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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 402733" data-attributes="member: 7">I had a thought today, but Jayne had a lucrative stage and television career. Her break came on Broadway in WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, which had a lengthy of over a year. She later performed in successful tours of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and BUS STOP (both stories Marilyn had cemented on film) as well as RABBIT HABIT and CHAMPAGNE COMPLEX (which Jayne apparently wanted to do as a movie with Bob Hope, but he declined). As a tidbit, one writer said, &quot;If Marilyn Monroe was the Broadway of the blonde bombshells, then Jayne Mansfield was the roadshow.&quot;As it&#039;s been said, Marilyn would never have had the punctuality and professional discipline for a stage career, whether on Broadway or even in Las Vegas. Speaking of the latter, Jayne was the first celebrity to earn upwards of $25,000 a week in Las Vegas for her TROPICANA HOLIDAY show in 1958. Her later forays into Vegas, THE HOUSE OF LOVE and FRENCH DRESSING, lacked the same quality, but still drew big crowds. Jayne also had a prolific television career. She appeared on various game shows, talk shows, variety shows, and other episodic shows. Some of her best work on TV has to be what she did with different comedians. She worked with several -- Jack Benny, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Steve Allen, and others. Jayne&#039;s third husband, Matt Cimber, said she &quot;had a wonderful rapport with comedians&quot; because &quot;she wasn&#039;t afraid to give them the setup&quot; and &quot;to have the joke be on her, and most of the time it was on her&quot;. Mansfield&#039;s performance in a 1962 episode of the short-lived anthology FOLLOW THE SUN called &quot;The Dumbest Blonde&quot; was heralded as the beginning of a &quot;new and dramatic Jayne Mansfield&quot;. It was an extremely well-received episode. She did a remake of Monroe&#039;s 1953 bit with Jack Benny on a 1963 episode of his self-titled TV show. Both episodes are available on YouTube, but it&#039;s interesting to see how Monroe&#039;s version mentions her film GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by name, whereas Mansfield&#039;s version doesn&#039;t mention PROMISES! PROMISES! at all. &quot;TV suited her image,&quot; said one writer, &quot;but she could never do more than occasional guest spots. Her bread and butter continued to be promotional appearances.&quot; Jayne did a lot of promotional tours and advertisements during her career, sometimes being paid in merchandise instead of cash. It has been that she furnished her Pink Palace &quot;for almost next to nothing&quot; because of her ability to self-promote and work out different deals to get such household appliances as dishwashers and stoves. I say all that to say this -- Jayne Mansfield had a much &quot;fuller&quot; career than some give her credit for. Sure, she sandwiched herself into a parodic and quite limited persona, but she rode said persona successfully for a number of years. Even when the movie roles dried up, she still has TV, promotional appearances, and the stage. Her TV appearances are still a treat to seek out and rediscover. [ATTACH=full]53570[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 402733, member: 7"] I had a thought today, but Jayne had a lucrative stage and television career. Her break came on Broadway in WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, which had a lengthy of over a year. She later performed in successful tours of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and BUS STOP (both stories Marilyn had cemented on film) as well as RABBIT HABIT and CHAMPAGNE COMPLEX (which Jayne apparently wanted to do as a movie with Bob Hope, but he declined). As a tidbit, one writer said, "If Marilyn Monroe was the Broadway of the blonde bombshells, then Jayne Mansfield was the roadshow." As it's been said, Marilyn would never have had the punctuality and professional discipline for a stage career, whether on Broadway or even in Las Vegas. Speaking of the latter, Jayne was the first celebrity to earn upwards of $25,000 a week in Las Vegas for her TROPICANA HOLIDAY show in 1958. Her later forays into Vegas, THE HOUSE OF LOVE and FRENCH DRESSING, lacked the same quality, but still drew big crowds. Jayne also had a prolific television career. She appeared on various game shows, talk shows, variety shows, and other episodic shows. Some of her best work on TV has to be what she did with different comedians. She worked with several -- Jack Benny, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Steve Allen, and others. Jayne's third husband, Matt Cimber, said she "had a wonderful rapport with comedians" because "she wasn't afraid to give them the setup" and "to have the joke be on her, and most of the time it was on her". Mansfield's performance in a 1962 episode of the short-lived anthology FOLLOW THE SUN called "The Dumbest Blonde" was heralded as the beginning of a "new and dramatic Jayne Mansfield". It was an extremely well-received episode. She did a remake of Monroe's 1953 bit with Jack Benny on a 1963 episode of his self-titled TV show. Both episodes are available on YouTube, but it's interesting to see how Monroe's version mentions her film GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by name, whereas Mansfield's version doesn't mention PROMISES! PROMISES! at all. "TV suited her image," said one writer, "but she could never do more than occasional guest spots. Her bread and butter continued to be promotional appearances." Jayne did a lot of promotional tours and advertisements during her career, sometimes being paid in merchandise instead of cash. It has been that she furnished her Pink Palace "for almost next to nothing" because of her ability to self-promote and work out different deals to get such household appliances as dishwashers and stoves. I say all that to say this -- Jayne Mansfield had a much "fuller" career than some give her credit for. Sure, she sandwiched herself into a parodic and quite limited persona, but she rode said persona successfully for a number of years. Even when the movie roles dried up, she still has TV, promotional appearances, and the stage. Her TV appearances are still a treat to seek out and rediscover. [ATTACH type="full"]53570[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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