Buddy Ebsen once said neither he nor Irene Ryan ''ran the set'' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-14-2023, 09:12 PM

https://www.metv.com/stories/buddy-e...ly-hillbillies

Jed and Granny had the power in the Clampett household, but Ebsen and Ryan were just ecstatic to be there.

forn · 03-25-2023, 07:28 PM

I thought the most interesting part of that article was that Ebsen said that they didn't do any ad libbing because they respected the writers.

Will Dockery · 04-09-2023, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by forn

I thought the most interesting part of that article was that Ebsen said that they didn't do any ad libbing because they respected the writers.

True, the scripts on TBH seem pretty tight.

03-14-2023, 09:12 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	Buddy Ebsen once said neither he nor Irene Ryan ''ran the set'' https://www.metv.com/stories/buddy-e...ly-hillbillies Jed and Granny had the power in the Clampett household, but Ebsen and Ryan were just ecstatic to be there.

03-25-2023, 07:28 PM	#2
forn Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2022 Posts: 294	I thought the most interesting part of that article was that Ebsen said that they didn't do any ad libbing because they respected the writers.