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FOR 11 SEASONS, THE JEFFERSONS WAS A HIT FOR CBS WITH BOTH BLACKS AND WHITES, A RARE FEAT IN TELEVISION HISTORY. HEMSLEY GREW UP ON THE MEAN STREETS OF SOUTH PHILADELPHIA, JOINING A GANG AND HAVING SEVERAL RUN-INS WITH THE LAW. MOTHER TOLD ME TO GO TO THE AIR FORCE OR GO TO JAIL 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED, YOU KNOW. ALL MY FRIENDS HAD BEEN IN JAIL. THEY HATED ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T GO. "CHUMP, YOU AIN'T DONE NO TIME." SO I DIDN'T WANT TO DO TIME. SO I SLIPPED INTO THE AIR FORCE, AND WHILE I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, I'M IN THERE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT I'M GONNA CHANGE MY NAME TO WHEN I GET OUT AND BECOME AN ACTOR. ISABEL SANFORD WAS A WELFARE WORKER WHO QUIT HER JOB AND LEFT HER HUSBAND, TAKING A BUS TO CALIFORNIA WITH HER 3 CHILDREN TO TRY ACTING. I WASN'T OUT HERE TOO LONG BEFORE I GOT A ROLE IN MY FIRST MOVIE, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER. THEN I KNOW I'D REALLY MADE IT THEN. HA HA! I WAS A BIG STAR. COURSE THERE WAS A DRY PERIOD AFTER I DID THE MOVIE. I WASN'T IN THE GREAT DEMAND THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD BE. THE LIVES OF THESE 2 STRUGGLING ACTORS WOULD SOON BE CHANGED FOREVER, DUE TO A GROUNDBREAKING AND CONTROVERSIAL SITCOM, ALL IN THE FAMILY. I HAPPENED TO BE TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH ANOTHER ACTRESS, AND ALL IN THE FAMILY CAME ON TELEVISION. AND MEANWHILE, I'M TALKING, I COULD HEAR ARCHIE SAY, TALK ABOUT JUNGLE BUNNIES AND WATERMELON RINDS BEING THROWN FROM THE WINDOW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I HEARD. THEY ALLOW THAT ON TELEVISION? OK. THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, I LISTENED. FELL DOWN LAUGHING! FUNNIEST SHOW! I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SO FUNNY. ALSO, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS GONNA BE IN IT. BUT ON THE SEVENTH EPISODE, THEY CALLED ME TO WORK ON ALL IN THE FAMILY. ALL IN THE FAMILY PUSHED THE ENVELOPE OF EVERY TABOO ALLOWED ON TELEVISION, AND A NEW STORY LINE WAS TO FEATURE A BLACK FAMILY MOVING IN NEXT TO THE BUNKERS. ENTER THE JEFFERSONS. I GOT THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE WHEN I HAD TO FACE CARROLL O'CONNOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. I HAD TO READ WITH HIM. GULP! I SAID, "WELL, ALL I COULD DO WAS READ IT, JUST DO THE BEST I CAN." SO CARROLL SAID, "YEAH, HE'S THE ONE." IT WAS JUST AMAZING. HEMSLEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH SANFORD DID NOT GO QUITE SO WELL. REPORTEDLY, HE CONSIDERED HER POMPOUS AND ARROGANT, AND SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A KNOW-IT-ALL, LOUD-MOUTH BULLY. THE FIRST TIME I MET SHERMAN, I WAS COMING INTO WORK. "ISABEL, COME HERE! THIS IS YOUR NEW HUSBAND." MY HUSBAND? HE WAS THIS LITTLE PIPSQUEAK! I COULD SIT ON HIM, SMASH HIM LIKE A BUG! SHE GOES... OF COURSE, I HAD TO BE POLITE. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, "SAY WHAT?" COME ON! 'CAUSE I EXPECTED, FOR ME, A BIG MAN FOR MY HUSBAND. YOU KNOW, BIG. TALK OF A SPIN-OFF SERIES OF THEIR OWN WAS ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS, BUT AT LEAST ONE CAST MEMBER HAD HER DOUBTS. WELL, I WASN'T TOO PLEASED ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ALL IN THE FAMILY. ISABEL, SHE WAS AFRAID, WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND, SHE WAS AFRAID TO TAKE A CHANCE. "I'M IN A SHOW ALREADY. IT'S A HIT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SHOW'S GONNA MAKE IT OR NOT." IT WAS A HIT SHOW, AND I WAS HAPPY. I WAS SATISFIED. 'CAUSE SHE HAD WORKED SO HARD TO GET THAT JOB. I SAID, "I DON'T WANNA LEAVE ALL IN THE FAMILY." I WAS REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT BECAUSE I FIGUD, I KNEW IT WOULD WORK. THE CASTING DIRECTOR, SHE CALLED ME ONE DAY, AND SHE SAYS, "WELL, THEY'RE QUITE SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THIS SPIN-OFF, AND WHEN THEY DO IT, THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE TO PLAY LOUISE JEFFERSON, AND THEY'RE GONNA WRITE LOUISE JEFFERSON OUT OF ALL IN THE FAMILY." WELL, THEN THAT HELPED ME MAKE UP MY MIND WHERE I WANTED TO GO. SHE SAID, "WELL, I GUESS I'LL DO IT. HA HA HA! I WOULD'VE BEEN OUT OF A JOB. THE JEFFERSONS WAS THE FIRST TELEVISION SERIES TO FEATURE AN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. NOT ONLY WERE THEY AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE, BUT THEY DISPLAYED AN INTIMACY THAT MADE THE NETWORK NERVOUS. ACCORDING TO TV GUIDE, SOME CBS EXECUTIVES FEARED IT WOULD LEAD TO RIOTS. WELL, WE HAD, I THINK, THE MOST SPECTACULAR INTRODUCTION OF AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE WAS THE KISS THAT WE HAD. THE JEFFERSONS' DIRECTOR SAID THAT WHEN A STUDIO VICE PRESIDENT GOT WORD OF THE KISS, HE WENT BERSERK. THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS PETRIFIED THAT TV STATIONS WOULD DROP THE SERIES. AT THE LAST MINUTE, FRED SILVERMAN, THEN HEAD OF PROGRAMMING AT CBS, GREEN-LIGHTED THE KISS. BABY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT PRETTY GOOD. DAMN GOOD. WELL, THERE WERE PEOPLE-- OOHS AND AHHS. FROM THE AUDIENCE. OOH...AHH. THE AUDIENCE WENT... "OHH! UGM!" SO I FIGURED IF THEY OOHED AND AHHED, PEOPLE AT HOME PROBABLY SAID, "GAHHH!" IN FACT, THE BLACK AND WHITE KISS DID ENRAGE SOME VIEWERS, AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES WERE UGLY. WE DID GET SOME HATE MAIL. YOU KNOW THOSE LETTERS THAT PEOPLE WRITE, THEY CLIP THE WORDS OUT OF A MAGAZINE AND OUT OF A NEWSPAPER. IT'S ALL THE WORDS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. ONE OF THOSE CRAZY-LOOKIN' LETTERS. YOU KNOW, SOME MANIAC JUST SAT AT HOME, HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT SEND US CRAZY LETTERS. IN FACT, TV GUIDE DID A COVER OF US, ROXIE AND SHERMAN AND ISABEL AND MYSELF, AND SOMEBODY SENT A COPY OF IT WITH MY FACE BLACKED... YOU KNOW, OUT, WHICH WAS REALLY A COMPLIMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. DESPITE THE CRITICISM, THE SHOW CONTINUED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. ROXIE AND FRANKLIN AND SHERMAN AND ISABEL WERE HAVING ARGUMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING, AND HE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT, AND YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT ONE ANOTHER." AND WE SAID, "SURE, WE FIGHT." AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? YOU'RE GONNA-- SOMETIME WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA CALL-- HE SAYS, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA CALL HER? IF YOU TWO EVER REALLY STARTED GOING AT ONE ANOTHER, INSIDE OF 5 MINUTES, HE'D BE CALLING YOU-- DON'T ! HE SAID IT! FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE JEFFERSONS WAS KNOWN FOR CONFRONTING RACIAL ISSUES HEAD ON. BUT ACCORDING TO ONE CAST MEMBER, HEMSLEY WAS RELUCTANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SCENES HE CONSIDERED RACIST. INSTEAD OF SPEAKING UP, HE SETTLED FOR A MORE PASSIVE RESISTANCE BY REPEATEDLY FLUBBING HIS LINES. EVENTUALLY, THIS FORCED THE EXASPERATED DIRECTOR TO HAVE THE SCENE REWRITTEN. HEMSLEY WANTED HIS CHARACTER TO EVOLVE, BUT IT WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE. SHERMAN, AT SOME POINT, DIDN'T LIKE CALLING TOM A HONKY. HE SAID, "WE'VE EVOLVED FROM THAT. THAT WAS FINE THE FIRST 2, 3 YEARS, BUT NOW WE'RE FRIENDS. I DON'T WANNA BE CALLING HIM HONKY. SO THAT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE TO ME." TO SAY THINGS IN PEOPLE'S FACES, YOU KNOW, NAME-CALLING, THAT WASN'T ME. SO THEY STOPPED WRITING THAT. BUT SOME BLACKS FELT BETRAYED BY GEORGE JEFFERSON, A SCRAPPY BANTAMWEIGHT ROOSTER WHO SEEMED MORE CUNNING THAN INTELLIGENT. HE WAS FEARLESS AND IN YOUR FACE, BUT MANY CONSIDERED HIM A BRAGGING BUFFOON AND A GROSS STEREOTYPE. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, SOMEBODY WILL SAY YOU'RE BEING A STEREOTYPE. YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND BE A NUN. "STEREOTYPICAL." YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE A THUG. "STEREOTYPICAL." IT JUST GETS ON YOUR DAMN NERVES. COMING UP, THE SHOCKING WAY THE JEFFERSONS GOT CANCELED. I JUST FOUND OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER. THE RUG'S BEEN PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US. ABC MAKES A DECISION THAT CAUSES THE HAPPY DAYS STARS TO THREATEN TO WALK OUT. FRED SILVERMAN WANTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SHOW TO FONZIE'S HAPPY DAYS. AND HENRY WINKLER TELLS OF OUTRAGEOUS FAN BEHAVIOR. SOME WOMAN JUST PULLED DOWN HER DRESS TO SHOW ME HER... GOD-GIVEN GIFT. ALL WHEN... RETURNS. [ Male Announcer ] SOMETIMES, THE TOOL WITH THE MOST POWER... ...ISN'T A POWER TOOL AT ALL. THE Craftsman Cross-Force Wrench. UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO DELIVER GREATER TORQUE WITH EVERY TURN. Craftsman. TRUST. IN YOUR HANDS. WHAT MATTERS TO YOU? NOTHING. YOU DON'T ENJOY THINGS THE WAY YOU USED TO. YOU'RE SAD. YOU HAVE NO ENERGY. MAYBE YOU FEEL GUILTY OR ANXIOUS, CHANGES IN WEIGHT, SLEEP, AND APPETITE, AND THE ACHES AND PAINS. CYMBALTA CAN HELP. CYMBALTA IS A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION THAT TREATS MANY SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION. TELL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY IF YOUR DEPRESSION WORSENS, YOU HAVE UNUSUAL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR, OR THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN INCREASE THESE IN CHILDREN, TEENS, AND YOUNG ADULTS. CYMBALTA IS NOT APPROVED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18. PEOPLE TAKING MAOIS OR THIORIDAZINE OR WITH UNCONTROLLED GLAUCOMA SHOULD NOT TAKE CYMBALTA. TAKING IT WITH NSAID PAIN RELIEVERS, ASPIRIN, OR BLOOD THINNERS MAY INCREASE BLEEDING RISK. SEVERE LIVER PROBLEMS, SOME FATAL, WERE REPORTED. SIGNS INCLUDE ABDOMINAL PAIN AND YELLOWING OF THE SKIN OR EYES. TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR MEDICINES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR MIGRAINE, OR IF YOU HAVE HIGH FEVER, CONFUSION AND STIFF MUSCLES, TO ADDRESS A POSSIBLE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION. TELL YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ALCOHOL USE, LIVER DISEASE, AND BEFORE YOU REDUCE OR STOP TAKING CYMBALTA. DIZZINESS OR FAINTING MAY OCCUR UPON STANDING. SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE NAUSEA, DRY MOUTH, AND CONSTIPATION. ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT CYMBALTA. DEPRESSION HURTS. CYMBALTA CAN HELP. [ tires screech, glass shatters ] [ Dennis ] WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT? WELL HOW ABOUT THIS... DRIVERS WHO SWITCHED FROM Geico TO Allstate SAVED AN AVERAGE OF $473 A YEAR. [ Operator Judy ] SEE HOW MUCH YOU COULD SAVE. CALL OR CLICK TODAY FOR A FREE QUOTE OR TO FIND AN Allstate AGENT. Narrator: AUDIENCES LOVED THE JEFFERSONS, BUT THE COSTARS BELIEVED THAT CBS DID LITTLE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. IN ITS 11 YEARS ON THE AIR, THE NETWORK CHANGED THE SHOW'S TIME SLOT 15 TIMES, MAKING IT TOUGH FOR THE AUDIENCE TO FIND THE SHOW. DO I FEEL THE NETWORK WAS SUPPORTING THE SHOW, AND HELPING THE SHOW? PPBBBTT! LIKE, WHAT OTHER SHOW WAS NUMBER ONE? WE DIDN'T GET THE RECOGNITION AS BEING THE NUMBER ONE SHOW. IT'S LIKE, UH, OH, YEAH, 60 MINUTES IS NUMBER 2? OH, WELL, JEFFERSONS IS NUMBER ONE, YEAH. AND, UH, OH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, ANY OTHER SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE "YEAH! BOOM!" AND THEN WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. UH, HONEY, I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE. IF YOU HAVE ONE, PLEASE TELL ME. [LAUGHS] WHAT IT IS. I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE WHY WE DIDN'T GET RECOGNITION. WE GOT IT FROM THE PEOPLE, AND...AND WE DON'T GET IT TODAY, EXCEPT FROM THE PEOPLE. Narrator: A TABLOID REPORTED THAT HEMSLEY WAS IN A BITTER FEUD WITH SANFORD BECAUSE AT ONE POINT SHE WAS GETTING $25,000 PER EPISODE-- $10,000 MORE THAN HE WAS MAKING. AND HE WAS THE BIGGER STAR. BUT BY 1982, HEMSLEY HAD NEGOTIATED A BETTER DEAL-- ACCORDING TO TV GUIDE, $60,000 AN EPISODE. THE JEFFERSONS HAD MADE SHERMAN HEMSLEY AND ISABEL SANFORD A CONSIDERABLE FORTUNE. BUT IN 1987, HEMSLEY INVESTED IN A FILM THAT BOMBED AT THE BOX OFFICE. THIS WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD HEMSLEY TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY JUST LAST YEAR. HEMSLEY SUED THE FILM'S DISTRIBUTOR FOR HIDING PROFITS, AND WAS AWARDED CLOSE TO $2 MILLION. BUT THIS WAS A SETTLEMENT THAT HE WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE ABLE TO COLLECT, SINCE THE FILM'S DISTRIBUTOR HAS ALSO FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THE JEFFERSONS COSTARS HAVE ALSO HAD TO FIGHT FOR THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE, A FIGHT FUELED BY RESENTMENT, JEALOUSY, AND GREED. WE WEREN'T GETTING PAID ALL THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU START TALKING MONEY, THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING GOES PBBBBT! JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, AFTER 7 YEARS ON THE JEFFERSONS, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE KIDS ON DIFF'RENT STROKES WERE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN WE WERE. EVERYBODY GETS FUNNY WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE MONEY. SO GUESS WHO WENT INTO THE OFFICE--I DID, WITH MY LITTLE GROUP, YOU KNOW, ROXIE AND MARLA. AND WE DID GET A RAISE. Narrator: THE JEFFERSONS IS ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING SITCOMS IN HISTORY AND MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE NETWORK. FOR MOST OF ITS EXTRAORDINARY RUN, THE SERIES WAS IN THE TOP 20. BUT AFTER 11 SEASONS, CBS SUDDENLY CANCELLED THE SHOW WITHOUT EVEN THE COURTESY OF A PHONE CALL TO CAST MEMBERS. THE CAST WAS ANGRY AND HURT. YEAH, IT WAS A SHOCK. DEFINITELY A SHOCK. IT WAS--EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE. I MEAN, WE LEFT "I'LL SEE YOU NEXT SEASON," ♪ DA DA-DA DA-DA DA ♪ AND THEN, BOOM. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS CANCELLED UNTIL MY COUSIN CALLED ME FROM NEW YORK AND SAID, "I UNDERSTAND THE JEFFERSONS HAS BEEN CANCELLED." I SAID, "WHO TOLD YOU THAT?" HE SAID, "IT'S IN THE TRADES." "IN THE TRADES THAT WE ARE CANCELLED?" I JUST FOUND OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER, YOU KNOW. LOOKING THROUGH THE THING--"WHEN ARE WE GOING BACK? WHEN ARE WE GOING BACK? WE'RE NOT GOING BACK." YOU KNOW? [CHUCKLES] I HEARD ABOUT IT ON, UH, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST WEIRD. WE WERE STILL IN THE TOP 10. WHAT COULD YOU DO? THERE'S NOTHING YOU COULD DO. YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN KICKED IN THE STOMACH, YOU KNOW? IT WAS JUST LIKE, "WHOA," AND THEN, YOU KNOW. THE RUGS WERE PULLED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US. THAT'S IT. Narrator: HAPPY DAYS IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING SITCOM IN THE HISTORY OF ABC. FROM 1974 TO 1984, ITS NOSTALGIC STORIES OF A WHOLESOME MIDWESTERN FAMILY HAD THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WRAPPED AROUND THE FONZ'S UPTURNED THUMBS. HAPPY DAYS WAS INTENDED AS A STAR VEHICLE FOR RON HOWARD, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS YEARS AS OPIE ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. BUT HIS CHARACTER'S POPULARITY WAS SOON ECLIPSED BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR. FONZIE, PLAYED BY HENRY WINKLER, WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF COOL, AND BY 1977, HAPPY DAYS SOARED TO NUMBER ONE IN THE RATINGS. BUT HENRY WINKLER STRUGGLED TO MAKE SENSE OF HIS PHENOMENAL POPULARITY. I WOULD SIT IN MY APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD, UH, SIGN 5,000 PHOTOGRAPHS AT ONE TIME. NOW, I DID IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WROTE ME AND SO I WROTE THEM BACK. BUT I ALSO DID IT TO STAY IN ONE PLACE TO ASSIMILATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF THE CHANGE TO YOUR LIFE BASED ON BECOMING A CELEBRITY PROBABLY HAPPENED TO HENRY MORE THAN ANYBODY, AND IN SUCH AN EXPLOSIVE WAY. AT ONE POINT THEY WERE CONSIDERING-- FRED SILVERMAN WANTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SHOW TO FONZIE'S HAPPY DAYS. Narrator: UP NEXT, RON HOWARD TALKS ABOUT BEING OVERSHADOWED BY HENRY WINKLER... EVERYONE EXPECTED ME TO, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT, THROW A TANTRUM OR QUIT? FONZIE'S POPULARITY GOES DANGEROUSLY OUT OF CONTROL... ABOUT 800 GUYS STARTED FOLLOWING HIM INTO THE JOHN, AND THE COPS HAD TO COME AND PULL HIM OUT. ALL WHEN... RETURNS. [ Male Announcer ] PUT SIX TOOLS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. INTRODUCING THE Craftsman Universal Ratcheting Wrench. ONE TOOL GETTING MANY JOBS DONE... FASTER. CRAFTSMAN. TRUST. IN YOUR HANDS. CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW. IT RUNS IN FAMILIES - MY MOTHER HAS IT, AND NOW I HAVE IT. SO EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO KEEP MY BONES STRONG, IT WASN'T ENOUGH. NOW, ONCE-MONTHLY BONIVA IS HELPING ME DO MORE. IT DIDN'T JUST STOP MY BONE LOSS. BONIVA WORKED WITH MY BODY TO STOP AND REVERSE MY BONE LOSS. AND STUDIES SHOW, AFTER ONE YEAR ON BONIVA, NINE OUT OF TEN WOMEN STOPPED AND REVERSED THEIRS, TOO. (announcer) DON'T TAKE BONIVA IF YOU HAVE LOW BLOOD CALCIUM, SEVERE KIDNEY DISEASE, OR CAN'T SIT OR STAND FOR AT LEAST ONE HOUR. FOLLOW DOSING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. STOP TAKING BONIVA AND TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULT OR PAINFUL SWALLOWING, CHEST PAIN OR SEVERE OR CONTINUING HEARTBURN, AS THESE MAY BE SIGNS OF SERIOUS UPPER DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS. IF JAW PROBLEMS OR SEVERE BONE, JOINT, AND/OR MUSCLE PAIN DEVELOP, TELL YOUR DOCTOR. YOU'VE GOT ONE BODY AND ONE LIFE, SO DON'T WAIT. ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF BONIVA CAN HELP YOU STOP LOSING AND START REVERSING. (announcer) FOR A FREE TRIAL OFFER CALL 1-800-4-BONIVA OR VISIT BONIVA.COM ♪♪ TAKE THINGS AS THEY COME? I'VE GOT AN IDEA. OR IMPROVISE? MAXWELL HOUSE CUSTOM-ROASTS EACH BEAN... FOR A FULL-FLAVORED CUP OF COFFEE. SO YOU CAN BE GOOD TO THE LAST DROP. TOMMY'S A REALLY GOOD KID. MY TOMMY WOULD NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT TRYING ALCOHOL. ISN'T THAT RIGHT, SWEETIE? [ Ryan ] AHH! FRESH. MINTY. READY! ♪ ♪ HI. OOOH, MINTY. [ sniffs ] SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? FRESH. [ Female Announcer ] FOR A FRESH BREATH FEELING THAT LASTS UP TO 5 TIMES LONGER, THERE'S NEW SCOPE OUTLAST. Narrator: HENRY WINKLER'S ENORMOUS POPULARITY ON HAPPY DAYS PROMPTED THE NETWORK TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE SHOW'S NAME TO FONZIE'S HAPPY DAYS. THAT IDEA WAS QUICKLY DROPPED WHEN RON HOWARD, HENRY WINKLER, AND GARRY MARSHALL, THE SHOW'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THREATENED TO QUIT IF THE CHANGE WAS MADE. BUT FOR WINKLER, WHO HAD STARTED OUT AT $1,000 A WEEK, THE SHOW'S NAME WASN'T THE POINT-- HIS LIFE WOULD FOREVER CHANGE. STARDOM IS A TOTALLY UNNATURAL WAY TO LIVE. IT IS AN UNNATURAL STATE TO BE IN. HENRY, UM, BECAME, YOU KNOW, AS HUGE AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. SOME PEOPLE RIP YOUR CLOTHES, SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO TOUCH YOU. SOME PEOPLE WANT YOU TO TOUCH THEM. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO KISS YOU. [LAUGHS] IN THE SUPERDOME, I'LL NEVER FORGET, HE WENT TO THE JOHN DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENING, AND ABOUT 800 GUYS STARTED FOLLOWING HIM INTO THE JOHN. AND THE COPS HAD TO COME AND PULL HIM OUT. SOME WOMAN JUST PULLED DOWN HER DRESS TO SHOW ME HER GOD-GIVEN GIFT. RON HOWARD WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT WAS THE REAL MATURE PERSON BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE SAID NO. IN HIS CONTRACT, HE COULD HAVE SAID, "NO, I'M TOP DOG." EVERYONE EXPECTED ME TO, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT, THROW A TANTRUM OR QUIT OR SOMETHING. UM, IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE A CHARACTER EVOLVED. A VERY GOOD ACTOR NAMED HENRY WINKLER CAME ALONG IN A SITUATION WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO CREATE THIS PHENOMENON. Narrator: NOT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY FOUND THE REBELLIOUS FONZIE SO ENDEARING. