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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 239509" data-attributes="member: 27">Dorothy Lyman had expressed interest in learning to direct, and Powers allowed her to study with him in the final seasons of Mama&#039;s Family.&nbsp; Ultimately she got work directing sitcoms, most notably The Nanny in the 1990s.&nbsp; This was one of the first shows I recall where characters had &#039;color-coded wardrobes&#039;.&nbsp; The main characters in the syndicated years all had a certain color or color scheme they almost always wore.&nbsp; Vinton always wore brown or khaki.&nbsp; Iola was almost always in pink.&nbsp; Naomi&#039;s main color was yellow.&nbsp; Bubba wore mostly green.&nbsp; Thelma was typically in floral prints with blue and purple/violet emphasized (no stripes or solids, for the most part).&nbsp; And of course there were the wigs--all the female characters wore them, and they had a production credit for the lady who supervised them.&nbsp; It made the ladies all have the same exact hairstyles even as the years progressed.Well, it was not that simple.&nbsp; Carol Burnett plucked teenaged Vicki Lawrence out of obscurity and got her hired.&nbsp; An argument could be made that Lawrence owed Burnett her career.&nbsp; The fact that Joe Hamilton was the producer of the same show (and obviously had an equally important role in making Lawrence a star) is often overlooked since we don&#039;t know the behind-the-camera people as much as the stars.&nbsp; Still, Burnett had a right to feel Lawrence owed her some loyalty.&nbsp; But if Burnett had expected Lawrence to be so loyal that she would turn down the chance to star on her own show (again), then maybe Burnett expected too much.&nbsp; It was not personal--it was business, but it was all so murky and uncomfortable since it involved Lawrence being in the middle of a messy divorce between two of her friends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 239509, member: 27"] Dorothy Lyman had expressed interest in learning to direct, and Powers allowed her to study with him in the final seasons of[I] Mama's Family[/I]. Ultimately she got work directing sitcoms, most notably [I]The Nanny[/I] in the 1990s. This was one of the first shows I recall where characters had 'color-coded wardrobes'. The main characters in the syndicated years all had a certain color or color scheme they almost always wore. Vinton always wore brown or khaki. Iola was almost always in pink. Naomi's main color was yellow. Bubba wore mostly green. Thelma was typically in floral prints with blue and purple/violet emphasized (no stripes or solids, for the most part). And of course there were the wigs--all the female characters wore them, and they had a production credit for the lady who supervised them. It made the ladies all have the same exact hairstyles even as the years progressed. Well, it was not that simple. Carol Burnett plucked teenaged Vicki Lawrence out of obscurity and got her hired. An argument could be made that Lawrence owed Burnett her career. The fact that Joe Hamilton was the producer of the same show (and obviously had an equally important role in making Lawrence a star) is often overlooked since we don't know the behind-the-camera people as much as the stars. Still, Burnett had a right to feel Lawrence owed her some loyalty. But if Burnett had expected Lawrence to be so loyal that she would turn down the chance to star on her own show (again), then maybe Burnett expected too much. It was not personal--it was business, but it was all so murky and uncomfortable since it involved Lawrence being in the middle of a messy divorce between two of her friends. [/QUOTE]

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