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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Jan 8, 2013 22:44:03 GMT -5
REV Fordwick
"How's my sermon ? "
Jim-Bob
"Scary "
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 9, 2013 10:19:10 GMT -5
REV Fordwick "How's my sermon ? " Jim-Bob "Scary " Tee-hee. Thanks, Awesome.... an excellent scene to remember! Does anyone else (but me) have a problem with John Ritter's playing Rev. Fordwick?? I never felt he was right for the part..... I love John Ritter and feel he did a decent job with the role, but it's just never felt right to me. However, I can't come up with another actor in particular whom I would have preferred..... |
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Post by daniela on Jan 9, 2013 11:35:08 GMT -5
Really Jeri? I wonder if it's because you see him as Jack Tripper?
I never really thought about it. I thought he was great, but your right, I can't think of anyone else to play the part either.
Did anyone ever notice two times on Three's Company, (that I noticed, there may be more), that "Jack" mentioned John Boy, and also Rev. Fordwick?
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Post by carol on Jan 9, 2013 14:06:12 GMT -5
I think it showed his range of acting talent that he could play both dramatic and comedic roles and be believable in both.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 10, 2013 0:38:54 GMT -5
I think it showed his range of acting talent that he could play both dramatic and comedic roles and be believable in both. I agree with Carol. John Ritter was very good in everything I have ever saw him in. To me he is one of the few actors who could do drama or comedy roles & be believable in both of them. I thought that he made a great Reverend on the Waltons. I did kind of find it odd that they had him & the school teacher (Rosemary Hunter played by Mariclare Costello) get married on the show. I always thought he looked alot younger than her. I just looked both of them up & my thinking was correct. John Ritter was born in September 1948 & Mariclare Costello in February 1936, so she is 12 1/2 years older than him.  |
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 10, 2013 7:15:34 GMT -5
In one episode, Miss Hunter mentions to Livvy that she is older than he .... and Liv says it doesn't matter..... but the age difference was a bit too noticeable, I thought.....
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 10, 2013 7:24:29 GMT -5
Really Jeri? I wonder if it's because you see him as Jack Tripper? I never really thought about it. I thought he was great, but your right, I can't think of anyone else to play the part either. Did anyone ever notice two times on Three's Company, (that I noticed, there may be more), that "Jack" mentioned John Boy, and also Rev. Fordwick? Sorry, but I don't think John was all that believable in the role..... and I absolutely adore him. I never watched the Tripper stuff much..... but had always followed him because my dad used to sing backup with his father on radio in the early thirties. When my friend Kevin Dobson was shooting a Kojak with John in it, Kevin let us know so that Dad and I could stop by and watch some of the shoot. I wasn't able to, but Dad wemt and even had lunch with him. It was not too long before Tex died..... I've seen John in both comedic and dramatic roles and usually think he's done an excellent job, had a wide range, etc. -- just not in The Waltons. And, oh, how I wanted to like him as Rev. Fordwick -- just didn't...... |
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Post by River on Jan 10, 2013 15:25:01 GMT -5
To each their own. I happen to love John Ritter in the Rev. Fordwick role. I do happen to agree with Jeri that the Miss Hunter/Rev. Fordwick relationship was weird. She was more than a few years older. That never felt right to me.
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Post by sdw on Jan 10, 2013 16:50:27 GMT -5
I thought John Ritter did a good job as Reverend Forwich.I didn't know that the one playing Miss Hunter was older than John Ritter.I thought they were close to the same age.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Jan 10, 2013 18:02:01 GMT -5
Oh, I can see a Young Preacher getting married to a slightly older woman right
Jumping Jacks and hosing off with a garden hose only works for so long.
Lol that's funny.
