The Truth About LYDIA CORNELL and Her Relationship with Ted Knight

Here's everything I know about actress Lydia Cornell and her relationship with actor Ted Knight who she starred with on the classic 80s sitcom, "Too Close For Comfort".
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[@docbrown6550]

Lydia has a channel on here, Thanks to you I happened to look and subscribe 👍👍👍👍👌👌

[@jdsundstrom]

Awesome! Here's the link for others who might want to subscribe: kzbin.info

[@DMS-pq8]

Dang she still looks great

[@ceepersandenderdragonssvlo4812]

@@jdsundstrom Hey Dave, I Thought "Cozmic Cow" was the name of the comic strip on the show.

[@thelifeboxmediachannel]

Lydia Cornell Is A Dear Friend Of Mine And Has Been On The Life Box Media Channel Radio Podcast And Will Be On Again The Rest Of The Living Cast Are Still Friends To This Day

[@juantime7816]

@@jdsundstrom .... Dave 🤔 is is possible for you to get a hold on as many of the remaining cast, including Pat Carroll and to an interview, reunion, something for us fans???

[@ArmenianBishop]

Ted Knight, a World War II Veteran, he served with the 1st Army Group's Combat Engineers, as a radio reconnaissance operator. He was among the first American troops to enter Berlin, in 1945.

[@jdsundstrom]

Ted was really a great guy. 🙂

[@dwade6322]

Wow. Thanks for the knowledge..never knew!

[@ArmenianBishop]

@@jdsundstrom Agree

[@ArmenianBishop]

@@dwade6322 My pleasure, and you're welcome.

[@mcribs7811]

Now THAT I did not know. All kidding aside, he really did have a great voice when he’d do it on those broadcasts on Mary. Makes total sense now.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Ted's facial expressions were legend. He was so funny.

[@jdsundstrom]

He was just so darn good!

[@mikesilva3868]

@@jdsundstrom 😎

[@heedmywarning2792]

I'm stuck in permanent flashback with his voice on the Super friends cartoon show. Oh, and I liked him on that one episode of THE INVADERS!

[@DMS-pq8]

He and Johnny Carson could have you rolling on the floor with just a look

[@rcschmidt668]

Some of his best lines were from Mary Tyler Moore.

[@michaelsiegel6656]

Lydia Cornell is such a sweetheart, answered my fan letter and sent me some pictures of herself

[@jdsundstrom]

So cool!

[@Scott-ri2sy]

I met Lydia many years ago sucb a sweet person!

[@Amaryllis88164]

There are no good shows like this these days. The seventies and eighties had the best sitcoms. I clearly remember that TV Guide cover!

[@renataloren2384]

Totally agree the best!!!

[@bhimsenluchooman4046]

@Susan S. Agree.

[@houstonrebel4449]

50s, 60s, and 70's for me. Even though I was a teenager in the 80s. 80s were still 10xs better than today.

[@adampoe2797]

Agreed! Susan Still love Too Close, Threes Company

[@tonyyoung3985]

Remember the episode when Henry and Muriel thought their new boarders were terrorists but they were JUST gun collectors. And Muriel ended up calling the SWAT team? LOL Poor deluded old fogies. To be so paranoid . . . --okay that episode has NOT aged well and the audience would totally not see the humor in it.

[@therongperson]

The sweaters Ted Knight wore on Too Close for Comfort were often sent in by college and university students who were fans of the show.

[@deliciaford4343]

I didn't know that. Thanks for the information.

[@cityhawk]

I was happy to see one of them from my alma mater. HINT: It was in the episode that guest starred Ernie Wise.

[@Ancientreapers]

I always watched it for the antics of Jim Bullock who played Monroe Ficus. Ted and Jim had a good comedic chemistry together.

[@rino7789]

They made that show in my opinion.

[@jdsundstrom]

I have always thought that Ted was the "comedy glue" that could hold any scene together. He was a truly talented man.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Isn't it Jm J. Bullock? No i in Jm.

[@Ancientreapers]

@@JW...-oj5iw IMDB has is as Jim. J Bullock. I just dropped the J.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

@@Ancientreapers ... It can be found both ways over the years. It'd be interesting to find out why he had it as Jm.

[@JP5466]

Ted's stuttering when he got upset was funny as hell!

