tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post888383339778057450..comments2024-03-25T17:18:56.205-04:00Comments on Saturday Morning Archives: Tooniversary: Scooby-Doo meets Mama Cass Elliott (1973)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-56002809992197560772017-05-29T09:38:50.298-04:002017-05-29T09:38:50.298-04:00Mama Cass Elliott was taken from us too soon. So w...Mama Cass Elliott was taken from us too soon. So were Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Bobby Darin.......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-41809576924881734882014-12-09T19:20:10.206-05:002014-12-09T19:20:10.206-05:00Was my favorite as a child .. yes taken too soon Was my favorite as a child .. yes taken too soon Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466838090818206047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-13073956397622752682014-05-20T11:04:50.215-04:002014-05-20T11:04:50.215-04:00Boy, I remember having this on as a kid (sometime ...Boy, I remember having this on as a kid (sometime in the late seventies/early eighties). My mother came in and did a double-take: "This must really be old. That's Cass Elliott from the Mamas and the Papas, and she's DEAD!"Jennifer L. Schillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685338133114831826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-6482174770922201642013-05-18T10:46:07.773-04:002013-05-18T10:46:07.773-04:00So true. Kathy Kinney was forever trading insults ...So true. Kathy Kinney was forever trading insults with Drew on his show, but there were cases were they were more frenemies than anything else.<br /><br />So we can then dismiss this ep as a product of its time that wouldn't hold up well for the PC police.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-55479302062126521932013-05-17T16:50:47.486-04:002013-05-17T16:50:47.486-04:00It's just that things have changed a bit for &...It's just that things have changed a bit for "larger" women. Performers like Camryn Manheim and Kathy Kinney (among many others) have had roles that went beyond their physical appearances (Kinney's character on the Drew Carey Show was always made fun of by Drew, but she still had more to do than be his punching bag). If Mama Cass were here today, she would be taken more seriously - she wouldn't necessarily have been "the fat girl" no one wants to touch. magicdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755186050643383954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-20886871845774387942013-05-16T13:56:27.837-04:002013-05-16T13:56:27.837-04:00Ok, so she wanted to be taken seriously doing come...Ok, so she wanted to be taken seriously doing comedy. Yeah, writers look for the easiest topic to use for humor sometimes, but often in such insensitive ways.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-88298097536598172682013-05-15T16:47:43.151-04:002013-05-15T16:47:43.151-04:00From what I've seen in various clips on other ...From what I've seen in various clips on other TV shows (she'd been in various comedy skits like the Red Skelton Show), her weight was about all they focused on. I thought it was the writers taking the easy way out. <br /><br />I had heard that after yet another "fat girl" skit, she went to her dressing room and cried her eyes out. magicdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755186050643383954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-75501677430309012013-05-15T09:47:44.814-04:002013-05-15T09:47:44.814-04:00At least she was willing to poke fun at her own pl...At least she was willing to poke fun at her own plus-size image. Apparently, there wasn't anything she could cover from previous material, as Davy & Jerry did.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-4290161896724315492013-05-15T05:24:48.788-04:002013-05-15T05:24:48.788-04:00When I first saw this cartoon as a child, I didn&#...When I first saw this cartoon as a child, I didn't quite know who Mama Cass was - until my parents informed me of her singing career with the Mamas & The Papas.<br /><br />It's cool she was part of this show, but like Davy Jones and Jerry Reed, we should have heard her sing.<br /><br />She was taken from us all too soon.magicdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755186050643383954noreply@blogger.com