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This was appointment television for a lot of people who lived their lives hinging upon every utterance made by Linda Dano. Her shoulder pads were legendary and trend-setting.
There was something off-putting and automaton about Nancy Glass. Almost as if she was hollow inside, yet had a reverse vacuum otherworldly, menacing, eerie, soul sucking quality about her.
It was the introduction of Jerry Penacoli and Rolonda Watts as well.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | October 2, 2021 5:21 AM |
This show led to Kathie Lee and Hoda, The View, The Real.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 18, 2018 7:44 AM |
I loved Atttitudes just for the SNL parodies of it, with Nora Dunn letter-perfect as Linda Dano.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 18, 2018 7:56 AM |
I wish lifetime would rerun it
by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 18, 2018 8:00 AM |
After Linda Dano left because she didn't like how the show was becoming tabloidy, Dorothy Lucey and Rolanda Watts came on as replacements. The show never regained its popularity, because the audience loved Dano so much.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 18, 2018 8:05 AM |
These older girls in my neighborhood used to come home from school and watch Atitudes, eat salads, drink diet coke and smoke cigarettes.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 20, 2018 1:21 AM |
Best thread in recent memory.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 20, 2018 1:52 AM |
R6 That makes me miss Jan Hooks so much.
The opening credits are so late 80s tacky. Love.
And look at the audience.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | February 20, 2018 1:52 AM |
The show was on back when no one really knew what direction this Lifetime, channel for women, was going to take.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 20, 2018 1:59 AM |
It would have been a stroke of genius if Barbara Walters had included Linda Dano in the first incarnation of The View.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 20, 2018 2:02 AM |
I used to think the SNL parody was hysterical even though I barely knew about the show or who Dano was.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 20, 2018 2:04 AM |
The SNL parodyw as probably the subtlest long running thing the show has ever did. There were almost no one-liners or even big laugh lines--the jokes always depended on watching how amazing Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn were at exactly parodying (respectively) the insecure and anxious Dee Kelly and the brassy and obnoxious Linda Dano. Just the way Nora Dunn would hold her own hands as Linda Dano while listening to someone else talk could send me into gales of laughter--or just the way she constantly adjusted her shoulder pads!
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 20, 2018 2:09 AM |
[quote] The SNL parodyw as probably the subtlest long running thing the show has ever did.
Ouch! Let's try again:
"The SNL parody was probably the subtlest long running thing the show has ever done"
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 20, 2018 2:10 AM |
Considering the ruthless boys club SNL was in the 80s, it's surprising Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks considering what a ruthless boys club SNL was in the 80's it's surprising Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks got these epic lengthy segments, Attitudes and the Sweeney sisters, on the air
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 20, 2018 2:35 AM |
R16 I didn't type that twice
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 20, 2018 2:40 AM |
Nancy Glass showed up on a Jeffrey Dahmer special a few months ago. She looks exactly the same! Apparently she interviewed many times.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 20, 2018 2:40 AM |
I can't get r6 to work. Could you link the address?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 20, 2018 2:42 AM |
I grew up outside of Philadelphia where Jerry Penacoli was a local reporter. Even as a kid I heard the rumors about him having to go to the emergency room to have a gerbil removed and we kids shared the following jokes: (which many of you have probably already heard...)
Q: How do you get a hamster out of a tree? A: Have Jerry Penacoli moon it.
