Anybody know who "Damien" is? This was written four years ago. I hope Bonnie Franklin never saw it, may she RIP.

http://thedamienzone.com/2010/12/30/critics-agree-bonnie-franklinone-day-at-a-time-worst-sitcomactress-in-history/

“She was really untalented and I think she may have ruined ten years of network television,” said Sidney Gelman, the president and CEO of PrimeTimeNoTalent Amalgamated from his office in Van Nuys, California.

“When she auditioned for the part of Ann Romano in the Norman Lear show “One Day At A Time” Norm was looking for an unknown actress, but what he got was an unknowing actress.

“She was trying so hard to emote but all that came out was the weird spinning and fist pounding thing that Norman liked. The rest of the production staff was dumbfounded.

“They just sat there with their mouth’s open. Of course Norman mistook this look of horror for a look of awe and admiration and there ya go — Bonnie Franklin was a star. It wasn’t until the sixth or seventh show that Norman realized what he had done and was quietly paying people to trip Bonnie down the stairs or to put poop from Bangladesh in her food.

“Bonnie only got diarrhea once and that was probably from something that Nanette Fabray cooked. Nanette was always bringing in homemade stuff even though she was only on the show a few times. I know she had poopie hands. You could tell just by looking at her. Christ, she has to be about a hundred years old by now. ”

According to Imaginary Investigators and life partners, Ben Switchy and Shel Hartunis, numerous attempts to “get rid” of Bonnie failed because she is protected by some kind of guardian spirit — but it is not known if the spirit is an angel or a devil.

Because she could not be destroyed, the staff of “One Day At A Time” eventually had to make the scripts trimmer where Bonnie’s part was concerned. They started to make special episodes that revolved around her equally untalented TV children, Valerie Bertinelli and MacKenzie Philips.

“The folks over at that show had even gone so far as to write a script dealing with the death of Ann Romano’s character from a stray gang bullet,” said a writer who refused to be identified.

“We wrote a whole thing and it was about gangs and violence and how the kids dealt with their TV mom’s death. We even had signed Maryann Mobley to come in as an aunt from Alabama who comes to the funeral and winds up staying to take care of the girls, but no matter how much we tried, Bonnie kept on living and spinning and pounding her fists. We kept that script handy for three years but we never got to use it. Finally we had to scrap it when Maryann Mobley started doing Match Game 78. ”

Bonnie Franklin has held the title as worst TV actress ever, but the torch is gradually being passed. Hollywood insiders believe that the title now will be moved to Tia Leoni, but no official word has been released.

Bonnie Franklin continues to produce and act in plays where she has been very successful since the end of One DayAt A Time, but she will be hard pressed to get another gig like the one she had back in the 70s. Mackenzie Philips is still busy doing things like carrying heroin onto airplanes and other assorted stuff that requires no particular talent. Valerie Bertinelli is content to kind of rip people off as an infomercial hostess who hawks junky makeup and junky kitchen devices. She made it big in television commercials last year when she lost a lot of weight and spoke for weight loss guru ( bull**** artist) Jenny Craig, but even though she lost a lot of weight, she was still 50 and her inner thighs were still flabby — something she tried to hide in the commercials by walking with her legs really close together.

Yea it's ridiculous. I don't understand why people say Bonnie was untalented. I think she was perfect as Ann. I can't picture anybody else playing the part. Just a bunch of haters.

That story is such B.S. I loved Bonnie Franklin in the show. I thought she did a great job. This crap needs to stop!!!

She is nothing special on the show after watching 4 seasons and kind of just there like the characters below

Weezy on the Jeffersons
Janet on Three's Company
Gloria on All in the Family
Alice on Alice
Thelma on Good Times


Any fans of the shows I listed didn't not tune in each week to see those characters instead of was

George
Chrissy or Jack
Archie
Flo
JJ or James

And in ODAAT's case it was Julie or Barbara

She is nothing special on the show after watching 4 seasons and kind of just there like the characters below

Weezy on the Jeffersons
Janet on Three's Company
Gloria on All in the Family
Alice on Alice
Thelma on Good Times


Any fans of the shows I listed didn't not tune in each week to see those characters instead of was

George
Chrissy or Jack
Archie
Flo
JJ or James

And in ODAAT's case it was Julie or Barbara

I get you point, but don't underestimate the straight man. George needed Weezy in order to be funny. Jack and Chrissy needed Janet for the same reason. Archie needed the meathead. And I tune in All in the Family to see Archie and Edith.

