Boyd Gaines ABSENT From Another One Day At A Time Reunion

Posted by Lorie Orum on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Do you think it is the cast that hates him, or maybe he hates the cast

Because for the past 36 years he has NEVER attended ANY One Day At A Time Reunion, even on tape

They just had a ZOOM reunion with hosted by Seth Rudetsky. And Seth KNOWS Boyd Gaines personally & its not like Boyd Gaines has any scheduling conflict.

But again no mention of Boyd and he is completely ABSENT from One Day At A Time reunion - the cast acts as if he didn't even exist.

Why is that?

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by Anonymousreply 76August 9, 2020 8:54 PM

Happens to the best of us.

by Anonymousreply 1August 8, 2020 6:51 PM

He’s too busy building his V05 empire!!!

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by Anonymousreply 2August 8, 2020 6:53 PM

I hated this show when I was kid. I wanted to stab Glenn Scarpelli and fuck Michael Lembeck. .

by Anonymousreply 3August 8, 2020 6:55 PM

Michael Lembeck mentioned him.

He also mentioned the great Nanette Fabray being the "grandma" on the set and the others just ignored the nice things he said about her like she wasn't the comic genius that she was.

Fun Fact. Bonnie Franklin asked her to play her mother. SHE wouldn't have ignored her!!!

by Anonymousreply 4August 8, 2020 6:55 PM

Why would anyone possibly care about this?

by Anonymousreply 5August 8, 2020 6:55 PM

[quote] Why would anyone possibly care about this?

Because Barbara wedding was one of the highest rated episode in TV history

by Anonymousreply 6August 8, 2020 6:56 PM

Boyd Gaines won every Tony Award a man could win.

by Anonymousreply 7August 8, 2020 6:56 PM

Michael Lembeck's sister was Judy Borden on "Welcome Back Mr Kotter"

by Anonymousreply 8August 8, 2020 6:57 PM

I had a huge crush on Michael Lembeck.

by Anonymousreply 9August 8, 2020 6:58 PM

[quote] Boyd Gaines won every Tony Award a man could win.

If he were to win the Leading Actor in a Play, he would be the only male performer to win all four Tony Awards for an actor.

He has FOUR Tony Awards, but has yet to win "Leading Actor in a Play"

by Anonymousreply 10August 8, 2020 6:58 PM

You have to admit Mackenzie Phillips looks pretty damn good, considering she's been rode hard and put away wet.

by Anonymousreply 11August 8, 2020 7:00 PM

r10 And yet Gaines' most memorable work was on the last seasons of a dying sitcom almost 40 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 12August 8, 2020 7:01 PM

At one point Shelley Fabares was a cast regular and she also wasn't there.

by Anonymousreply 14August 8, 2020 7:03 PM

Valerie Bertinelli didn't even mention Boyd in her book. Her own TV husband!

Mack mentioned Michael "Lem" Lembeck repeatedly.

Methinks Val and Boyd did not get along too well. He got along well with Lem though and they formed a band.

by Anonymousreply 15August 8, 2020 7:03 PM

They didn't even mention Shelley who was Ann's great nemesis. Ron Rifkin and Mary Louise Wroblicky also got the shaft.

by Anonymousreply 16August 8, 2020 7:05 PM

As long as he makes in to the Porky's Reunion.

by Anonymousreply 17August 8, 2020 7:05 PM

Howard Hesseman doesn't acknowledge it either.

by Anonymousreply 18August 8, 2020 7:07 PM

Yes, but what does Susan Dey have to say about all this?

by Anonymousreply 19August 8, 2020 7:08 PM

I've always wondered, was Howard given his role to fulfill the terms of a contract or did he initially want to be there?

by Anonymousreply 20August 8, 2020 7:09 PM

[quote]Valerie Bertinelli didn't even mention Boyd in her book. Her own TV husband!

What do you expect from the Yoko Ono of Van Halen?

by Anonymousreply 21August 8, 2020 7:11 PM

This ZOOM "One Day At A Time" reunion is a benefit for the Actors Fund, you'd think with so many Broadway people out of work, Boyd Gaines would be the first to sign-up - to help the Broadway community

But he can't even do that!

by Anonymousreply 22August 8, 2020 7:15 PM

By her own admission Val was a drug addict during this time so maybe she was hard to get along with. Howard was probably in it for the cash. He did a shower scene once and was really hunky.

by Anonymousreply 23August 8, 2020 7:19 PM

[quote] Yes, but what does Susan Dey have to say about all this?

