Is Marlo Thomas a billionaire?

Apparently, her father Danny Thomas was a billionaire and she inherited his estate when he died. How did he become so rich? The only thing he ever did was "The Danny Thomas Show" which wasn't that big of a show.

Apparently, her father Danny Thomas was a billionaire and she inherited his estate when he died. How did he become so rich? The only thing he ever did was "The Danny Thomas Show" which wasn't that big of a show.

His former home recently sold for $65 million, after being reduced from $135 million. He also built the St. Jude's Children Hospital, which Marlo is head doctor of. Marlo also made a lot of money from her "That Girl" series.

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by Anonymousreply 157September 15, 2019 11:24 PM

Ugh, it looks like a Scientology "celebrity center."

by Anonymousreply 1August 31, 2019 8:18 PM

Marlo Thomas is a c*nt, a fact discussed here many times.

That said, the work being done at St. Judes hospital is amazing. They are close to curing some forms of cancer.

by Anonymousreply 2August 31, 2019 8:19 PM

She has a nice but not over the top house in Westport, CT.

by Anonymousreply 3August 31, 2019 8:26 PM

Marlo would not have inherited all of her father's money. She has (or at least had) two siblings, Tony and Terre. I don't know if they're both still alive.

by Anonymousreply 4August 31, 2019 8:28 PM

Marlo Thomas is a doctor? When did that happen?

by Anonymousreply 5August 31, 2019 8:29 PM

It's really hideously decorated, but it has spectacular views.

by Anonymousreply 6August 31, 2019 8:30 PM

Marlo's brother Tony produced many TV shows, including Golden Girls. He's filthy rich.

by Anonymousreply 7August 31, 2019 8:31 PM

[quote]Thomas built the home in 1970 and later sold it for $15 million after his wife died in 2000.

It MIGHT have cost him a million dollars originally.

by Anonymousreply 8August 31, 2019 8:32 PM

How did he become so rich? The Dick Van Dyke Show made a fortune in syndication as did the Andy Griffith Show. Mod Squad and Real McCoys were hits even if they did not do as well in syndication.

by Anonymousreply 9August 31, 2019 8:35 PM

Usually producers make a lot more than actors. But people like OP think the actors make all the money.

by Anonymousreply 10August 31, 2019 8:36 PM

Danny died before his wife, who stayed in the house until she died.

by Anonymousreply 11August 31, 2019 8:37 PM

"That said, the work being done at St. Judes hospital is amazing."

It really is, and ethically speaking they are squeaky clean. You never have to worry about giving to St. Jude's.

I've heard all the jokes and gross rumors about Danny Thomas (and who the hell knows what's true and what's not), but there are few people who have left as much of a positive impact on the world. He has saved/extended, probably, tens of thousands of lives. The Catholic Church really should think about sainthood for him.

by Anonymousreply 12August 31, 2019 8:42 PM

And she has the nerve to go on television and ask poor, working class and people who are struggling to donate to St. Jude's Hospital.

Sell a few houses there, Marlo, and then donate a percentage of the millions upon millions you have to St. Jude's. That should help keep the place up and running.

Thanks for the info DL. I'll just keep accepting their free return address labels and not give them a cent.

Wonder how much she and her daddy made off of St. Jude's.

(I've also heard that Bono does not donate a single cent of his own money to all of those charities he is so..."passionate"...about. )

by Anonymousreply 13August 31, 2019 8:50 PM

[quote]How did he become so rich? The Dick Van Dyke Show made a fortune in syndication as did the Andy Griffith Show. Mod Squad and Real McCoys were hits even if they did not do as well in syndication.

Danny Thomas produced all those shows? I had no idea. And I had no idea that Tony Thomas was his son. There's no telling how much money Marlo gets every year in royalties from his old shows in syndication. She's worth a fortune.

No wonder Phil Donahue stopped working years ago. I felt sorry for him after Oprah basically ended his career, but he's almost as rich as her now, thanks to Marlo.

by Anonymousreply 14August 31, 2019 8:54 PM

Marlo Thomas is not a head doctor, or any kind of doctor of anything. It may be close to her heart, but she is nothing more than a celebrity spokesman for St. Judes. She has no power or authority over how that hospital is operated.

by Anonymousreply 15August 31, 2019 8:56 PM

St. Judes' exterior was repainted because Marlo didn't like the color used.

