One Day At A Time season nine 83'-84'

[TheBluetoob]

Valerie in bed wearing sexy black high-heeled boots...Yes please !

[Dodger2204]

I quit watching this show when they introduced Glen Scarpelli's character. To me, that signaled a downhill slide. I do recall that the show lasted this long, but, to me, it was already a lost cause.

[usmelly]

Stunned it was still on in 1984, and that Johnny Fever joined the cast.

[mx94racer]

@usmelly Yeah I must have quit watching this show by '80. I never realized what a major cast change there was by '84.

[squeapler]

Man, I never realized this show was still running by 1984.  I'd kinda tuned it out around 1980 or so.

[MrLogoman007]

This is the one season when 3 people were starring at once.

[snoopy64116]

@weightfeather1 I heard about that. However, Nanette Fabray didn't need to feel so embarrassed; Ed Sullivan mispronounced EVERYTHING!

[snoopy64116]

@snoopy64116 I agree! My mother told me how he didn't even say "show" correctly!

[pressmin]

Bonnie Franklin and Valerie B. will be together for the first time in over 25 years on the TV show "..Hot in Cleavland" which will air on 1/26/11. You could say "One day at a Time" reunion. TV land channel.

[jriley1992]

This season is when ratings dropped....

[video77ab]

Howard Hessman was a total hottie

[TheLastNetwork]

This show must hold the record for most changes to their opening credits over the years (Sometimes multiple times within the same season).

[avcat1]

Wow! Forgot "Dr. Johnny Fever" from WKRP was on this show for a little while. Interesting!...Does anyone know if anything after the first season is available on dvd?

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@avcat1 No, due to poor sales, Sony will probably only release Season 1.

[DarthSideous63]

I thought it was weird when Ann married Sam. It made Barbara and her husband Mark stepsister and stepbrother.

[Lex5576]

Valerie Bertinelli never goes out of style. A pretty girl then.....a sexy lady now.

[Smartboy8877]

@Lex5576

I will drink to that!

[mskiara18]

He is too cute x)

[snake063]

Barbara and her husband Mark became half sister and half brother when their parents married. See Greg and Marcia you could have married.

[SmakkWitt]

@snake063 That'd be STEP-sister/brother.

[bleedblue83]

Watch the season 1 theme all the way to this theme - it's amazing to see how many characters have been added and dropped since the start.

[JhomasE]

She was on the first three episodes of this season and was in the opening credits. She walked off the set after refusing to take a drug test which would determine the inevitable which was that she was on the drugs again. Basically, she was on the road to getting fired but wound up firing herself. Then her billing was removed and the Nanette Fabray was thrown in the opening credits.

[chlobles]

for what we know today that really sucks.. i'm glad she's finally starting to recover/speak out. thanks!!

[JhomasE]

You are quite welcome. LOL.

[FilmNMusicBuff77]

@JhomasE The director, cannot show close ups, of Ms Phillips because, she looked like the moon. They had to pad her clothes because, her weight dropped to 98 pounds.

[Mysterycat74]

I'll bet anything Howard Hessman watches this opening, looks at his formerly tone chest and cries himself to sleep at night.

[LtGiant]

Yes!! It Was Boyd Gaines Who f*cked The Loving S**t Outta Kim Cattrall In Porky's, Bonkoz!

[vidlivs]

hhahahha...lol...you make me want to pretend to play basketball while laughing my head off...rofl..lol.

[KellyGreen5555]

Jesus, they were still stuck in that crummy apt after 9 years!

[JhomasE]

Kelly Green, you need to stop! LOLOLOL.

[vidlivs]

That's really true, it goes to sure you how good a handyman Schneider was...why else would Miss Romano keep hanging around...today this show would be on HBO or Showcase and would feature more intimate scenes with Schneider and Miss Romano, while the girls are at the mall...As for Mackenzie Phillips part, back then she was fired for being on drugs, today she'd be the featured actress whose real life problems would be morphed into the storyline. It goes to show you how times have changed.

