in the first season, and the rest of the seasons, she had different hairstyles.

On Diff'rent Strokes, Gary Coleman was lightskinned the first few seasons. later on he complexion had got real dark.

Leave It to Beaver, Ward Cleaver's hair was dark the first season and later seasons, it became gray.

The character Ethel Mertz wore jeans in the last season of I Love Lucy as opposed to when she always wore a dress in the previous seasons. It wouldn't make sense for the character to always be wearing a dress in the country (Connecticut).

The character Ethel Mertz wore jeans in the last season of I Love Lucy as opposed to when she always wore a dress in the previous seasons. It wouldn't make sense for the character to always be wearing a dress in the country (Connecticut).


Wonder why you didn't see very many women wearing pants on tv in the 50's & early 60's?

On A Different World Dwayne Wayne loses those flip glasses he wore in the earlier seasons.

Same show: Ron in the first season wore nerdy, goofy clothes and wore a dumb hat and had no moustache. After that season, his look changed for the better. His wardrobe changed and he had a moustache.

The Jaleesa character had shoulder length hair, but after that season, cut it SO DAMN SHORT!! LIKE A MAN! :puke:

The Cosby Show: Lisa Bonet's hair changed dramatically from season to season. Her stupid wardrobe remained HORRENDOUS.
Vanessa in the later seasons had that ugly Gumby hairdo. :rofl:

On The Partridge Family, Dave Madden (Reuben Kincaid) went from clean-shaven to sporting facial hair, I believe in the final season.

And on Coach, Clare Carey (Kelly Fox) eventually changed to a longer and straighter hairstyle (I liked the new look).

On Designing Women in the first few seasons Suzanne was smaller in size and
had the longer fluffy hairstyle. Then in the later years she gained alot of weight & wore her hair shorter. Her clothing style also changed with the weight gain.

On an episode of Cheers, some of the guys grew beards.

I think all the cast of Friends (the 6 of them) all changed throughout the show. Their hairstyles and clothing (from early 90's to modern trends) but Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston and Matt Leblanc all looked different in the end. Jennifer because of the weight loss, and the two matts because of weight gain.

lea thompson's appearance in caroline in the city, although i prefered her haircut in the last season of the show

vivian banks in fresh prince of bel air- appearance-wise, couldn't it be any more different as they changed the actresses who played that character later on in the show, which was kind of wierd

eric mccormack as will trueman in will and grace- he had a haircut in the 2nd season and throughout the remainder of the show, it has always been like that

On Andy Griffith, Goober grew a beard and he thought it made him more intelligent.

Topanga on Boy Meets World. First season she has curly/crimped hair. 2-4 (I think it's 4) she has long straight hair and then in one episode she cuts it to show Cory she's not vain and has to get it styled. From then on she has hair no longer than her shoulder blades. Also, she gains weight as the show goes on.
Morgan on Boy Meets World in Season 3 ;)

It's not appearance, but Andy Griffith lost his exaggerated southern accent after season one.

Darrin Stevens totally changed his appearance!

Sherman Hemsley-George Jefferson Gained weight and lost some of his hair by the later years
Isabel Sanford-Louise Jefferson she lost some of here weight in the early years ,But gained the weight Back and plus some by the last few years.
i believe she weight more by the last season then in the first season.

The Nanny - Fran wore wigs a lot changing her hairstyles
Roseanne - The first Becky went from long hair to really short
70's Show - Donna went from red head to blonde
Mamas Family - Naomi went from straight wig to curly wig (at least hope it was a wig)
Facts of Life - Natalie colored her hair aubern in later seasons
Growing Pains - Carol went from medium build to really skinny/slim
Full House - DJ cut her hair shorter, Jessie cut his hair short and lost the leather pants and vests, Kimmie straightened her hair
King of Queens - Carries weight changed from slim to medium back to slim
90210 - Kelly changed her hair from long and straight to short back to medium length, Donna major changes in style and color, Valerie from a bob to a medium length and went blonde
TCS - Claire cut it short in later seasons

Don't forget on ROSEANNE how Jackie went from this cute lady to this fugly dike-looking person! Her wardrobe was soooooo bad. She went from bad to worse as far as how she was mentally. For someone who was in therapy for a couple of years, it sure didn't help.

Maybe she looked like that because in the show Jackie really was gay!

In the later season of I Love Lucy, Lucy cut her hair completely short. Ethel let her hair grow long and Ricky and Fred gained weight.

Bewitched - Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) had her hair in a little flip in the first season. It was barely shoulder length. By the last season, the hair was lightened and parted in the middle, down past the shoulders.

Sister, Sister - The first few seasons the twins had very curly hair, almost like a weave. Then they both cut a couple of inches off and have it straightened.

Life Goes On - Becca (Kellie Martin) always wore red-framed glasses the first couple of seasons. As her role grew bigger in the last season, Becca no longer wore glasses.

Bob Newhart - Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) had a hairdo that was short and very curly. Towards the end of the series, it had grown and was straightened into a pageboy.