"The Back of Patty Duke's Head" Nick at Nite Special

[fromthesidelines]

The problem was, the "Nick At Nite" staff didn't know WHO Patty's "body double" was at the time- so they decided to have a little fun and created a tongue-in-cheek "mockumentary", in the style of their promos, about her [had they known about Rita McLaughlin, the approach would have been less satirical than seen here].

[RetroToledo]

@fromthesidelines It would've been nice had they done the research.

[trapadoored]

where did you get this "trial version"?

[vhsstillok]

Ha...I remember this! I actually saw an interview where Patty Duke talked about this skit. She said that it really was in insult to Rita because she had been hired to play a role and this skit really degraded her. Gotta admit, it would have to be pretty demeaning to play a role in which you had to work to hide your face.

[RetroToledo]

@vhsstillok I would think so too.

[Soapking1965]

The actual double for Patty Duke during the original run on ABC (1963-66), was Rita McLaughlin Walter. She is best remembered for her long-running role as Carol Demming Hughes Stallings Andropolous on AS THE WORLD TURNS.

[SurferJoe1]

Franny Glass- a funny (and now timely) J.D. Salinger reference.

[sharondagrape]

I remember this! Thanks for posting it.

[xlogold]

it was 1988, Patty Duke show came on Nick at Nite in the Fall of 1988.