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May 4, 1973 · Steambath: Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. With Stephen Elliott, Bill Bixby, Herb Edelman, Neil J. Schwartz. Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.
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- Drama, Fantasy
- Burt Brinckerhoff
- 1973-05-04
The play was then produced for PBS series Hollywood Television Theater in 1973 with José Pérez playing God, Bill Bixby playing Tandy, and Valerie Perrine as the blonde bombshell Meredith. Only 24 PBS affiliates carried the program.
Also in 1973, he starred in Steambath, a play by author Bruce Jay Friedman, on PBS with Valerie Perrine and Jose Perez. Bixby became a popular game-show panelist, appearing mostly on Password and The Hollywood Squares. He was also a panelist on the 1974 revival of Masquerade Party, which was hosted by Richard Dawson.
Store. Live TV. Categories. Leaves BroadwayHD in 10 days. Steambath. Bruce Jay Friedman's razor-sharp comedy portrays God as an overworked steambath attendant who doles out wrath in between scrubbing floors. 87 IMDb 7.9 1 h 26 min 1973. X-Ray 16+. Comedy · Drama · Fantasy. Free trial of BroadwayHD. Watch with BroadwayHD.
Jan 30, 2023 · Near the end, the Attendant threatens Tandy (Bill Bixby’s character) that he’ll send him back to Earth with cancer. How sad that BB would die from that awful disease 20 years later.
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Sep 24, 2002 · A man (Bill Bixby) finds himself in a steambath, talking with other people about life, and with the janitor about God. It's based on a theater play, and was apparently very risky in the 60s - because of one short nude shot of a female character, and because of "adult" themes - that is, God and life.
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Bill Bixby stars in this weird adaptation from the Broadway show Steambath. It opens with Tandy (Bixby) going into a steambath for the first time, and talking with the odd characters found there. Herb Edelman (Stan, from Golden Girls !) is in there, and is a crusty, disagree-able type.
