"Attitudes" on Lifetime

May 2024 · 12 minute read

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 Anonymousreply 83October 2, 2021 5:21 AM

This show led to Kathie Lee and Hoda, The View, The Real.

by Anonymousreply 1February 18, 2018 7:44 AM

I loved Atttitudes just for the SNL parodies of it, with Nora Dunn letter-perfect as Linda Dano.

by Anonymousreply 3February 18, 2018 7:56 AM

I wish lifetime would rerun it

by Anonymousreply 4February 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 Anonymousreply 5February 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 Anonymousreply 7February 20, 2018 1:21 AM

Best thread in recent memory.

by Anonymousreply 8February 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.

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by Anonymousreply 9February 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 Anonymousreply 11February 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 Anonymousreply 12February 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 Anonymousreply 13February 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 Anonymousreply 14February 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 Anonymousreply 15February 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 Anonymousreply 16February 20, 2018 2:35 AM

R16 I didn't type that twice

by Anonymousreply 17February 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 Anonymousreply 18February 20, 2018 2:40 AM

I can't get r6 to work. Could you link the address?

by Anonymousreply 19February 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 Anonymousreply 20February 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 Anonymousreply 21February 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 Anonymousreply 22February 20, 2018 3:05 AM

Jan Hooks has that other host's dum dum girl talking style down.

by Anonymousreply 23February 20, 2018 3:13 AM

The one with John Malkovich as a driftwood artist was the best.

by Anonymousreply 24February 20, 2018 3:18 AM

Linda Dano always looked like a tranny trying to dress like a whiteface Grace Jones.

by Anonymousreply 25February 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 Anonymousreply 26February 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 Anonymousreply 27February 20, 2018 3:31 AM

Love All things Lifetime!

by Anonymousreply 28February 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 Anonymousreply 29February 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 Anonymousreply 30February 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 Anonymousreply 31February 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 Anonymousreply 32February 20, 2018 4:43 AM

Is Dano a lesbian? My mom always said she thought she was. And not in a good way.

by Anonymousreply 33February 20, 2018 5:01 AM

She had a husband named Frank.

by Anonymousreply 34February 20, 2018 5:45 AM

Didn't she used to mention her husband a lot on the show?

by Anonymousreply 35February 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 Anonymousreply 36February 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 Anonymousreply 37February 24, 2018 4:06 AM

If ever there was a show in need of a reboot...

by Anonymousreply 38September 15, 2018 2:55 AM

"Hi, I'm Linda Dano, and I'm Italian"

by Anonymousreply 39September 15, 2018 3:08 AM

Collectively we as a nation are suffering from Vitamin Dano withdrawals.

by Anonymousreply 40September 15, 2018 3:10 AM

"Hi, I'm Nancy Glass, and I'm a Cyborg."

by Anonymousreply 41September 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

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by Anonymousreply 42September 15, 2018 3:25 AM

Frank, why is there a log backstage?

by Anonymousreply 43September 15, 2018 5:03 AM

[quote]If ever there was a show in need of a reboot...

Starring Julie Chen and Roseanne Barr!

by Anonymousreply 44September 15, 2018 5:42 AM

I worked for Penacoli. Big fucking crybaby. Whines likes a 12 year old girl

by Anonymousreply 45September 15, 2018 5:43 AM

“Crisis Counselor” starring Bryan Cranston circa 1982

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by Anonymousreply 46September 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"

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by Anonymousreply 48October 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 Anonymousreply 49October 14, 2018 6:09 AM

A reboot with Daryl Hannah and Rosanna Arquette would go straight into the shitter

by Anonymousreply 50October 20, 2018 5:59 AM

Nobody could rock the over-the-top 80s fashions quite like Linda Dano.

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by Anonymousreply 51November 19, 2018 1:04 PM

We need Linda Dano now more than ever

by Anonymousreply 53November 27, 2018 10:14 PM

James Franco's homage to Linda Dano.

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by Anonymousreply 55November 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 Anonymousreply 56November 27, 2018 11:09 PM

"Attitudes" was almost called "Avenues"

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by Anonymousreply 57January 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 Anonymousreply 58January 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 Anonymousreply 59January 3, 2019 3:53 AM

Weeeeeee! I went to high school with Nancy Glass! Someone remembers her!

by Anonymousreply 61January 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 Anonymousreply 62January 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 Anonymousreply 63January 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 Anonymousreply 64January 3, 2019 5:36 AM

Nancy Glass HATED Deborah Norville!

by Anonymousreply 65January 3, 2019 7:06 AM

They would have been great as Thelma and Louise

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by Anonymousreply 66January 3, 2019 7:12 AM

Linda's had some great work done on her face, she looks fabulous for 70-something.

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by Anonymousreply 67January 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 Anonymousreply 68January 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.

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by Anonymousreply 69January 3, 2019 5:34 PM

Linda's Connecticut house is haunted. Psychic medium Kim Russo from Lawn Guyland went to investigate.

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by Anonymousreply 70January 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 Anonymousreply 71January 4, 2019 1:07 AM

Felicia Gallant was friends with the midget who dated Rose.

by Anonymousreply 72January 4, 2019 6:56 AM

I love to eat some gummy edibles and have an Attitudes binge-a-thon.

by Anonymousreply 73January 6, 2019 1:51 AM

Linda Dano "leaning in" to Shirley Temple

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by Anonymousreply 74August 11, 2019 6:57 AM

Wake-n-Bakin with some bomb-ass chronic

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by Anonymousreply 76September 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 Anonymousreply 78May 7, 2020 5:58 AM

E30. I remember when Lifetime showed continuing medical education lectures for physicians on Sunday afternoon.

by Anonymousreply 80July 28, 2020 2:04 AM

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