Samantha Browne-Walters fired? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TJ · 09-06-2003, 10:25 PM

Was she fired from the show or did she voluntarily leave it for other reasons? I don't see her in any of the season 2 cast photos or press releases.

Marvo301 · 09-15-2003, 07:51 PM

TJ, I just visited the official website for Life With Bonnie at ABC.go.com. Samantha was in all the pictures and is very obviously still on the show. Please try to get your facts correct.

TJ · 09-22-2003, 11:19 PM

Um Marvo, check again buddy.. she is no where to be seen in any photos on that site and she's not listed under the cast bios section.. you were viewing their old site probably, they recently updated...

http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifewithbonnie/index.html

Mr. Television · 09-23-2003, 02:20 PM

Over at Mediaweek.com it was reported that a tv kid would be missing in action this season with no explanation of where he/she went. It didn't mention the show but maybe it was Life With Bonnie.

TVJunkie101 · 09-27-2003, 08:10 AM

I have no clue what happened either. But, she's obviously gone from the show. Chalk it up to another Missing In Action kid on a sitcom, lol. Last night's premiere it was as if the daughter never existed.

hawaii five-o · 09-27-2003, 11:51 AM

Maybe Chuck Cunningham can tell us where she is???

HDfanLiz · 09-30-2003, 09:08 PM

Yeah, I noticed she wasn't in any of the ads, and then sure enough I tuned in and she was gone. It's very odd, I thought she was a pretty good actress. I wonder why they wrote her out with no explanation.

Wizzy · 10-01-2003, 02:44 PM

she was too darn distracting to viewers...

why did Bonnie Hunt cast such homely kids to begin with?
If the show DOES last for 5 years they are gonna be the ugliest things since Danny Bonaduce grew breasts on The Partridge Family.
In fact, the remaining wise cracker son LOOKS like young Danny !

maybe with one missing daughter (in Chuck Cunningham limbo)
Bonnie can focus on using her cast well-- instead of annoying
improv guests who try to milk it and flop (Robin Williams was
horrible last year!)

Grant · 10-02-2003, 12:52 AM

Seems like a BIG mistake to boot the kid that actually can act. (Maybe that's why Whizzy found her so distracting.) Which is far more than I can say for the other two kids, (geez, could somebody get them some acting and diction lessons), and a couple of the adults as well. Holly and Chris, please.
Beyond the sheer tackiness of having Samantha never come home from school and have nobody notice. She was the character that could handle exposition therefore driving what story forward, that wasn't lost on the cutting room floor, without making it SOUND like exposition. Besides she was the heart of the show if you look back.
As to looks, Charlie I'll give you, eeeee. But I think there was a little of the Lucy making sure Ethyl didn't upstage her looks happening on Bonnie's part. If you've seen any of Samantha's film work, she's much better looking than she was allowed to be on LWB. And also by the end of the season Samantha was beginning to develop some very long legs, and some T&A to go with that gorgeous NATURAL blonde hair. Bonnie is infamously insecure about her looks, her age, and competition from the female gender. Just peruse the looks of the women she has as regulars on the show. And the guests, mostly men, some with their aging mothers.
All that aside, WHERE is Bonnie's vaunted loyalty to her casts? Oh I forgot, little girls are expendable.

Frasier W. Crane · 10-02-2003, 06:43 PM

I HATE when they do this to shows...they get rid of a charater without any explination.....it bothers me so much. Anyone agree?

Sitcomwriter · 10-02-2003, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Frasier W. Crane
I HATE when they do this to shows...they get rid of a charater without any explination.....it bothers me so much. Anyone agree?

Yep but I knew Frankie would become a regular.I sort og expected this.Charlie was the "Funny Kid", Frankie was the "Crazy Next-Door Neighbor" but what was Samantha? She was the "ugly" (although I didn't think so) token daughter.She really didn't do anything.Chuck Cunninham anyone? It does suck though.I kind of refuse to watch the show now.

