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Who would think, that in October 2019, we'd have the opportunity to see and hear Bea Benaderet in four different television programs, all running nearly every day:
As Blanche Morton on the Burns and Allen Show
As Pearl Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies
As Kate Bradley in Petticoat Junction
and now, as Betty Rubble on The Flintstones
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 11, 2020 6:17 AM |
It's too bad you didn't also catch a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon with Bea as Granny. She originated the role, but June Foray later took it over.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 1, 2019 3:29 AM |
Bea also played a live-action version of Granny on a first-season episode of "I Love Lucy."
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 1, 2019 3:39 AM |
She has a very long list of acting credits at IMDB. It includes the Granny character that R1 mentioned, plus lots more in Warner-Brother cartoons. I had no idea she did so much voice work.
I always enjoyed her appearances on Burns & Allen.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 1, 2019 3:51 AM |
Marry me, OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 1, 2019 3:51 AM |
That's the worst pic of her, in character as Jed Clampett's cousin Pearl.
She was really lovely in Burns and Allen, nice outfits and hair, stylish and smart.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 1, 2019 3:54 AM |
And Bea a was first choice for Ethel Mertz, but was unable to leave Burns & Allen. Thank god Bea was stuck and triple thanks that first choice Gale Gordon was not going to be Fred Mertz.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 1, 2019 3:56 AM |
That CUNT.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 1, 2019 5:14 AM |
[quoote]Who would think, that in October 2019, we'd have the opportunity to see and hear Bea Benaderet in four different television programs, all running nearly every day:
Once in a great while fate will toss us out a treat such as this.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 1, 2019 5:24 AM |
The Pearl Bodine episodes are currently running mornings on MeTV.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 1, 2019 2:33 PM |
Blanche Morton. I think of her rather often.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 1, 2019 2:37 PM |
Bea was also a regular on Jack Benny's radio show, where she provided various character voices, including a telephone operator who gossiped about Benny. On radio, she and Gale Gordon also played the leads on "Granby's Green Acres," about a couple who leave the city to try country life. That show was the inspiration for TV's "Green Acres," which, of course, was a spin-off of Bea's "Petticoat Junction."
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 1, 2019 3:23 PM |
I agree, good thing that Bea couldn't take the Ethel role in I Love Lucy -- she would have outshone the rest of the cast. Bea really had the best comedic timing of any straight (in the comedic sense) actor -- her double takes when Gracie said her best lines are still my favorite of all time.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 1, 2019 3:45 PM |
But does Bea's pussy stink?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 1, 2019 3:48 PM |
Not anymore
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 1, 2019 5:04 PM |
Here's a great little audio vignette she did for an Arch Oboler record.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 11, 2020 5:02 AM |
I wonder why she didn’t change her name to Bennet, or something easier to spell/remember.
Most performers from her era did.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 11, 2020 5:30 AM |
How fesitive!
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 11, 2020 6:14 AM |
Lol good catch
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