FRIDAY HALL OF FAMERS - REMEMBERING DORIS DAY

From the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy roles in comedies and musicals made her one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, has died. She was 97.

In recent years, Day had been an animal rights advocate and her Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed her death early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends.

“Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia, resulting in her death,” the foundation said in an emailed statement.

Ms. Day only had the one long-running fictional television role to her credit, that of Doris Martin in her eponymous sitcom which ran for 128 episodes over five seasons.  It may be that one day I may still find Doris Martin eligible for membership due to the changes to the show’s format over the course of the series.  Changes proved to be so drastic that I determined that we were watching three different Doris Martins from three different TV dimensions.

But if I ever do that, it would have to be one of the Birthday Honors inductions, in which the requirements are much looser.

So I looked into the “life” of her televersion – the fictional representation of herself, and preferably as played by herself.  So many appearances as herself on talk shows and various TV specials - and at least one game show - before she went into seclusion.  One of the major appearances in these genres would be her own talk show that combined her love of animals and the friends she made in show business.  I’m sure her fictional televersion did ‘Doris Day’s Best Friends’ as well.

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Johnny Carson:
It was murky out there.
Ed McMahon & The Audience:
How murky was it?
Johnny Carson:
It was so murky out there today and gloomy,
that Doris Day kicked a dog.

(Thanks to my brother Bill for finding that.)

One day 'Tonight' will be inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame and at that time it will carry more weight in the tally for members of the League of Themselves like Doris Day (who appeared on 'Tonight' surprisingly only three times back in the mid-1970s.)

Doris Day only appeared twice as herself in a fictional setting in the main Toobworld, and even then only one of them was only her voice.

The Doris Day Show 
Doris Goes to Hollywood (1971)

From the IMDb:
When Doris Martin wins a Doris Day lookalike contest, she and Myrna head to Hollywood to have lunch with the star, but things don't turn out the way they had planned.

O’Bservation - I’ll be sharing that episode tomorrow.

The Governor & J.J. 
- A Day in the Life (1970) 
... Doris Day (voice)

O’Bservation - Two CBS stars lent their voices to phone messages in this episode - Ms. Day and Sebastian Cabot, who played Giles French on ‘Family Affair’.

She also appears as a technicality in other shows, when scenes from her movies are seen within the fictional world of Earth Prime-Time.  So we’re seeing Doris Day as her characters from those movies.

Let’s just take two examples:

SEND ME NO FLOWERS

The Beverly Hillbillies 
Jed Becomes a Movie Mogul (1964)

The Clampetts get to see the rushes and dailies from this movie a month before it was released.

O’Bservation – Hopefully I’ll have this episode skedded for Sunday….

PILLOW TALK

Madam Secretary
Labor of Love (2017)

Daisy is watching this movie when the FBI comes to search her apartment.  (However, this takes place in another TV dimension.)

I’ve written about that scene before, soon after it first showed up on the show.

So those examples count toward her appearances in the fictional settings of TV shows.  Therefore, she has at least four TV shows in which she appeared as herself – we may find more scenes from her other movies.

Doris Day was such a cultural icon that there are plenty of TV shows in which their fictional characters mention her.  Therefore all of those shows accept the existence of TV’s Doris Day in their world.  (We include in this list the references made by fictional characters to her movies.)

Because of the transcript site I frequent, I don’t always know who the speakers are.  So you may see some quotes with no credit to whoever is speaking.

Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
The Keeper Of Souls

?
I tried to contact you; you know I did. 
?
Oh, stop with the Doris Day act.
It´s getting on my nerves.

Laverne & Shirley 
Call Me a Taxi (1977)

In order to make money after getting fired from their jobs, Laverne and Shirley got jobs as “taxi dancers” (ten cents a dance) at Danceland….

Shirley: 
I just thought it was going to be more like James Cagney and Doris Day.
Laverne: 
They’re not coming.

O’Bservation – This is a reference to their movie “Love Me Or Leave Me”.

Mad Men 
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (2010)

Peggy Olsen:
On the shortlist I've got Tallulah, Jessica Tandy, Barbara Stanwyck, and Doris Day, different types. 
?
I don't even understand your list. 
?
What's wrong with Elizabeth Taylor? 
Isn't it about making old ladies look good? 
?
Nothing makes old ladies look good.