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE VERY FIRST SHOW, UH, THEY TOOK IT OFF THE AIR IN DALLAS AFTER THE FIRST COMMERCIAL. BECAUSE THERE WAS A SCENE IN THE VERY FIRST SHOW WHERE FONZIE SHOWS RICHIE HOW TO TAKE OFF A GIRL'S BRA. AND THEY USED A RADIATOR IN THE JOHN AS THE LADY. AND HE WAS--AND THEY FLIPPED IN DALLAS. Narrator: SCOTT BAIO, A TOUGH BROOKLYN STREET KID WITH A WINNING SMILE, JOINED THE CAST IN THE FOURTH SEASON. FROM HIS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW, SCOTT WAS ANOINTED TV'S NEWEST TEEN HEARTTHROB. ERIN MORAN, WHO PLAYED JOANIE CUNNINGHAM, QUICKLY BECAME SCOTT'S BIGGEST FAN. THE TWO WERE SOON EMBROILED IN A PASSIONATE BUT TROUBLED ROMANCE THAT JEOPARDIZED THE SHOW'S SUCCESS. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH ERIN, I GUESS, WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS A TRAIN WRECK WAITING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT WAS. IT JUST HAD TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, WE WERE THERE EVERY DAY, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INEVITABLE. LISTEN, THEY'RE TEENAGERS, AND THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER. EVERYBODY SAW IT COMING. UM, I'M SU--I DON'T THINK THEY WANTED IT TO HAPPEN. I'M, YOU KNOW, AND I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY. AND YOU COULD TELL THAT SOMETIMES, UH, THERE WERE LITTLE TIFFS BETWEEN THEM THAT THEY BROUGHT ON THE SET WITH THEM, WHICH WE HAD TO TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT ASIDE. Narrator: EAGER TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR OVERWHELMING POPULARITY, BAIO AND WILLIAMS WERE POISED TO SING THEIR WAY TO EVEN GREATER RICHES AND FAME. UH, A RECORD COMPANY SAID, "DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECORD?" "YEAH, WHAT THE HELL? I'LL MAKE A RECORD, SURE." I WENT IN THE STUDIO AND, UH, [SIGH] AND I, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTED TO SING. I THOUGHT I COULD SING ON THE SHOW... MAYBE I COULD GET A RECORD CONTRACT, AND MAYBE I COULD GET MYSELF BOOKED OFF THE SHOW AND ADD INCOME. WE'D SINK LIKE 10,000-15,000 GIRLS. STATE FAIRS, COUNTY FAIRS, AMUSEMENT PARKS-- ALL SORTS OF THINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD. Narrator: FAME, MONEY, AND ADULATION-- THE SWEET REWARDS OF STARDOM. BUT THESE 2 HAPPY DAYS STARS WERE STILL NOT SATISFIED. SEXUAL DESIRE WOULD SOON DOMINATE THEIR LIVES. I THINK THAT MY ONLY VICE, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WAS WOMEN. I WAS SINGLE AND-- AND, YOU KNOW, AND, UH... REALLY LIKED GIRLS. I WASN'T ADDICD TO IT, I JUST REALLY LIKED IT. AND BOY, I'LL TELL YOU, THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST-- THANK GOODNESS, A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL LADIES OUT THERE. I'M NOT EMBARRASSED BY IT, I'M NOT PROUD OF IT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WENT THROUGH, AND IF ANYBODY SAYS TO ME, YOU KNOW, "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?" AND "DON'T YOU FEEL--WHATEVER," I SAY--HOW COULD--DO YOU BLAME ME FOR DOING IT? AND HOW COULD I NOT DO-- AND HAVE A GOOD TIME IN THIS TOWN? I MEAN, IF I'M A-- I'M A, YOU KNOW, A HETEROSEXUAL MALE WHO'S IN HIS 20s, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT EVERY GUY IN THIS WORLD IS LOOKING TO DO IS HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND I JUST HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ATTRACTIVE WOMEN WHO KNEW ME. Narrator: WITH SCOTT'S IMMENSE POPULARITY CAME THE INEVITABLE INFLATED EGO, TURNING HIM INTO A NIGHTMARE ON THE SET. THE PRODUCERS' RESPONSE WAS TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF HIS ROLE. THAT, AND ADVICE FROM SCOTT'S FATHER TO CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE, BROUGHT HIM BACK TO EARTH. COMING UP, THE HAPPY DAYS COSTARS HOLD OUT FOR MORE MONEY... SHE THREATENED TO WALK. COME ON, YOU CAN'T JUST LIE TO PEOPLE. AND ERIN MORAN MAKES SHOCKING ACCUSATIONS ABOUT A HAPPY DAYS COSTAR... SHE SAID THAT, UH, SOMEBODY HAD ABUSED HER. ALL WHEN... RETURNS. THANKS TO THE NEW VENTURE CARD FROM CAPITAL ONE, WE GET DOUBLE MILES ON EVERY PURCHASE. SO WE EARNED A SKI TRIP TWICE AS FAST. WE GET DOUBLE MILES EVERY TIME WE USE OUR CARD. ( thuds ) I'LL TAKE THIS. ( crashing ) DOUBLE MILES ADD UP QUICK. AND ALL OF THOSE. - SO WE BROUGHT THE WHOLE GANG. - ONE ADULT, ONE GOAT PLEASE. IT'S HARD TO BEAT DOUBLE MILES. EVERYONE KNOWS TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE. INTRODUCING THE VENTURE CARD FROM CAPITAL ONE... WITH DOUBLE MILES ON EVERY PURCHASE EVERY DAY. GO TO CapitalOne.com. - WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? - OH, POOR BABY. FACT: EVERYDAY SURFACES CAN HARBOR ALLERGENS LIKE DUST MITE DEBRIS, POLLEN PARTICLES AND PET DANDER, WHICH CAN TRIGGER ALLERGIC REACTIONS. NOW, LYSOL IS APPROVED TO CONTROL ALLERGENS ON SURFACES, TO HELP PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. LYSOL DISINFECTING WIPES REMOVE 90% OF ALLERGENS. AND, LYSOL DISINFECTANT SPRAY KILLS THE SOURCE OF MOLD ALLERGENS. CONTROL ALLERGENS AND KILL GERMS WITH LYSOL - THE #1 PEDIATRICIAN RECOMMENDED BRAND. AND THIS IS PASTA NIGHT AT OUR HOUSE. [ laughter ] WHAT IS IT ABOUT SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS? I MEAN, IT'S A FUN NIGHT. AND THE WHOLE DINNER IS FROM GREAT VALUE AT WALMART. AND IT'S ALL FOR LESS THAN $2 A SERVING. I HAVE A BUDGET LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS WHAT I DID WITH MINE. [ Female Announcer ] WITH HUNDREDS OF NEW ROLLBACKS ON GREAT VALUE, CHOOSE FROM LOTS OF MEALS FOR LESS THAN $2 A SERVING. IT'S ROLLBACK TIME. SAVE MONEY. LIVE BETTER. WALMART. [ Bomb Squad 1 ] LET'S DO IT! TARGET'S IN SIGHT. 100 METERS. APPROACHING... TAKE YOUR TIME. ♪ ♪ I HAVE VISUAL. STEADY. [ Male Announcer ] CAREFUL, THIS CHEESE IS LOADED. THANKS. [ Male Announcer ] NEW DELI DELUXE BACON CHEDDAR. BURSTING WITH CHEDDAR AND A BLAST OF REAL BACON. CAN YOU HAND ME SOME MUSTARD WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE, TOO? [ birds chirping ] ♪ ♪ Narrator: AS WITH ANY HIT SHOW, THE ACTORS ON HAPPY DAYS WERE NOT IMMUNE TO THE TABLOIDS AND THE OUTRAGEOUS RUMORS THEY REPORTED. I'VE BEEN GAY, I WAS A DRUG ADDICT, WHAT THE HELL ELSE WAS I THAT PEOPLE WROTE ABOUT ME? AND I JUST SORT OF LAUGH AT IT ALL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SILLY. ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING, AND I HEARD I WAS DEAD. SO I THOUGHT, WELL, I BETTER PULL OVER TO THE ROAD BECAUSE I CAN'T BE A VERY SAFE DRIVER IF I'M DEAD. WELL, I WAS DEAD 2 YEARS AGO. UH, GOT INTO CNN AND ALL THAT STUFF. Narrator: AT LEAST ONE TABLOID RUMOR DID PROVE TO BE TRUE, HOWEVER. ON THE SHOW, THE FONZ AND HIS MOTORCYCLE WERE INSEPARABLE. BUT A LITTLE KNOWN FACT IS THAT CREW MEMBERS ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL THE FONZ ALONG WHILE HE WAS SEATED ON HIS MOTORCYCLE, WHICH WAS FASTENED TO A FLAT-BED TRAILER. HENRY DID NOT LIKE THE MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF THEM. THEY TRIED TO GET HIM TO RIDE IT, THIS AND THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY REALLY WANTED HIM TO RIDE IT FROM THE CAMERA OFFSTAGE. AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM. Narrator: SOME OF HAPPY DAYS' HIGHEST-RATED EPISODES FEATURED PINKY TUSCADERO, FONZIE'S HELL-ON-WHEELS GIRLFRIEND. ROZ KELLY, WHO PLAYED THE PART, WAS CLOSER TO THE CHARACTER THAN ANYONE REALIZED. LATE LAST YEAR, KELLY GRABBED A SHOTGUN AND SHOT UP 2 NEIGHBORS' CARS, AND THEN FIRED INTO ONE OF THEIR HOMES. ACCORDING TO THE L.A. TIMES, A NEIGHBOR'S BLARING CAR ALARM SET OFF THE SHOOTING SPREE. KELLY WAS ARRESTED, PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE CHARGES, AND WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR 3 YEARS. WHILE SOME OF THE HAPPY DAYS STARS WERE MAKING SALARIES BEFITTING A TOP 10 SHOW, OTHERS WERE NOT AS FORTUNATE. AND THEY WEREN'T ABOVE PLOTTING TO GET THEIR FAIR SHARE. WE WEREN'T PAID THE WAY PERFORMERS ARE PAID TODAY. IT WAS FINE, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. I WAS PROMISED CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE NOT GIVEN AND I JUST SAID WELL, YOU KNOW, COME ON, YOU CAN'T JUST LIE TO PEOPLE. WE ALL HELD OUT, YOU KNOW, AT VARIOUS POINTS OF OUR NEGOTIATION. WE SAID, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF MONEY HENRY AND RON WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET, SO MAYBE IF WE ALL TEAMED UP TOGETHER AND HELD OUT, WE HAVE A CHANCE, YOU KNOW? WITHOUT MENTIONING NAMES, THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS HOLDING OUT FOR, UH, REALLY, A RIDICULOUS DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THEY OFFERED HER. NOW, YOU KNOW IT'S A HER. IT'S A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW? SHE THREATENED TO WALK. AND IT'S MONEY, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING AND PEOPLE WANT TO DO BEST FOR THEMSELVES. Narrator: BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MONEY, RON HOWARD WAS APPARENTLY AS NAIVE AS THE CHARACTER HE PLAYED. RON HOWARD WAS INVESTING IN GOLD, AND ONE DAY... HE--THE GOLD SHOT UP. SO HE SAYS, "I BOUGHT SOME GOLD YESTERDAY." I SAID, "GOOD." I SAID, "BY THE WAY, WHERE DO YOU KEEP IT?" HE SAYS, "WELL, IT'S IN THE TRUNK OF MY CAR." I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, AND HE OPENED UP THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. I SAID, "ARE YOU CRAZY?" I SAID, "GET THIS OUT OF HERE. "GET IT IN A VAULT, GET IT IN A BANK OR SOMETHING." Narrator: FOR SOME OF THE CAST, LIFE AFTER HAPPY DAYS HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT HAPPY. AFTER THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED, ERIN MORAN BECAME INCREASINGLY ESTRANGED FROM THE CAST. SHE REFUSED TO BE PART OF THE 1992 HAPPY DAYS REUNION TV SPECIAL. RUMORS PERSISTED THAT SHE WAS ANGRY AT HER COSTARS. THERE WERE ALL THESE RUMORS GOING AROUND, THAT SHE SAID THAT, UH, FORMER CAST MATES WERE EVIL. I DON'T THINK WE WERE VERY EVIL. UH, IT WAS THE FARTHEST THING FROM WHAT WE WERE. I MEAN, IT WAS-- WHEN I HEARD IT, IT WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ERIN WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, IT JUST SOUNDED SO LUDICROUS. Narrator: