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View Full Version : Sitcom characters whose character were or want to be in show business mstewart 11-13-2002, 12:50 AM Alice Hyatt Alice Muriel Rush Too Close for Comfort Laura Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show Lucy Ricardo I Love Lucy Chocoholic 11-13-2002, 01:33 AM Bobby Wheeler (Taxi) Impressions 11-13-2002, 09:21 AM Tootie Ramsey: Actress (The Facts of Life) James 11-13-2002, 02:03 PM All I can think of include the six kids on The Brady Bunch (specifically musical careers) and Al Lambert (Christine Lakin) on Step By Step. Also worth mentioning are Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney on Laverne and Shirley after they moved to California--they wanted to try showbiz besides working as gift wrappers at Bardwell's Department Store. Oh, and Carmine Ragusa (The Big Ragoo) definitely wanted to be in show business, both as a Las Vegas singer and on Broadway! Didn't Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days have such aspirations? Brian Damage 11-13-2002, 03:30 PM Joey Tribiani (Friends) Woody Boyd (Cheers) Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld) Sideshow Bob (Simpsons) mister bluster 11-17-2002, 05:50 AM Patty Lane in The Patty Duke Show wanted to in one episode, Mary in the Donna Reed Show once wanted to, and of course Lucy Ricardo and the Mertzes were always wanting to, Fred having already been in vaudeville years ago. mister bluster 11-17-2002, 06:01 AM Oh yes, and Telma Hopkins' character in Bosom Buddies. What was her name again? Janice 11-17-2002, 11:20 AM Jack McFarland on Will & Grace. Not show business, but Ron Harris of Barney Miller and Diane Chambers of Cheers were aspiring writers who were eventually successful. I Dream of Jeannie 11-17-2002, 06:03 PM Roger Healey, I Dream of Jeannie Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie; she wanted to be an actress so that Tony would pay more attention to her. Adam the Great 11-17-2002, 06:52 PM Mike Seaver, from Growing Pains. He wanted to become an actor. Barnabas1 11-17-2002, 09:53 PM Lucy Ricardo - ILL! |