Did you hear Jerry Penacoli had to go back to the hospital? He had to have a mole removed.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 20, 2018 2:46 AM |
Dunn and Hooks - what a great comedic duo. Wish they had the opportunity to re-team post-SNL. I wonder if things went sour between them after the Andrew Dice Clay episode.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 20, 2018 2:49 AM |
Linda Dano always seemed like she'd be your mom's fabulous and just a smidge insufferable friend. Sort of a Godmommie Mame.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 20, 2018 3:05 AM |
Jan Hooks has that other host's dum dum girl talking style down.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 20, 2018 3:13 AM |
The one with John Malkovich as a driftwood artist was the best.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 20, 2018 3:18 AM |
Linda Dano always looked like a tranny trying to dress like a whiteface Grace Jones.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 20, 2018 3:22 AM |
Linda Dano would be an ideal co-host for a talk show. Looking back at those clips of the show now, she really does have a cokey alertness, filling up every moment of silence with engaged responsive chatter.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 20, 2018 3:24 AM |
r19: I couldn’t format a link but go to nbc dot com/snl and search “attitudes” the clips should come up.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 20, 2018 3:31 AM |
Love All things Lifetime!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 20, 2018 3:36 AM |
The actual opening of the show is already like a Saturday Night Live parody. It seems like a no-budget, public access show in Sacramento.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 20, 2018 3:49 AM |
Does anyone remember Lifetime before it was Lifetime? It was called the Cable Health Network. This would have been in the very early 80s, probably 82 or so. I remember coming home from school as a tween and watching a show called Crisis Counselor. It starred a therapist named Tommy Thompson (I can't remember if he was a psychiatrist or psychologist) and he would counsel families in crisis, only the families were actors and their problems were based on case histories of his patients. I used to LIVE for this show because every once in a while, the issue would center around homosexuality, either a husband who had realized he was gay or a teen or young adult son. Honestly, it, Dr. Ruth and the movie Making Love are the first three places I learned what being gay meant.
There was also a kicky Canadian aerobics instructor named Charlene Prickett who had her own exercise show called It Figures. God, I miss those days of the wired analog cable remote box that was the size of a loaf of bread.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 20, 2018 3:51 AM |
I have actually had sex with Jerry. Bag on him all you want he is in great shape and has a giant fucking wang and knows how to use it.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 20, 2018 3:53 AM |
I seem to recall either Nora or Jan being a guest on “Attitudes”. This was years after they did the first SNL sketch, and Linda Dano was a great sport about it. Nancy Glass has moved on at that point and there was a new co-host.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 20, 2018 4:43 AM |
Is Dano a lesbian? My mom always said she thought she was. And not in a good way.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 20, 2018 5:01 AM |
She had a husband named Frank.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 20, 2018 5:45 AM |
Didn't she used to mention her husband a lot on the show?
by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 20, 2018 2:46 PM |
I love to see a reboot of Attitudes with Linda Dano returning.
Hoda and Kathie Lee were sad knockoffs.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 24, 2018 3:51 AM |
[quote]"The SNL parody was probably the subtlest long running thing the show has ever done"
Dunn and Hooks were terrific together. Dunn always went for nailing the character rather than the laughs, and Hooks could impersonate anyone, however imperfectly, in a way that made you love her.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 24, 2018 4:06 AM |
If ever there was a show in need of a reboot...
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 15, 2018 2:55 AM |
"Hi, I'm Linda Dano, and I'm Italian"
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 15, 2018 3:08 AM |
Collectively we as a nation are suffering from Vitamin Dano withdrawals.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 15, 2018 3:10 AM |
"Hi, I'm Nancy Glass, and I'm a Cyborg."
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 15, 2018 3:12 AM |
[quote] I have actually had sex with Jerry. Bag on him all you want he is in great shape and has a giant fucking wang and knows how to use it.
More details please
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 42 | September 15, 2018 3:25 AM |
Frank, why is there a log backstage?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 15, 2018 5:03 AM |
[quote]If ever there was a show in need of a reboot...
Starring Julie Chen and Roseanne Barr!
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 15, 2018 5:42 AM |
I worked for Penacoli. Big fucking crybaby. Whines likes a 12 year old girl
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 15, 2018 5:43 AM |
“Crisis Counselor” starring Bryan Cranston circa 1982
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | September 15, 2018 7:06 AM |
For those of you tired of the overrated Game of Thrones, or whatever nonsense is on Netflix and Hulu, some quality Saturday night entertainment with "intimate Portrait: Linda Dano"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 48 | October 14, 2018 5:45 AM |
R30, do you also remember a CHN show called [italic]Human Sexuality with Sharon Goldsmith[/italic]? It's not on YouTube, unfortunately, but she was pre–Dr. Ruth and it was pretty raw for basic cable. I even remember an episode where some hoe talked about squirting.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 14, 2018 6:09 AM |
A reboot with Daryl Hannah and Rosanna Arquette would go straight into the shitter
by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 20, 2018 5:59 AM |
Nobody could rock the over-the-top 80s fashions quite like Linda Dano.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 51 | November 19, 2018 1:04 PM |
We need Linda Dano now more than ever
by Anonymous | reply 53 | November 27, 2018 10:14 PM |
James Franco's homage to Linda Dano.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 55 | November 27, 2018 10:28 PM |
[quote]There was also a kicky Canadian aerobics instructor named Charlene Prickett who had her own exercise show called It Figures. God, I miss those days of the wired analog cable remote box that was the size of a loaf of bread.