ERIN MORAN'S ACCUSATIONS GREW EVEN MORE BIZARRE. ACCORDING TO A 1992 PEOPLE MAGAZINE ARTICLE, ERIN HAD ACCUSED THE GOVERNMENT OF CONSPIRING TO HOOK THE COUNTRY ON CRACK AND SPEED. IN THE SAME YEAR, IT WAS REPORTED THAT ERIN HAD ACCUSED A HAPPY DAYS CAST MEMBER OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. SHE SAID THAT SOMEBODY HAD ABUSED HER OR ATTACKED HER, UH, WHICH I KNOW ISN'T TRUE. I THINK SHE WAS BEING BADLY ADVISED BY EITHER A PR PERSON OR HER SOON-TO-BE EX-HUSBAND AT THE TIME WHO WAS LOOKING FOR SOME PUBLICITY, YOU KNOW. AND THEY CERTAINLY WENT TO THE PROPER SOURCE FOR GARBAGE, AND, UH, I THINK SHE REGRETS IT. I DID WIND UP SEEING HER AGAIN NOT--OH, JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I WORKED WITH HER ON A SHOW. AND SHE WAS GREAT, SHE WAS LIKE HER OLD SELF, THE WAY I ALWAYS KNEW ERIN. COMING BACK FROM NEW YORK, WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON THE PLANE AND, UH, SHE WAS READING A BIBLE. AND SHE JUST SEEMED AT PEACE WITH HERSELF FOR PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. narrator: EVER SINCE SHE SOARED TO STARDOM IN THE '70s SITCOM ONE DAY AT A TIME, VALERIE BERTINELLI'S SQUEAKY-CLEAN IMAGE AND CHERUBIC FACE HAVE MADE HER THE DARLING OF TELEVISION AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS AMERICA. woman: LITTLE GIRLS WHO WATCHED HER ON THAT SHOW JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVED HER AND WANTED TO BE HER. man: SHE WAS JUST EFFERVESCENT AND IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LIKE. woman: HER BUBBLY PERSONALITY, HER OUTGOINGNESS, HER RELATABILITY, HER WARMTH. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO, WHEN SHE WALKS ONTO A SET, SHE JUST LIGHTS IT UP. narrator: VALERIE BERTINELLI COULD BE YOUR SISTER, YOUR DAUGHTER OR THAT NICE, YOUNG GIRL WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR. HER UNQUESTIONED AUDIENCE APPEAL COMBINED WITH HER HEAVILY PUBLICIZED MARRIAGE TO ROCK STAR EDDIE VAN HALEN, HAVE KEPT VALERIE BERTINELLI IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND NEVER FAR FROM THE HEADLINES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. narrator: FOR THREE DECADES, VALERIE BERTINELLI'S GIRL-NEXT-DOOR FACE HAD BEEN A STAPLE FIXTURE ON AMERICAN TELEVISION. IN THE 1970s, WE WATCHED HER GROW UP AS THE FRESH-FACED BARBARA COOPER ON THE HIT SERIES ONE DAY AT A TIME. SHE WAS THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM GIRL-- SWEET, YOUNG, INNOCENT, AND A STAR OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SITCOMS ON TELEVISION. THEN ONE DAY IN AUGUST 1980, SHE ROCKED THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT AND STUNNED HOLLYWOOD WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS DATING ROCK-'N'-ROLL ICON EDDIE VAN HALEN. Ray: OH, MY GOD, VALERIE BERTINELLI AND EDDIE VAN HALEN, YOU JUST COULDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING TEN MILES AWAY. Rene: I MEAN, THIS WAS LIKE THE ULTIMATE GOOD GIRL AND THE ULTIMATE BAD BOY BEING THROWN TOGETHER. narrator: SHE WAS EVERY PARENT'S DREAM, HE WAS EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE, AND "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" HEADLINES HYPED THEIR RELATIONSHIP FOR ALL IT WAS WORTH. Galina: I THINK PEOPLE WONDERED, "WHAT IS VALERIE THINKING ?" AND THEN ONCE THEY ACCEPTED THE FACT SHE WAS ACTUALLY DATING THIS GUY, THEY THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT ? IT'S JUST A PHASE." EVERY GIRL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH HER BAD-BOY PHASE, RIGHT ? Valerie: WE TOOK ONE LOOK AT EACH OTHER, AND WE GOT MARRIED EIGHT MONTHS LATER. narrator: FOR THEIR PART, ONE DAY AT A TIME'S PRODUCERS DID THEIR LEVEL BEST TO BURY THE WHOLE THING, HOPING MAYBE IT WOULD ALL JUST GO AWAY. IT DIDN'T, AND VALERIE'S CAREER, AND EDDIE'S BAND, WOULD NEVER QUITE BE THE SAME AGAIN. VALERIE WAS BORN ON APRIL 23, 1960, IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. HER FATHER, ANDY, WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE FOR AUTO GIANTS GENERAL MOTORS. THE FAMILY HAD TO MOVE WHEREVER AND WHENEVER HIS JOB REQUIRED. Rene: HER FATHER WAS A GM EXECUTIVE, AND HER MOTHER WAS A HOMEMAKER, AND SHE USED TO JOKE THAT SHE WAS KIND OF-- INSTEAD OF AN ARMY BRAT, A GM BRAT, BECAUSE THEY USED TO MOVE AROUND SO MUCH. Valerie: I ALWAYS HAD THEM TO GO TO, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER, THEY WERE TERRIFIC PARENTS. AND I HAVE THREE BROTHERS THAT I LOVE SO MUCH, TOO. I'M REALLY-- I'M SUCH A LUCKY PERSON. narrator: THE BERTINELLI FAMILY WAS CONSTANTLY UPROOTED, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN TO DEVELOP ANY STABLE, LONG-TERM FRIENDSHIPS. IN AN EFFORT TO HELP HER MEET NEW PEOPLE, MAKE FRIENDS AND BREAK OUT OF HER SHELL, VALERIE'S PARENTS URGED HER TO ENROLL IN A PERFORMANCE PROGRAM AT THE NEARBY TAMI LYNN ACADEMY OF ARTISTS. Tami: SHE HAD THIS GREAT, GREAT, FRESH, LITTLE, PUNKY LOOK WITH THIS PERSONALITY THAT FOLLOWED WITH HER. SO SHE HAD THAT ALREADY GOING. Rene: SHE WAS A PRECOCIOUS YOUNGSTER AND SHE PROBABLY SAID, "I'D LIKE TO TRY MY HAND AT ACTING," SO THEY PUT HER INTO ACTING SCHOOL, AND SHE WAS PRETTY MUCH AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. Valerie: ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO BE A SINGER, AND THAT REALLY DIDN'T PAN OUT. I ALWAYS USED TO LISTEN TO CARPENTER RECORDS AND SING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, SING MY HEART OUT, AND IT NEVER GOT ANY BETTER, SO I DECIDED, "WELL, CAN'T DO THIS." narrator: VALERIE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SHY AT FIRST, BUT HER ADORABLE FACE MADE HER AN INSTANT FAVORITE. AT THE AGE OF 11, SHE LANDED HER FIRST TELEVISION ROLE. Valerie: IT WAS AN EASTER COMMERCIAL, AND I GOT THE JOB BECAUSE I FIT THE CLOTHES, ACTUALLY, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON. BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T GIVE-- I COULDN'T GET ANY WORK, THAT WAS MY 100th INTERVIEW, AND I COULDN'T GET ANY WORK BECAUSE I WASN'T IN THE UNION, BUT I COULDN'T GET IN THE UNION IF I DIDN'T GET A JOB, BUT THEY FINALLY GAVE ME THE JOB BECAUSE I FIT THE CLOTHES THE BEST. Tami: AS A MANAGER, YOU ASK YOUR CLIENT, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ? "WHAT DO YOU WANT ? WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF ?" UM, AND VALERIE SAID, "I WANT TO BE IN A SERIES, "AND I WANT TO BE ABLE "TO WALK DOWN THE STREET AND PEOPLE RECOGNIZE ME." WELL, SHE GOT IT, AND SHE GOT IT BIG TIME. narrator: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF JUGGLING HER BUDDING ACTING CAREER WITH SCHOOLWORK, IN 1975, VALERIE RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER AGENT, WHO TOLD HER THAT PRODUCER NORMAN LEAR WAS CASTING FOR A NEW SITUATION COMEDY, AND THAT HE HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR VALERIE TO ATTEND THE AUDITIONS. Valerie: THE CALL CAME IN-- JANE MURRAY, WHO WAS THEN THE CASTING DIRECTOR FOR NORMAN LEAR, SAW MY PICTURE IN THE ACADEMY PLAYERS DIRECTORY, AND SHE CALLED ME IN WITH ABOUT 100 OTHER DIFFERENT GIRLS. narrator: THE SHOW, TO BE CALLED "ALL ABOUT US," REVOLVED AROUND A RECENTLY DIVORCED, SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC MOTHER AND HER TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS. Ray: NORMAN LEAR PROBABLY SAW A-- YOU KNOW, ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, A LITTLE BIT SEXY BUT, YOU KNOW, MORE WHOLESOME. BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MISCHIEF THERE, TOO. Michael: SORT OF LIKE YOUR KID SISTER WHO COULD TAKE A RIBBING BUT COULD ALSO DISH IT OUT, THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRL. IT WAS SORT OF A CLEAN SLATE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED NORMAN LEAR TO VALERIE AND PUT HER IN THAT SHOW AND IN THAT ROLE. Norman: AS I RECALL, VALERIE WALKED IN AND SHE WAS MY DAUGHTER, MAGGIE. SHE JUST LOOKED, SHE CARRIED HERSELF, HAD A LOOK, FACIALLY, PERSONALITY-WISE, AND I KNEW I HAD TO WORK WITH HER. Valerie: THE FOURTH TIME I WENT IN, I READ AGAIN WITH NORMAN AND JANE SAID TO ME, "YOU WAIT HERE," AND SHE TOLD EVERYBODY ELSE TO LEAVE, AND I WENT, "OH MY GOD, I GOT THE PART." Rene: BEFORE SHE EVEN SPOKE A WORD, SHE WAS GOING TO BE AMERICA'S SWEETHEART. SHE JUST HAD THOSE ADORABLE APPLE CHEEKS AND THOSE BANGS-- I MEAN, WOMEN LOVED THOSE BANGS BACK THEN, AND THAT LONG, BEAUTIFUL SILKY HAIR. AND SHE JUST LOOKED LIKE AMERICA'S SWEETHEART FROM THE GET-GO. narrator: CAST IN THE PART OF THE HYPER, ARM-WAVING MOTHER, WAS ACTRESS BONNIE FRANKLIN, WHO HAD MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF FILM AND STAGE EXPERIENCE TO HER CREDIT. THE PART OF THE WILD-CHILD OLDER SISTER WAS PLAYED BY MACKENZIE PHILLIPS-- DAUGHTER OF JOHN PHILLIPS OF THE POP GROUP, THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS, AND ONE OF THE STARS OF THE 1973 FILM AMERICAN GRAFFITI. IN A SUPPORTING ROLE WAS VETERAN COMEDIAN AND CHARACTER ACTOR PAT HARRINGTON. Tami: PAT HARRINGTON IS THE GREATEST, HE'S SO FUNNY. HE HAD EVERYBODY ALWAYS LAUGHING ON THAT SET, ALWAYS. YOU COULDN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO WALK IN THAT DOOR, RIGHT ? EVERYBODY WAITED FOR THAT GUY TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR ON THAT SHOW. Ray: IT WAS VERY MUCH A TRADEMARK NORMAN LEAR EFFORT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHERE HE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE IT KIND OF COMEDIC DRAMA, WHERE HE WOULD DEAL WITH FEMINISM AND, YOU KNOW, PREGNANCY AND ABORTION AND, YOU KNOW, DRUGS AND PRE-MARITAL SEX AND ALL OF THE HOT-BUTTON ISSUES OF THE TIME BUT DO IT WHILE MAKING YOU LAUGH. Tami: I THINK VAL LEARNED A LOT FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE, AND BONNIE WAS JUST LIKE-- JUST LIKE A MOM TO HER ON THE SET. SO THEY WERE VERY CLOSE, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. WHEN YOU GET ON A SERIES, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE, YOU BECOME-- THERE'S A NEW FAMILY FOR YOU. narrator: BY THE TIME THE SHOW PREMIERED ON CBS IN DECEMBER 1975, THE TITLE HAD BEEN CHANGED FROM "ALL ABOUT US" TO ONE DAY AT A TIME. SUDDENLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND SURROUNDED BY VASTLY MORE-EXPERIENCED ACTORS, ALL OF VALERIE BERTINELLI'S SHYNESS AND INSECURITIES CAME RUSHING BACK. NEW Kenmore Elite MULTI-MOTION WASHER. HOW DOES THAT WORK? HIT IT! SEE, OTHER MACHINES ONLY GO IN CIRCLES. THIS Kenmore Elite HAS MULTI-MOTIONS FOR A CUSTOM CLEAN. 