Edith bunker''s death

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 02:54 PM)

Big Bang Theory.
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freebird1987 — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 03:34 PM)

I heard that Jean Stapleton didn't want to play Edith anymore.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 06:51 PM)

She was quoted as saying that during season nine the writers made her too "ding batty".

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 12:15 PM)

9 years is a long time to play the same role.
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 05:57 PM)

True, but she didn't approve of the way the writers had treated the character.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 03:46 PM)

You think if they treated the character better or whatever, she would have stayed?
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 11:43 PM)

I think so.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 03:34 PM)

Maybe in an alternate universe.
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 11:45 PM)

No, I'm confident that if Jean has thought they were doing the character justice she would've had more enthusiasm to take part in ABP.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 09:49 AM)

She said they made her character "too dingbatty". Earlier in the show she would display flashes of great wisdom. None of that in the later seasons, particularly in season nine. And those same writers carried on onto ABP, at least for the first couple of seasons.

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 11:27 AM)

Take a look at the episodes where she tries to take out a bank loan, and particularly when she was arrested for passing a phony bill. Great comedy, but from the actress' standpoint, I can see how she might've been dissatisfied.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 09:46 PM)

She should've kept her mouth shut and kept collecting the mondo checks, I'm sure she was getting.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 11:34 PM)

I'm sure she was well off by then. She became semi-retired after that and didn't need the grueling weekly work schedule of a series.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 02:55 PM)

Semi-retired? Lol. Yet, the jerk couldn't even go to O'Connor's funeral.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn

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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 06:59 PM)

I can't really comment unless I heard her side of the story.

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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 10:50 AM)

Well, if it was merely because of a play, that's BS. The death of a close friend of over 30 years is more important than a stupid play.
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 11:11 AM)

There's always the possibility she didn't want to face the funeral of a friend like that.