I can't imagine the amount of research, scripting and editing that goes into these videos. Your hard work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated, I really hope the KZfaq algorithm favors your content because you deserve all the ad revenue in the world.

It’s a crime that Fran Drescher never won an Emmy or Golden Globe for The Nanny! She’s such an underrated talent.

We wouldn't be mad if you do a whole video about The Nanny, believe me.

The Hannah Montana transition caught me off guard lmfaooo.

Man, Marilyn on the Jack Benny show really looked every inch like the movie star she was.

I also love the way the muppets use guest stars!! The Muppet Show has a lot of great classics. So much love to Broadway too!

I often said The Nanny is what you get when you combined the rump casts of My Fair Lady, Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof together along with I Love Lucy. Now that I think about it throw in the costuming of Bob Mackie from The Carol Burnett Show.

The Hannah Montanna transition will make me happy for the rest of the weekend. Bless you.

the William Holden episode of I Love Lucy is my mom’s favorite! he had excellent comic timing

obsessed with the fact that lucy was the blueprint for so many great and classic tropes... a queen!

This is why you turn notifications on, people, because THIS is a Saturday treat.

Murder She Wrote is not a sitcom but boy did it have the guest stars!

_The Nanny_ is iconic. Anyone who doesn't love it makes me question their taste. Love this video being brought on by the series.

the hannah montana transition 😂😂😂

"aging actress, over 35" holy hell. I know it's a recurring point here, but everytime it's a gut punch

Everybody Loves Chris did this with Black celebrities from the 70's, 80's and hell even Gina and Pam from Martin were recurring/main characters. It was nice seeing folks I hadn't seen in a real long time

I feel like these cameos are special treats for people who love whatever genre that actor is from. Like Easter eggs in comic book movies. My favorite version is when they bring a main character back in a reboot as a cameo. *chef kiss*

Since you are enjoying The Nanny, I think is mention worthy the Season 6 Episode 22, 'The Baby Shower' where Fran Drescher does a cameo as herself and interacts with Fran Fine.

Also does anyone else love stars guest starring in cartoons? I'm rewatching old scooby doo episodes with my daughter and the guest roles like Don Knotts and the Harlem globetrotters are hilarious

Lucille Ball was my gateway drug into classic Hollywood as a kid. I remember seeing all of the guest stars and researching all of the references they made to the actors of the time and just falling into a black hole of classic film lol.

I would absolutely love an episode about film star's appearances on talk and variety shows. Since they're usually done as part of a promotional push for their latest project you can often see them very out of their element.

Not a sitcom but this reminds me how Academy Award winner Greer Garson turned down the chance to play Joan Collins mother on DYNASTY.

I loved Diahann Carroll (and Patti LaBelle) on A Different World

What about the Love Boat? It was full of was known then as “washed up” Hollywood film stars. I was 9’ years old when it started. I didn’t recognize the impact those legends had on American film as I watched them on the Love Boat. When I see it now, I cherish the show and all the actors. Aaron Spelling, creator of the show was an actor himself. He appeared on classic sitcoms and movies in the 50’s and 60’s and knew many of the older actors. He gave them jobs again! What a wonderful thing he did.

I’m surprised that with all the references in other videos to Angela Lansbury, there was no mention of Murder, She Wrote here…Lansbury used her old Hollywood friendships and role behind the scenes to secure work for older/out of work actors and actresses all the time on that show. It was mentioned in her Lifetime Intimate Portrait 😅 I’d like to see a deep dive into Lansbury’s career (especially since she considers it a failure/unfinished business - her film career at least due to her failure to obtain an Oscar).

A video devoted to Fran Drescher would be pretty cool. (since you're binge watching her show anyway)

I re-watched The Nanny about a year and a half ago. I was a couple years too young to really appreciate it in it's original run. After i finished I was obsessed about it being rebooted. Still hoping....

Loved this topic. A great show for guest appearances of both movie and older TV stars was Hot in Cleveland. Not only did they have an incredible main cast of women, they had some fantastic recurring characters and tons of great guest appearances. There were so many, Wikipedia has a list for each season of the guest stars.

The Nanny and the Rosie O'Donnell Show did get me interested in show business and theatre. Also, my love of Streisand. And yes, I am interested in further classic film stars on television. I mean, Lucille Ball is a story that I'd love you to cover.