She does have some input.

by Anonymousreply 16August 31, 2019 9:16 PM

Marlo Thomas is a wonderfully nice, humble woman. Her family is incredibly wealthy thanks to investments, real estate and dealings in several other industries.

by Anonymousreply 17August 31, 2019 9:23 PM

[quote] Danny Thomas produced all those shows? I had no idea.

Danny not only produced those shows, but had much creative input into them. For example, it was his idea that Link's catch term should be "Solid."

by Anonymousreply 18August 31, 2019 9:24 PM

[quote]St. Judes' exterior was repainted because Marlo didn't like the color used.

What color was it originally?

What color did she have it repainted?

by Anonymousreply 19August 31, 2019 9:56 PM

[quote] The Catholic Church really should think about sainthood for him.

Patron saint of clean surfaces

by Anonymousreply 20August 31, 2019 10:09 PM

[quote]The Catholic Church really should think about sainthood for him.

Sainthood for a lesbian? Get out of here!

by Anonymousreply 22August 31, 2019 10:35 PM

Ted Bessell left her a small fortune when he died.

by Anonymousreply 23August 31, 2019 10:39 PM

Please! If the hospital was repainted because Marla didn't like the color it was done after she suggested it to the hospital board and they decided she was right and authorized the expenditure. She certainly didn't make the decision on her own.

by Anonymousreply 24August 31, 2019 10:42 PM

Ted Bessell, whom I thought was Jewish and very handsome, was in fact a devout Catholic and daily communicate. I wonder if he left the money to St Judes and not to Marlo personally.

by Anonymousreply 25August 31, 2019 10:56 PM

Marlo Thomas is an enormous bitch. How big of a bitch is she?

She kicked Stevie Nicks in the cuntbone.

by Anonymousreply 26August 31, 2019 11:00 PM

As if she didn't deserve it.

by Anonymousreply 27August 31, 2019 11:11 PM

Marlo does have an official position with St. Jude's, she is the national outreach director and spokeswoman, her brother Tony is a board member. It is by far one of the greatest things ever founded by an entertainer and the entire Thomas family, have a right to be proud of it. Likewise, I'm sure that the board pays deference to Marlo and Tony, not only because they are the children of the founder, who is buried on the hospital campus, but because both of them have stayed committed to the hospital and its mission.

R26 With all the children St. Jude's has saved, Marlo is entitled to be as big a bitch as she wants to be.

by Anonymousreply 28August 31, 2019 11:13 PM

Marlo is a rotten human, we all know that. Cruel, arrogant, and unhinged are all perfectly acceptable adjectives for her.

But! St.Judes, as I understand it, offers all of their care free of charge. They even house parents for free while the kids get treatment. Rotten as she is, I respect the organization.

And I worked for her. Once.

by Anonymousreply 29August 31, 2019 11:17 PM

No, r28, it doesn't work that way. She doesn't get to behave so miserably for any reason. She's cruel.

The people to whom she is cruel have the last word on this, and I can easily line up a dozen of them, all construction workers on her property.

by Anonymousreply 30August 31, 2019 11:23 PM

No, r28, it doesn't work that way. She doesn't get to behave so miserably for any reason. She's cruel.

The people to whom she is cruel have the last word on this, and I can easily line up a dozen of them, all construction workers on her property.

by Anonymousreply 31August 31, 2019 11:23 PM

R31 Sorry, but most construction workers I have had the displeasure of having do work for me deserved someone to be cunt to them.

by Anonymousreply 32August 31, 2019 11:28 PM

My God, where are all the idiots on this thread and others coming from today ?

by Anonymousreply 33September 1, 2019 12:21 AM

[quote] was in fact a devout Catholic and daily communicate

The word is communicant.

by Anonymousreply 34September 1, 2019 12:22 AM

[quote]Marlo Thomas is not a head doctor, or any kind of doctor of anything. It may be close to her heart, but she is nothing more than a celebrity spokesman for St. Judes.

The interviewed a girl and her family on TV and they said that Marlo performed the surgery on the girl. I didn't know she was a doctor, but that's what they said.

by Anonymousreply 35September 1, 2019 1:35 AM

R35...Are you really that stupid ?

by Anonymousreply 36September 1, 2019 1:36 AM

Is That Girl in syndication anymore? I used to love reruns of it as a little kid, but I haven't seen it on TV in ages.

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by Anonymousreply 37September 1, 2019 1:38 AM

It pops up on the retro channels now and then.

by Anonymousreply 38September 1, 2019 1:49 AM

He was Lebanese. They all have money.

by Anonymousreply 39September 1, 2019 1:59 AM

When they say that no child has to pay anything doesn't that just mean the government pays for it? I would guess most of the money they get is from the government.

by Anonymousreply 40September 1, 2019 2:11 AM

St. Judes' operates on donated money. All their services are free.

