tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post4426980524610439897..comments2024-03-25T10:43:22.482-01:00Comments on 80s Actual: Kate & AllieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-74280605429683517272010-10-06T14:18:06.124-01:002010-10-06T14:18:06.124-01:00Under appreciated series, this one. I loved Louis,...Under appreciated series, this one. I loved Louis, the mentally handicapped guy, and the whole damn thing - apart from a few naff episodes. But hey - every series has them!Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-70964993120055211952010-10-03T23:07:28.121-01:002010-10-03T23:07:28.121-01:00Yes, he was excellent. I also recall certain tensi...Yes, he was excellent. I also recall certain tensions between Jennie and Emma at school and at home as they adapted to being alternative family sisters, Emma missing her somewhat feckless Dad, and Jennie confessing that she pretended to like her father's new wife so that she could spend time with him. The youngsters in the show were excellentDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476860681853867684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-62931321330248814502010-10-03T22:48:29.527-01:002010-10-03T22:48:29.527-01:00The children were characters in their own right, a...The children were characters in their own right, and the way their mothers' divorces affected them a central part of the plot. The episode "Chip's Divorce", featuring Allie's nine-year-old son, Chip, was briliant. Frederick Koehler was a brilliant child actor!Feznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-20269919930925468642010-09-28T09:53:11.115-01:002010-09-28T09:53:11.115-01:00I loved the family-merging set up, to form one fam...I loved the family-merging set up, to form one family and provide some stability for the kids. Divorce often hurts. But this was making the best of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-26329005194143005922010-08-27T21:17:45.455-01:002010-08-27T21:17:45.455-01:00A lovely series. The two leads were brlliantly mat...A lovely series. The two leads were brlliantly matched. Thought provoking, groundbreaking, the works. I note that today's priggish TV historians hate to call anything from the '80s groundbreaking, but this, The Golden Girls and Roseanne certainly were!Careynoreply@blogger.com