[@toddhilley3851]

Both of the daughters were gorgeous .

[@jdsundstrom]

Agreed.

[@averydaymond1560]

I guess I’m the only one who thought the mom, Nancy Dussalt was super sexy.

[@scottburton9701]

Ted Knight was a comedic genius-He truly excelled as Ted Baxter.

[@cindeed4422]

I liked Deborah Van Valkenburg better. I thought she was so pretty and funny. She jelled with Lydia and that was nice to see. Lydia held her own though with both her and Ted. One of my favorite shows growing up. Just loved it!

[@chalkboy8]

Me too.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing, cindee D!

[@donaldpaluga]

So did Swan 😉

[@mayloo2137]

If you're interested, Deborah was in the 1979 movie The Warriors. It was about a gang war in New York. One gang from Coney Island was blamed for the murder of another gang leader trying to bring all the NY gangs together. They tried to get back to their home base with other gangs chasing them. Deborah played a girl who fell in with them, and of course in those days, she just had to fall for their leader. The movie has become a cult classic. Probably can still find it.

[@juststreaming012]

@@mayloo2137 She was also in King of the Mountain a 1981 film.

[@vanmoody]

As a young teen I do admit to seeing Lydia's posters at K Mart. There I feel better. Confession IS good for the soul.

[@jdsundstrom]

Yep. The good ol' poster rack at K-Mart. Always a treat!

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

@@jdsundstrom It really was a treat!! LOL

[@Eulerpi23]

Yes it was!!

[@martinjaramillo2429]

Haha I was absolutely distracted by the KMart poster stand myself haha Heather Thomas got me feeling all funny and stuff

[@elwoodblues9613]

There were two big reasons to love Lydia Cornell, heh heh . . .

[@MsTimothyswan]

as much as I admired Lydia Cornell on this show, in all honesty I actually had a huge crush on Deborah Van Valkenburgh; she is a very attractive lady

[@stevenkosoy4772]

A very good video. Lydia Cornell is one of my closest friends and I am therefore very protective of her when I see videos about her. However, as she has explained her relationship with Ted to me, this seems pretty accurate. Lydia is the kind of person who genuinely does not harbor negative feelings toward anyone and I can say that she does very fondly remember Ted.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing, Steven. I tried to do my research before doing this video because I didn't want to get anything wrong. Sadly, it seems that I might have goofed about Deborah leaving the show and Lydia being dropped. Apparently, according to Lydia (yep, she connected with me), they were both written out of the program.

[@OlympicLeprechaun]

The next time you speak to her please tell her that I thought she was the most gorgeous thing on television.

[@marieclaire4935]

@@OlympicLeprechaun anyone can look that way with a big blonde wig like she wore .

[@RedRynoTT]

Another friend of Lydia, she loves her time on the show and still loves the whole cast still. She loved Ted and is happy with her experience with him…

[@robertlouisburns]

Yeah, Sandra Bernhardt would look just like her…. NOT!!!!

[@rxlo1062]

The two daughters were gorgeous 😍

[@harperstacey9604]

Deborah van valkenburg who played Jackie, was in the movie called the warriors. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@jongilbertson2106]

@@harperstacey9604She was also in Streets of Fire. Another Walter Hill film.

[@jaytrace1006]

Both ladies on the show were stunning, and it was a really funny experience for me watching it.

[@zlonxman]

With Lydia Cornell, Lynda Carter, Marylou Henner, Jan Smithers, and the Three's Company babes, it's a miracle I survived puberty in the 1980s!

[@daveyboy_]

U forgot Battlestar Galactica

[@ms.kim7493]

I love Too Close for Comfort. I watch it every weekend on Antenna TV. My favorite character was Monroe lol. He was hilarious.

[@kathrynhall1136]

I absolutely loved the show and I absolutely love Lydia and Deborah .

[@michaelcole8196]

I'm right there with you, Dave. I was a HUGE fan of Lydia back in the 80s, cause I was a little kid and she was stunning. I really enjoyed Too Close for Comfort, and I thought being a comic strip artist was the COOLEST job to have as an adult. Ted Knight was such a comedic legend, and I still enjoy watching him in Caddyshack often.

[@jdsundstrom]

Ted + Caddyshack = Legendary!