As for Damien, I get that Bonnie Franklin isn't everyone's cup of tea, but worst actress? That's a bit extreme. And I wonder about Damien himself. What kind of person takes the time to write something like that? There's an old saying about critics, that they're just people who are bitter that they couldn't make it as actors. Damien takes his critiques to another level and tries to be funny, but his humor is very sophomoric.

It wasn’t until the sixth or seventh show that Norman realized what he had done and was quietly paying people to trip Bonnie down the stairs or to put poop from Bangladesh in her food.

“Bonnie only got diarrhea once and that was probably from something that Nanette Fabray cooked. Nanette was always bringing in homemade stuff even though she was only on the show a few times. I know she had poopie hands. You could tell just by looking at her. Christ, she has to be about a hundred years old by now. ”

OMG!!!! WHOA!!!! I am floored , esp. the paragraph that I just copied and pasted! Who the heck could write such garbage? It's not only rude, it's kind of sick!

OMG!!!! WHOA!!!! I am floored , esp. the paragraph that I just copied and pasted! Who the heck could write such garbage? It's not only rude, it's kind of sick!

And childish. This person seems to have a lot of time on his hands, to sit around thinking up this warped, sophomoric stuff. You would hope someone with that much free time would use it to do something more positive, productive, and useful.

Goes back to what OP asked originally:

Anybody know who "Damien" is?

WHO?!?!?

Goes back to what OP asked originally:



WHO?!?!?

https://www.facebook.com/DamienLeGallienne

Wow. This is really dumbfounding. I think (and I hope) that none of this is actually true, especially the part about Ann's death. I just don't think, and I just don't see how that could've possibly worked. Seriously? Get over it. One Day at a Time is great show and Bonnie Franklin was a really gifted actress. The show needed her.

Wow. This is really dumbfounding. I think (and I hope) that none of this is actually true, especially the part about Ann's death. I just don't think, and I just don't see how that could've possibly worked. Seriously? Get over it. One Day at a Time is great show and Bonnie Franklin was a really gifted actress. The show needed her.

Don't worry. Anyone who goes into the fame game knows some people will like you, some won't. It's all part of it. I guarantee back in the day, someone was going "that hack Shakespeare? Worst writer ever!"

^I thought so. Some people just don't know anything.

They started to make special episodes that revolved around her equally untalented TV children, Valerie Bertinelli and MacKenzie Philips.



However this is going too far, and if anyone wants to help me hunt the guy down, be here about 5:30. I'm heading out at 6.

You know ODAAT isnt everybody's cup of tea. I'm sure there are actresses and actors that you like and I dont like and vice versa. I would like to know if that story Damien said is true? Is there any truth to it?

Damn it! Damien!:mad: :o :mad:

Damn it! Damien!:mad: :o :mad:


:lol:


Barbara should kick him in the shin! :D

Dude doesn't even know how to use apostrophes (mouth's open -- really?)
Plus, he doesn't elaborate on how Bonnie set back network TV by ten years. Does this mean other actresses started copying her style, setting a trend? If so, how is this a failure?
ODAAT, like any other show that was on for so many seasons, had its share of good and bad episodes, and good and bad performances, even from the same actors. Who performs perfectly or horribly on EVERY day of a job?
Unfortunately, the internet is too full of people trying to be witty and make a name for themselves at the expense of others.

Dude doesn't even know how to use apostrophes (mouth's open -- really?)
Plus, he doesn't elaborate on how Bonnie set back network TV by ten years. Does this mean other actresses started copying her style, setting a trend? If so, how is this a failure?
ODAAT, like any other show that was on for so many seasons, had its share of good and bad episodes, and good and bad performances, even from the same actors. Who performs perfectly or horribly on EVERY day of a job?
Unfortunately, the internet is too full of people trying to be witty and make a name for themselves at the expense of others.


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Thank you, Bonniegirl!

Did you all ever see Truth Behind the Sitcoms about this show?

Bonnie Franklin apparently HATED the first season, would take over the scripts and threaten to quit unless drastic changes were made.

This Damien person is a vulgarian with an ax to grind but I will say Bonnie F. was quite the temperamental diva when things didn't go as she liked. Being as young as she was and not being known to TV it took major hubris to throw her weight around like that.

If characters dropped out of the show without explanation I have a feeling that she had a lot to do with it. Just my speculation...(Ginny Wroblicki, Nick Handris...cough, cough...)

I like Bonnie F. and thought she had a fine voice and dancing skills as evidenced by the clips of her in her Tony nominated work in "Applause" but like Roseanne and Carroll O'Connor, it seemed that she pretty much ruled the roost on the set. I am surprised Mack was even allowed back on the show at all.