Wizzy · 10-03-2003, 02:23 PM

female improv actresses like

Catherine O'Hara
Tracey Ullman
Andrea Martin
Jane Curtain
Jennifer Coolidge
Lily Tomlin

would NEVER be cast as guest stars on Bonnie's IMPROV/Sitcom
because they would BLOW her out of the water in the talent department....and Miss Priss would be scared they would look
PRETTIER than the STAR.
Believe me, Bonnie....your TV HUSBAND is prettier than you.
Like Donna Reed's TV Hubby -- he is a hottie and nobody is looking at YOUR side of the bed.

ABC is hanging on to this DOG of a show and talent because
they are often 4th place in ratings -- and are desperate.

Grant · 10-05-2003, 03:53 AM

Not only do I hate it when a character drops off the face of the earth. Someone who should know told me, that there is even more hateful behavior behind the scenes. Seems Bonnie made Samantha wait until a couple of days before the contract deadline, travel and housing arrangements already having had to be made by then for NYC to LA, before Samantha's agent was told Sams contract wouldn't be picked up. No explanation was given and Bonnie didn't so much as drop a note to the child she'd been kissing, hugging, and telling how wonderful she was for the whole of last season. And the creepy kicker, Bonnie has had Samantha's head cut out of the little kid pictures on set and glued Connor's head in? Why not just put picures of Connor in the frames? Does anyone else find that this is bizarre behaviour in regards to a child?

hawaii five-o · 10-05-2003, 03:38 PM

This reminds me of the scene in the movie "Mommie Dearest" when Joan Crawford breaks up with her boyfriend and cuts his head out of all of the pictures in the picture frames and photo albums. Little Christina says, "If she gets mad at you, she can just make you disappear."

simplechef · 10-06-2003, 04:09 PM

Wow, I just have to say this thread has become viscious! I LOVE LWB. Yes, we miss Samantha, but we sure wouldn't ax the whole show for it.

Perhaps there were two sides to the story. Maybe a long legged, actractive little girl has other fish to fry... Maybe she didn't like being a "little girl" on the show.

I am disappointed that there is no mention of her, but get real. It's not the only time this has happened in TVland.

All to say, I think this is the FUNNIEST show on TV right now. We tape and watch faithfully.

09-06-2003, 10:25 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,653	Samantha Browne-Walters fired? Was she fired from the show or did she voluntarily leave it for other reasons? I don't see her in any of the season 2 cast photos or press releases.

09-23-2003, 02:20 PM	#4
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09-27-2003, 08:10 AM	#5
TVJunkie101 Member...you 'member? Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,838	I have no clue what happened either. But, she's obviously gone from the show. Chalk it up to another Missing In Action kid on a sitcom, lol. Last night's premiere it was as if the daughter never existed.
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10-01-2003, 02:44 PM	#8
Wizzy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 46	that homely daughter is gone -- yay she was too darn distracting to viewers... why did Bonnie Hunt cast such homely kids to begin with? If the show DOES last for 5 years they are gonna be the ugliest things since Danny Bonaduce grew breasts on The Partridge Family. In fact, the remaining wise cracker son LOOKS like young Danny ! maybe with one missing daughter (in Chuck Cunningham limbo) Bonnie can focus on using her cast well-- instead of annoying improv guests who try to milk it and flop (Robin Williams was horrible last year!)

10-02-2003, 12:52 AM	#9
Grant Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 4	But Sam could act! Seems like a BIG mistake to boot the kid that actually can act. (Maybe that's why Whizzy found her so distracting.) Which is far more than I can say for the other two kids, (geez, could somebody get them some acting and diction lessons), and a couple of the adults as well. Holly and Chris, please. Beyond the sheer tackiness of having Samantha never come home from school and have nobody notice. She was the character that could handle exposition therefore driving what story forward, that wasn't lost on the cutting room floor, without making it SOUND like exposition. Besides she was the heart of the show if you look back. As to looks, Charlie I'll give you, eeeee. But I think there was a little of the Lucy making sure Ethyl didn't upstage her looks happening on Bonnie's part. If you've seen any of Samantha's film work, she's much better looking than she was allowed to be on LWB. And also by the end of the season Samantha was beginning to develop some very long legs, and some T&A to go with that gorgeous NATURAL blonde hair. Bonnie is infamously insecure about her looks, her age, and competition from the female gender. Just peruse the looks of the women she has as regulars on the show. And the guests, mostly men, some with their aging mothers. All that aside, WHERE is Bonnie's vaunted loyalty to her casts? Oh I forgot, little girls are expendable.