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Post by bucky on Jan 10, 2013 21:59:27 GMT -5
Would we be even discussing this age difference if it was the other way around? I thought Ritter did a great job with Rev. Fordwick - easily portraying the youthful unsure preacher in the beginning and showing the development of the mature minister with the gravitas befitting his position. I was also surprised that Rosemary's character was older.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 10, 2013 22:49:46 GMT -5
Would we be even discussing this age difference if it was the other way around? I thought Ritter did a great job with Rev. Fordwick - easily portraying the youthful unsure preacher in the beginning and showing the development of the mature minister with the gravitas befitting his position. I was also surprised that Rosemary's character was older. bucky.....I have no problem with a woman being older than a man in a romantic relationship. I was just saying that to me, Rosemary & Matthew just did not seem like a "couple" to me. I was just talking to my husband a few days ago about how people have no problem with a man being years older than a woman but people seem to "talk" about it when the woman is years older than the man. To me it makes more sense when the woman is years older because women usually live longer than men. The actress Juliet Mills (11/21/1941) & the actor Maxwell Caulfield (11/23/1959) have been married since 12/02/1980. She is 18 years older than him, so it seems obvious that they must truly love each other. But to me it's obvious when much, much older men like Hugh Hefner (who's in his 80's) marries a woman in her 20's & Anna Nicole Smith married a man who was 89 years old. Those two women have to be strictly after fame & fortune. In Anna Nicole Smith's case "was," since she is now dead. I also know that there are married people out there in the regular world that the age difference is 15 or more years & they really love each other. |
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Jan 10, 2013 23:44:14 GMT -5
I think it showed his range of acting talent that he could play both dramatic and comedic roles and be believable in both. Excellent actor Carol. Well said an John Ritter gone way too soon! RIP He's entertaining in heaven  WmFan Sportwriter |
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Post by wmfan/waltonsportwriter on Jan 10, 2013 23:52:29 GMT -5
Would we be even discussing this age difference if it was the other way around? I thought Ritter did a great job with Rev. Fordwick - easily portraying the youthful unsure preacher in the beginning and showing the development of the mature minister with the gravitas befitting his position. I was also surprised that Rosemary's character was older. bucky.....I have no problem with a woman being older than a man in a romantic relationship. I was just saying that to me, Rosemary & Matthew just did not seem like a "couple" to me. I thought they seemed like a nice couple and yes while we're somewhat surprised the wife is older than the husband we shouldn't be. My wife is a year older than me but they can be even older as well And Miss Hunter was a mature woman and Reverend Fordwick was ready for her and then they had Mary Margaret named after Mary Ellen who helped her give birth in a storm. I believe that was Miss Hunter and maybe John Ritter's last show on the Waltons  WmSportwriter I was just talking to my husband a few days ago about how people have no problem with a man being years older than a woman but people seem to "talk" about it when the woman is years older than the man. To me it makes more sense when the woman is years older because women usually live longer than men. The actress Juliet Mills (11/21/1941) & the actor Maxwell Caulfield (11/23/1959) have been married since 12/02/1980. She is 18 years older than him, so it seems obvious that they must truly love each other. But to me it's obvious when much, much older men like Hugh Hefner (who's in his 80's) marries a woman in her 20's & Anna Nicole Smith married a man who was 89 years old. Those two women have to be strictly after fame & fortune. In Anna Nicole Smith's case "was," since she is now dead. I also know that there are married people out there in the regular world that the age difference is 15 or more years & they really love each other. |
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 11, 2013 10:09:58 GMT -5
WmSportwriter.....My maternal Grandmother was 20 & my Grandfather was 16 when they got married in 1943 (then he served in WWII). When he died they had been married nearly 55 years. One of my sister-in-laws is 4 years older than her husband (they have been married since 1985), & one of my best friends (known her since 1978) Mom is 4 years older than her Dad. My 23 year old nephew is also engaged to a woman who is 4 years older than him (they plan on getting married in June of this year).
I wasn't talking about a few years difference....I meant quite an age gap! Now my paternal Grandmother was 35 years younger than her 1st husband. He was a widower with 7 kids (they were all grown) & he did not have 2 pennies to rub together, so they did love each other. She was 25 & he was 60 when they married. They had a son in 1930, then another son who was stillborn, Then they had another son in 1937. Her husband died in January 1938 (pneumonia) & then her 6 month old son died in March 1938, leaving her a widow with an 8 year old son.
She met my paternal Grandfather in 1940. He also was a widower with 7 kids! All of the kids were grown except for a 13 year old son & 8 year old daughter. His wife had also died in 1938 of pneumonia. He was 13 years older than her. He also did not have 2 pennies to rub together. They married in August 1941 & my Dad was born in April 1946, when she was 43 & he was 56. My Dad's oldest half sibling was 32 years old when he was born & his youngest half sibling was 13 years old.
My Grandmother's sole remaining son by her 1st husband died in 1951, at the age of 21 (he always had a bad heart, could never do anything physical). My Grandparents were married for 35 years before my Grandfather died. So there can be "love" between big age gaps....but I think it is rare in today's world.
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