YES, I do! I also remember when it was the Cable Health Network. I sort of remember Nancy Glass, but I really remember Dee Kelly. Linda and Dee said, "Oh my God" all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | November 27, 2018 11:09 PM |
"Attitudes" was almost called "Avenues"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 57 | January 3, 2019 2:25 AM |
I am Linda's biggest fan. I adore her. I watched her in all her soap roles but especially loved her as Felicia Gallant I simply adored her on Attitudes.
She radiates such warmth.
Glass went on to become a big mucky muck behind the scenes at HGTV
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 3, 2019 3:07 AM |
She's always seemed to be a very genuine person to me, and I felt so bad for her when Frank died. He was a big flirt and hung around the restaurant that I used to run in CT many years ago. Such a close talker, though. I always found that odd, that she didn't realize that. From what I understand, she has had a very, very difficult time after losing him. They built a wonderful estate of 18th century houses on their property, similar to what Darryl Hall did, but on a much smaller scale. Honestly, I hope she's ok, because nobody seems to see her around anymore. Maybe she's back in NY?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 3, 2019 3:53 AM |
Weeeeeee! I went to high school with Nancy Glass! Someone remembers her!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 3, 2019 4:46 AM |
I remember “Sunday Night Sex Show” with Sue Johanson. She was a hoot. She was the Canadian Dr Ruth.
She did an entire show on butt plugs and it was hysterical.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 3, 2019 5:04 AM |
R59 A few months ago, she posted on her Facebook page that she completed a Hallmark movie with Alison Sweeney and was going back home to Connecticut. I guess that's where she lives it at now, most of the time anyway.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 3, 2019 5:20 AM |
[quote]Weeeeeee! I went to high school with Nancy Glass! Someone remembers her!
Big deal. I dated her brother, George.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 3, 2019 5:36 AM |
Nancy Glass HATED Deborah Norville!
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 3, 2019 7:06 AM |
They would have been great as Thelma and Louise
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 66 | January 3, 2019 7:12 AM |
Linda's had some great work done on her face, she looks fabulous for 70-something.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 67 | January 3, 2019 3:11 PM |
R67
Linda's good friends with Joy Behar and I remember Linda brought her plastic surgeon on The View. She was very open about having it done.
R59
Linda has had some difficult times. She & Frank were utterly devoted to each other. I don't believe I ever heard her speak of him ever without calling him "My Frank". This was before & after his death. Her dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's & all that entails. Then after her father died her mom died almost back to back. Those 3 deaths sent her into a deep clinical depression. It was awhile before she accepted it was depression. She kept thinking it was simply grief. She eventually sought therapy & began medication. She has since become an advocate for mental health issues.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 3, 2019 3:33 PM |
Fans of Linda can borrow either of one her lifestyle books, Looking Great or Living Great for free at the Open Library.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 69 | January 3, 2019 5:34 PM |
Linda's Connecticut house is haunted. Psychic medium Kim Russo from Lawn Guyland went to investigate.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 70 | January 3, 2019 5:59 PM |
Thanks, R68. I had suspected as much. I didn't realize she lost both parents around the same time. She's a good person and I hope she's feeling better.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 4, 2019 1:07 AM |
Felicia Gallant was friends with the midget who dated Rose.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 4, 2019 6:56 AM |
I love to eat some gummy edibles and have an Attitudes binge-a-thon.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 6, 2019 1:51 AM |
Linda Dano "leaning in" to Shirley Temple
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 74 | August 11, 2019 6:57 AM |
Wake-n-Bakin with some bomb-ass chronic
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 76 | September 13, 2019 11:00 PM |
Linda Dana with Nancy Glass for virtual Attitudes on Zoom is what we need globally during these uncertain tines.,
by Anonymous | reply 78 | May 7, 2020 5:58 AM |
E30. I remember when Lifetime showed continuing medical education lectures for physicians on Sunday afternoon.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 28, 2020 2:04 AM |
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