The Nostalgia factor was so present for me in Ray Booger’s appearance on the Partridge Family as Shirley’s dad. He keeps trying to be “hip” and “young” by wedging himself into the band and feverishly adopting their brand of music, , but truly shines when he allows himself to embrace his actual age and sing a song his wife loved back when they were young. It’s a great episode with lots of Ray Bolger numbers that showcases both the talent of Bolger and also the talents of the younger child actors simultaneously :)

i have been watching golden girls and i can't believe how ahead of time that show was, of course some of it didn't age well but most of it still cracks me up

The great Rita Moreno had a main role in the confronting drama Oz in her own right, not as a mere guest star; but she also managed to pull off the greatest guest star appearance ever, with her performance singing, against all odds, "Fever" on the Muppet Show

Hollywood episodes of I love Lucy were iconic! That episode with William Holden and van Johnson were some of the best

I know this might be different, but The Simpsons has a record for guest stars, including Liz Taylor. What made it so great in the first, maybe 10 seasons, was that those guest spots were, for the most, part very well used in the episodes' plot.

I immediately thought of the All in the Family episode with Sammy Davis Jr. Archie Bunker confronting his attitudes when faced with a Davis is amazing.

You forgot to mention that Eve Arden makes a quick cameo at the Brown Derby in the Hollywood at Last episode! It’s such a great moment in the episode

i never know what to say when i’m so early but i’ll just say that hannah montana transition was so hilarious to me 😭

I think a big thing that helped differentiate television from film in the early days was the transition of radio shows into TV shows. I Love Lucy is the perfect example. I Love Lucy was originally the radio show My Favorite Husband. A bunch of episodes are free on KZfaq if anyone wants to give a listen.

Holy crap this was like made for me ive always been fascinated by this concept thank you SO much

That Hannah Montana transition unearthed memories I didn't even know I had.

I can't tell you how much joy all of the I Love Lucy references brought me. This made my entire day.

I didn't even start watching, but I REALLY hope to see Joan Crawford in this! 🤩

Debbie Reynolds on Will and Grace!!! Everybody on Seasme Street!!! Robin from Batman on Living Single!!! Eartha Kitt on Living Single!!!

The two-part John Wayne I Love Lucy episodes are some of the best TV I've ever seen... I'm so glad my mom and I watched the series together. I now have my kids watching it, too.

This was superb! As a child mother always pointed out TV stars who were Hollywood movies stars: the mother on the Munsters, the grandmother on Bewitched, the mother on The Big Valley, Phoebe on All My Children, etc, etc. Then we'd watch movies with them in their Hollywood prime. We kids couldn't believe they were the same people. For me the fact that Endora on Bewitched was the mother of Charles Foster Kane was mind blowing! It would be interesting to hear more about stars who did guest apperances vs those who became characters in the shows.

Is this the first BKR video that has been sponsored? So happy for you, quality content deserves all the endorsements!

Cher's 1st appearance on Will and Grace is right up there with William Holden on I Love Lucy imo.

Fyi - Ann Morgan Guilbert pronounced her last name Gill-bear (she corrected me when I met her back in the 90s)

‘The Nanny’ is such fun! Fran Drescher is fabulous and the one liners are just sharp and witty.

I haven't finished the video yet but I thought Susan Lucci and Joan Rivers were interesting cameos on Hot in Cleveland. In fact, that show had a bunch of great stars.

Great work as always. While not classic film stars, I do think about how the Nickelodeon sitcom Sam and Cat did a tribute to Laverne and Shirley, where Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams made an appearance. It's wild watch only to see Jannette McCurdy and Ariana Grande doing the Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! bit from the theme song.

A cool follow up to this would be a profile on Jamie Lee Curtis who also went from film star to sitcom star back to movie star

My favorite guest star appearance will always be Tallulah Bankhead as Lucy’s new next door neighbor. Classic episode. Makes me laugh so damn hard.

Some of my favorites are Harpo Marx guest appearance on I Love Lucy. It was perfect. Even Harpo was impressed with how good Lucy was in pantomime. Shirley Booth's guest appearance on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was a riot. She played a psychic that sussed out Captain Gregg. They had a lot of great guest stars on that show. Ruth Gordon's guest appearance on Taxi was superb. I like it best when the guest just plays a character in the show without bringing attention to themselves or a role they've played.

the quality in these videos keeps getting better

Elizabeth Taylor was great on GH especially in her bloopers lol

I happened across this vid a few months ago, and as a sitcom fan, I decided to give it a view. Little did I know that I had found what would become my favorite channel on KZfaq. I am also a huge fans of classic cinema and a feminist, so of course, I love it that the channel focuses on those aspects of film. I have watched every video, some of them more than once because of the wealth of information. The videos are well-researched, the visuals excellent and stunning, and the approach lighthearted but at the same time serious. BKR is a very talented artist, and we are lucky to be able to learn from her for no charge.