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ONLY 15 YEARS OLD, SHE HAD TO WORK DOUBLY HARD JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE OTHER, MORE EXPERIENCED CAST MEMBERS ON THE SHOW. Norman: SHE WAS EASILY THE YOUNGEST IN THE GROUP, AND SHE, WITH GREAT DEFERENCE TO THE OLDER ACTORS, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER IN THE FAMILY. Tami: I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN WE SHOT THE PILOT, AND JUST SEEING HER UP THERE-- I WAS SITTING WITH HER FAMILY, IT WAS-- WE HAD TEARS IN OUR EYES, WE WERE ALL CRYING BECAUSE WE WERE SO EXCITED FOR HER AND JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE MADE IT TO THAT. Ray: I'M SURE THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CAST VALERIE, ONLY FROM THE SENSE THAT SHE WAS SO NEW AND UNPROVEN AND UNKNOWN BUT, YOU KNOW-- SO THEY NO DOUBT HAD TO GO TO BAT TO GET HER, AND YOU KNOW, FIGHT A LITTLE BIT, JUST BECAUSE USUALLY THEY LIKE TO GO FOR A NAME WHEN THEY CAN. BUT SHE OVERCAME THAT, YOU KNOW, AND SHE HAD TO DO IT WITH HER CHARISMA AND-- YOU KNOW, AND TALENT. IF YOU'RE AN UNKNOWN, THEY DON'T JUST CAST YOU IN A SHOW IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT CUTE AND WHOLESOME, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT GOING, IT HAS TO BE THE WHOLE PACKAGE. AND SHE SEEMED TO HAVE THE WHOLE PACKAGE GOING FROM DAY ONE. narrator: DETERMINED NOT TO LET DOWN THE CAST-- OR HERSELF-- BERTINELLI INSISTED ON CONTINUING ACTING CLASSES WHILE DEALING WITH HER GRUELING 16-HOUR-A-DAY SHOOTING SCHEDULE. Tami: SHE WAS A GREAT STUDENT. SHE WAS FAITHFUL, WAS THERE EVERY WEEK, UM, ALWAYS-- ALWAYS KNEW HER SCRIPTS, ALWAYS WANTED MORE INFORMATION. SO SHE WAS VERY ADAPTABLE AND, UM, WANTED THIS. Norman: VALERIE WAS A VERY DETERMINED YOUNG PERSON AND ABLE, BUT NOT PRACTICED-- SHE HADN'T, WHEN SHE STARTED WITH ONE DAY AT A TIME, SHE HAD NOT HAD ANY SEASONING. narrator: BERTINELLI'S CHARACTER, THE TEENAGE BARBARA COOPER, WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE PORTRAYED AS A TOMBOY. AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF WORK WITH HER ACTING COACH, VALERIE AND HER CHARACTER, BARBARA, BEGAN TO GROW. Tami: IT'S INTERESTING, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A SHYNESS ABOUT THEM, THEY'RE HIDING SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S VERY DEEP. AND WITH VALERIE, TRAINING HER AND TEACHING HER AND BEING WITH HER AND GOING OVER SO MANY OF THE TECHNIQUES OF ACTING, I COULD SEE THAT SHE WOULD GET INTO THE CHARACTERS AND BRING OUT A PORTION OF THAT CHARACTER THAT ONLY SOMEONE WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ACTING-- SHE COULD DO THAT. SHE COULD BRING OUT THOSE CHARACTERS. SHE BROUGHT OUT EVEN EMOTIONS THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE COULD. narrator: BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEASON, IN THE FALL OF 1976, VALERIE HAD BLOSSOMED INTO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. AND TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE, THE SHOW BEGAN DRAWING A HUGE MALE AUDIENCE. Michael: SHE WAS SORT OF THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, YOUR KID SISTER, ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. PLUS SHE WAS AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN AND FOR A TEENAGE BOY, THAT MEANT A LOT. Ray: SHE WAS CUTE, SO SHE WOULD GET THE BOYS CLAMORING TO LOOK AT HER AS WELL AND, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD-- SHE HAD THE WHOLESOME THING GOING IN SPADES AND SHE WAS JUST EFFERVESCENT AND IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LIKE. narrator: WITH HER NEW, MORE MATURE LOOK, BERTINELLI STARTED ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF MORE THAN JUST NEW VIEWERS. SHE WAS SOON GETTING OFFERED ROLES IN TV MOVIES, WHICH WERE SHOT DURING THE SUMMER HIATUS FROM FILMING ONE DAY AT A TIME. Valerie: FROM THAT WORK ON TELEVISION, IT ENABLED ME TO DO ANY KIND OF FILM I WANTED TO DO FOR TV, WHICH WAS VERY NICE. I HAVE A SET CAREER FOR ME ALREADY. Norman: I THINK SHE'S DONE SOME REMARKABLE THINGS, SOME REMARKABLE DRAMATIC WORK, AND THEN-- I THINK, LOVELY ACTRESS. narrator: BY 1980, THE 20-YEAR-OLD STAR WAS WELL-KNOWN IN HOLLYWOOD CIRCLES. Rene: AT ONE POINT, SHE AUDITIONED FOR RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, AND AS SOME PEOPLE KNOW, AT ONE POINT SHE WAS ALSO ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO STEVEN SPIELBERG. Ray: AND THEN I GUESS ONE DAY, ONE OR THE OTHER ONE WOKE UP AND WENT, "OH MY GOD, I'M DATING STEVEN SPIELBERG," AND THEN WENT, "OH MY GOD, "I'M DATING VALERIE BERTINELLI. WHAT ARE WE DOING ?" Rene: SHE DID NOT GET THAT JOB FOR RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, SHE DID NOT WORK WITH HIM. narrator: VALERIE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE PART IN RAIDERS-- OR INDEED STEVEN SPIELBERG-- BUT ONE DAY IN AUGUST 1980, WHILE VISITING HER BROTHER, PATRICK, SHE GOT SOMEONE ELSE. Valerie: IT WAS DURING THE ACTOR'S STRIKE AND MY BROTHER, PATRICK, CALLED ME UP AND SAID, "VAN HALEN'S IN TOWN, "CAN YOU COME OUT ? "WE CAN GET BACKSTAGE PASSES AND EVERYTHING." SO I SAID, "SURE." I'D NEVER REALLY LISTENED TO VAN BEFORE THAT, SO I STARTED-- THERE WAS AN OLD TAPE IN MY CAR THAT MY BROTHER LEFT, SO I STARTED LISTENING TO IT AND I HEARD THE GUITARIST, AND I IMMEDIATELY SAID, "THIS MAN IS BRILLIANT, HE'S VERY TALENTED." AND THEN I SAW A PICTURE OF HIM AND THOUGHT, "HE'S CUTE, TOO." Ted: IT WAS REALLY EXCITING THAT VALERIE BERTINELLI WAS GONNA COME TO THEIR SHOW. AND SHE CAME TO THE SHOW AND CAME BACKSTAGE AFTERWARDS AND MET EVERYBODY AND MET EDDIE AND THEN THE RUMORS STARTED THAT SHE WAS COMING OUT ON MORE DATES, AND SHE STARTED SHOWING UP. Ray: OH, MY GOD, VALERIE BERTINELLI AND EDDIE VAN HALEN. YOU JUST COULDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING TEN MILES AWAY. Rene: IT WAS SHOCKING, IT WAS REALLY ALONG THE LINES OF THE HEATHER LOCKLEAR- RICHIE SAMBORA COUPLING. I MEAN, THIS WAS LIKE THE ULTIMATE GOOD GIRL AND THE ULTIMATE BAD BOY BEING THROWN TOGETHER. BUT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT AS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, THAT THEY JUST LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND JUST, "VOOM," THAT WAS IT, A LOVE STORY WAS IN THE WORKS. AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOME PRESSURE ON HIM NOT TO GET TIED DOWN BECAUSE THIS WAS LIKE-- YOU KNOW, VAN HALEN WAS REALLY KIND OF HITTING ITS PRIME, THEY WERE JUST DESTINED TO BE AND THEY WERE JUST NOT GOING TO BE APART. AND KIND OF THE REST WAS TABLOID HISTORY IN A WAY. Galina: I THINK PEOPLE WONDERED, "WHAT IS VALERIE THINKING ?" AND THEN ONCE THEY ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY DATING THIS GUY, THEY THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT ? IT'S JUST A PHASE." Valerie: WE SAW EACH OTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A HALLWAY IN THE BACK OF THE COLISEUM, AND WE TOOK ONE LOOK AT EACH OTHER, AND WE GOT MARRIED EIGHT MONTHS LATER. narrator: FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THE PRETTY-FACED STARLET AND THE NOTORIOUS ROCKER WERE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE. Ray: OPPOSITES DO ATTRACT, I GUESS, AND IT REALLY WORKED FOR THEM AND SHE PROBABLY CHISELED OUT SOME OF HIS ROUGH EDGES AND HE PROBABLY DID THE SAME WITH HER, IN MAKING HER A LITTLE MORE DARING AND DYNAMIC. Tami: THEY ACTUALLY LOOK ALIKE, THEY LOOKED LIKE BROTHER AND SISTER, IF YOU REMEMBER IN THOSE DAYS. THEY WOULD GO OUT INTO ALL KINDS OF EVENTS, THEY REALLY HAD A SIMILARITY TO THEM. narrator: IN APRIL 1981, ONLY EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE PAIR MET, AND TWO WEEKS BEFORE VALERIE'S 21st BIRTHDAY, VALERIE BERTINELLI AND EDDIE VAN HALEN WERE MARRIED. Michael: I THINK VALERIE'S MARRIAGE TO EDDIE VAN HALEN SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE. I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY "SURPRISED," I THINK "SHOCKED" IS A BETTER WORD. PEOPLE HAVE THIS IMAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE ON TV, YOU HAVE THIS-- ESPECIALLY WITH VALERIE, WHO HAD A VERY WHOLESOME IMAGE, MARRYING THE RAUNCHY ROCK-'N'-ROLL STAR. Rene: IT WAS LIKE SUDDENLY, THIS WHOLE DIFFERENT SIDE TO HER OF LIKE-- "WOW, MAYBE THERE'S "A LITTLE BIT OF A WILD CAT BENEATH THAT DEMEANOR." narrator: VALERIE BERTINELLI WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER ON ONE DAY AT A TIME. HOWEVER, HER MARRIAGE TO BAD BOY EDDIE VAN HALEN WAS NOW GETTING ALL THE HEADLINES. WAS HER NEW, EDGIER IMAGE ABOUT TO OPEN NEW DOORS ? 