[@moemcgovern7345]

I guess she replaced Farrah.

[@corkydukeII5898]

Hey It's Mr Cole himself! Maybe Dave will do a feature on him too along with his hit show 'Mod Squad'! 😊

[@donaldpaluga]

How about a Fresca?

[@55Quirll]

@@moemcgovern7345 Too be honest, at to me, Lydia is far more attractive than Farrah Fawcett. 😁

[@sergioleone3583]

I love that you reminded us that Ted Knight did voicework on Superfriends. As well as his great performances in Too Close for Comfort and on the MTM Show, he was in a great episode of the Twilight Zone. And yes, Lydia Cornell was very impressive to a young teenager in the 80s.

[@willieholmes1483]

Knight also did the voice of The Penguin when Batman and Robin guest-starred on “Scooby Doo”.

[@sekenamcmurren2217]

I loved Lydia on Too Close For Comfort as the ditzy blonde. The last season after her character Sarah and sister Jackie were written out of the show TCFC wasn't the same you felt the absence of the daughters. The show centered around Ted working at a News paper. He and Monroe would get into shenanigans. It hit me especially hard when Ted Knight died because he and my grandfather died of Colon cancer the same year.😣

[@lisab7977]

My grandpa died the day after Ted Knight 😥

[@bdh70]

I thought the lasr season was awful. I don't think even the girls could have saved it!

[@michaelrochester48]

Lydia herself has told me that Ted Knight was one of those guys that was very serious about Comedy and was a very demanding presence of camera. She has said that it was her television grandmother Audrey Meadows that occasionally told off Ted When he was getting too rough on Lydia!

[@socalcraigster]

I met her at UCLA while I was a student, working in a campus restaurant. Her hair was darker, almost red. I came out and offered her a fresh muffin from the back. I was so nervous that when she asked me to sit down I said no. Lol When I turned around to go back to work about ten of my fellow student workers had gathered to cheer me on. I rarely blush but I man it was too much. If you still see her ask her if she remembers me giving her that fresh muffin.

[@elwoodblues9613]

Audrey Meadows, a true comedy genius! Her deadpan sarcasm was a perfect foil for Ted Knight.

[@TempeSoldier123]

@@socalcraigster What year was this? What do you remember the most about the 80’s in LA?

[@constanttraveler]

The Hall of Justice from Superfriends was modeled after the spectacular Cincinnati Union Terminal. Now a museum, you can still catch one Amtrak per day there

[@jdsundstrom]

One of these days, I need to go there!

[@kenhill8272]

The brunette daughter was the apple of my eye

[@pez2209]

I just watched it. It is on Antenna TV. Two episodes back to back

[@jackbits6397]

Who didn't have a crush on Lydia back then! I never knew Ted Knight narrated super friends always learn something new from you Dave!

[@MichaelLantz]

I though Lydia was hot back in the day.

[@firstnamelastname6171]

A young kid like me did!

[@GangstaMojo]

I know we all have said this to ourselves before but Dave's voice is so mellow is part of the enjoyment of watching his videos. I literally can listen for hours of him talking about old school television shows and actors

[@marpsr]

As a kid I loved this show and pretty much anything else Ted Knight ever did. And of course I had a huge crush on Lydia.

[@emt874]

It was interesting to see this video because I just happened to watch Super Password on Buzzr last weekend and Lydia was one of the celebrity contestants. It was originally shown the summer after her last season on Too Close for Comfort. She passed off her leaving of the show as "it's time to move on" but the tone of her voice saying it definitely exuded an "It's complicated." feeling in her response.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

Hey, Dave. I have mutual FB friends with Lydia. She has responded to my messages. I sent her a link to this.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks CB!

[@nortondumont9711]

@Christopher Baker Way to go!

[@averythecoolcat]

Love Lydia! She's as sweet a person inside as well as out, too.

[@colinwilliams553]

I DID NOT know that Ted Knight was the narrator for The SUPER FRIENDS cartoon series.I learn something from you Dave.Thanks by the way, for me it was Debra Van Volkenberg the dark haired beauty from the show.I'm embarrassed because I forgot the name of the character she played on that show opposite Lydia.Anyway, thanks for the memories again and stay safe.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing, Colin!

