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The following year the show was revamped and retitled. Duncan returned as Sandy Stockton. This time she was a single working girl who created chaos at an ad agency. This second incarnation of her series failed to regain the audience that the first incarnation had had. The Sandy Duncan Show (1972) was canceled by mid-December.
The following season, Sandy was back in The Sandy Duncan Show, again as Sandy Stockton, but with an entirely new set of circumstances, writers, producers, co-stars, and a live audience. Both Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show used the same theme song called The Kind of Girl She Is, written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and both shows used the ...
Upon receiving a clean bill of health, the actress toplined 'The Sandy Duncan Show' (CBS, 1972), which drew heavily from the 'Funny Face' concept, but also proved equally short-lived.
Mar 6, 2013 · She was replaced by Sandy Duncan, and the series was renamed "The Hogan Family." Harper continued to take guest parts on such shows as "Sex and the City" and "Melrose Place," and appeared on Broadway.
In autumn 1971, Duncan starred as Sandy Stockton on the CBS sitcom Funny Face. The program was placed in the Saturday-night prime-time schedule between All in the Family and The New Dick Van Dyke Show. Critics dismissed the show but praised Duncan, especially TV Guide columnist Cleveland Amory, who described her as "a wonderful comedienne."
Replacing Melba Moore at the last minute in the weekly show Funny Face (1971), the story line had Duncan playing single, independently-minded Sandy Stockton, a corn-fed Midwestern who heads to the big-city (Los Angeles) where she winds up in TV commercials while pursuing a teaching degree at UCLA. The series was a success and was a Top 10 show ...
Sandy Duncan was born February 20th, 1946 in Henderson, Texas. Ms. Duncan's chirpy voice and sunny disposition made her a hit on Broadway in the 1960s and then on tv with the sitcoms Funny Face (receiving 2 Emmy nominations) and The Sandy Duncan Show. Her performance in the dramatic mini-series Roots in 1977 earned her an Emmy Award.
