Dark Secrets About 70s Sitcom Stars That They Failed to Cover Up

Dark Secrets About 70s Sitcom Stars That They Failed to Cover Up

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Did you know that the actress who played Edith Bunker actually had a beautiful singing voice, and were you aware that when Isabel Sanford first saw her Jefferson's husband she thought he was too short for the part?

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - All In The Family's Jean Stapleton Was An EXCELLENT Singer
01:52 - Redd Foxx Was Just 48 When He Was Cast As A 65-Year-Old
03:20 - Isabel Sanford Was Surprised By Her 'Jeffersons' Husband's Height
03:58 - Bob Newhart Insisted His Character Be Childless
04:43 - Christopher Lloyd Came Up With Reverend Jim's Signature 'Distant Look' on Taxi Drawing From His Brother's Facial Expressions
05:23 - Suzanne Somer's Side Ponytail Was Covering A Bald Spot
06:07 - Danny Devito Used Obscenities At His Taxi Audition
06:55 - Outro

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1970s sitcoms varied heavily when it came to their content and style. Nostalgic throwbacks like Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days transported audiences back in time to the 1950s. Other sitcoms from the era weren't afraid to show a little more teeth by pushing the boundaries and taking on poignant social issues. In the previous decades, the sitcom was aimed at white, suburban middle-class families, and the content and stars you saw on your TV screens reflected this. But in the 1970s, we began seeing sitcoms where the leads weren't the white, working-class folks we were used to.

You had other programs that were starting to show black families who were upwardly mobile. The Jeffersons was a huge hit with audiences of all demographics – showing clearly that American audiences had an appetite for such shows. Women were also beginning to be shown in different roles than they had previously been delegated to. Gone were the days when women were merely housewives, mothers, and submissive homemakers.

The workplace was now the setting for the majority of hit television series. We were treated to a plethora of series during this decade that moved away from the home setting and into places like police departments, taxi cab garages, newsrooms, schools, and even a mobile Army hospital in war-torn South Korea. It's fascinating to look back on this culturally significant decade. Seeing as how we're currently living in the so-called information age, a ton of secrets related to the stars of this decade's classic sitcoms have come to light in recent years. Join Facts Verse as we reveal to you some of the most intriguing secrets that these stars weren't able to cover up.

Dark Secrets About 70s Sitcom Stars That They Failed to Cover Up

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Title: Dark Secrets About 70s Sitcom Stars That They Failed to Cover Up
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