I'm at home this morning watching sitcoms I enjoyed as a kid and reflecting on the many stars who were like friends once and are now passed.
'My Three Sons': William Demarest (Uncle Charlie). Fred MacMurray. Don Grady (Rob).
'Green Acres': Eva Gabor. Eddie Albert. Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney). Frank Cady (Sam Drucker). Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball). Mary Grace Canfield (Ralph). Hank Patterson (Mr. Ziffel).
'The Partridge Family': David Cassidy (Keith). Dave Madden (Reuben). Suzanne Crough (Tracy).
'The Brady Bunch': Florence Henderson. Ann B. Davis (Alice). Robert Reed (Mike). Allan Melvin (Sam).
'I Dream of Jeannie': Larry Hagman (Tony). Hayden Rorke (Mr. Bellows).
'Bewitched': Elizabeth Montgomery. Dick York (Darren #1). Dick Sargent (Darren #2). Agnes Moorehead. Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur). David White (Mr. Tate). Alice Pearce (Gladys Kravitz #1.) Sandra Gould (Gladys Kravitz #2.)
'Mork & Mindy': Robin Williams. Tom Poston. Ralph James (Orson).
'The Beverly Hillbillies': Buddy Ebsen (Jeb). Irene Ryan (Granny). Donna Douglas (Elly May). Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway). Raymond Bailey (Mr. Drysdale).
'Gilligan's Island': Bob Denver (Gilligan). Alan Hale Jr. (The Skipper). Tina Louise (Ginger). Russell Johnson (The Professor). Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III). Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell).
'The Monkees': Davy Jones.
'Family Affair': Brian Keith (Uncle Bill). Sebastian Cabot (Mr. French.) Anissa Jones (Buffy).
'The Flying Nun': Alejandro Rey (Carlos #1). Madeleine Sherwood (Reverend Mother Placido). Vito Scotti (Carlos #2).
'Petticoat Junction': Bea Benaderet (Kate). Sharon Tate. Meredith Macrae (Billie Joe #1). Mike Minor (Steve.) Pat Woodell (Bobbie Joe). Gunilla Hutton (Billie Joe #2). Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe).
'The Dick Van Dyke Show': Mary Tyler Moore. Rose Marie (Sally). Morey Amsterdam (Buddy). Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley). Jerry Paris (Jerry Helper). Ann Morgan Guilbert (Millie Helper).
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show': Mary Tyler Moore. Ted Knight (Ted Baxter).
'The Andy Griffith Show': Andy Griffith. Don Knotts. Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee). George Lindsey (Goober Pyle). Howard McNear (Floyd). Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle). Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump). Hal Smith (Otis).
'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.': Jim Nabors. Frank Sutton (Sgt. Carter).
'All In The Family': Carroll O'Connor (Archie). Jean Stapleton (Edith).
'The Golden Girls': Bea Arthur (Dorothy). Rue McClanahan (Blanche). Estelle (Sophia).
'Happy Days': Erin Moran (Joanie). Tom Bosley (Howard). Al Molinaro (Al Delvecchio). Pat Morita (Arnold).
'Three's Company': John Ritter. Don Knotts. Norman Fell (Mr. Roper). Audra Lindley (Mrs. Roper).
'Hogan's Heroes': Bob Crane (Hogan). Werner Klemperer (Col. Klink). John Banner (Sgt Schultz). Richard Dawson (Newkirk). Ivan Dixon (Kinch). Larry Hovis (Carter).
'Barney Miller': Abe Vigoda (Fish). Ron Glass (Harris). Jack Soo (Yemana). Steve Landesberg (Dietrich). Ron Carey (Levitt).
'Night Court': Selma Diamond (Selma Hacker). Mel Tormé.
'The Addams Family': Carolyn Jones (Morticia). Ted Cassidy (Lurch). Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester). Ken Weatherwax (Pugsley). Blossom Rock (Grandmama). Anthony Maggro (Cousin Itt #2).
'The Munsters': Yvonne De Carlo (Lily). Fred Gwynne (Herman). Al Lewis (Grandpa).
'I Love Lucy': Lucille Ball. Desi Arnaz. Vivian Vance (Ethel). William Frawley (Fred).
'Leave It to Beaver': Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver). Barbara Billingsley (June Cleaver). Frank Bank (Lumpy).
'Father Knows Best': Robert Young (Jim Anderson). Jane Wyatt (Margaret Anderson).
'The Honeymooners': Jackie Gleason (Ralph). Audrey Meadows (Alice). Art Carney (Ed).
'That Girl': Ted Bessell (Donald).
'Get Smart': Don Adams (Maxwell Smart). Edwart Platt (The Chief). Dick Gautier (Hymie).
'My Favorite Martian': Bill Bixby (Tim O'Hara). Ray Walston (the Martian).
'The Courtship of Eddie's Father': Bill Bixby (Tom Corbett). Miyoshi Umeki (Mrs. Livingston). James Komack (Norman Tinker).
'The Odd Couple': Tony Randall. Jack Klugman. Al Molinaro (Murray). Brett Somers (Blanche Madison).
'M*A*S*H': Wayne Rogers (Trapper John). McLean Stevenson (Col Blake). William Christoopher (Father Mulcahey). Harry Morgan (Col. Potter). Larry Linville (Frank Burns). And David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Emerson Winchester III).
Stiers passed this last Saturday, 3/3/2018.
I'm sure there were a lot of other popular shows and great actors we've lost.
R.I.P. to them all.