Do You Think Ted Knight Should've Played Ted Baxter on 'Too Close For Comfort?' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-23-2011, 04:35 PM

I know this show was a moderate hit, but could it have been bigger if Ted played Baxter and say Lydia Cornell played Mary Lou? Just curious?

TV_on_the_Porch · 07-23-2011, 10:51 PM

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Do You Think Ted Knight Should've Played Ted Baxter on 'Too Close For Comfort?'

He did.

As they say, a rose by any other name....

Big3sCompanyFan · 09-11-2011, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

I know this show was a moderate hit, but could it have been bigger if Ted played Baxter and say Lydia Cornell played Mary Lou? Just curious?

Who?? I assume they're from the Mary Tyler Moore Show?

I've only seen a few minutes of that show and never liked it.

TMC · 04-09-2018, 01:36 AM

Apparently, Ted Knight in real life grew to hate his Ted Baxter character (despite being brilliant at playing him) because it, of course, typecast him forever. Even on TCFC, it's easy to suggest Knight's deliveries were the same, even though his character on TCFC had a brain, at least.

Ted Knight also, could allegedly be quite difficult to work with. He had some fights with Ed Asner while working on The Mary Tyler Moore Show because of his "attitude." So one can assume that he grew to hate playing Ted Baxter and this spilled over onto the set and his behavior.

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TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	Apparently, Ted Knight in real life grew to hate his Ted Baxter character (despite being brilliant at playing him) because it, of course, typecast him forever. Even on TCFC, it's easy to suggest Knight's deliveries were the same, even though his character on TCFC had a brain, at least. Ted Knight also, could allegedly be quite difficult to work with. He had some fights with Ed Asner while working on The Mary Tyler Moore Show because of his "attitude." So one can assume that he grew to hate playing Ted Baxter and this spilled over onto the set and his behavior.