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WALMART. narrator: WHEN VALERIE BERTINELLI, THE STAR OF TV'S HIT SITCOM ONE DAY AT A TIME, MARRIED ROCK STAR EDDIE VAN HALEN IN THE SPRING OF 1981, THEY WERE BOTH AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR CAREERS. VAN HALEN WAS THE FOUNDER OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR ROCK BANDS, AND VALERIE'S STAR POWER WAS IN THE ASCENDANCY WHEN SHE WON A SECOND OF TWO SUCCESSIVE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON ONE DAY AT A TIME. THE FIRST OF VALERIE'S AND EDDIE'S PROBLEMS CAME BY THE WAY OF HIS BAND'S LEAD SINGER-- THE FLAMBOYANT DAVID LEE ROTH. Ted: SHE MESSED UP THE DEMOCRACY. IT BECAME THAT SHE WAS CONTINUALLY WHISPERING IN EDDIE'S EAR THAT HE WAS THE STAR OF THE BAND, THAT IT WASN'T ABOUT DAVID, BUT THAT EDDIE WAS THE STAR AND WITHOUT EDDIE, THERE WOULD BE NO VAN HALEN. AND SO THIS DIVIDE STARTED. narrator: A STRUTTING, PREENING FRONTMAN ONSTAGE, BEHIND THE CURTAIN, ROTH WAS ARROGANT AND CONTROLLING, AND FORBADE THE REST OF THE BAND MEMBERS FROM INVITING THEIR WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS BACKSTAGE BEFORE PERFORMANCES. TO AVOID ARGUING WITH ROTH, VALERIE AND EDDIE SHARED STOLEN MOMENTS ON THEIR OWN. ALONE AND ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE GROUP, EDDIE WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT VALERIE. Ted: EDDIE BUZZED ME, AND HE CAME UP TO THE-- AND HE SAID, "CAN I COME UP AND HANG OUT ?" AND WE ENDED UP SITTING UP ALL NIGHT AND JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TOUR HAD GONE AND HOW THE RECORD WAS DOING AND JUST LIFE. AND AROUND 4:00 OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING, IT EVOLVED INTO THIS DISCUSSION THAT HE FELT HE HAD MADE THIS TERRIBLE MISTAKE, AND THAT HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE MARRIED VALERIE, AND THAT IT WAS GONNA RUIN THE BAND, AND IT WAS GOING TO RUIN HIS LIFE BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST DIFFERENT. AND IT WAS REALLY-- AND I SAID, "IS IT REALLY THAT BAD ?" AND HE SAID, "YEAH, IT'S REALLY THAT BAD." narrator: ADDING TO VALERIE'S PERSONAL PROBLEMS, THE MOOD ON THE ONE DAY AT A TIME SET BEGAN TO DETERIORATE DRAMATICALLY WHEN CAST MEMBER MACKENZIE PHILLIPS BECAME ADDICTED TO COCAINE. Tami: IT WAS BAD TIMES AT THAT TIME... AND I JUST FELT SO SORRY FOR MACKENZIE-- WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE SHE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH. Ray: SHE HAD A BOHEMIAN KIND OF UPBRINGING WITH HER ROCK-'N'-ROLL FAMILY, AND SHE ENJOYED THE DRUGS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH. Valerie: I WASN'T WITH HER THROUGH A LOT OF IT-- SOME OF IT HAPPENED DURING THE SHOW, AND I WAS WITH HER AND I ALWAYS SUPPORTED HER. I MEAN, I WAS LIKE, REALLY NAIVE ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THEN. narrator: ONCE PHILLIPS' DRUG PROBLEMS HIT THE PRESS, AND HER WORK STARTED SUFFERING, SHE WAS FIRED. Ray: MACKENZIE PHILLIPS' DRUG ISSUES HAD AN INTERESTING IMPACT ON VALERIE BERTINELLI. I THINK SHE PROBABLY LEARNED, "OOH, DON'T WANNA GO DOWN THAT PATH," AND PROBABLY HAD A REVERSE ROLE-MODEL ALMOST EFFECT, BECAUSE I THINK SHE REALLY DID LOOK UP TO MACKENZIE IN THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, AS THE BIG SISTER ON THE SHOW, AND PROBABLY THE BIG SISTER IN HER LIFE, A BIT. Michael: WITH MACKENZIE PHILLIPS GONE, VALERIE HAD TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH, BECAUSE NOW, MORE OF THE PLOTS WERE FOCUSED ON BARBARA, WITH HER SISTER OUT OF THE PICTURE. AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB AND DIDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD. Tami: AND I THINK THIS REALLY MATURED VAL A LOT, BECAUSE SHE REALLY HAD TO TAKE ON THAT SHOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY BROUGHT IN A FEW OTHER CHARACTERS IN THERE. narrator: ALTHOUGH BERTINELLI, BONNIE FRANKLIN AND PAT HARRINGTON REMAINED CONSTANT, THE REST OF THE CAST BECAME A REVOLVING DOOR, CHANGING ALMOST SEASONALLY. AS OLD CAST MEMBERS LEFT, AND NEW ONES WERE ADDED WITH CONFUSING REGULARITY, THE SHOW'S RATINGS BEGAN TO SLIP, AND IN 1984, AFTER NINE SEASONS AND 209 EPISODES, ONE DAY AT A TIME WAS CANCELED. ALTHOUGH VALERIE WAS SAD TO SEE THE SHOW END, SHE KNEW IT HAD RUN ITS COURSE. HER CHALLENGE NOW WAS FINDING A NEW DIRECTION FOR HER CAREER. Ray: I THINK VALERIE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HERSELF FOLLOWING ONE DAY AT A TIME. I MEAN, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS LITTLE-- YOUNG, LITTLE-- YOU KNOW, PERKY INGENUE, AND THEN SUDDENLY, SHE'S-- "OKAY, NOW WHAT DO I DO ? "I CAN'T BE PERKY ANYMORE "'CAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, "IN MY LATE 20s HERE "AND I'VE GOTTA THINK OF THE NEXT CHAPTER." narrator: VALERIE BEGAN QUESTIONING SOME OF THE CHOICES SHE MADE AS A YOUNG ACTRESS. ONE DAY AT A TIME HAD NOT PREPARED HER FOR LIFE AFTER THE SHOW'S CANCELLATION, AND ALL THE INSECURITIES SHE FELT AS A CHILD CAME FLOODING BACK. Valerie: I LOOK BACK NOW AND THINK, "GEE, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE STUDIED OTHER THINGS" BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL VERY BOOK-SMART AT TIMES. AND I TRY TO GET AS MUCH READING IN AS I CAN, BUT I DON'T-- I CAN'T HOLD AN INTELLECTUAL CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE AT A PARTY, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I DON'T GO TO PARTIES A LOT, 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS AFRAID OF MY INTELLECT SHOWING. SO I WISH I HAD GONE TO COLLEGE AND COULD HAVE REALLY STUDIED AND GOTTEN INTO OTHER THINGS THAT I ENJOY. narrator: VALERIE TRIED TO MAKE HER WAY ON THE BIG SCREEN, BUT MOVIE PRODUCERS COULD ONLY SEE HER AS A SMALL-SCREEN STAR. THEY WERE ALL ANXIOUS TO HAVE HER AUDITION, BUT THE GOOD ROLES ALWAYS WENT TO ESTABLISHED MOVIE STARS, NOT TV ACTRESSES. IN THE END, SHE CONTINUED MAKING TELEVISION MOVIES, BUT WAS DETERMINED TO BREAK HER IMAGE AS A LIGHTWEIGHT-- SHIFTING HER FOCUS FROM COMEDY TO MORE DRAMATIC ROLES. Michael: AND SHE SORT OF CARVED A SECOND CAREER FOR HERSELF AFTER ONE DAY AT A TIME WENT OFF THE AIR, WHICH IS ALWAYS TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE USED TO BEING THE STAR OF A HIT TV SHOW AND THE FAME GOES AWAY. YOU WONDER, ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THAT NEXT STEP ? BUT SHE ACTUALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF THAT MOLD BY DOING A SLEW OF TV MOVIES, SHATTERED VOWS, THE SEDUCTION OF GINA, WERE TWO OF THEM. Ray: THEN SHE DID A STRING OF REALLY BAD ONES, YOU KNOW, WOMEN IN JEOPARDY, THE USUAL-- THE USUAL, YOU KNOW, "OH MY GOD, PERIL, "MEN ARE HORRIBLE, LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ME" MOVIES. Galina: I THINK SHE JUST SAW THIS KIND OF ROLE AS BEING PERFECTLY SUITED TO WHO SHE WAS AS AN ACTRESS. SHE IS SO LIKEABLE, THAT SHE KNEW THAT AS A WOMAN IN PERIL, THE FANS WERE REALLY GOING TO BE ROOTING FOR HER. narrator: HER MOST FAMOUS ROLE MAY HAVE BEEN THAT OF MAXI AMBERVILLE, THE LEAD CHARACTER IN THE 1987 EIGHT-HOUR MINISERIES I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN, BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING JUDITH KRANTZ NOVEL. Galina: IT WAS A PRETTY RAUNCHY BOOK, AND THE LEAD CHARACTER, WHO VALERIE WANTED TO PLAY, WAS THIS KIND OF TAKE-CHARGE WOMAN, BOTH IN THE BOARDROOM AND THE BEDROOM AND NO ONE THOUGHT THAT VALERIE COULD DO IT, BUT SHE FOUGHT FOR IT AND SHE PROVED HER CRITICS WRONG. SHE ACTUALLY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB IN THE ROLE. narrator: OVER THE YEARS, BERTINELLI STARRED IN TWO MAJOR MINISERIES, AND OVER TWO DOZEN TELEVISION MOVIES-- A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ANY ACTOR. BY 1990, THE 30-YEAR-OLD BERTINELLI WAS BECOMING RECOGNIZED AS A SERIOUS ACTRESS. BUT HER MARRIAGE WAS SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUBBY VAN HALEN'S YEARS ON THE ROAD, AND ROCK-'N'-ROLL LIFESTYLE. ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS HER MARRIAGE, AND NOT HER CAREER, THAT WAS HITTING THE HEADLINES. AND ONCE AGAIN, SHE WAS BEING UPSTAGED BY THE AGING ROCKER. YOUR NEW Energy Star QUALIFIED Kenmore Elite IS READY TO GO. SO, YOU'RE JUST GONNA DUMP THE OLD ONE INTO THE OCEAN SOMEWHERE. DILLION. ACTUALLY, DILLION... Sears JOINED FORCES WITH THE EPA TO MAKE SURE IT'S RECYCLED THE RIGHT WAY. THAT'S RAD. IT IS RAD. IT'S CALLED Responsible Appliance Disposal. -SO IT'S RAD...LITERALLY. -LITERALLY. [ Male Announcer ] Sears. THE ONLY RETAILER RECOGNIZED BY THE EPA FOR RESPONSIBLE APPLIANCE DISPOSAL. GET 50% OFF ALL Kenmore WALL OVENS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING Sears Energy Star PARTNER OF THE YEAR. Sears. LIFE. WELL SPENT. SO I WAS SURPRISED WHEN MY DOCTOR TOLD ME I STILL HAD HIGH CHOLESTEROL. THAT REALLY HIT ME, AND GOT ME THINKING ABOUT MY HEALTH. I KNEW I HAD TO GET MY CHOLESTEROL UNDER CONTROL. BUT EXERCISE AND EATING HEALTHY WEREN'T ENOUGH FOR ME. NOW I TRUST MY HEART TO LIPITOR. [ Male Announcer ] WHEN DIET AND EXERCISE ARE NOT ENOUGH, ADDING LIPITOR HAS BEEN SHOWN TO LOWER BAD CHOLESTEROL 39 TO 60%. LIPITOR IS BACKED BY OVER 17 YEARS OF RESEARCH. LIPITOR IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH LIVER PROBLEMS AND WOMEN WHO ARE NURSING, PREGNANT OR MAY BECOME PREGNANT. YOU NEED SIMPLE BLOOD TESTS TO CHECK FOR LIVER PROBLEMS. TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU ARE TAKING OTHER MEDICATIONS, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY MUSCLE PAIN OR WEAKNESS. THIS MAY BE A SIGN OF A RARE BUT SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING ENOUGH TO LOWER MY CHOLESTEROL, BUT I NEEDED MORE HELP. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT YOURS? [ Male Announcer ] HAVE A HEART TO HEART WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR CHOLESTEROL. AND ABOUT LIPITOR. narrator: BY 1990, VALERIE BERTINELLI'S GLORY DAYS AS THE STAR OF THE HIT TV SITCOM ONE DAY AT A TIME WERE LONG PAST, AND SHE WAS TRYING TO BUILD A NEW CAREER AS A SERIOUS FILM ACTRESS. HOWEVER, VALERIE OFF-SCREEN, MUCH LIKE THE CHARACTERS SHE PORTRAYED, WAS A WOMAN CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING AGAINST FORCES OVER WHICH SHE HAD LITTLE CONTROL. THANKS TO ENDLESS TOURING AND NEAR-CONSTANT PARTYING, VALERIE'S HUSBAND, ROCKER EDDIE VAN HALEN, HAD DEVELOPED A SERIOUS DRINKING PROBLEM. Valerie: IT'S A LOT EASIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, AND THEN IN OTHER WAYS, IT'S A LOT TOUGHER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE. BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT AND WE WANNA BE TOGETHER AND WE LOVE EACH OTHER, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO STAY TOGETHER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND THEN BREAK UP. I MEAN, AFTER YOU'VE PUT SO MANY YEARS IN AND YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD AT A RELATIONSHIP, WHAT'S TO SAY YOU CAN'T WORK ANY HARDER ? Rene: IT WAS SOMETHING THAT VALERIE KNEW A LOT ABOUT BECAUSE HER FATHER WAS AN ALCOHOLIC AND HER MOTHER HAS TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY THAT SHE HAD DEALING WITH THAT, AND OF COURSE, SHE NOW ENDS UP IN A MARRIAGE WHERE SHE'S ALSO STRUGGLING WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN ALCOHOL AND A DRUG ADDICTION. Ted: EVERYBODY DRANK A LOT, EVERYBODY PARTIED A LOT. WE STAYED UP VERY LATE-- THERE WAS A THING-- A TRADITION-- THE RUNNING PHRASE WAS, "VAN HALEN MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY." YET EVERY MORNING, WE WOULD BE IN THE LOBBY AT 7:00 A.M., EVERYBODY WOULD BE UP, THE SHOW THE NEXT NIGHT WOULD BE A GREAT SHOW. THIS WAS SORT OF A MANAGED DEBAUCHERY. narrator: EDDIE ENTERED REHAB MORE THAN ONCE, AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SON WOLFGANG IN 1991, IT SEEMED LIKE HE MIGHT STAY SOBER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO COPE WITH HIS DRINKING AND THE STRAIN IT PUT ON THEIR MARRIAGE, VALERIE BEGAN ATTENDING ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS. IT MAY HAVE HELPED HER TO UNDERSTAND HER HUSBAND'S DRINKING PROBLEM, BUT ALL THE STRESS AND HEARTACHE CONTINUED TO EAT AWAY AT THEIR MARRIAGE. Valerie: IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO TAKE HIS PROBLEMS OUT OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE I MADE THEM SO MUCH A PART OF MY LIFE-- NAGGING HIM-- AND MY ENTIRE LIFE WAS FOCUSED ON HIS GETTING BETTER, SO I'VE JUST TAKEN MYSELF AWAY FROM THAT AND IT'S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO DO THAT. narrator: THROUGH IT ALL, VALERIE CONTINUED TO TRY TO BREAK INTO MAJOR MOTION PICTURES, AND ALTHOUGH GOOD FILM ROLES NEVER REALLY MATERIALIZED, THERE WAS ALWAYS A PLACE FOR HER ON THE SMALL SCREEN. Galina: VALERIE WAS, OF COURSE, TYPECAST AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN GIRL. SHE HAD THIS SQUEAKY-CLEAN IMAGE AND IT DID MAKE IT HARD FOR HER TO GET SOME PARTS. BUT SHE DECIDED TO USE HER IMAGE TO HER ADVANTAGE, AND GO AFTER ROLES IN WHICH SHE COULD CAPITALIZE ON HER GIRL-NEXT-DOOR APPEAL. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF HER FIRST MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES WAS CALLED THE PRINCESS AND THE CABBIE, AND WHEN SHE WAS PROMOTING THE MOVIE, SHE BRAGGED THAT THERE WASN'T A SINGLE DIRTY WORD IN IT, THERE WEREN'T ANY SEX SCENES, THERE WAS ONLY ONE KISS. AND I THINK THAT VIEWERS REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS STAYING TRUE TO THE PERSON THEY HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH. Michael: VALERIE, WHILE SHE WAS KEEPING BUSY, HAD A COUPLE MORE TV SERIES THAT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT AS WELL AS ONE DAY AT A TIME DID, BUT SHE WAS WORKING, AND MANAGING TO BALANCE WORK AND A HOME LIFE AND ALL THE-- ALL THE TROUBLES WITH EDDIE THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT. HE WAS ON TOUR A LOT, SO HE WASN'T AROUND, MAYBE THAT HELPED KEEP THE MARRIAGE TOGETHER. narrator: SHE ALSO FOUND WORK WHEN SHE APPEARED ALONGSIDE PRE- FRIENDS MATTHEW PERRY IN THE SITCOM SYDNEY. woman: I DON'T HAVE ANY FLAWS, WHAT ARE MY FLAWS ? Valerie: I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO THIS NOW. I'LL-- ASK ME LATER, I'LL MAKE YOU A LIST. woman: A LIST ? ( doorbell ringing ) Valerie: DON'T GET THAT, I KNOW WHO IT IS. narrator: CRITICIZED FOR ITS WEAK WRITING AND SOFT STORYLINES, SYDNEY WAS CANCELED IN ITS FIRST SEASON. Valerie: I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE DID, I WISH WE HAD HAD ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY EXPLORE AND MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT WAS BECAUSE-- WITH A NEW SHOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO REALLY DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY AT ONCE. I MEAN, CHEERS TOOK, WHAT, NINE YEARS NOW ? AND IT'S REALLY ON A ROLL, IT'S BEEN ON A ROLL FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. BUT IT TOOK A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE IT GOT THAT GOOD. SO WE NEVER GOT THAT CHANCE TO GET THAT GOOD. man: READY... AND ACTION. narrator: VALERIE'S NEXT ROLE WAS AGAIN IN COMEDY, WHEN SHE WAS CAST IN THE ROLE OF A YOUNG AMERICAN WORKING IN A PARIS COFFEEHOUSE. Valerie: AHH ! SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP, I'M IN MY OWN NIGHTMARE ! WELL, WE WERE REAL OPTIMISTIC AFTER OUR FIRST AIRING BECAUSE WE WON OUR TIME SLOT, AND THEN DR. QUINN CAME ON AND SHE KIND OF TOOK A BUNCH OF THE VIEWERS BUT NOW BASEBALL'S COMING ON, SO WE'LL GET THE WOMEN VIEWERS BACK. IT'S A TUG RIGHT NOW. THE OPTIMISM IS HARD TO KEEP UP, BUT IT'S NOT REAL HARD BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME HERE AND WE KNOW WE'RE PUTTING ON REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL SHOWS. narrator: CAFE AMERICAIN HAD ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL SHOW-- GOOD WRITING AND A CHARMING CAST, BUT VALERIE'S CHARACTER DIDN'T CONNECT WITH AUDIENCES, AND IT WAS CANCELED AFTER AN 18-EPISODE RUN IN 1993. Rene: HOLLYWOOD HAS A DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO PUT HER INTO PARTICULAR ROLES. SHE NEVER GREW UP TO BE THAT LIKE, "VA-VA-VOOM" KIND OF SEX KITTEN, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO JUST BE THIS ADORABLE, ADORABLE WOMAN THAT WE ALL WATCHED GROW UP, AND PEOPLE-- I THINK, STRUGGLED WITH TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CAST HER. Galina: SHE WAS ACTUALLY UP FOR ROLES IN SOME PRETTY BIG MOVIES LIKE FOOTLOOSE AND THE BIG CHILL, AND SHE DIDN'T GET THEM. WHEN SHE DID GET A ROLE, SHE HAD TO FIGHT FOR IT REALLY HARD. narrator: VALERIE WAS FINDING IT HARD TO GET MOVIE ROLES, BUT WITH A SON TO BRING UP, SHE HAD TO WORK, AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A PLACE FOR HER ON TELEVISION. Michael: SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO DOING THOSE ROLES IN THOSE CABLE MOVIES, AND IT'S SORT OF AN EASY WAY TO WORK-- SHE WAS WORKING CLOSE TO HOME, SHE COULD TAKE CARE OF HER SON. I DON'T THINK SHE MISSED THE STARDOM OF BEING ON A HIT TV SHOW AND HAVING TO SHOW UP TO ALL THE PARTIES AND GO TO THE PRESS TOUR AND THE CONSTANT INTERVIEWS. I THINK SHE PREFERRED CHOOSING HER SCHEDULE AT HER WHIM, BEING ABLE TO WORK WHEN SHE WANTED TO, WHICH ALLOWED HER, LIKE I SAID, TO TAKE CARE OF HER SON. Tami: ITALIAN WOMEN ARE TERRIFIC MOTHERS, SO GIVING HER JUST BEING ITALIAN, I KNEW RIGHT AWAY SHE'D BE A GREAT MOM, ABSOLUTELY. Valerie: I'M LUCKY THAT I CAN WORK FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEN TAKE THE REST OF THE YEAR OFF, AND I LIKE THAT. I LOVE TO WORK, BUT NOW THAT I HAVE A BABY, PRIORITIES CHANGE. HE'S MY PRIORITY, MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW, I'LL ALWAYS WORK, BECAUSE I'D MISS IT IF I DIDN'T, BUT MY BABY'S MORE IMPORTANT. narrator: IN PUBLIC, VALERIE GAVE THE IMPRESSION SHE HAS FOUND THE DELICATE BALANCE OF SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS WITH HER FAMILY AND CAREER, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, VALERIE BERTINELLI'S MARRIAGE WAS SLOWLY FALLING APART. DESPERATE FOR NIGHTTIME HEARTBURN RELIEF? FOR MANY, NEXIUM HELPS RELIEVE HEARTBURN SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY ACID REFLUX DISEASE. AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WITH PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE FOR NEXIUM, IT CAN COST $30 OR LESS PER MONTH. HEADACHE, DIARRHEA, AND ABDOMINAL PAIN ARE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF NEXIUM. OTHER SERIOUS STOMACH CONDITIONS MAY STILL EXIST. ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF NEXIUM CAN HELP RELIEVE YOUR HEARTBURN SYMPTOMS. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR MEDICATION, ASTRAZENECA MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW FAST KIDS GROW THESE DAYS? AND SINCE 90% OF BONE STRENGTH IS DEVELOPED BEFORE ADULTHOOD... IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET ENOUGH CALCIUM EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NEW DANONINO. DANONINO! UNLIKE LEADING KIDS YOGURTS, DANONINO HAS TWICE THE CALCIUM OF MILK, OUNCE PER OUNCE, WITH VITAMIN D. SO IT'S POWER PACKED FOR HEALTHY GROWTH. AND ITS RICH CREAMY TASTE IS... YUMMY! SO THEY CAN START BUILDING STRONG BONES TODAY... FOR STRONGER BODIES TOMORROW. NEW DANONINO FROM DANNON. POWER PACKED TO HELP KIDS GROW. [ baby babbling ] [ indistinct talking on television ] [ laughs ] WHAT'S THAT? [ inhales deeply ] THAT'S LAST NIGHT'S DINNER. [ Male Announcer ] HATE LINGERING ODORS? [ baby cries ] ♪ ♪ [ Male Announcer ] FEBREZE AIR EFFECTS ACTUALLY ELIMINATES ODORS CAUSED BY BACTERIA AND LEAVES A LIGHT FRESH SCENT. FEBREZE. IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. [ Ryan ] AHH! FRESH. MINTY. READY! ♪ ♪ HI. OOOH, MINTY. [ sniffs ] SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? FRESH. [ Female Announcer ] FOR A FRESH BREATH FEELING THAT LASTS UP TO 5 TIMES LONGER, THERE'S NEW SCOPE OUTLAST. narrator: AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE FORMER ALL-AMERICAN GIRL FROM ONE DAY AT A TIME, VALERIE BERTINELLI, TURNED 40 YEARS OLD. SHE HAD SETTLED INTO A ROUTINE OF TAKING CARE OF HER SON, WOLFGANG, ACTING IN MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES, AND DEALING WITH HER HUSBAND EDDIE VAN HALEN'S ONGOING BATTLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Valerie: I THINK OUR MARRIAGE HAS ALL OF THE WONDERFUL STUFF, AND ALL THE CRAPPY STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH MARRIAGE, AND HOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK, AND HOW YOU HAVE TO WORK AT A MARRIAGE. AND HAVING A CHILD BRINGS ALL NEW THINGS INTO IT, BUT I DON'T THINK-- I THINK THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE HAVE THE RAGS, AND THE YELLOW JOURNALISTS, ALL THOSE CRAPPY MAGAZINES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND READ LIES ABOUT OURSELVES, SO THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND WE ALL HAVE STRONG FEELINGS AND WE'RE ALL MEANT TO BE WITH A CERTAIN PERSON. SO IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH-PROFILE, WHICH IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, WHICH ISN'T A BIG ONE. narrator: ALTHOUGH HER MARRIAGE WAS IN TURMOIL, HER CAREER WAS LOOKING UP, AND IN 2001, VALERIE WAS CAST IN THE PART OF AN ANGEL NAMED GLORIA IN THE SERIES TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, STARRING ROMA DOWNEY AND DELLA REESE. Della: WE HAD BEEN ON FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD INCREASE THE RATINGS. AND SO THEY WROTE A PART FOR HER OF A NERD, OF A VERY INTELLIGENT NERD AS AN ANGEL. AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, IT TOOK THE AUDIENCE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO THAT. SHE HELD IT UP VERY WELL, THOUGH. Ray: TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL WAS WAY MORE OF A VALERIE BERTINELLI ROLE THAN ONE DAY AT A TIME OR ANY OF THOSE MOVIES. I THINK THAT WAS MORE THE REAL VALERIE AND WHAT SHE GREW UP WITH, KIND OF BEING THE GOOD KID, THE GOOD GIRL, AND SHE GOT THE CHANCE TO DO THAT ON THAT SHOW, AND I'M SURE IT PROBABLY GAVE HER THE WARM GLOW, THAT WARM, LITTLE FEELING INSIDE. IT WAS GOOD, IT REALLY REACQUAINTED HER TO THE PUBLIC. narrator: FANS LOVED HER PORTRAYAL OF GLORIA, AND SHE REMAINED A CONSTANT CHARACTER IN THE SHOW, APPEARING IN 59 EPISODES IN THREE SEASONS. Della: I HAD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HER. SHE CAME INTO A SHOW THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ON FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, AND SHE HAD TO FIND A PLACE FOR HER TO BE. SHE DID THAT WITH GREAT CALM AND GRACIOUSNESS. SHE PICKED UP WHAT THEY GAVE HER TO USE, TO DO-- AND AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS GOING THROUGH QUITE A FEW THINGS IN HER LIFE THAT NEEDED A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION, BUT SHE WAS A TROOPER. 