One of Jim Varney's 1st gigs before "Ernest" made him famous was in the TV version of Operation Petticoat, which lasted a season-plus on ABC, cancelled a month into its 2nd season. That first season cast also included John Astin (ex-The Addams Family), inheriting the lead as Lt. Sherman, played by Cary Grant in the movie version nearly 20 years earlier, a young Jamie Lee Curtis, and, in a recurring role, Norman Alden (The All-New Super Friends Hour, ex-Electra Woman & DynaGirl), who plays Sherman's commanding officer in a few episodes, including the holiday entry, "I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas". Norman shows up around the 17 minute mark. The video's not perfect, but it'll have to do.
Six years later, Norman would be recurring in Varney's next series, The Rousters, this time playing a police detective who worked occasionally with the Earp family.
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