[@gtrDan1963]

@@jdsundstrom Hi, Dave ! Not only was Ted narrator for 1973's "Super Friends", but he'd previously worked for Filmation in the 60's narrating and voicing many of the characters that appeared in the cartoons from 67 & 68 that featured the DC Comics heroes, performing sometimes up to 12-15 characters in a 8-10 minute animated feature ! Yes... I was in my mid-teens and watching "Too Close..." for Lydia Cornell. She was lovely, for sure.

[@dukecraig2402]

The Warriors, great great movie that she had a big role in.

[@bikeny]

@@dukecraig2402 There are days when I think NYC is back in that period.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@bikeny NYC nowadays is nothing compared to back then. A younger person now might not make sense of the premise of Escape From New York, they couldn't fathom NYC being turned into a giant prison. But for everyone who lived through the 70's and all the news that came out of NYC in 1981 the concept of it 15 or 20 years down the road being so bad that they'd just throw a wall up around it and turn it into a big prison sounded reasonable. Look at Times Square back in the 70's, it was full of pimps, hookers, junkies and muggers and if you went down there screwing around you'd get killed even in broad daylight, nowadays it's a tourist trap you can safely walk your family through, world of difference between back then and now.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Lydia was one of my first crushes, she's still a babe nowadays. Also, until I started watching the Honeymooners in HS, I knew Audrey Meadows as Ted Knight's mother-in-law in TCFC. STILL waiting for the blu-ray of the complete series. Dave, as always, you rock! 🎸🤘

[@jdsundstrom]

While prepping to make this video, I checked on DVD prices at Amazon. They are through the roof!

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

@@jdsundstrom Hence, why I'm waiting for the (inevitable) blu-ray release. These crooked sellers and their predatory prices can take a flying leap!

[@jonathanmol4489]

@@IndyCrewInNYC It was like waiting for the Neighbors with Belushi and Ackroyd. Never came on DVD until a few years later.

[@jefferysteen1041]

Ted Knight was a comic genius!I loved Too close for Comfort!

[@stitch-xx2oo]

This may or may not be important about Lydia Cornell, but she was in Full House as a Spanish teacher hitting on Bob Saget. Thanks for the show on Lydia!

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing, stitch16261!

[@chalkboy8]

Senorita Mosely!

[@stitch-xx2oo]

@@chalkboy8 SI

[@averythecoolcat]

She speaks Spanish in real life, too.

[@louabraham7708]

In one episode, Lydia is holding a stack of record albums. The album on top was a record that I was on. It came out in 1980. Half the name was blacked out but there was no mistaking the moon, the palm trees, and the tiny rhino running across the sand.

[@macconmara7252]

I loved Too Close For Comfort. I never knew why the show changed in that last season. The show just wasn't the same when Deborah and Lydia left. They really should have kept Lydia on the show. Lydia and Ted's working relationship was confusing but I think normal for the very reasons you pointed out. Great video!

[@jdsundstrom]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Mac. 🙂

[@jaredjlinden]

The sixth season was actually the first season of a spinoff series, called “The Ted Knight Show”. They wanted to do another five seasons/100 episodes and sell the spinoff series into reruns, separately from Too Close for Comfort, which had already reached the 5 season/100 episode mark. But when Ted Knight passed away, they rolled the first season of the spinoff into the TCFC syndication package.

[@billcook4768]

I can’t believe I never noticed that Ted was the narrator for Superfriends.

[@briannichols4807]

Ted Knight also had an uncredited role as a uniformed policeman guarding the door to the room Anthony Perkins ( Norman Bates ) was locked in at the end of Psycho . You only see him briefly , maybe five or ten seconds . He also once guest starred as a bad guy on an episode of the old Get Smart series with Don Adams .

[@parcivale]

He was in two episodes of Get Smart. One episode in season 1 and the other in season 2. And even in 1965 he had white hair.

[@willieholmes1483]

Also on the original “Twilight Zone”. He was in the episode where Jack Warden was the convict on the planet with the female robot.

[@briannichols4807]

@@willieholmes1483 I didn't know that , I'll check that out . Thanks !!

[@l.salisbury1253]

Learn-somethin'-new-every-dayDept: I did NOT know "Ted Baxter" was the voice-over for Superfriends!

