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Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:21 pm to
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:21 pm to
It would not have worked if Mary Ann was hotter than Ginger
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:22 pm to
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It would not have worked if Mary Ann was hotter than Ginger

But she was...
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
23235 posts
Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:25 pm to
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Yeah, and Dawn Wells was a regular Meryl Streep.

Compared to Racquel Welch, she was.
We're talking about eye candy on a TV sitcom-
I don't think anyone was trying to get an Emmy on the show

I think Raquel would have overshadowed the rest of the cast too much, at least from the view of the producers.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:28 pm to
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Even looked great when she got older..




To be fair, so did Dawn. Here, she's 77.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
155736 posts
Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:33 pm to
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Dawn Wells was a regular Meryl Streep
I prefer DW as an actress

I am nor joking
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
60944 posts
Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:34 pm to
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Maybe it had something to do with Raquel Welch being a god-awful actress...?


Yeah because Dawn Wells was the next Katherine Hepburn

Probably more likely because she was apparently a raging bitch, just ask Kramer
Posted by Norway
Member since Aug 2024
995 posts
Posted on 11/17/24 at 9:44 pm to
What could have been,,,

Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 11/17/24 at 10:11 pm to
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Dawn was the pretty girl next door. If I remember correctly, Mary Ann was a farm girl from Kansas.

Raquel could have played Ginger easily.


Agreed, Raquel was too model-hot to play Mary Ann. Dawn Wells hit that innocent-Midwest-farmgirl hotness dead center.
Posted by LSUDonMCO
Orlando
Member since Dec 2003
8498 posts
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:07 am to
Racquel would make Tina Louise look like a dog. RW doesn't give off the girl next door vibe. Ginger was supposed to be the Marilyn Monroe type bombshell. Dawn Wells was hot in her own way
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
17237 posts
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:53 am to
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It would not have worked if Mary Ann was hotter than Ginger


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But she was...



She was for me. For the Ginger or Mary Ann question, give me Mary Ann every day and twice on Sunday
Posted by minvielle
Youngsville, LA
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 11/18/24 at 10:12 am to
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 11/18/24 at 4:49 pm to
I think she was waaaaay to hot for that show. They might as well of called it "Rapist Island" cause that's all the actors, writers, characters and viewers would be thinking about every episode. Hell Mrs Howell would have tried to hit that!
This post was edited on 11/18/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
45309 posts
Posted on 11/18/24 at 10:29 pm to
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Only Jeanie did it for me so I can’t relate.


You and me, we’re not so different.

Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80617 posts
Posted on 11/19/24 at 6:51 am to
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They might as well of called it "Rapist Island" cause that's all the actors, writers, characters and viewers would be thinking about every episode.


That is where you chose to go with this?
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19758 posts
Posted on 11/19/24 at 8:24 am to
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Hell Mrs Howell would have tried to hit that!
even Lovie had her day….

Posted by BurlesonCountyAg
Member since Jan 2014
4666 posts
Posted on 11/19/24 at 8:32 am to
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I think she was waaaaay to hot for that show. They might as well of called it "Rapist Island" cause that's all the actors, writers, characters and viewers would be thinking about every episode. Hell Mrs Howell would have tried to hit that!


I think they should have voted people off the island, and the show would have been called “Jerk, Off Island”
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