One guest star that has stuck with me is Gwen Verdon on Fame. She played Montgomery's mother in an episode. Her character clashed with the kids. They wanted to what was then modern dance and she kept pushing the more Vaudeville style. Plus we got to see her dance with Debbie Allen which was cool.

I love Sal Mineo's appearance on The Patty Duke show. Though it has all of the cheesy sweetness of a sitcom from that era it does include a scene which is quite candid about the difficulties of fame

We share the same mind. Toni Colette, Madonna and now The Nanny! What a wonderful world we live in.

Waking up to this video is exactly what I needed today

What I like about this channel? The research and the feeling of listening to a class in film history. This one was great too, thank you.

am I the only person who never skip sponsorhip segments in BKR videos? lol I love the way Isabel narrates the product!

I was extremely impressed with how thorough, very well researched, and intelligently presented this documentary was. Congratulations to the creator and narrator of this video who did a first rate job!

This is phenomenal you touched on some of my favorite guest star appearances 🫠 Elizabeth Taylor and Richard burton on here’s lucy and the nanny , then touching on Lena on a different world . So we’ll done !!!

wishing I could have a new Be Kind Rewind video every week, I love your channel and binged all the videos way too fast❤️

What a fantastically wonderful essay subject! And of course you knocked it out of the park! Didn't realize how early nor how entrenched old Hollywood was in television. Thank you for the nod to Lena Horne especially on Sanford and Son/A Different World. Fun fact: In addition to fostering collective memory, "Samford and Son" also unearthed those memory forgot. Matthew "Stymie" Beard (of the Little Rascals) played one of Fred's good friends and word on the street was Redd knew Stymie from way back and when he learned of the hard times he'd fallen on he asked him to be on the show. This channel is AMAZING! You're one of the most consistent, accurate, interesting and passionate creators on this platform!

The career of Lucille Ball never ceases to amaze me. I loved that you touched on this and gave her such attention. I would be fascinated if BKR gave Lucy's triumphs a wider scope some day.

Yay, you mentioned Patty Duke! One if my all time favorite actresses 💖💖 fantastic video as usual!

i would LOVE TO SEE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS. i love the history of television programming and I'm always interested in the culture changes in it

So many Hollywood Stars were on one of the Lucy Shows, I forgot to mention Sammy Davis Jr. I believe they were friends too. He was a wonderful actor, singer, dancer all around star. Also on The Lucy Show - Lucy tries to teach Ethel Merman to sing - hilarious. Tennesee Ernie Ford appeared on I Love Lucy in two sequential episodes - it made his name and forever after he was a star!

You might not see this comment but I have to tell you that you are so important. Your commentary about film has been what I have wanted to put down for a long time but couldn't or didn't know how to . As a gay man who grew up in the weird 80s90s2000s of film, and even brought up with all the musicals and the classics like the B&W Little Women (I'm sorry, but the Katherine Hepburn one is the one for me), I sometimes find it difficult to look at film. I especially loved and appreciated the talk about how asians have been looked down upon in film. And even the recognition of the Asian male figure. You can't imagine how difficult it was as a young chinese male in the musical theatre crowd in the 90s being left out because there were no parts for us. Sigh... Just to say... I love your channel. It got me through a very hard time when my dad passed away a few years ago and it still keeps my mind busy today. I will contribute soon x

I got so excited at the mention of Patty Duke and the Patty Duke show, I started singing the theme song about a beat before it was clipped in- truly tragic that that cameo didn't happen while I was suffering through a babysitting gig with kids obsessed with Liv & Maddie. Sunday morning syndicated TV is still weird, at least around here!

I love the nanny I've probably watched the series ten times because I love it so much. For the longest time I actually thought that Fran Drescher sounded like she did when she played Fran Fine, it took about six months of hearing her actually talk to convince me that she was just an amazing and hilarious actress and not the nasialy amazing actress that I thought she was. And then there's cici and niles and their budding romance that when I first saw it I knew that it was going to be interesting. Fran deserved more credit then she gets for that role. You can't think of her without thinking of The Nanny.

