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Inga Swenson dead at 90: Star of ABC sitcom Benson passes away in LA from natural causes
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 18:28 EDT, 28 July 2023 | Sarah Satoodeh

Posted on 07/29/2023 4:08:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Olog-hai

She was GREAT!


21 posted on 07/29/2023 4:49:30 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

Never watched Benson but Soap was great. Another favorite was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.


22 posted on 07/29/2023 5:19:59 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: wally_bert

Burt Campbell was great!

But the UFO sequence was lousy!!!!


23 posted on 07/29/2023 5:21:01 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

At times I felt like Burt Campbell in my life.


24 posted on 07/29/2023 5:28:39 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Libloather

So there’s so much dying from *suddenly* that they are telling us when someone dies from natural causes????


25 posted on 07/29/2023 5:59:59 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Olog-hai

Never would have guessed she was that old. RIP.


26 posted on 07/29/2023 6:49:15 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

The Benson from SOAP was completely different than the Benson for the show of the same name.


27 posted on 07/29/2023 6:50:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Wow, married for 70 years.


28 posted on 07/29/2023 6:52:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai
Married 70 years. That is quite an accomplishment.

Rest in peace.

29 posted on 07/29/2023 6:53:27 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: Libloather

She was great on Benson.


30 posted on 07/29/2023 7:26:44 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: metmom

Lol. Stop reaching. She was 90. Go google a 20 year old who died that you obsess about every minute.


31 posted on 07/29/2023 7:29:13 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Olog-hai
Soap pushed homosexual characters, i.e. Jodie Dallas who was played by Billy Crystal.

At least you had Burt there to counter it. Can't imagine them doing this today.

Soap

32 posted on 07/29/2023 8:36:34 PM PDT by TheCipher ( RINO politicians in DC are the only reptiles in the world with no backbone)
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To: TheCipher

Should have been nothing to counter in the first place.


33 posted on 07/29/2023 9:10:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t think the show was PUSHING homosexual characters I think it was pushing the absurdity of the characters back in the day when this show was popular gay people were basically unheard of or deep in the closet!! I never saw the show as trying to make being gay NORMAL!!


34 posted on 07/29/2023 9:30:12 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: napscoordinator

You clearly missed the whole point.

Not sure if it was deliberate or not.


35 posted on 07/29/2023 9:33:07 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: TheCipher

OMG it is so sad that we can no longer have comedy like this, that clip is hysterical!! How long has it been since we have laughed at a sitcom out loud like I just did at this clip!!


36 posted on 07/29/2023 9:33:51 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

If they featured them, they were pushing them. It was indeed normalization. All the media portrayed the existence of the Jodie Dallas character as “groundbreaking”, thus admitting it was normalization.


37 posted on 07/29/2023 9:37:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Burt thought he was an alien, the major thought he was still at war, JEEZE you are taking everything so seriously IT WAS COMEDY for goodness sakes they were NOT PUSHING being gay the characters ALL represented the absurdity of the characters they played!!


38 posted on 07/29/2023 9:42:32 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I’m only repeating what I observe. And I never saw that Jodie Dallas was ever presented as a representation of absurdity.

And some things you thought you could take lightly in the past, you discover you should have taken seriously all along. Not to mention, God does not take stuff like this lightly.


39 posted on 07/29/2023 9:46:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Bob had a few good zingers too whenever he met Jodie. Always referred to him as the fruit


40 posted on 07/29/2023 10:00:23 PM PDT by TheCipher ( RINO politicians in DC are the only reptiles in the world with no backbone)
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