[bostonpaul212]

the show here in canada is on deja vu everyday ,its good to watch

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@KellyGreen5555 It was 'freshened up' in 1980 though.

[mylaser91]

sound quality is very bad

[JhomasE]

This is all I got for now.

[DavidEC625]

ok im sure this has been asked but why is it saying "starring Pat harrington" and then at the end and Starring Valerie Bertinelli" lol i dont understand it

[snoopy64116]

"Also Starring" or "Co-Starring" would have been a more appropriate billing for Pat Harrington, or they could have just had Howard Hesseman come after him!

[markxxx21]

@snoopy64116 In the first season Pat Harrington had the end credit which is usually (though not always) reserved for the second most important cast member

[ilovebobgunton]

@markxxx21 Schneider:

'The ladies in this building don't call me "super" for nothing.

[zebop]

Howard Hesseman was horrendous in this.

[jmjfanss]

This was the last season and a disaster if that, glenn went on to another show which was just as bad as this season was.

[Bonkoz]

Wasn't Boyd Gaines the one who f*cked the loving sh*t outta Kim Cattrall in Porky's?!?!? :-D

[bobbystj]

@Bonkoz u got it!

[babygiraffe123]

Is this show out on DVD anywhere?? I've GOTTA get it!! :D

[rachelazw]

The first season is.

[miketodd67]

I forgot Ann was married to Dr. Johnny Fever.

[Arthur5041975]

Thanks snoopy!

[Arthur5041975]

Were Nanette Fabray and Shelley Fabray related?

[snoopy64116]

Nanette Fabray was Shelley Fabares' aunt. Nanette Fabray's last name originally was "Fabares."

[pgy002]

I didn't like the show as well after Julie left.

[SidJustice1]

I didn't realize this show had this long of a run. I checked out from this by 1980. *lol* Philips made the show, IMO.

[bostonpaul212]

wasnt boyd gaines on porkys

[Nordy9276]

Yeah he played the coach that laid by the female gym teacher they called "lassie"

[ph174699]

and Michael Lembeck won an Emmy for his directing several episodes of (thatshitholeTVshowforthosewho­don'thaveany) "Friends". Way to go nevertheless, Lembeck.

[vidlivs]

Was Michael Lembeck related to Harvey Lembeck, the guy who played Von Zipper in those Franky and Annette beach movies in the early 60's.

[drobin3149]

Yes, Michael is Harvey's son.

[DNSKansas]

Did anyone see Valerie in a bikini in People? OMG she is fucking HOT! HOT! HOT! Eddie Van Halen should feel like a moron for dumping her.

[Johnsinboston]

she left him

[boohauntedhouse65]

i thought val was perfect just the way she was

[markxxx21]

@DNSKansas I like Valarie but she was the Yoko Ono of Van Halen :o)

[Youngstown529]

Kansas sucks too.

[Youngstown529]

This show remains the only redeeming thing about Indianapolis. Does Schneider have a museum there?

[timmmahhhh]

Indoanapolis is a great city. Kind of an ironic statement coming from someone using Youngstown as a name.

[Youngstown529]

And as evidenced by your comment, a great school system. Great job with the spelling!

[DNSKansas]

Youngstown, your city is pretty crappy. No, make that extremely crappy. For you to poopoo another city is wrong.

[megamanj2004X]

and if anything who won Super Bowl XLI? Indianapolis (Colts) did. That's who? Indy has a decent football team captained by Peyton Manning.

[4wheelredrider]

norim liar is a cens

[SpinLover1973]

The episdes without glenn scarpelli sucked!!! they should of named the show "glenns place" and only him and shneider lived there and they were lovers and left the apartment only to go buy smokes for shneider t- shirt.

[cinephan]

I had the biggest crush on Glenn when I was a kid.

[agenttorpor]

Howard Hesseman's pasty, doughy white bod, freshly showered? Yes please.

