Just Curious, But Why Doesn't Cloris Leachman Get The Same Props As Betty White??? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-30-2011, 11:27 AM

Cloris is still making people laugh after all these years. Her career rivals Betty's and perhaps even exceeds her with an Oscar win. Is it because Betty White is a more likeable personality? I am just curious as to why?

scotsguy · 01-03-2012, 11:48 AM

No I think they're both loved,Betty's lovable Rose in "The Golden Girls" perhaps gives Betty an edge in the popular stakes.

Think Cloris has had bit more success in drama as well as comedy.

McGillicuddy · 03-10-2012, 12:41 AM

When Cloris was on Dancing With the Stars, she was very well respected as a legend, and everybody's senior, but I think she can get carried away and be rather annoying and obnoxious, when she's trying to be funny.

She's OK when she's playing a grandmother type on a sit-com, but she just isn't no Betty White, plain and simple!! I also agree, her talents are more rooted in drama rather than comedy.

Brian Damage · 03-10-2012, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by markway895

I also agree, her talents are more rooted in drama rather than comedy.

While I'll agree that there can only be one Betty White, Cloris is more rooted in comedy. She is a Mel Brooks favorite and has been in so many comedies and sitcoms. Yes, she won an Oscar for a drama, but she is more well known for her comedy. IMO

McGillicuddy · 03-10-2012, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

While I'll agree that there can only be one Betty White, Cloris is more rooted in comedy. She is a Mel Brooks favorite and has been in so many comedies and sitcoms. Yes, she won an Oscar for a drama, but she is more well known for her comedy. IMO

Oh WOW! I completely forgot about her ties to Mel Brooks. She was in the short-lived series The Nutt House, with Harvey Korman, produced by MB, and the movies Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety. Prior to The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Phyllis she has a very extensive resume rooted in drama.

Leslie Eckhardt · 03-13-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by markway895

Oh WOW! I completely forgot about her ties to Mel Brooks. She was in the short-lived series The Nutt House, with Harvey Korman, produced by MB, and the movies Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety. Prior to The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Phyllis she has a very extensive resume rooted in drama.

Here are two tidbits for fans of Cloris: She co-starred in the 1957-58 season of ......Lassie! as Timmy's mother before June Lockhart took over the role. I read somewhere that she couldn't understand why the dog got more fan mail than she! Also in the pilot for Wonder Woman (1975) she chews up the scenery as Wonder Woman's mother on Paradise Island! She is a real hoot in this, which can be seen in the 1st season DVD of WW!

McGillicuddy · 03-13-2012, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Eckhardt

Here are two tidbits for fans of Cloris: She co-starred in the 1957-58 season of ......Lassie! as Timmy's mother before June Lockhart took over the role. I read somewhere that she couldn't understand why the dog got more fan mail than she! Also in the pilot for Wonder Woman (1975) she chews up the scenery as Wonder Woman's mother on Paradise Island! She is a real hoot in this, which can be seen in the 1st season DVD of WW!

Cool Leslie, thanx for the heads up on this. I have the Wonder Woman Dvd's, and need to check this out!

McGillicuddy · 03-13-2012, 06:31 PM

Anybody remember the short-lived sitcom, Thanks (late '90's) ,about a family of 17th century Puritans? Cloris played the grandmother on this. I remember her being pretty hilarious in it.

LittleRickyII · 03-15-2012, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by markway895

Anybody remember the short-lived sitcom, Thanks (late '90's) ,about a family of 17th century Puritans? Cloris played the grandmother on this. I remember her being pretty hilarious in it.

And she was hysterical as Ellen Degeneres's mother in Ellen's sadly short-lived sitcom, The Ellen Show in 2001, a show that had a whole lot of potential and should have been given the opportunity to develop. (IMO, it was better than her earlier, more successful sitcom.) Thankfully, that 18-episode series is available on DVD. Each episode is also available on Amazon in pay-per-view format: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285358/episodes?season=1

Mr. Television · 03-15-2012, 08:45 PM

Cloris was great on The Nutt House which was a short lived sitcom in 1989 co-starring Harvey Korman. That should have lasted longer.

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01-03-2012, 11:48 AM	#2
scotsguy Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 25, 2002 Location: Edinburgh,Scotland Posts: 696	No I think they're both loved,Betty's lovable Rose in "The Golden Girls" perhaps gives Betty an edge in the popular stakes. Think Cloris has had bit more success in drama as well as comedy.

03-10-2012, 12:41 AM	#3
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	When Cloris was on Dancing With the Stars, she was very well respected as a legend, and everybody's senior, but I think she can get carried away and be rather annoying and obnoxious, when she's trying to be funny. She's OK when she's playing a grandmother type on a sit-com, but she just isn't no Betty White, plain and simple!! I also agree, her talents are more rooted in drama rather than comedy.

03-13-2012, 06:31 PM	#8
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	Anybody remember the short-lived sitcom, Thanks (late '90's) ,about a family of 17th century Puritans? Cloris played the grandmother on this. I remember her being pretty hilarious in it.