Mad Men 
Long Weekend (2007)

“Send Me No Flowers”, starring Doris Day, is one of the movies which Don and Lane are contemplating seeing.

Joan Holliday:
I feel like I’m stuck somewhere between Doris Day in “Pillow Talk” and “Midnight Lace”. 

Happy Days 
Hardware Jungle

O’Bservation – Richie needed six dollars to go to the concert, but didn’t think he could raise that kind of money.

Fonzie: Like Doris Day says, “Que sera, sera.”

Happy Days 
The Deadly Dares (1974)

O’Bservation – As part of their initiation into the Demons Club, Potsie and Richie had to dress as girls and go to the sock hop until somebody danced with them.

Howard Cunningham:
What we’re talking about is why my son is out there walking the street looking like Doris Day!

White Collar 
Ice Breaker (2013)

Neal Caffrey:
There’s plenty of metered parking
down the street.
Why risk another ticket?
Peter Burke:
Doris Day parking.
Neal:
I’m sorry, Doris Day what?
Peter:
A spot, right in front.  
The kind Doris Day miraculously finds
in all her movies.
Neal:
I didn’t know you were a fan.
Peter:
Oh, I love ‘em!

The Beverly Hillbillies 
Jed Becomes a Movie Mogul (1964)

From the IMDb:
Mr. Drysdale buys Mammoth Pictures, a movie studio. Jed, Granny, Elly and Jethro try to "help" the studio, which is losing money, by working at the studio.

The movie scenes the Clampetts watched were for a movie (Send Me No Flowers) which would be released in theaters the month after this was originally broadcast. This show was in effect a coming attraction for the movie. 

When the Clampetts view the Rock Hudson and Doris Day movie, they're surprised to see that there's no piano player in the "theater". Yet, they don't react at all to the film not being silent.  

Car 54, Where Are You? 
Joan Crawford Didn't Say No (1963)

From the IMDb:
When a septuagenarian delicatessen owner reports he will be marrying Joan Crawford, the boys of the 53rd are sent out to bust the phony matrimonial service that promises to pair its clients with Hollywood movie stars.  

O’Bservation – Mrs. Bronson tried to match up Officer Francis Muldoon with one of her “clients” at the Wedding Bells Matrimonial Agency….

Mrs. Bronson:
Now where were we?
Oh yes.  A girl for you…
Doris Day…?  No, too young.
Susan Hayward?  No, a bit too emotional….

Partners in Crime 
N or M?: Part 1 (2015)

From the IMDb:
Tommy is sent on a secret mission to discover the identity of a Soviet spy staying at a seaside guest-house; Tuppence refuses to be left behind. In their regular life, the Beresfords sell wigs.

Tuppence Beresford:
Have you finished the stock list? 
Tommy Beresford:
Yes. I think we need to order more brunettes.
Tuppence: 
Doris Day, Grace Kelly, Diana Dors…. 
Tommy:
Blondes….
We need to order more blondes.

Ray Donovan 
New Birthday (2013)

?
Too fucking bad about Rock Hudson.
?
What? Made some good movies. 
Pillow Talk, fucking great.
But that Doris Day did not do it for me.
Should've been Lena Horne in Doris Day's part.
Or Eartha Kitt.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 
Put That on Your Plate! (2017)

From the IMDb:
With Susie's help, Midge hones her act at the Gaslight. 

Miriam “Midge” Maisel:
What does this look like?
Susie Myerson: 
You got a mirror?
You look kind of wet and out of focus,
Like… like a Doris Day picture.

The Ropers
The Doris Letters

From the IMDb:
Mrs. Roper thinks her husband is having an affair when she finds his hidden stash of love letters, written to a woman named Doris.

Stanley Roper:
I wrote those letters to… Doris Day.
Helen Roper:
Doris… Day?  The movie star?
Stanley Roper:
Yeah.  You know…. “It’s Magic.”  “Pillow Talk.”
They’re just fan letters.

Melissa & Joey 
The Unkindest Cut (2013)

Melissa:
Oh, I feel like I'm in
an old-fashioned romance movie. 
That's why I'm wearing my Doris Day dress.
Joey:
What's Doris Day?
Oh, is that a fake holiday like Arbor Day?

That '80s Show 
Valentine's Day (2002)

R.T.:
Gimme that jacket, Tuesday. 
June Tuesday:
No! 
R.T.:
Gimme the jacket! 
June Tuesday:
Aah! 
Corey Howard:
I saw this in a Doris Day-Rock Hudson movie once 
and I didn't like it then.

