I asked Elaine which TV husband she would choose if she had to: Ralph Kramden, Fred Mertz, Ed Norton, or Ricky Ricardo. She chose Norton. I’d say she chose wisely.
But turnabout is fair play. Elaine gave me a choice of four TV wives: Roseanne Conner, Estelle Costanza, Endora, or Phyllis Lindstrom. Cruel, eh?
I chose Phyllis, because, I said, at least I could have an affair, as Phyllis’s husband Lars did. But I forgot that Lars’s affair was with Sue Ann Nivens, WJM-TV’s Happy Homemaker.
Game, set, match to Elaine.
Friday, May 9, 2025
Choices of four
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Not sure what point you’re trying to make, but I’d say game, set, and match to you. In her day, Sue Anne Nivens (Betty White) was a very attractive woman, a bit flirtatious but in a playful way. The real Betty told a lot of off-color jokes that could make grown men blush, but I found that endearing. If, as Phyllis’s husband you did have an affair — not that I condone it — you could do a lot worse than Sue Anne.
My point was that Elaine bested me in the game of offering unlikely choices. I would find any relationship with Sue Ann Nivens — the character — a nightmare. No disrespect to Betty White!
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