And P.S., I did an Audio Preview for this comment and I freaked out the cubicle farm here.

[X23109]

This just in. WKRP fires Dr. Johnny Fever and he finds a new life with Bonnie Franklin er Ms. Romano in Indianapolis.

"BOOOOOOOOOOGEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR­RRR" :)

[devares2006]

Peachtree TV? Is that what used to be Atlanta's TBS feed?

[kirkenbunken]

I don't think this show ever had the same cast for two seasons in a row.

[Cokejoint]

Is it possible to have another version of this season's intro uploaded? The sound quality is really poor.

[Alfrunk]

i hate teh bonnie franklin - nice yellow teeth and idiotic liberal ideology. stupid

[sharig97]

Thanks for posting all of these.

I had totally forgotten about the huge crush I had on Boyd Gaines. lol

[ricp1974]

Oh, clam!

[Cokejoint]

I was born in the 1979-1980 season, but was old enough to remember watching this show during it's latter years, just like the Jeffersons. They don't make them like this anymore. Too much damn reality tv. I hope they decide to show reruns of this on Peachtree TV; they have already got All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Different Strokes and Sanford and Son. I miss these shows!

[JJGSeven13]

I cannot say enough how good Valerie Bertinelli looks in 2008. ION TV has reruns of Alice and Mama's Family, as well as Drew Carey. It's a shame that we depend on shows like american idol to entertain us. Too muich scantily clad women on tv.

[ReturnofRetroBoy]

Hilarious how three people got "Starring" bills in these credits.

As the years go on older shows lose repsect, esp. when they aren't heavy in syndication. Even Cheers only runs on local outlets nowadays.

[snoopy64116]

It really didn't make sense to have "starring" above Schneider's name, when they already had "starring" at the beginning as an equal credit for all of the major stars. "Co-Starring" or "Also Starring" would have worked better.

[kbirdusa]

They gave the "starring" credit to appease Pat Harrington in the final season. Previously, he was second billed, behind Bonnie Franklin. But he got bumped to third when Howard Hesseman joined, so they threw him a bone.

[highbed]

Valerie Bertinelli looks the same even at 47.....

[tristanunsworth]

Oh, show the episode where Sam has his secret apartment. Or the episode where he starts smoking again. God, the show really fell apart late-series. Just stale and awful.

[BillDezynski]

I had no idea that Howard Hesseman was ever on this show, freakin' awesome! What part did he play?

[JJGSeven13]

He played Sam Royer, the father of Barbara's husband Mark, and husband of Ann Romano. So coincidentally he was Barbara's stepfather and father-in-law.

[JJGSeven13]

I always thought that Valerie Bertinelli was better than Mackenzie Phillips. At least Howard Hesseman was able to find something after the cancellation of WKRP, and this shows what an underrated role he had. Michael Lembeck would eventually go on to become a successful movie and tv director. Schneider was who defined ODAAT.

[WCD73]

VALERIE BERTINELLI IS A DOLL!!!

[GCRams2]

Ok folks lets set the record stright.  One Day At A Time was a CBS show Head of the Class was a ABC show. I hope that helps you guys.

[kittygrrlhk]

I wonder why they brought back Mackenzie Phillips after she was fired the time.

[brickmanonj]

Mackenzie had recovered and was clean and sober, so the show welcomed her back - they contacted her. When she relapsed, they let her go again.

[trevor40]

ODAAT really blew after Julie left--the first time

[143AC]

I wonder whatever happnened to

Mr.Gaines? LOL!

[shutupppppppp]

This reminds me how I used to mistake Valerie Bertinelli for Nia Peeples when I was little

[dudepower1982]

Why were Glenn Scarpelli and Shelley Fabares written out of the show? Also, why did they keep Michael Lembeck's character after Julie left for the second time? And why is Howard Hesseman credited right before Schneider?