WPC 56 
Walk the Line (2015)

Annie:
"The new Doris Day".
That's what they called me at the Butlins talent show. 
Sergeant:
Yes. I'm sure that you were very good.

Petticoat Junction 
Young Love (1966)

Uncle Joe:
Kate, think of the publicity!
A nice young couple getting married -
Here at the Shady Rest.
The press snapping pictures of them!
Him carrying her over the threshold….
Like Doris Day and Rock Hudson!

The Lucy Show
Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere (1966)

Mr. Mooney:
Mrs. Carmichael, isn’t $75 a lot of money
to pay for a second-hand
pink chiffon nightgown?
Lucille Carmichael:
It was worn by Doris Day in ‘Pillow Talk’!
Mr. Mooney:
I wouldn’t pay $75 for a nightie
if it was worn by Jack Lemmon
in “Some Like It Hot!”

Lucille Carmichael:
Mary Jane works at the studio
and she gets free passes.
But I do need money for a new dress
because I don’t have a thing to wear.
Mr. Mooney:
Why don’t you go in Doris Day’s nightgown?

The Dame Edna Treatment
Episode 1.1

Dame Edna Everidge (to Michael Bolton):
Are you doing any more tributes to people? 
That was of Frank Sinatra…. 
Pat Boone would be good. 
Or Doris Day. 
You could do a tribute to Doris Day.

The Dame Edna Treatment
Episode 1.3

Alec Baldwin:
My birthday is next week.
My birthday is April 3rd.
And I share my birthday
with a very strange array of people.
Dame Edna:
Who are they?
Alec:
Marlon Brando, Wayne Newton,
Doris Day, and Eddie Murphy.
Isn’t that the strangest group of people
you ever heard of in your life?
Dame Edna:
No, no.  They’ve all got something in common…
Alec:
What is that?
Dame Edna:
American.

O’Bservation – I consider this series (and her previous shows) to be part of Earth Prime-Time and not Skitlandia.  I saw her on Broadway and my televersion is definitely a main Toobworldling!

The Bob Newhart Show
The Separation Story (1974)

O’Bservation – Carol thought Bob and Emily were splitting up. So when she thought they were getting back together, she got on the phone:

“Jerry? 
Doris and Rock are back together! 
Pass it on!”

Dr. Bob Hartley:
Room Service?
This is Dr. Hartley in Room 544.
I have somebody coming up for dinner.
And I noticed that you forgot the vase
With the single rose in it.
Like in the movie “Pillow Talk”, right.

When the rose is finally delivered, Emily sniffs it.
“Oh, just like “Pillow Talk”!

Emily came to Bob’s hotel room prepared to carry on the “Pillow Talk” scenario a bit further….

And speaking of props, there are a few which verify Doris Day’s existence in Toobworld.

These three deal with “Pillow Talk”:

The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Still Waters (2013)
Title seen on front of theatre

The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Crossing the Line (2014)
A poster is seen 

Sense8
I Am Also A We (2015)
Poster seen 

We also know that Doris Day was a multidimensional, as she appeared in s couple of TV dimensions outside Earth Prime-Time.

TOOBWORLD POTUS-BARTLET
The West Wing
Institutional Memory (2006)

From the IMDb:
CJ examines her relationship with Danny….

Danny Concannon:
Look, I'm not trying to turn you into Doris Day. I know if we have a future together, I'd be Mr. C.J. Cregg, that's fine. But you don't even see me in the picture, do you?  

TOOBWORLD POTUS-DALTON
Madam Secretary
Labor of Love (2017)

From the IMDb:
The movie that Daisy is watching when the FBI comes to search her apartment is “Pillow Talk”.

THE TOONIVERSE
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
The Ruby Yacht Parts 3 & 4

Citizen:
What's the parade for, Featherby? 
Featherby:
Don't know. Must be Labor Day or sumthin'. 
Citizen:
I wish it were Doris Day!

There is one references to Ms. Day for which I have not been able to pinpoint the exact mention. 

More Tales Of The City
Episode 1.3 (1998)

If you ever get the chance to find out what it is, let me know, there’s a good lad!

Welcome to the TVXOHOF, Ms. Day.
Thank you for the joy you brought into our lives.

Good night and may God bless….