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I'm reminded of something Ron White said. He said the only way he could ever touch his toes is if somebody cut off his feet and handed them to him.
Thanks for the memories, Rest in peace.....................
RIP, Gloria. Thanks for the long ago memories.
A long life, well lived. Rest in Peace, Mrs. Mitchell.
Small World...Dennis the Menace (Jay North), married my cousin, and now lives in my parents old home in the small North Florida rural town of Lake Butler. Sorta out of the fast lane type of living.
always hated that show. Wanted to spank that kid.
A cultural way of life we will never experience ever again.
Sad to hear, and best wishes to her family and friends
End of an era
Is it legal to show reruns of this show? The idea of a nuclear family living in a white picket fence type community free of garbage or graffiti with kids pulling silly hijinks on their grumpy old neighbors (who despite the appearance of grumpiness watch over the kids and would defend them to the death) that do not include drugs, hookers, or the constant threat of violence or 3 AM shoot outs, where all neighborhood kids are in bed before 9 to be ready to attend their schools without metal detectors of which the parents are actively involved in their childrens education is the exact definition of extreme third reichiness
I was reading “Dennis the Menace” comic books before the TV show started...I remember a notice in one of the comic books about how there would soon be a TV show based on the strip. Since we did not have a TV I did not watch it regularly but later saw it at least once or twice. I remember the George Wilson character was much different from the way he is portrayed in the strip. Of course the TV show had to end after a few years when Jay North became too old to pretend to be a 5-year-old kid.
Sounds like she was a Christian. Yay God! It’s surprising to me, how many of the older actors and actresses were Christians. A lot of them were won through Billy Graham’s ministry, and a lot of them attend(ed) The Church On The Way, which is a very conservative, Spirit filled denomination, the Foursquare Denomination. Jack Hayford was the pastor for many years. He’s still alive, but I think he Pastor Emeritus, now. I wish we had a Foursquare Church around here.
Jay North today looks quite a bit like Jeb!
I’m glad he has survived and found stability.
I used to hear a lot from Jay the adult, about the abuse he dealt with during his years playing Dennis.
I have heard nothing from him in years.
During the TV series, he was supervised on the set by an Aunt and Uncle. This began in the second year of the show.
According to Jay,
If he performed lower than her standards or required too many takes for a scene, she would slap him or threaten him behind the scenes.
Yep, she was an early example of a M.I.L....
RIP.