09-15-2003, 07:51 PM	#2
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,450	TJ, I just visited the official website for Life With Bonnie at ABC.go.com. Samantha was in all the pictures and is very obviously still on the show. Please try to get your facts correct.

09-22-2003, 11:19 PM	#3
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,653	Um Marvo, check again buddy.. she is no where to be seen in any photos on that site and she's not listed under the cast bios section.. you were viewing their old site probably, they recently updated... http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifewithbonnie/index.html

09-27-2003, 11:51 AM	#6
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	Maybe Chuck Cunningham can tell us where she is???

09-30-2003, 09:08 PM	#7
HDfanLiz Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2003 Location: Arnold's Posts: 447	Yeah, I noticed she wasn't in any of the ads, and then sure enough I tuned in and she was gone. It's very odd, I thought she was a pretty good actress. I wonder why they wrote her out with no explanation.

10-02-2003, 06:43 PM	#10
Frasier W. Crane Farewell, Frasier Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 22, 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 782	Grrr.. I HATE when they do this to shows...they get rid of a charater without any explination.....it bothers me so much. Anyone agree?
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10-03-2003, 02:23 PM	#12
Wizzy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 24, 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 46	Bonnie would never hire REAL TALENT female improv actresses like Catherine O'Hara Tracey Ullman Andrea Martin Jane Curtain Jennifer Coolidge Lily Tomlin would NEVER be cast as guest stars on Bonnie's IMPROV/Sitcom because they would BLOW her out of the water in the talent department....and Miss Priss would be scared they would look PRETTIER than the STAR. Believe me, Bonnie....your TV HUSBAND is prettier than you. Like Donna Reed's TV Hubby -- he is a hottie and nobody is looking at YOUR side of the bed. ABC is hanging on to this DOG of a show and talent because they are often 4th place in ratings -- and are desperate.

10-05-2003, 03:53 AM	#13
Grant Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 4	Not only do I hate it when a character drops off the face of the earth. Someone who should know told me, that there is even more hateful behavior behind the scenes. Seems Bonnie made Samantha wait until a couple of days before the contract deadline, travel and housing arrangements already having had to be made by then for NYC to LA, before Samantha's agent was told Sams contract wouldn't be picked up. No explanation was given and Bonnie didn't so much as drop a note to the child she'd been kissing, hugging, and telling how wonderful she was for the whole of last season. And the creepy kicker, Bonnie has had Samantha's head cut out of the little kid pictures on set and glued Connor's head in? Why not just put picures of Connor in the frames? Does anyone else find that this is bizarre behaviour in regards to a child?

10-05-2003, 03:38 PM	#14
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	Bonnie Dearest This reminds me of the scene in the movie "Mommie Dearest" when Joan Crawford breaks up with her boyfriend and cuts his head out of all of the pictures in the picture frames and photo albums. Little Christina says, "If she gets mad at you, she can just make you disappear."

10-06-2003, 04:09 PM	#15
simplechef Member First Time Poster Join Date: Oct 06, 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 1	No Samantha Wow, I just have to say this thread has become viscious! I LOVE LWB. Yes, we miss Samantha, but we sure wouldn't ax the whole show for it. Perhaps there were two sides to the story. Maybe a long legged, actractive little girl has other fish to fry... Maybe she didn't like being a "little girl" on the show. I am disappointed that there is no mention of her, but get real. It's not the only time this has happened in TVland. All to say, I think this is the FUNNIEST show on TV right now. We tape and watch faithfully.
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