[@freddylq67]

One of my favorite shows. Memories! Yes I liked looking at Lydia!

[@freedomhigh2160]

Love this show, I’m watching this currently on Pluto tv on demand. It just reminds me of my youth.

[@davesworld7961]

She was gorgeous and I regretted not getting her white bikini poster that one and only time I saw it at Walmart.

[@Wondwind]

I’m just realizing where the two characters in That 70’s Show were inspired from.

[@NCCU1995]

I remember back in the early 80s abc aired this show along with other abc sitcoms during the day on weekdays.

[@puppycat58]

I loved to close for comfort...I loved j.m. Bullock and Ted how they were always at odds hysterical.... loved Ted in Mary Tyler Moore

[@nickperkins8477]

I did not realize that Ted Knight was the narrator for that Super Friends series!! I loved that series as a child, and frankly watched some of Too Close For Comfort, but it was old for me. I was two years old when it premiered, and never grasped plot lines. But I love the original theme tune for it.

[@timepoet77]

He only served as narrator for the first season of Super Friends. The later episodes of SF were narrated by Bill Woodson.

[@jdsundstrom]

Yes...but that first season was EPIC!

[@nickperkins8477]

@@jdsundstrom jumped out of the gate with hour-long episodes!! Very very ambitious for the time. I watched the later seasons and am catching the early seasons streaming. It’s a blast to see how it begins.

[@TheJayrockerr]

Nick Perkins-Ted Knight also voiced a character (Carter Winston). In “Star Trek: The Animated Series”, first season episode: The Survivor".

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

I was nine years old when this show came on. I definitely noticed Lydia. My hormones were just starting to turn on.

[@jdsundstrom]

You're a few years younger than me, CB!

[@DMS-pq8]

I was 11 and knew I liked what I saw even if I didn't know why

[@tiffanyb.7596]

What a fun show this was!! Thank you Dave for bringing back this memory. And some behind the scenes info as well. Always enjoy learning something new about my favorite shows! Your videos are the best!! 😊🦋

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

I remember watching tcfc. Wow never realized Ted was the announcer for the Super friends? Defiantly my go to cartoon as a child of the 70’s!❤️🇨🇦

[@acefox1]

Lydia is awesome! I’ve had great interactions with her on Twitter. Such an amazingly kind and down to Earth person.

[@jdsundstrom]

Couldn't agree more!

[@officiallylance192]

I really enjoy your channel, it's very interesting. Keep up the great work brother

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks, will do!

[@good03boy]

Too Close For Comfort was a good sitcom back in the early-mid 1980s. In it's 2nd season (1981-82), TCFC was 6th in the Nielsen ratings. It aired on Tuesday nights right after Three's Company and before Hart to Hart.

[@greeneyedbaldy]

I remember watching this show when I was very young and wasn't interested in girls yet. I recently came upon it on Tubi TV. As soon as I saw Lydia Cornell, OMG 😍!! Look forward to watching all the episodes.

[@taiwanarnold5927]

Damm i was 5 years old 1980 when this show started i like the theme song

[@christian06082011]

Keep the videos coming Dave!

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks Phillip!

[@tammyevans7333]

Wow, learn so m ething new every day! Thanks

[@jdsundstrom]

You're welcome, Tammy!

[@josephcoon9914]

I loved this show and had a major crush on both girls❤️

[@richardwilliams5842]

He probably gave the network the ultimatum of either She goes or I go!

[@TheSignGuy77]

Lydia Cornell also had a memorable guest role on an early episode of Full House. She played DJ Tanner's Spanish teacher that fell in love with Danny Tanner. She had changed her look and the first time I couldn't place where I had seen her before, but when I caught a rerun of it then it struck me that she had been on Too Close For Comfort.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing, TheSignGuy77!

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Ted's expression in the group photo was perfect! Thanks for another great video, Dave!

[@jdsundstrom]

My pleasure!

[@malcolmdivorty6852]

Ted Knight was one of my all time favourites. Loved him on the best comedy show of all time ...... The Mary Tyler Moore Show..

[@bobwitkowski6410]

I was totally surprised when I seen Ted Knight on Combat and 12 O'clock High. I didn't know that he could do drama that well. I believe that I seen him on The Untouchables aswell.