By avoiding government money, they are free from government interference.

St, Judes' research is actually trying to cure cancer and they are close to doing so.

And yes, Marlo is a c*nt. The point being that so much good is being done , let her be.

Poor Phil. Thank God for dementia.

by Anonymousreply 41September 1, 2019 2:41 AM

Not to nitpick, bitches, but the name of the hospital is St. Jude, not St. Jude's.

by Anonymousreply 42September 1, 2019 3:07 AM

Thank you for your witty input r42.

I'm sure your multiple cats find you spellbinding.

by Anonymousreply 43September 1, 2019 3:31 AM

I know that St Jude takes federal research money and I’ll bet they take Medicaid, etc. and private insurance and cover the copay.

by Anonymousreply 44September 1, 2019 3:38 AM

[quote] How did he become so rich? The Dick Van Dyke Show made a fortune in syndication as did the Andy Griffith Show. Mod Squad and Real McCoys were hits even if they did not do as well in syndication.

Shrewd investments in real estate developments and apparently some land in the San Joaquin Valley which was leased to oil companies and later sold to them.

by Anonymousreply 45September 1, 2019 3:58 AM

I know someone whose child was saved at St Jude, and now works there in fundraising.

I also know someone who was a stewardess back in the 60s, and said Marlo was an unpleasant passenger. I remember being impressed by that story as a kid.

by Anonymousreply 46September 1, 2019 4:08 AM

Danny Thomas was not a billionaire by any stretch. And OP's link says nothing to that effect. It only says Danny Thomas owned the home 19 years ago and sold it for $15M.

by Anonymousreply 47September 1, 2019 4:30 AM

Coming from you cunts, maybe being called a cunt is a compliment. This woman has down more for making peoples lives better than many.

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by Anonymousreply 48September 1, 2019 3:05 PM

Danny has a copyright on "shit eating grins."

The Burke Ramsey concession alone is worth a hundred million.

by Anonymousreply 51September 1, 2019 3:11 PM

Obviously it's no proof of anything, but the net worth sites say Marlo is worth in the range of $35 million.

by Anonymousreply 52September 1, 2019 3:15 PM

I never knew that about Danny Thomas - or St Jude. Plus he was actually a Middle Eastern Christian - like Abhouz or something. Clearly a shrewd businessman more than an actor. Good for him.

by Anonymousreply 53September 1, 2019 4:58 PM

OP, why don't you do a little research before posting your nonsense.

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by Anonymousreply 54September 1, 2019 7:46 PM

St Jude Hospital has over 3.4 billion in their endowment fund. I'm too lazy to look up how much their contributions amount to yearly, but it must be a huge sum of money.

by Anonymousreply 55September 1, 2019 9:32 PM

This is an eye opener. take a look as salaries and compensation to those who ran fund raising schemes for St Judes. The fund raisers got alll the money, St Jude got the very short end of the stick.

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by Anonymousreply 56September 1, 2019 9:39 PM

True of most “nonprofits” R56. Crazy.

by Anonymousreply 57September 1, 2019 9:58 PM

Wait, Jim Parsons makes a million dollars A WEEK on a silly sitcom and you begrudge the President and CEO of St Judes who treat, research and are trying to cure cancer a million dollar A YEAR salary?

by Anonymousreply 58September 1, 2019 10:26 PM

I assume Marlo gets paid handsomely as the Queen of the Bit****

by Anonymousreply 59September 1, 2019 10:41 PM

Marlo is part Lebanese and part Italian. It is debatable if Lebanese are Arabs, depends on who you ask. Besides, what difference does it make if the Thomas family are ethnically Arab?

by Anonymousreply 60September 1, 2019 10:55 PM

Their website says something like 70 percent of their operating costs are donations and that insurance Medicaid etc won't cover most of what they do because it's research and experimental. It also says they only have something like70 beds. I thought it was bigger. Didn't realize that almost everything they do is clinical trials. They experiment on children to make the big bucks!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 61September 2, 2019 3:39 AM

About 7,500 patients are seen at St. Jude annually, most of whom are treated on a continuing outpatient basis and are part of ongoing research programs. The hospital also has 78 beds for patients requiring hospitalization during treatment.

I hope you're pretty R61

by Anonymousreply 62September 2, 2019 4:01 AM

[quote]Marlo performed the surgery on the girl.

