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Brian Damage · 02-22-2012, 12:16 AM

...maybe paint drying?

Anybody remember this early FOX sitcom called 'Stand By Your Man?'

old grouch · 02-22-2012, 07:18 PM

Half Pint meets the Queen of Mean. I vaguely remember this show. Didn't it have something to do with Melissa Gilbert's husband going to prison???

howierules86 · 02-22-2012, 08:27 PM

^Having remembered seeing this show when TV Land aired it on Saturday mornings briefly during the spring of 1998, I can confirm that Melissa and Rosie played two sisters who decided to live together after both of their husbands got sent to prison for robberies. I personally thought it was an okay sitcom at that time (remember, this was well before that year Rosie O'Donnell was on "The View" and lost all respect from me as a result).

catlover79 · 02-28-2012, 12:10 AM

I've never seen it - sounds like I didn't miss much!!!

Mr. Television · 02-28-2012, 12:20 AM

Yea remember at one time Rosie was considered the nicest person on tv. lol

TVFactFan · 02-28-2012, 01:35 AM

I first discovered Rosie ODonnell on the Movie Exit to Eden

Sadly I was attracted to her LOl

catlover79 · 02-28-2012, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I first discovered Rosie ODonnell on the Movie Exit to Eden

Sadly I was attracted to her LOl

Wow!!!

Schmoopie · 02-28-2012, 04:56 AM

Never heard of it either, and that's probably a good thing since I don't really like either one of those actresses.

howierules86 · 02-28-2012, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Yea remember at one time Rosie was considered the nicest person on tv. lol

I assume this was before that year she was on The View, right?

TV Knowledge Fan · 02-29-2012, 05:22 PM

...appeared on Fox's Sunday night schedule [10-10:30pm(et)] from April through June 1992, and was adapted from the British sitcom "BIRDS OF A FEATHER". This was Rosie's only starring role in a prime-time comedy....

Mr. Television · 03-01-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by howierules86

I assume this was before that year she was on The View, right?

Many years before the view. She had a syndicated daytime show in the 1990's and she was always considered a nice person then. After she ambushed Tom Selleck on her show, that's when I started to have second thoughts about her. She went downhill from there.

ThomasE · 07-08-2012, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Many years before the view. She had a syndicated daytime show in the 1990's and she was always considered a nice person then. After she ambushed Tom Selleck on her show, that's when I started to have second thoughts about her. She went downhill from there.

I definitely remember this show. I used to love to watch this on Fox Sunday nights at 10. Melissa's sister Sara (from Rosanne) visited the set and said they had a hit on their hands. How I wish this show would have remained in the lineup.

02-22-2012, 12:16 AM	#1
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02-22-2012, 07:18 PM	#2
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	Half Pint meets the Queen of Mean. I vaguely remember this show. Didn't it have something to do with Melissa Gilbert's husband going to prison???

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02-29-2012, 05:22 PM	#10
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	"STAND BY YOUR MAN"... ...appeared on Fox's Sunday night schedule [10-10:30pm(et)] from April through June 1992, and was adapted from the British sitcom "BIRDS OF A FEATHER". This was Rosie's only starring role in a prime-time comedy....