[@Briansgate]

Puberty in the 80s was amazing. Loni Anderson, Ann Jillian, Lydia Cornell, Caren Kaye. Gave me a serious buxom blonde complex.

[@ken7808]

I totally agree. Your thoughts help me appreciate those times and those ladies more! Great memories.

[@cofferrichardsonjr1341]

How Old Were You

[@kendallrivers1119]

Can't forget the knockout that was Jan Smithers! Yum.

[@nightowlchad]

​@@kendallrivers1119I thought Jan was much hotter than Loni

[@supme7558]

Linda carter was hotter then a blonde

[@rodrudinger9902]

I liked both Deborah Van Valkenberg, and Lydia Cornell. I was in my 20's and thought they were both, beautiful. Ted Knight did turn me off a little, though. He could have been nicer, and the way he went after poor Jm. J. Bullock (Lydia's TV boyfriend), didn't exactly endear me to Ted, either. Maybe, it was the cancer talking, but Ted was a little sarcastic, for my taste. Just the same, I did like him, and he did a great job, as Judge Smales, in "Caddyshack".

[@McMahonHater]

Debra's beauty was underappreciated imo.

[@supersithlord]

There was a great episode of the show where there was a question about whether Lydia's character was accidentally switched at birth and not the couple's daughter. The episode implied that Sara was probably not theirs, but after a lifetime of raising and loving her, Sara was still theirs in their hearts. I would hope Ted still had some care for his on screen daughters despite the producer's decision to write the girls off the show.

[@skiprockjr.6881]

I heard George Gaynes hated Soleil Moon Frye.

[@jdsundstrom]

I don't remember that episode. Thanks for sharing, Mike D.!

[@Drawkcabi]

This is the only exact same episode that popped into my mind when thinking about the character of Sara during this video. It was a really good episode.

[@grantorino2325]

Wasn't the other family the one from *Gimme a Break* ?

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

So, Mr. Knight was jealous his chest wasn't as big as Lydia's? 😳

[@jdsundstrom]

I think Ted was a human being and subject to all of the feelings that each of us have from time to time. And yes, he was a bit flat-chested. 🙂

[@harperstacey9604]

Ted Knight felt that Lydia Cornell was upstaging him. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

@@harperstacey9604 Wow! Way to miss the joke. 👍

[@harperstacey9604]

@@jediknightjairinaiki560 you're just obsessed with Lydia's chest. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

@@harperstacey9604 No, actually I've never been attracted to her, she's blonde, I prefer redheads, always have.

[@GeraBrown]

I'm doing some time traveling here, Dave, thanks to the KZbin Time Machine sending me back a year or more. I really loved Too Close For Comfort in a way I never connected with the Mary Tyler Moore Show. But the casting of Jm J Bullock as Monroe shook up the chemistry a little, and although I liked the character it seemed like Lydia and Deborah suffered the most screen time loss, and Monroe became a second Fonzie for ABC. I stayed with the show but missed some episodes during the 5th season and don't think I saw any after the first one of the Ted Knight Show. Sometimes you just know when a show is done and you just can't watch it die. It was only later that I heard about Ted passing, and I was floored. I hadn't known about the cancer. So my message is appreciate your loved ones today, as well as those who entertain you. Because you never know when them or you will be gone. Thanks Dave, and I appreciate you for your work on this unique channel. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🌲✌️

[@charlesf.roland542]

@ 5:35 that's a Great shot of Lydia !!!

[@footy2rock]

I loved that show Too close for comfort.I live in Melbourne Australia I can only find the first 2 seasons

[@michaelrochester48]

Did you remember It was a very important thing for colleges to get Ted Knight to wear one of their own sweatshirts for the show? Because it was a trademark on the show for Ted to wear a college sweatshirt every episode

[@jdsundstrom]

I remember!

[@michaelrochester48]

Lydia further told me that they had attempted to get Gavin MacLeod to play Ted’s brother on the shell. Ted himself wanted to do it as a favor for Gavin, getting him on the love boat. However the producers had another person in mind to play the brother.

[@jdsundstrom]

I did not know that. Thanks for sharing, Michael!

[@michelekate8567]

I recently saw that episode on Pluto TV. Robert Mandan from Soap played the the brother. Goes to show the star doesn't always have final say on casting decisions. I do remember Ted guesting on Love Boat back in the day.