I’m so glad there was a large focus on Lucille Ball and I Love Lucy because honestly…how do you talk about this topic WITHOUT that included?

You mentioned A Different World! 🤯 This is why I follow you!!!! Inclusion and depth are always present in your work.

Just when I start thinking that this channel couldn't get any better, you drop a video that opens with The Nanny. I'm hooked!

Love me a ‘Hannah Montana’ themed transition 😂

I just can't say it enough, but man oh man, thank you for being so incredibly intelligent and for doing so much research! It's such a pleasure to sit back and be entertained and be taken on a fact-filled educational journey of subtleties and not-so-subtleties and connected dots that have me nodding my head and going yup, yup, yup, oh, of course! Ah, yes...

I legitimately thought everyone had forgotten about The Nanny. I’ve been a fan since I was 12 (I’m 24 now), and almost no one I’ve talked to seems to remember it or even care about it. They’ve just thought Fran Drescher was annoying and had an annoying laugh, whereas I absolutely loved it and her, and I definitely would’ve dated her if I was her age😭

This was fantastic. The short segment on the Golden Girl made me scream, “OMG she needs to a video essay on the Golden Girls!” And/or the history of the actresses leading up to this Legendary and Iconic sitcom!

I always loved the Nanny, she is a hoot😂 All the comedic Women here I've been blessed to watch growing up😍😂🥳

What a great premise. I, too, love The Nanny!

Lucy on the developing 1950s television - like Chopin and the fast-evolving 1820-30s piano - made an ideal match of trailblazing technology with erupting talent, creative medium with creative spark.

Please find more of the same. I never tire of "The Way Back Machine."(Do you remember Rocky and Bullwinkle")?

My favorite golden era star who became a regular on a sitcom would have to be Nancy Walker on Rhoda. I felt after she left the show was not the same without her presence. Other regulars I could thing of were Nanette Fabray on One Day at a Time and Celeste Holm in Archie Bunkers Place. Some of the more memorable guest appearances I can think of are Alexis Smith on Cheers, Ann Miller on Home Improvement and Eva Marie Saint on Frasier.

What a great video! As a kid I loved seeing classic stars on “I Love Lucy” and still remember the insane anticipation I experienced waiting for the Dick and Liz episode of “Here’s Lucy” to air. That ring! The tans! Liz’ pantsuit! It did not disappoint. Thanks for highlighting this aspect of the entertainment industry.

I'm so happy there's a KZfaqr in Q3 2021 talking about how fun The Nanny is; it's fun when I watch an informative video, and I actually get most of the references

One of the things I appreciate SO MUCH with your videos is the way ou reference your sources. It is not just an honest way to highlight great research, often by women, but also a wonderful way to let me find books if I want to explore more. You are definitely one of the top quality creators here.

I vote for the anthology series with film stars. Particularly Faerie Tale Theatre

Great overview. Murder she wrote is also a good opportunity to see movie and TV performers in a different setting. Though former stars play a character vs themselves the chance to experience them post prime and still contributing to the profession is heartwarming and I really enjoy it. You observations are spot on and thoughtful. Thank you for sharing them. Robert Best

In India, we had a fine actress named Ratna Pathak Shah who did act in films and the theatre but found great success in television for 3 decades and then she got bigger roles in movies. I remember her saying that the worst thing that can happen to an actress is when she’s reduced to something irrelevant and is made to be ‘sweet’ and that television helped her ace comedy.

This video is just what we needed!! Thank you so much. I'd love to see more videos along this theme.

You can find Bette Davis’s pilot on youtube. The writing is wretched, but it’s her at least.

So happy you posted a video !!! I’ve been binging all your videos all day !!!!! My favorite channel.

Wait... that Beverly hillbillies Episode with Gloria Swanson is literally the same plot of the Lucy (I forget which specific show) episode with Joan Crawford 😂

I love that you called him “guest-demon”

Elizabeth Taylor had a clause in every contract that she be paid, along with her salary, a yard of diamonds designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany. Because, if you wanted Liz, ya had to pay for Liz.

Your content is so refreshingly unique and it’s amazing. My favorite channel- please never stop creating this content for us!

18:10 "we all heard so much about you, Ms West" Mae West : "yes i know, but you can't prove it!" (Smile) Gosh, love her!