In all seriousness, Boyd was on [italic]LA Law[/italic] as Abby‘s ex-husband. He beat her.

by Anonymousreply 24August 8, 2020 7:21 PM

I saw Boyd Gaines at the McCarter Theater's "The Age of Innocence" (which had fabulous costumes, btw) in 2018 and it was clear that there was something wrong with him. Although every move he made on stage was carefully choreographed, it was very apparent that his hands were shaking and trembling uncontrollably. I don't know if it is Parkinson's or what, but it was very evident there there was something very wrong with him, health wise. I don't know for sure what he has, exactly, but it's not good. So, I would give Boyd Gaines a break.......

by Anonymousreply 25August 8, 2020 7:25 PM

Guess Cliff Randall was too big time for this dog and pony show.

by Anonymousreply 27August 8, 2020 7:30 PM

Beerbelly was completely ignored.

by Anonymousreply 28August 8, 2020 7:32 PM

Val's hair looks good with the blonde highlights.

by Anonymousreply 29August 8, 2020 7:35 PM

[quote] Boyd was on LA Law as Abby‘s ex-husband. He beat her.

He was also on "Hotel" where he showed off his hairy chest

by Anonymousreply 30August 8, 2020 7:37 PM

I didn't watch the later seasons where all the women paired off with a man. I don't even remember Howard Hesseman being on that show.

Mackenzie Phillips does look good and I hope she is OK, truly. Valerie Bertinelli was no Yoko Ono! Eddie and Alex Van Halen sound kind insufferable. How many singers did they run through?

by Anonymousreply 31August 8, 2020 8:09 PM

Getting canceled relatively early was a blessing in disguise for WKRP. That meant it didn’t end up with zombie seasons like most of the Lear shows did, this one being one of the primary examples.

by Anonymousreply 32August 8, 2020 9:05 PM

Valerie praised Yoko Ono on a recent Reelz special.

by Anonymousreply 33August 8, 2020 9:47 PM

[quote]Valerie Bertinelli was no Yoko Ono!

You're right, Yoko Ono was the Valerie Bertinelli of the Beatles.

by Anonymousreply 34August 8, 2020 9:54 PM

Except nobody wants to hear Yoko Ono cover Elton John.

by Anonymousreply 35August 8, 2020 9:57 PM

Lembeck is still hot after all these years! Too bad he's straight.

by Anonymousreply 36August 8, 2020 9:58 PM

R25 Someone on the Broadway threads has been hinting about his health for years now.

by Anonymousreply 38August 8, 2020 10:05 PM

Maybe Boyd Gaines health is not good recently

But what was the excuse the other 26 years he was absent from all the other reunions?

by Anonymousreply 39August 8, 2020 10:07 PM

If he was ill the others could have sent out a kind word for that if nothing else.

by Anonymousreply 41August 8, 2020 10:23 PM

If Boyd Gaines were to transition, would her new name be Girld Loses?

by Anonymousreply 42August 8, 2020 10:26 PM

I was most upset Norman Lear and Whitney Blake were absent.

by Anonymousreply 43August 8, 2020 10:26 PM

R41 they probably don't know that he was ill, and certainly the host Seth is not going to say anything

But it would've been nice if Seth read a note from Boyd wishing everyone well

The fact Boyd didn't, nor the fact he has NEVER shown up to any ODAAT reunion, speaks volumes.

by Anonymousreply 44August 8, 2020 10:27 PM

Huh? Norman Lear was there for almost the entire gathering.

by Anonymousreply 45August 8, 2020 10:27 PM

Boyd and his bulge should have shown up.

by Anonymousreply 46August 8, 2020 10:28 PM

I remember in the 1980s when the show was still on the air, an LA magazine did a profile on Valerie Bertinelli and mentioned rumors that Boyd & Val didn't get along.

Valerie denied those rumors. Flash forward 30 years later, and it would seem the rumors are true, because they have not been in the same room together since the show went off the air.

by Anonymousreply 47August 8, 2020 10:29 PM

What did he play? I have no idea who this is.

by Anonymousreply 48August 8, 2020 10:29 PM

They are all old now. Try and make peace.

by Anonymousreply 49August 8, 2020 10:30 PM

Maybe Boyd Gaines just isn't into reunions. They ARE pretty stupid.

by Anonymousreply 50August 8, 2020 10:32 PM

[quote] Maybe Boyd Gaines just isn't into reunions.

