Ginger or Mary Ann?

[Greg Cox]

Dare I admit that I had no idea who "Bailey" or "Jennifer" were?

(Although I've since picked up from context that they were the female characters on WKRP, whose names I could not have remembered if my life depended on it.)

Jan Smithers and Loni Anderson.

They changed the show's time slot on a weekly basis, it was hard to find back in the day. I'm sure a lot of people missed it.

Oh, I watched the show back in the day and fondly remember "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I guess I never thought of the characters as particularly iconic . . .

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I had no idea the characters had achieved iconic status . . .

I think it was more a thing for those of us guys who were discovering the difference between boys and girls when the show was running.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Dare I admit that I had no idea who "Bailey" or "Jennifer" were?

(Although I've since picked up from context that they were the female characters on WKRP, whose names I could not have remembered if my life depended on it.)

Jan Smithers and Loni Anderson.

They changed the show's time slot on a weekly basis, it was hard to find back in the day. I'm sure a lot of people missed it.

Different from town to town, up and down the dial?

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I had no idea the characters had achieved iconic status . . .

I think it was more a thing for those of us guys who were discovering the difference between boys and girls when the show was running.

Marina or Atlanta?

 

[urbandefault]

Jan Smithers and Loni Anderson.

They changed the show's time slot on a weekly basis, it was hard to find back in the day. I'm sure a lot of people missed it.

Oh, I watched the show back in the day and fondly remember "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I guess I never thought of the characters as particularly iconic . . .

Oh, yeah. It was definitely a thing, even back then. At least in my group of lecherous post-teenage guys.

I loved WKRP and never missed it. The revival was a nice try, but it never quite recaptured the magic of the original.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Marina or Atlanta?

Eh, now it's my turn to cry, "whoosh."

 

[Timewalker]

Mary Ann. It's not just the fact that I find her adorable, it's also that Ginger's personality turns me way off. Mary Ann seems more like a confident, intelligent, funny, sweet person, one who is capable of taking care of herself, and I find that immensely appealing.

Ginger had a personality?

If Samantha's family hated Darrin that much, could they have pooled their magical powers to actively try to break them up? Or was Samantha powerful enough to be a defense against that?

I mean, we are talking magic vs. mortality here. I'm guessing that in the universe of this show, there's no defense against magic, at least nothing that Darrin could have come up with. So I am curious as to why the rest of Samantha's family didn't just cast a spell on him to get him to leave or something. Samantha must be more powerful than all of them put together...

Among other observations made upthread, there were times when Samantha and Darrin got caught between the machinations of Endora vs Uncle Arthur. There were definitely times when Endora would do something nasty to Darrin and Uncle Arthur would try to help - not because he liked Darrin, but because he didn't like Endora.

 

[Greg Cox]

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I had no idea the characters had achieved iconic status . . .

I think it was more a thing for those of us guys who were discovering the difference between boys and girls when the show was running.

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

 

[Trekker4747]

Ginger had a personality?

Sure she did! I mean, most of the time it wasn't a great personality but it was there.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Marina or Atlanta?

Eh, now it's my turn to cry, "whoosh."

One of my earliest crushes was that mermaid. Troy/Marina shipper, me Long ago...
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD96RQ1-wnY#t=49[/yt]

 

[Gov Kodos]

I just didn't realize that "Bailey vs. Jennifer" was a thing like "Mary Ann vs. Ginger" or "Betty vs. Veronica," etc. I had no idea the characters had achieved iconic status . . .

I think it was more a thing for those of us guys who were discovering the difference between boys and girls when the show was running.

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

and Lee Meriwether for a wild card. http://www.gayse.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lee-Meriwether.jpg

 

[Greg Cox]

I think it was more a thing for those of us guys who were discovering the difference between boys and girls when the show was running.

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

and Lee Meriwether for a wild card. http://www.gayse.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lee-Meriwether.jpg

Lee Meriwether is not even in the running . . . .

 

[Gov Kodos]

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

and Lee Meriwether for a wild card. http://www.gayse.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lee-Meriwether.jpg

Lee Meriwether is not even in the running . . . .

Losira will put the touch on you one day. One big Kalandan whammy.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

One of my earliest crushes was that mermaid. Troy/Marina shipper, me Long ago...

Well, I've never seen an episode of Stingray, so I'll have to stick with Lady Penelope.

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

Prolly!

 

[Greg Cox]

One of my earliest crushes was that mermaid. Troy/Marina shipper, me Long ago...

Well, I've never seen an episode of Stingray, so I'll have to stick with Lady Penelope.

Oh, like Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt, you mean?

Prolly!

Emma Peel vs. Tara King?

(As if there's really any competition!)

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I think the better contest is Agent 99 vs. Emma Peel.

 

[Greg Cox]

I think the better contest is Agent 99 vs. Emma Peel.

Ooh, that's a toughie, but Emma wins . . . .

Here's one: Batgirl or Catwoman? (60s TV show, of course.)

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Well, obviously I'd trust Batgirl infinitely better!

 

[Christopher]

I think the better contest is Agent 99 vs. Emma Peel.

Ooh, that's a toughie, but Emma wins . . . .

I have to go with 99 there. Diana Rigg was striking, but Barbara Feldon had the amazing capacity to be the sweet girl next door and the smoldering sex goddess at the same time.

Here's one: Batgirl or Catwoman? (60s TV show, of course.)

Assuming you mean Newmar Catwoman, that's a really close contest, but I'd give a very slight edge to Batgirl. She was the one thing that made the generally dismal third season worthwhile.

 

[Taylirious]

Ginger.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Wow, I never thought about 99 versus Emma Peel. That's like an irresistible force meeting an irresistible force.

Yvonne Craig versus Julie Newmar is a tough one, too. I'd give the slight edge to Yvonne Craig there.