[karthelow]

They wrote out Julie has having left her husband and daughter and Michael Lembeck's character plus Barbara & Mark were sharing a house with the grandmother (Nanette Fabray) in the last season so they could help raise Julie's daughter.

They had Glenn's character go live with his real mother or something.

[indychauffuer]

Wow. Its amazing just how much of the Indianapolis skyline has changed in 25 years

[Baldenlong77]

Man, it is depressing to watch Howard Hesseman in this seasons credits because its a reminder that CBS had unjustly cancelled WKRP In Cincinatti!

[tvpirate05]

If only WKRP had gotten an additional season or two, and a proper finale...

[megamanj2004X]

@Baldenlong77 and eventually he would return to TV w/ a new regular role 2 years later on ABC's "Head of the Class" after ODaaT ended in 1984.

[Baldenlong77]

But then he got replaced in the final year by Billy Connolly!

[megamanj2004X]

@Baldenlong77 that's very true.

[jingledell666]

Funny they never mention this show when they talk about sitcoms that are tied for longest-running with 9 seasons, huh? Friends, Cheers, Frazier....short attention spans, I guess.

[ghostbusterguy2001]

whoa i didnt know johny fever was on one day at a time this musta been right after wkrp

[BigBlueBeast]

And right before Head Of The Class!

[zippy830]

I'd watch just to see Val.

[Dolphin1976]

I so think of this shw when I layover in Indy! (The airport still looks like this show!) I loved the Theme song, glad they didn't modernize it!

[143AC]

Dear Central,

Ms.Philips got into drug addiction

again and the producers of the show

had no choice but to fire her.

She was written out of the show

by having her send a letter to "Max"

and saying that she was leaving!

[wildchats]

You know...I never really saw this show, but why the heck didn't they upgrade the theme. COME ON IT WAS 1983! This was the year Gimme A Break changed it's theme, and a lot of shows were doing that too by the mid 1980s.

[JhomasE]

Wildchats, this is ThomasE from the Sitcoms Online. There were a lot of Norman Lear shows that kept their themes like The Jeffersons and a few others. All in the Family would not have been updated either but the show was being taken into a whole 'nother direction. (Archie Bunker's Place)

[wildchats]

Yeah, All In The Family was okay to stay the same, but The Jeffersons really should have been updated in 1980 or so.

[megamanj2007]

And if you thought 1983 was a year of updated themes, look at what really happened by the late part of the mid-'80s into the late '80s. And most shows that were still around REALLY UPDATED THEIR THEMES. Ex's: Gimme a Break! (again i n'85), Diff'rent Strokes (in '85), Facts of Life, The (in '85), Silver Spoons (twice: once in '85 and again in '86), Who's the Boss? (once in '86 and later into the '90s), etc.

[crassyfrake]

or Alice had Linda Lavin sing a progressively more obnoxious version of their theme song every year...lol

[westinghouse1963]

This show had already died by this season shown here. I can remember vividly this last year and it was bad. Bu then that's why Bonnie and Valerie decided not to sign up for another season..and the show was ended in the manner that it was.

[zebop]

What a dreadful final season. By this point they neutered Schneider's character. Howard Hesseman was awful in this, he choked the life right out of this show.

[Mysterycat74]

Micheal Lembeck was in, like EVERY sitcom in the 80's 90's!

[vidlivs]

Are you saying that Lembeck was another

Ted McGinley, a patron saint of shows that jump the shark...lol. ODAAT did start to suck when he joined. Can you imagine working on a sitcom with Ted or Michael joining your cast...You'd run to the phone to call your agent and update your resume. I used to watch ODAAT and had no idea "Johnny Fever" was ever on it...shows you that they'd already lost me years earlier.

[CarlD2]

I thought Lembeck was good - he at least grounded Julie. I was more confused by the addition of Howard Hesseman, who seemed out of place and very depressed. Fabares and Boyd Gaines also seemed out of place.

[markxxx21]

@CarlD2 Hesseman was put in to satisfy Franklin who said, she wouldn't come back for a final season unless Ann got remarried.