So is that a reason to EXCLUDE him from the TV Land Awards when they honored ODAAT?

by Anonymousreply 51August 8, 2020 10:34 PM

He played Barbara's husband.

by Anonymousreply 52August 8, 2020 10:37 PM

I didn't realize Mackenzie Phillips wasn't the only one on the show with an addiction problem I always thought she was to squeaky clean to be married to Eddie VH. Guess not. Did she start using with Mackenzie or was it Eddie (though I always read he was primarily an alcoholic. He was totally out of it at their wedding. At some point during the day, he would up puking into a toilet as Valerie, in dress and veil, held his hair back.😂

by Anonymousreply 55August 8, 2020 10:48 PM

^wound up

I wonder how she feels about her son recording and touring with the VH dinosaurs considering all the addiction in the music industry.

by Anonymousreply 56August 8, 2020 10:51 PM

Valerie was squeaky clean, she just says that to be cool. She says she was worse than MacKenzie yet somehow it didn't affect her performance or her appearance at all.

by Anonymousreply 57August 8, 2020 11:04 PM

I can believe Valerie was snorting coke alongside Mackenzie. Valerie was so thin during that time and now look how much she struggles with her weight. Cocaine was the key to staying that thin, IMO. She and EVH looked like brother and sister but were a very cute couple.

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by Anonymousreply 58August 8, 2020 11:18 PM

Mackenzie looked horrid on Orange Is The New Black. Without make-up, filters and good lighting she looked every bit her age. And I'm not sure but her teeth look like dentures or implants.

by Anonymousreply 59August 8, 2020 11:42 PM

Mr. Lear was constantly wanting me to join One Day At A Time, but my heart belonged to Eight Is Enough.

I think I made the right decision.

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by Anonymousreply 60August 9, 2020 12:06 AM

R55 Val said in her Reelz special a few weeks ago she started her recreational coke use after marrying Eddie and she was just a weekend user.

by Anonymousreply 63August 9, 2020 2:08 AM

Whereas Mackenzie was never not high until TAT (later Embassy) fired her twice.

by Anonymousreply 64August 9, 2020 2:13 AM

R63 And she has gained zero weight since One Day At a Time.

by Anonymousreply 65August 9, 2020 2:14 AM

R65 at this point, even if she said she was a HEAVY coke user, that would make it even more commendable. She dealt with the long days and rigors of doing a sitcom nearly 10 years. I don’t think she has any reason to lie at this point.

by Anonymousreply 66August 9, 2020 2:20 AM

No wonder Coke bought the studio that made this show; they were doing so much of it backstage!

by Anonymousreply 67August 9, 2020 2:35 AM

If Jonathan Silverman is absent from the Gimme A Break! Reunion, I will just die.

by Anonymousreply 68August 9, 2020 6:35 AM

WTF is that hideous hair color on Val???

by Anonymousreply 69August 9, 2020 6:37 AM

Did no one think to say, "HOLD ME, DAVID, AND THEN HOP ON ZOOM RIGHT NOW"?

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by Anonymousreply 70August 9, 2020 6:54 AM

[quote] Val said in her Reelz special a few weeks ago she started her recreational coke use after marrying Eddie and she was just a weekend user.

I like Val, but I don't believe she was only doing coke, recreationally, on the weekends.

by Anonymousreply 71August 9, 2020 7:03 AM

More importantly, when did she turn blonde?

by Anonymousreply 72August 9, 2020 7:44 AM

Like yesterday, R32. Why don't you showbiz dwellers know how fucked up it is?

by Anonymousreply 73August 9, 2020 8:03 AM

Boyd Gaines has a small part in that horrible Goldfinch movie.

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by Anonymousreply 74August 9, 2020 8:25 AM

"And I'm not sure but her teeth look like dentures or implants."

MacKenzie Phillips probably does have implants or dentures. Hard core drug addiction makes addict's teeth fall out. And she was a junkie, wasn't she? Valerie Bertinelli had a coke problem, but I don't she was anywhere near the level of drug abuse MacKenzie Phillips was into. For a long time Phillips looked like a walking cadaver. It was so ridiculous; she looked like death and on OTAAT hot guys were after her. The the nuttiness of sitcoms.

by Anonymousreply 75August 9, 2020 8:49 PM

At least she got clean which is more than I can say for Dana Plato.

by Anonymousreply 76August 9, 2020 8:54 PM

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