[@adanvaldcontreras4283]

I watched because of Lydia..she was🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

Use to love too close for comfort used to be a good show growing up in the 80s was awesome

[@jdsundstrom]

The 80s definitely were a great time to grow up.

[@RobSandage]

I remember watching this on the weekends when I was a kid along with other TV shows that did not ever get reaired in the United States unless it was in another part. Loved watching this show!

[@scottmcgraw3749]

Great upload, Dave! I also have fond memories of Ted Knight on MTM, Superfriends and this show. I don't remember much about Lydia, other than she was on this show. Thanks for the upload!

[@charlesdavis1879]

Ted Knight was funny on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Too close for comfort was a nice show too. I miss the old TV show like that. The quality of TV 📺 programming has changed.

[@superroboted]

The theme song for the show alone was epic...classic. Miss this show and don't forget Jim Bullock

[@hdjmiller]

Used to love that show. Lydia was GORGEOUS!!!!

[@smokeyanthony]

Lydia is a sweet heart. I imagine that you are connected to her, on some social media forum.

[@TempeSoldier123]

Always appreciate your videos. Good insight and behind the scenes stories.

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

As someone that would have loved also being a target audience, please talk about Jim Bullock and his treatment by the show.

[@jdsundstrom]

Great suggestion!

[@lurch1853]

Ted was also a dramatic actor. He appeared in a few episodes of the old 60's series COMBAT and usually played a German officer. At first I wasn't sure it was him, but in the credits there was his name Ted Knight. All 5 seasons of Combat can be seen here on KZbin.

[@DMS-pq8]

The late 70s into the eighties was a golden age for beautiful sexy women on TV with Charlies Angels, Daisy Duke, the Heathers and of course Lydia (Deborah Van Valkenburgh was also very pretty)

[@bonghunezhou5051]

The social movements of the 1960s (towards greater liberation) finally reached the telly, hence the "Angels", Heathers Thomas and Locklear, Catherine Bach, and others were prominently featured ~

[@themacocko6311]

Lydia was super pretty.

[@jdsundstrom]

For sure!

[@kimcat7320]

Both young actresses were very pretty.

[@chrisk5651]

I did not realize that Ted was the narrator for Super Friends.

[@dondowhan4632]

I Google Lydia Cornal. She turned 68 this year. She was 27 years old in 1980 when the 1st season of Too close for confront started.

[@harperstacey9604]

I saw a recent photo of Lydia Cornell and she looked well preserved for 68 years of age. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@dondowhan4632]

@@harperstacey9604 I know I saw recent picture of her too. She looks much younger than her age.

[@paqman67]

I remember the show fondly! There's a KZbin interview of Moe Howard (last of the gods known as the three stooges) and Ted's face was like a kid on Christmas morning 😆he was in total awe! Moe must've been his idol growing up. The interview is on KZbin.

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Sara Rush and Chrissy Snow were GORGEOUS

[@careful...Icarus]

The dark haired daughter was also the girl of the lead guy in The Warriors.

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Warriors come out and play. I haven't seen that movie in years.

[@opencurtin]

Great Channel , well presented in a nice relaxed homely manner !

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks DMC!

[@grios5530]

Another great flashback Dave. Thanks as always.

[@jdsundstrom]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

Not only did I love TCFC, Ted Knight reminded me of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan from the WWF

[@barneydi2783]

Loved that show n your channel- what an innocent time

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks Barney!

[@captainfantastic9158]

Much like I preferred Joyce DeWitt's Janet to Suzanne Somers' Chrissy on Three's Company, I loved Deborah Van Valkenburgh's Jackie to Lydia's Sara. As a kid, I was HEAVILY into raven-haired beauties. I've since gone gaga over blondes, so I can probably appreciate Ms. Cornell a lot more NOW in the TCFC reruns! 💛🖤💛🖤

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My brothers and sisters and I watch this show growing up. It was so funny and witty.

[@pjayshah]

Your channel what is the right word ends up reminding me of TV shows that I used to watch all the time that I ended up totally forgetting about. Your Channel has been great for bringing my memories back if that is one way of putting. Thank you for putting this channel and content out.