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Charlie's Angels (1976–1981): 16 Weird Facts You Didn't Know

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Charlie’s Angels (1976–1981) became one of the most iconic television shows of the 1970s, but some of its strangest stories happened behind the cameras. From Farrah Fawcett’s $7 million contract battle and John Forsythe recording Charlie in his pajamas to Kate Jackson’s lost movie opportunity, Angelgate, and a stunt that went terribly wrong.
Discover the casting surprises, controversies, forgotten stories, and behind-the-scenes secrets that changed Charlie’s Angels forever.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:59 John Forsythe Showed Up in His Pajamas
02:53 Farrah Fawcett’s Famous Red Swimsuit Secret
04:50 Kathie Lee Gifford Was Rejected
06:12 Charlie’s Angels Tried Three Male Angels
08:00 Cheryl Ladd Kept Saying No
09:49 Jaclyn Smith Turned Down James Bond
11:33 The “Charlie Girl” Became an Angel
12:51 Tanya Roberts Beat Nearly 2,000 Women
14:46 The Angels Ate Lunch in Shackles
16:13 Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood & “Angelgate”
18:10 They Finally Showed Charlie — Sort Of
19:44 The Charlie’s Angels Stunt That Went Terribly Wrong
21:39 Kate Jackson and the Role That Went to Meryl Streep
23:27 Farrah Fawcett’s $7 Million Contract War
25:35 Kate Jackson Helped Create “Charlie’s Angels”
28:28 Which Charlie’s Angels Memory Takes You Back?

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3 Comments

@filomango69 2 days ago

Jaclyn Smith did not pass the audition. It was Robert Wagner, her co-star in "Switch" where Jaclyn was a semi-regular (the Wagner couple were actually co-owners of CA), who convinced Spelling-Goldberg to reconsider. Jaclyn nearly lost the part again during the shooting of the pilot because ABC network bosses where unhappy with her performance but Spelling insisted on keeping her. This was why Jaclyn had shown so much loyalty to Spelling and stayed with the show till its end even when it was becoming evident that she was merely going thru the motion after Kate left the show before Season 4.

@filomango69 2 days ago (edited)

Kate was offered the part in "Kramer vs Kramer" not because she was a popular TV actress. The filmmakers wanted her because she was seen as a serious actress, a competent and reliable performer in a way that Farrah, Jaclyn or Cheryl could only hope to be. But Spelling blocked her inclusion in the film every step of the way. Kate's successful transition to the movies would be another threat, perhaps even a bigger one, to CA's stability than Farrah's departure (who had been successfully replaced by Cheryl after all and whose movie career floundered anyway) and Spelling would not have a possible repeat of that. Big mistake, they lost Kate just the same!!!