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80s Dude · 04-15-2020, 10:01 AM

I was watching "Like Mother, Like Daughter" last night and saw Sue Ann hanging around with a middle age couple at a table near the piano. I wonder could these have been Sue Ann's parents? They had no speaking parts and Sue Ann was talking to them in the background.

'80sSitcoms · 04-15-2020, 10:53 AM

Retro started a thread on all those non-identified potential parents at Parents Night a couple of years ago. I'll go bump it. It's so great that "pause" was invented so we can study these things.

And did you notice how the audience capacity was so minimal? This was the episode that was rushed through production, so we assume they didn't have time to wrangle a full size audience. It's so jarring to me every time I watch it.

80s Dude · 04-15-2020, 11:08 AM

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Retro started a thread on all those non-identified potential parents at Parents Night a couple of years ago. I'll go bump it. It's so great that "pause" was invented so we can study these things.

And did you notice how the audience capacity was so minimal? This was the episode that was rushed through production, so we assume they didn't have time to wrangle a full size audience. It's so jarring to me every time I watch it.

Was that the episode they had to reshoot?

'80sSitcoms · 04-15-2020, 11:11 AM

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Was that the episode they had to reshoot?

Retro may have more info on that?

And actually, looking at the production guide, episodes 2, 3, and 4 were all taped and aired within 3 days (!). Yet they managed to fill the audience for 3 and 4. I wonder what it was about 2 where they barely had any audience there, unless it was a re-shoot?

RetroGuy2000 · 04-15-2020, 11:19 AM

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Was that the episode they had to reshoot?

It's never been stated publicly, to the best of my knowledge, but I do believe it was LMLD, based on '80sSitcoms' original observation about how quiet the audience is. Something wasn't quite right, there, in the production. I can't think of a better candidate for a re-shoot.

As far as I know, only one documentary, Cast Confessions, mentions the re-shoot.

'80sSitcoms · 04-15-2020, 11:21 AM

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It's never been stated publicly, to the best of my knowledge, but I do believe it was LMLD, based on '80sSitcoms' original observation about how quiet the audience is. Something wasn't quite right, there, in the production. I can't think of a better candidate for a re-shoot.

If any episode needed additional sweetened laughter, it's this one! (why on earth didn't they think of that, we'll never know---ANYTHING to not feel like the jokes are falling flat)

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As far as I know, only one documentary, Cast Confessions, mentions the re-shoot.

Oo, I forgot they mentioned actually re-shooting, interesting...

'80sSitcoms · 04-21-2020, 01:21 AM

80s Dude, I thought you meant in the finale scene, and I just saw that episode. I was like, "I don't see where he's talking about??

" but now that I see this thread again, I see you did not say it's at the end, but just somewhere in the episode (I missed it---probably while I was posting here, lol).

80s Dude · 04-21-2020, 08:14 AM

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80s Dude, I thought you meant in the finale scene, and I just saw that episode. I was like, "I don't see where he's talking about?? :confsused:" but now that I see this thread again, I see you did not say it's at the end, but just somewhere in the episode (I missed it---probably while I was posting here, lol).

It was in the middle of the episode where you saw Sue Ann in the background talking to a middle age couple who had a table right by the piano next to the stairs.

Impressions · 04-22-2020, 12:10 PM

Are these the people you're speaking of? They're uncredited. Are they Sue Ann's parents or relatives?

RetroGuy2000 · 04-22-2020, 12:14 PM

Possible. The red-haired lady looks older than 41, but it could be the lighting. The man does look 40-ish.

'80sSitcoms · 04-22-2020, 12:35 PM

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Possible. The red-haired lady looks older than 41, but it could be the lighting. The man does look 40-ish.

But Sue Ann's mom wasn't established as "only 41" until "Dope" which was filmed the next year.

Also, do we really think Sue Ann's parents went to Parents' Night? All the way from Kansas City, Kansas, when they didn't have much $? (although it also wasn't established until "Dope" that she was at Eastland on scholarship).

Sue Ann is so friendly and welcoming, I just like to think she's making whoever those people are feel welcome.

RetroGuy2000 · 04-22-2020, 12:41 PM

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But we Sue Ann's mom wasn't established as "only 41" until "Dope" which was filmed the next year.

Also, do we really think Sue Ann's parents went to Parents' Night? All the way from Kansas City, Kansas, when they didn't have much $? (although it also wasn't established until "Dope" that she was at Eastland on scholarship).

Sue Ann is so friendly and welcoming, I just like to think she's making whoever those people are feel welcome.

Yeah, if Sue Ann's mom was 41 in "Dope", then she was either 40 or 41 in "Like Mother Like Daughter".

I don't know if Sue Ann's parents could make it all the way out from Kansas City, Kansas, but I'd hope they could make the yearly trek.

I can definitely see Sue Ann welcoming those people and making them feel comfortable, but then the question becomes: if they aren't Sue Ann's parents, then whose parents are they?

'80sSitcoms · 04-22-2020, 12:45 PM

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Yeah, if Sue Ann's mom was 41 in "Dope", then she was either 40 or 41 in "Like Mother Like Daughter".

But I said she wasn't established as 41 until "Dope", filmed in 1980. So IF these are Sue Ann's folks, they retconned her age for "Dope".

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I can definitely see Sue Ann welcoming those people and making them feel comfortable, but then the question becomes: if they aren't Sue Ann's parents, then whose parents are they?

Exactly. And IF that woman is a mom---she does look rather old!

RetroGuy2000 · 04-24-2020, 12:54 AM

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But I said she wasn't established as 41 until "Dope", filmed in 1980. So IF these are Sue Ann's folks, they retconned her age for "Dope".

Exactly. And IF that woman is a mom---she does look rather old!

Hey, life in Kansas City, Kansas, was hard back then!

People looked older back then, anyway. Charlotte Rae was 53 when FOL started, and looked ten years older than that (by the end, she had reverse aged, and looked like she was in her early 50s, IMO).

Lorimar Television · 04-24-2020, 12:56 AM

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Hey, life in Kansas City, Kansas, was hard back then!

People looked older back then, anyway. Charlotte Rae was 53 when FOL started, and looked ten years older than that (by the end, she had reverse aged, and looked like she was in her early 50s, IMO).

Yep I was just saying people used to age alot more in he 80's or so. Now there's botox and face lifts keeping Hollywood look youthful.

04-15-2020, 10:01 AM	#1
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,820	Sue Ann's parents? I was watching "Like Mother, Like Daughter" last night and saw Sue Ann hanging around with a middle age couple at a table near the piano. I wonder could these have been Sue Ann's parents? They had no speaking parts and Sue Ann was talking to them in the background.

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04-21-2020, 01:21 AM	#7
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	80s Dude, I thought you meant in the finale scene, and I just saw that episode. I was like, "I don't see where he's talking about?? " but now that I see this thread again, I see you did not say it's at the end, but just somewhere in the episode (I missed it---probably while I was posting here, lol).
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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Possible. The red-haired lady looks older than 41, but it could be the lighting. The man does look 40-ish.