Fans discuss whether the show reuses the same actresses in different roles, with some finding it distracting and others defending it as a common industry practice.
Has anyone else noticed that Poppy's daughter is played by the same actress who was in the limousine when George and Jerry were posing as O'Brien and Murphy?
I'm starting to think the producers of this show think the viewers aren't the brightest. Or, maybe, it's to give us something to talk about on these groups.
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Or maybe, just maybe, the producers like someone's performance in a particular role, so they decide to have them on as a different character in a later episode...God forbid! {gasp}
I'm pretty sure extreme continuity (especially with non-recurring parts) isn't always on their minds. Hey, even main characters have their lapses, as Kramer with the bath vs. shower deal.
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Did you notice that one of the L.A. cops from last night (The Trip 2) was brought back in the form of Jake Jarmel?
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Or maybe it's because these actors / actressess are good. Geez! Shows have been doing this forever. The most classic example I can think of is Dana Muldar (sp is wrong). She played 3 different roles on Star Trek.
What? Once an actor / actress has been in a show (s)he's unusable as anything other than as that character?
Sheesh!
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ANOTHER great example of this was in the series M*A*S*H...if anyone remembers, Harry Morgan appeared in one episode as a rather lunatic General. He came back, of course, as Colonel Sherman T. Potter for the duration of the series after Colonel Henry Blake (beautifully played by the recently departed McLean Stevenson...may he rest in peace. ;(
BUT...proof that it has indeed been done before and yes, not because the audience's IQ is underestimated but rather because the chemistry among the actors and the resulting mutual performances was good.
Dont forget the actress who played "Donna Chang" was in an earlier episode. Does anyone remember the roll she first played?
I don't have actress Angela Dohrmann [ Donna Chang ] as appearing in any previous episode. "The Chinese Woman" is the only appearance I have listed for her. You might be confusing here with someone else, say the woman who was going to get Babu's visa reinstated?
However, if you do find she was in some previous episode, please let me know.
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I also remember a hearing about one of the crew of The Dick Van Dyke Show (don't remember if he was a writer, or something else) who liked to make regular appearances on the show as a different character every time. I believe he played in excess of 10 different characters.
hell, it's easier to get someone you know can do the job than it is to find "fresh meat" for every part.
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What about Jeffery Tambor on "Three's Company". He must have been on the at least 15 different times as different people (along w/starring in "The Ropers". Also...what if Poppy's daughter IS a Nazi and Jerry doesn't remember her...she sure ACTS like a Nazi in that episode where she's dating Jerry...think about it. /s
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maybe they have a few actors that work for the show and play minor parts... or better yet maybe poppey's daughter is a nazi and maybe poppey is too...maybe he just runs a restaurant as a front for a nazi literature publishing company...of course if that was the case you would have thought that Jerry would have recognized poppey's daughter in the limo.
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