She was also very good to those she liked and had my pre teen and middle aged crush, Glenn Scarpelli stay with her for extended periods and was very well loved by Valerie Bertinelli. Like most of us she had her good sides and bad sides but apparently fought very hard for her character and in the 9th season when she was no longer the focus, according to Pat Harrington she thought the show had ran its course and ended it even though it was still doing well in the ratings. PH finally got his much sought after raise and said on the special that "he had such plans for that cash!"

I don't see why Sam and Ann couldn't have gone to London and let the love nest and the travel agency live on so BonnieG could get more of Max/Michael and we could finally see the Royers as parents.

That backdoor pilot with Dwayne, Corey Feldman and the circus freaks was just an acid trip the writers were on. I can't believe they thought that would ever have a chance to succeed.

I don't see why Sam and Ann couldn't have gone to London and let the love nest and the travel agency live on so BonnieG could get more of Max/Michael and we could finally see the Royers as parents.



Here's couple of lines from Valerie's book--

"When Mac had returned, there'd been talk of a spin-off featuring the two of us, but those rumors faded over time"

"Selfishly, I wanted Bonnie to continue doing the show for another year without me. I saw myself taking a year off and then coming back. But Bonnie needed a break as much as I did. She didn't want to re-up. We were finished."

Could we all have gotten by on just Max, Baby Annie, Mark, Katherine, Schneider and Mr. Carlin for a year?

I guess not.

We could live without Ann I suppose but losing Barbara would have been too much of a transition.

Speaking of which, did they do the move to London thing too rapidly? What happened to all of the early arcs where they stretched a plot as far as possible?

I felt bad for Francine having 10 days to plan for Ann's emergency exit. She didn't have much time to hire somebody to take Ann's place and was left with presumably a lot of clients on her hands while Ann out of nowhere became an in demand computer executive or whatever it is she became.

We could have lost Ave Romano, The Funny Boys and a few other clunkers to make room for a better wrap up of such a long running show.

Thoughts???

Whose Mr. Carlin? I don't think it would have worked because I would think you would need a top female in the show and I don't think Grandma Romano would do it. All you have is her and baby Annie. If it was too work she would at least need a girlfriend or somebody.

Whose Mr. Carlin? I don't think it would have worked because I would think you would need a top female in the show and I don't think Grandma Romano would do it. All you have is her and baby Annie. If it was too work she would at least need a girlfriend or somebody.


Mr. Carlin was Mr .Gonigan from Gonigan travel agency where Barbara and Max worked in season 9! Anna called him Mr. Carlin because Gonigan was played by the actor Jack Riley who was most famous for playing Mr. Carlin on The Bob Newhart show! When he came on as Mr. Gonigan in ODAAT we all were like OMG it's Mr. Carlin!!! :eek: :D

Thanks for the translation BG:wave: Hi mets82:wave:

No matter WHAT part Jack Riley plays he will always be Mr. Carlin to me and I suspect to most of the sitcomiverse.

Anna, hello to you!!:wave:

Thanks for the translation BG:wave: Hi mets82:wave:

No matter WHAT part Jack Riley plays he will always be Mr. Carlin to me and I suspect to most of the sitcomiverse.


I know!!!! ;) Jack Riley will ALWAYS be Mr. Carlin to me!!! To EVERYONE, I think.!!! He's typecast!!! He played a mental patient basically, but he is beloved, not scary crazy! ;) I think we all saw the good ,funny side of poor troubled Mr. Carlin and he was a crazy guy but he was like OUR crazy guy if that makes sense!!! :D ;)

I remember when ODAAT first came to Antenna, and the first ep. with the travel agency was on! TVfactfan came on and posted something like this!;)

" Saw my man Mr. Carlin from Bob Newhart as the travel agency owner"! and we all came on and were like Yeah, how cool, something like that. It's on one of these threads!!! :)

IMO this nonsense about Bonnie Franklin being a no talent is a lot of hooey. She was just fine on the show, even if I liked other charcters more than Ann.

IMO this nonsense about Bonnie Franklin being a no talent is a lot of hooey. She was just fine on the show, even if I liked other charcters more than Ann.


:) ;) :wave:

The clown who wrote that article doesn't know what he's talking about. Maybe he was bored and had nothing better to do.

Bonnie Franklin did great work on One Day At A Time. I think she was better looking in the early seasons when she had the longer hair, but acting wise she had good performances during the full run of the series.