[CarlD2]

@markxxx21 That's interesting. I never knew that. Considering she wasn't one of the cast members who got that "and" credit I'm surprised they would care about keeping her to the point of bringing in a new actor. I wonder why they didn't just have her marry Schneider.

Does anyone else think it throws off the flow of the credits to have the "and" with Schneider and then another at the end with Valerie? Why not just have the two at the end?

[markxxx21]

@CarlD2 It's all about keeping people happy. Look at the Olsen twins, towards the shows end of its run, the twins moved to then end and got the "and" credit, showing how important they were to the show.

Happy Days was similar too. With Ron Howard Starring, and Henry Winkler, Marion Ross and Tom Bosley (always the end) getting some sort of And Starring or Also starring credit.

At the end of ODAAT they moved Shelly Faberes from title sequence, and gave her an "also starring" in the first scene

[ilovebobgunton]

@markxxx21 Dr.Johnny Fever!

[317cube]

Indy's skyline is totally different now

[Central85]

what ever happened to Mackenzie Phillips for the final season.

[JhomasE]

She was in three episodes at the beginning of the final season. She was featured in the first four eps of the opening sequence as well. She was looking ever worse than the 79-80 when she battled the drug problem. It really was hard to film her up close. She walked off the set after refusing to take another drug test.

[aitraining]

The show that didn't know when to die. These were the cheap years for sure.

[moviefly]

I used to love this show when I was a kid. I had a hugh crush on Boyd Gaines. What a hottie!

[argentinarama]

I never liked this show...too Mid Western for me.

But it is interesting that Kaptain Kool and Johnny Fever are on the same tv show.

[Route41productions]

I didn't know Dr. Johnny Fever/ Mr. Moore was on this show, haven't seen it in syndication around here in Chicago since I was a wee lad. I-70 is weak, I-65 is the Interstate that should be featured in the credits : )

[jmsweat]

One Day at a Time will soon be airing on MeTV channel 23 in Chicago.

[Route41productions]

SWEEET I LOVE THAT SHOW! I want to buy whoever founded MeTV and buy them dinner, best ch. ever!

[jmsweat]

I know. It is better than TV Land.

[pamdawberishot]

Dr Johnny Fever was her step dad?

[JhomasE]

He was her stepdad and father n law. He was the father n law first.

[143AC]

The opening is fine..But?

I hate it when Poor Ms.Bertinelli

got last billing in the credits towards

the show's final run.

[WJRSTV]

Her final billing is actually a good ploy. She had a starring role and titled with her name and character. It's actually a good thing for actors who become breakthrough starson a show. Watch the Facts of Life, you'll see that happened with Nancy McKean as well.

[theblondielou]

Does Valerie have high blood pressure? Cancer? Heart disease? Diabetes? Any other "obese" health condition? Then she is fine and doesn't need to lose weight and is fine. No, she doesn't want to gain more weight but we as a society are so obsessed with "thinness" for its own sake. Health is what is important.

[micdorkim]

Oh the good old days...Well at least it was more sane than it is now. Valerie is so pretty, and she was and still is, I am sure, very wholesome.

[jpm9]

Valerie Bertinelli almost looks like Victoria Principal with that haircut.

[jttnewguy]

That's too funny...I totally forgot that Howard Hesseman (better known as WKRP's Johnny Fever) was ever on that show!!!!

[mythme]

wow, seeing this again it really hits you how much the theme of this show changed by the end. It was hardly the same show 8 years later.

[gvader]

Hey that was Kaptain Kool at :27

[JhomasE]

Never mind. I think I figured it out this morning after looking at this again. Be nice now.

[gvader]

Didn't Michael Lembeck play Kaptain Kool in the old Kroft Supershow?? You know.. Kaptain Kool and the Kongs??

[AlbieGray]

Good eye! Yes he did! Even I didn't know that. Excellent!

[JhomasE]

What do you mean?