Very nice of her, but it doesn't make up for the fact that she caused the Chernobyl disaster and masterminded the 9/11 attacks.

by Anonymousreply 63September 2, 2019 4:26 AM

"They experiment on children to make the big bucks!!!!!!"

Do you understand that this hospital is called "St. Jude" because St. Jude was the patron saint of desperate, hopeless cases? These kids WILL DIE if drastic, experimental measures are not taken. So, they are.

by Anonymousreply 64September 2, 2019 4:33 AM

[quote]St. Jude was the patron saint of desperate, hopeless cases

St. Jude must be the patron saint of Datalounge.

by Anonymousreply 65September 2, 2019 5:21 AM

[quote]Ted Bessell, whom I thought was Jewish and very handsome, was in fact a devout Catholic and daily communicate. I wonder if he left the money to St Judes and not to Marlo personally.

Ted directed The Tracey Ullman Show and Tracey would scream “Donald!!!!” at him just to drive him up the wall on a daily basis.

by Anonymousreply 66September 2, 2019 5:41 AM

Marlo has performed surgeries, or at least participated, perhaps she's PA or something.

by Anonymousreply 67September 2, 2019 6:00 AM

She does a fabulous bris!

by Anonymousreply 68September 2, 2019 1:40 PM

Does Phil have any money?

by Anonymousreply 69September 2, 2019 1:54 PM

[quote] Marlo has performed surgeries, or at least participated, perhaps she's PA or something.

You are out of your mind. Where are you getting this outlandish information from?

by Anonymousreply 71September 2, 2019 3:57 PM

R70 - what is that table? Where is it from? Wholly irrelevant to conversation - but I like it.

by Anonymousreply 72September 2, 2019 4:15 PM

Marlo has had so much plastic surgery that she doesn't look the same anymore. I think it's the nose job. Her new nose is too small for her face.

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by Anonymousreply 73September 2, 2019 4:38 PM

"My daughter Melissa went to Beverly Hills High School. Oh, you don't know! Their idea of an educational assembly is having Marlo Thomas come in and help them select their future noses. Oh, you don't know!"

by Anonymousreply 74September 2, 2019 4:50 PM

She gets massive profits from the audio book version alone.

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by Anonymousreply 75September 2, 2019 4:57 PM

Yeah Danny Thomas, along with partner Sheldon Leonard, must've made millions upon millions when you consider all their hit shows, and the syndication windfall from Mod Squad, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Gomer Pyle, and on and on. It boggles the mind how much money those shows generated in syndication.

by Anonymousreply 76September 2, 2019 5:20 PM

Why all the hate about Marlo? What exactly did she do to warrant it?

by Anonymousreply 77September 2, 2019 6:43 PM

People were not compensated back then like they are now.

by Anonymousreply 78September 2, 2019 7:13 PM

[quote] It boggles the mind how much money those shows generated in syndication.

Easily a billion dollars, which makes Marlo a billionaire.

by Anonymousreply 79September 2, 2019 9:16 PM

Oh please, you have no idea what you're talking about. She doesn't own those old shows. And even if she did she would only get a portion of whatever income they generate.

by Anonymousreply 80September 2, 2019 9:23 PM

The glass table is a reference to a rumor that Danny Thomas liked to watch people shit on glass tables while he jerked off underneath. Something I can't see Danny Thomas being into.

Now Bob Hope..

by Anonymousreply 81September 2, 2019 10:38 PM

r78 is correct....a modern comparison is Norman Lear (All In The Family, Maude, Good Times, etc)...he only has a net worth of 50 million dollars. Its not like today where you can be talentless and become a multi-millionaire with a single semi hit. It applies to all areas of the entertainment industry.

by Anonymousreply 82September 2, 2019 10:59 PM

R82, That CelebrityNetWorth site is a joke. They just make numbers up out of thin air.

Norman Lear's show are in constant syndication and he owns the rights to them. He has to be a billionaire.

by Anonymousreply 83September 2, 2019 11:59 PM

Most of his shows were from the 70s...people didnt make that kind of money back then....See Lucille Ball...even owned a studio...and was worth about 40 million at her death. Nowadays you can become a multi milliionaire for a damn Youtube video.

by Anonymousreply 84September 3, 2019 12:21 AM

[quote]Very nice of her, but it doesn't make up for the fact that she caused the Chernobyl disaster and masterminded the 9/11 attacks.

