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Zoneboy · 09-06-2007, 09:40 PM

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Suzanne Pleshette is very much alive, and ever her saucy self. In a rare public appearance Wednesday night for a 35th-anniversary tribute to "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972-78), her most enduring work, the veteran actress showed that a year of serious personal and health matters hasn't dampened her spitfire personality.

"I'm cancer-free, my (breasts) are great and ... I'm extremely, extremely rich," she responded to a question from The Associated Press, generating howls of laughter from a packed audience during a panel discussion featuring the cast of the beloved sitcom.

The tribute, co-hosted by the TV Land cable network and the Paley Center for Media, attracted most of the show's principals, as well as legendary-comic guests Don Rickles and Tim Conway. But Pleshette's attendance had been a question mark.

In August 2006, it was announced that the actress, 70, was being treated for lung cancer. In April, her actor-husband Tom Poston died from respiratory failure. Even as late as Wednesday afternoon, publicists would not confirm Pleshette's participation in the tribute, and she did not walk the arrivals line, where Newhart spoke about his longtime leading lady's health.

"It is not cancer," he said. "She had an operation, they got it all. She then developed a pulmonary problem. She went in the hospital. When she went in the hospital, she caught pneumonia, so she went back in the hospital. It was touch and go. She's here tonight, and she told me, `Yesterday, I couldn't have made it.'"

Early into the panel discussion, Pleshette noted, "I could have dropped dead. There are three doctors who kept me alive, just for tonight."

Pleshette, looking fresh in a black pinstriped suit, was asked what she thought the classic show's real secret of success was. "The sexual energy between us," she responded dryly, inspiring a belly laugh from Newhart.

"I don't remember that," he shot back.

She was serious for a moment, though, when talking about working with Newhart as the ever amusing and ever loving Bob and Emily.

"We were a bright couple," Pleshette said. "We were a couple who cared deeply for each other. We were a working couple, both making substantial amounts of money. And I just think we were fabulous."

TV Land airs a 35th-anniversary marathon of "The Bob Newhart Show" on Monday, running eight episodes selected by Newhart, from 8 p.m. to midnight.

catlover79 · 09-06-2007, 10:12 PM

It's great to see Suzanne Pleshette in such a terrific frame of mind. I love the commentaries she did on the Season 4 DVD box set of the Bob Newhart Show!

CAJeannieFan57 · 09-07-2007, 08:57 AM

Word has it from Albuquerque that Bill Daily is in LA filming something for TBNS. I think we're going to see several cast members on Monday's TV Land mini-marathon of 8 TBNS episodes. My guess is, we may see most of the 6.

Be sure to tune in Monday to TV Land....8 pm to Midnight, Eastern time. The episodes DO include most people's favorite, "Over the River and Through the Woods" (AKA the moo-goo-gai-pan ep). Maybe if TV Land gets big statistics of viewers, they'll try to get the license after AmericanLife Network is done with it, and run it? (After all, so few of us even get that AmericanLife Network. None of the big cable companies have it, and neither do the 2 main satellite companies.)

lecroixwalker · 09-07-2007, 01:02 PM

Thanks for the article. She has a great sense of humour!
I will definately try to tune in Monday. Thanks for the heads up

Ohio8 · 09-10-2007, 09:56 PM

I read a similar article in today's "USA Today." Here's the pic.

mstewart · 09-11-2007, 10:33 AM

If I was to pick to the top three TV married couples of the 70s Bob and Emily Hartley would be on top of the list. Watching the show last night the energy and chemistry between was powerful.

In curious my other two was Bernie and Bridget Steinberg, Bridget Loves Berine's David Birney and Meredith Baxter (then she became Baxter Birney by meeting Birney on the set) and James and Florida Evans, Good Times.

ladyjane · 09-11-2007, 12:50 PM

This lady is remarkable, simply, utterly remarkable.

OH Nuts! · 09-17-2007, 09:56 PM

She sure is, and BTW, she was great when she guested on Will & Grace as Karen's estranged mother.

Scoobiedoo30 · 09-18-2007, 01:05 AM

Suzzane is in my Prayers

09-06-2007, 09:40 PM	#1
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09-06-2007, 10:12 PM	#2
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,396	It's great to see Suzanne Pleshette in such a terrific frame of mind. I love the commentaries she did on the Season 4 DVD box set of the Bob Newhart Show!
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CAJeannieFan57 Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 01, 2005 Location: Central Missouri Posts: 871	Word has it from Albuquerque that Bill Daily is in LA filming something for TBNS. I think we're going to see several cast members on Monday's TV Land mini-marathon of 8 TBNS episodes. My guess is, we may see most of the 6. Be sure to tune in Monday to TV Land....8 pm to Midnight, Eastern time. The episodes DO include most people's favorite, "Over the River and Through the Woods" (AKA the moo-goo-gai-pan ep). Maybe if TV Land gets big statistics of viewers, they'll try to get the license after AmericanLife Network is done with it, and run it? (After all, so few of us even get that AmericanLife Network. None of the big cable companies have it, and neither do the 2 main satellite companies.)
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Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,998	I read a similar article in today's "USA Today." Here's the pic. Attached Images

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09-07-2007, 01:02 PM	#4
lecroixwalker Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 31, 2007 Location: ireland Posts: 23	Thanks for the article. She has a great sense of humour! I will definately try to tune in Monday. Thanks for the heads up

09-11-2007, 10:33 AM	#6
mstewart mstewart Senior Member Join Date: Jan 25, 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,780	If I was to pick to the top three TV married couples of the 70s Bob and Emily Hartley would be on top of the list. Watching the show last night the energy and chemistry between was powerful. In curious my other two was Bernie and Bridget Steinberg, Bridget Loves Berine's David Birney and Meredith Baxter (then she became Baxter Birney by meeting Birney on the set) and James and Florida Evans, Good Times.

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ladyjane Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 10, 2007 Location: new york Posts: 20	This lady is remarkable, simply, utterly remarkable.

09-17-2007, 09:56 PM	#8
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	She sure is, and BTW, she was great when she guested on Will & Grace as Karen's estranged mother.