6:00 IN THE MORNING, MEETING IN A LITTLE TRAILER TO GET YOUR FACE SLAPPED WITH MAKEUP AND BEING GRACIOUS, AND THEN BEING IN THAT SAME TRAILER AT 10:30 AT NIGHT, TRYING TO GET WHAT THEY CALL A "TOUCH-UP," BECAUSE THE MAKEUP HAS WORKED HARDER THAN YOU ALL DAY AND IT'S DRAINING, AND TO STILL BE GRACIOUS-- IT TAKES A LOT OF CHARACTER TO DO THAT, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. Ray: TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL WAS NOT A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, IT WAS STILL PROBABLY PREACHING TO HER ORIGINAL CHOIR, BUT IT STILL REACQUAINTED HER THAT SHE WASN'T GONE, SHE WAS STILL AROUND AND HADN'T DISAPPEARED. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS STILL TALENTED AND HAD A CAREER. narrator: BY THE TIME TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL WAS CANCELED IN 2003, VALERIE FOUND IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD PARTS IN THE ONCE-COMFORTABLE WORLD OF MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SHE ONLY MADE ONE TELEVISION APPEARANCE, IN THE 2005 ONE DAY AT A TIME REUNION SHOW. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NEVER FAR AWAY FROM THE THOUGHTS OF HER LOYAL FANS. Rene: SHE WAS VOTED "WOMAN WE'D MOST LIKE TO SEE "FIGHT FOR HER LIFE IN A WEEKLY TV MOVIE," BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVED HER AS THAT KIND OF CONFLICTED CHARACTER-- SOMEBODY WHO IS TRYING TO DO GOOD BUT WAS SOMEHOW THROWN INTO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WAS REALLY REQUIRING HER TO EITHER FIGHT FOR HER LIFE, OR REALLY KIND OF FIND A-- LIKE DIG DEEP AND MAKE THE RIGHT MORAL DECISION IN A PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. narrator: MORAL DECISIONS WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. VALERIE'S CAREER WAS ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL, AND HER ATTEMPTS TO SAVE HER MARRIAGE WERE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. Ted: EDDIE'S DRINKING, I THINK, BECAME MORE OF A MANIFESTATION OF HIS UNHAPPINESS, AS OPPOSED TO PARTYING. I DON'T THINK HE WAS DRINKING TO PARTY, HE WAS DRINKING TO-- YOU KNOW, INSULATE HIMSELF. AND HE CHANGED, HE BECAME A LOT DARKER. narrator: HER HUSBAND'S ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN DRINKING PROBLEM AND HIS LONG MONTHS ON TOUR WITH HIS BAND, VAN HALEN, FREQUENTLY LEFT HER SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THEIR SON, WOLF. Ted: I THINK EDDIE WAS INCREDIBLY LOYAL. HE WAS VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HER BUT I THINK HE FELT-- HE FELT CONSTRAINED. narrator: IN 1999, SHE ALSO HELPED EDDIE THROUGH HIP-REPLACEMENT SURGERY, NECESSITATED BY A DEGENERATIVE CONDITION. THE SAME YEAR, A LUMP ON HIS TONGUE WAS DIAGNOSED AS MALIGNANT. Galina: VALERIE WAS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, SUPPORTING HIM, ENCOURAGING HIM TO GET HELP, BUT THEIR MARRIAGE JUST KEPT FACING ONE CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER. AND KIND OF ONE OF THE LAST STRAWS WAS AFTER EDDIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TONGUE CANCER AND WENT THROUGH TREATMENT, HE TOOK UP SMOKING AGAIN, AND VALERIE JUST KIND OF LOST IT. SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE COULD CONTINUE TO SELF-DESTRUCT, EVEN AFTER HAVING HIS LIFE ON THE LINE. narrator: BY 2002, EDDIE VAN HALEN'S RECURRING CYCLES OF SELF-ABUSE HAD PUT MORE STRAIN ON HIS MARRIAGE THAN EVEN THE LONG-SUFFERING VALERIE COULD ENDURE. IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, THE PAIR ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD SEPARATED. ANXIOUS TO QUELL THE RUMORS AND PLAY DOWN THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEMS, THEY BOTH INSISTED THEIR PARTING WAS NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT. Della: OUR MEMORIES WERE TOO PERSONAL TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE WHEN SHE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO BE THERE, AND SHE TOLD ME IN CONFIDENCE, I ACCEPTED IT THAT WAY, AND IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY. narrator: IN DECEMBER 2005, VALERIE BERTINELLI FILED FOR DIVORCE, CITING GROUNDS OF IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. Ray: THEY STUCK IT OUT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, IT WAS A REAL POSITIVE, GOOD, SOLID MARRIAGE. BUT YOU KNOW, HIS DEMONS-- EDDIE'S DEMONS UNDID THINGS WITH HIS ALCOHOLISM AND PROBABLY WOMANIZING. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH A WOMAN'S GOING TO TAKE, AND SHE'D HAD HER FILL. narrator: AT 45 YEARS OLD, VALERIE BERTINELLI-- ONCE AMERICA'S FAVORITE TEENAGER, AND THE STAR OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TELEVISION MOVIES-- WAS BOTH ALONE AND UNEMPLOYED. Valerie: I FOUND I WAS BECOMING A HERMIT AND I WOULDN'T GO OUT, I WOULDN'T DO THINGS, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OUT, I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE ME, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A HERMIT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I HAVE A WHOLE OTHER LIFE TO LIVE. narrator: THESE FEELINGS OF ISOLATION HAD MANIFESTED THEMSELVES AS AN EATING DISORDER. LIKE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, WHEN VALERIE FELT LONELY, SHE TURNED TO FOOD FOR COMFORT. Ray: YES, SHE DID, SHE DID PUT ON WEIGHT-- EVEN WHEN SHE PUT ON WEIGHT, SHE STILL LOOKED GOOD. I MEAN, SHE STILL HAD THAT FACE, STILL HAD THE YOUTHFUL LOOK. BUT YEAH, NOW SHE'S COMING BACK FROM-- YOU KNOW, FROM "OOH, THE DISASTER OF OBESITY." Valerie: WHETHER IT'S BEEN IN MY HEAD OR IN REALITY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE I'VE BEEN A PERFECTLY NORMAL WEIGHT AND I THINK I'M FAT-- WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT "FAT VOICE" IN OUR HEADS, WHICH IS STUPID, BUT THAT'S, ONCE AGAIN, SOMETHING ABOUT SOCIETY AND HOW YOU GROW UP AND I WAS TOLD I WAS CHUBBY AND CHUNKY WHEN I WAS 13, SO I BELIEVED THAT MY WHOLE LIFE. narrator: ALWAYS A DEDICATED MOTHER, THE BIGGEST QUESTION FACING VALERIE WAS NOT HOW TO RAISE HER SON WITHOUT A HUSBAND, IT WAS WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO ABOUT HER CAREER THAT HAD ALL BUT COME TO A HALT. CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW FAST KIDS GROW THESE DAYS? AND SINCE 90% OF BONE STRENGTH IS DEVELOPED BEFORE ADULTHOOD... IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET ENOUGH CALCIUM EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NEW DANONINO. DANONO! UNLIKE LEADING KIDS YOGURTS, DANONINO HAS TWICE THE CALCIUM OF MILK, OUNCE PER OUNCE, WITH VITAMIN D. SO IT'S POWER PACKED FOR HEALTHY GROWTH. AND ITS RICH CREAMY TASTE IS... YUMMY! SO THEY CAN START BUILDING STRONG BONES TODAY... FOR STRONGER BODIES TOMORROW. NEW DANONINO FROM DANNON. POWER PACKED TO HELP KIDS GROW. [ Amy ] HI, I'M AMY. THIS IS MY FAMILY, AND THIS IS TACO NIGHT. IT'S OUR FAVORITE NIGHT OF THE WEEK. AND THIS IS ALL FROM GREAT VALUE AT WALMART. AND IT'S ALL FOR LESS THAN $2 A SERVING. HEY, EVERYONE'S ON A BUDGET. IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT THAT MATTERS. [ laughter ] [ Female Announcer ] WITH HUNDREDS OF NEW ROLLBACKS ON GREAT VALUE, CHOOSE FROM LOTS OF MEALS FOR LESS THAN $2 A SERVING. IT'S ROLLBACK TIME. SAVE MONEY. LIVE BETTER. WALMART. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF LOVAZA, WHERE NATURE MEETS SCIENCE. IF YOU HAVE HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR DIABETES, YOU MAY ALSO HAVE VERY HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES -- TOO MUCH FAT IN THE BLOOD. IT'S A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. LOVAZA, ALONG WITH DIET, EFFECTIVELY LOWERS VERY HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES IN ADULTS BUT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO PREVENT HEART ATTACKS OR STROKES. LOVAZA STARTS WITH OMEGA-3 FISH OIL THAT'S THEN PURIFIED AND CONCENTRATED. IT'S THE ONLY OMEGA-3 MEDICATION THAT'S FDA-APPROVED. YOU CAN'T GET IT AT A HEALTH FOOD STORE. LOVAZA ISN'T RIGHT FOR EVERYONE. TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO FISH, HAVE OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND ABOUT ANY MEDICATIONS YOU'RE TAKING, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY INCREASE RISK OF BLEEDING. BLOOD TESTS ARE NEEDED BEFORE AND DURING TREATMENT. IN SOME, LDL OR BAD CHOLESTEROL MAY INCREASE. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE BURPING, INFECTION, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS, UPSET STOMACH, AND CHANGE IN SENSE OF TASTE. ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT LOVAZA, THE PRESCRIPTION THAT STARTS IN THE SEA. ♪♪♪ WELCOME TO THE MODERN WORLD, PEOPLE. WOOLITE ISN'T JUST FOR YOUR DELICATES! IT'S FOR ALL YOUR CLOTHES! WITH WOOLITE COMPLETE YOU CAN WASH EVERYTHING, FROM JEANS TO TEES, 'CAUSE IT HAS THE RIGHT BALANCE OF CARE AND CLEANING. AND SAY GOODBYE TO FADING, SHRINKING, AND STRETCHING. AFTER ALL, A LADY NEVER REVEALS THE TRUE AGE OF HER CLOTHES. WOOLITE COMPLETE, CLEANS AND CARES FOR ALL YOUR CLOTHES.

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Channel: Carrie Heffernan

Views: 887,854

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Keywords: Sherman Hemsley Isabel Sanford Tom Bosley Valerie Bertinelli Donny Most Marla Gibbs

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Length: 86min 53sec (5213 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 10 2016