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01-28-2004, 03:59 PM
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TV's Famous Housekeepers Unite!
January 28, 2004
This Super Bowl Sunday, TV's favorite maids and butlers, such as ANN B. DAVIS (Alice) of the "Brady Bunch" and ROBERT GUILLAUME (a.k.a. "Benson"), are tossing out their feather dusters and hitting the pool!
Tonight, ET has the exclusive on how the small-screen domestics came together for a Swiffer commercial that aims to clean up when it airs on CBS between the Super Bowl and the premiere of "Survivor All-Stars."
The comical TV ad shows the hardworking domestics enjoying some much-needed down time. Also included are MARLA GIBBS -- Florence of "The Jeffersons," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"'s Geoffrey (JOSEPH MARCELL) and SHELLEY MORRISON (Rosario of "Will & Grace.")
So what have those wacky, wisecrackers been up to all these years?We caught up with the pop culture icons, who disclosed that, although they're really Hollywood actors with successful shows under their belts, they wouldn't much care for having maids of their own -- let alone their own characters helping them around the house!
"I would have liked someone as smart as Benson," says Guillaume. "But not with that smart mouth. I don't know if I could handle that!"
But Davis, who now resides in San Antonio, TX, doesn't think it would be such a bad thing to have her "Brady Bunch" character around. "I wished I had an Alice. Everybody I've ever met wished they had an Alice -- including Alice!"
Although all but Morrison have seen their series finales, the stars say that due to reruns, they feel their shows haven't really ended. "We have a whole new audience now," says Gibbs. "So we have children looking at us like we're new!"
"Geoffrey continues to be with me," says Marcell, who returned to London after his show was cancelled. "Because wherever I go in the world, people remember that character. He was a favorite, so I can never escape him -- thank god!"
For more on TV's favorite helping hands, watch tonight's ET!
TV's Famous Housekeepers Unite!
January 28, 2004
This Super Bowl Sunday, TV's favorite maids and butlers, such as ANN B. DAVIS (Alice) of the "Brady Bunch" and ROBERT GUILLAUME (a.k.a. "Benson"), are tossing out their feather dusters and hitting the pool!
Tonight, ET has the exclusive on how the small-screen domestics came together for a Swiffer commercial that aims to clean up when it airs on CBS between the Super Bowl and the premiere of "Survivor All-Stars."
The comical TV ad shows the hardworking domestics enjoying some much-needed down time. Also included are MARLA GIBBS -- Florence of "The Jeffersons," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"'s Geoffrey (JOSEPH MARCELL) and SHELLEY MORRISON (Rosario of "Will & Grace.")
So what have those wacky, wisecrackers been up to all these years?We caught up with the pop culture icons, who disclosed that, although they're really Hollywood actors with successful shows under their belts, they wouldn't much care for having maids of their own -- let alone their own characters helping them around the house!
"I would have liked someone as smart as Benson," says Guillaume. "But not with that smart mouth. I don't know if I could handle that!"
But Davis, who now resides in San Antonio, TX, doesn't think it would be such a bad thing to have her "Brady Bunch" character around. "I wished I had an Alice. Everybody I've ever met wished they had an Alice -- including Alice!"
Although all but Morrison have seen their series finales, the stars say that due to reruns, they feel their shows haven't really ended. "We have a whole new audience now," says Gibbs. "So we have children looking at us like we're new!"
"Geoffrey continues to be with me," says Marcell, who returned to London after his show was cancelled. "Because wherever I go in the world, people remember that character. He was a favorite, so I can never escape him -- thank god!"
For more on TV's favorite helping hands, watch tonight's ET!