She must be BFFs with Julie.

by Anonymousreply 85September 3, 2019 12:29 AM

It doesn't make sense that producers of old TV shows don't make mega bucks from syndication. Why wouldn't the owners of I Love Lucy or The Dick Van Dyke Show make the same royalties as Friends or Seinfeld?

I know syndication didn't pay as much decades ago, but it sure does today, and the old TV shows should be benefiting just the same.

by Anonymousreply 86September 3, 2019 1:43 AM

Can Marlo just walk around the hospital and do whatever she wants whenever she wants wherever she wants? Like can she just walk into an operating room and start poking around asking questions? Does she get free tickets to every fundraiser? Does she have the ability to hire and fire at will? Will she be buried there? Is she an automatic for heaven because of her selflessness? Is she a better or worse charity ambassador than Audrey Hepburn?

by Anonymousreply 87September 3, 2019 4:03 AM

r87. She does, and she has...

by Anonymousreply 88September 3, 2019 4:11 AM

Marlo has them ship the healthiest kids to New York to help clean her Manhatttan residence.

by Anonymousreply 89September 3, 2019 4:27 AM

Marlo was the first surgeon in history to perform a head transplant.

by Anonymousreply 90September 3, 2019 4:34 AM

I know I’ll be eviscerated for this, but here I go!

I have read (I cannot remember where) that not everyone in oncology loves this hospital. I read The Emperor of All Maladies, excellent excellent book on cancer. Anyway. Some feel that the treatments at St Jude are too much. Dozens die as the doctors tweak a treatment to get it juuuuuust right. And so they lure the families of these hopeless cases in and make it feel so safe and wonderful, when the reality is that the odds are they’re going to kill your kid. A medical bait n’ switch if you will.

I would imagine this viewpoint is in a minority in oncology, but what I read did disturb me. Is it right to perform experiments on KIDS? Your kid might have a 1% chance of survival, and to bet on that 1% you’re going to allow the doctors to flood their bodies with levels of poisons never tried before? So your child actually may (depending on the treatment) suffer much more than other treatments. 😬 I have a hard time with that, even though I get it’s for the greater good, and that these kids are doomed anyway. Also, I had a nephew who at 11 lost his entire leg to cancer, that kept coming back until he hung up the towel shy of 16.

With kids, you want to give them every opportunity at LIFE. But calling it a research hospital does sanitize what’s really going on there for the average Joe. I’ve given money to them, and probably would again, if someone in oncology or medicine would address what I’ve touched on here.

by Anonymousreply 91September 3, 2019 4:53 AM

R91 you bring up a really good point. Curious about how their outcomes are measured for their individual patients as opposed to the big picture goals. I heard that Sally Struthers once got in a catfight worthy of Dynasty with Marlo once over their respective charities.

by Anonymousreply 92September 3, 2019 5:00 AM

R86 The stars didn't make much money, but the owners surely did and continue to. R84 Lucy's mistake was selling Desilu, when she did. She only got 17 million for her Desilu shares in 1967. However, once inflation really started to kick in starting in the 1970s, 17 million didn't seem like much, even though it is equivalent to $128 million in today's money.

by Anonymousreply 93September 3, 2019 5:07 AM

Marlo operated on my little sister and she saved her life. But she did use unorthodox methods and some of it was quite painful. When she took off her scrubs we were very surprised. Her husband, Dr. Phil is a psychiatrist at St. Jude and together they do the Lord's work. God Bless her healing hands. Her nephew Rob Thomas was quite a well known singer a while back. He came and sang to my little sister and the other kids when they were having their treatments. I've never heard of Danny Thomas but they have a Danny Thomas memorial garden in this atrium like section near the chapel. It's very lovely, I bet Marlo designed it herself. Her mark is all over that hospital.

by Anonymousreply 94September 3, 2019 5:20 AM

Back in the day Marlo was always extolling the virtues of "psychic surgery" using just the bare hands. She apparently did training for it in Quezon City in the Philippines back in the early 70's.

by Anonymousreply 95September 3, 2019 5:30 AM

My sister in law used to work for St. Jude, in research, and she hated the place. If she were still alive I could ask for more specifics, but unfortunately she is not.

by Anonymousreply 96September 3, 2019 7:18 AM

R78 Compensated? Danny Thomas OWNED the shows. He didn't GET compensated, he did the compensating. He raked in millions upon millions.

by Anonymousreply 97September 5, 2019 5:18 PM

Marlo Thomas is not a billionaire. She's not even a former billionaire.

by Anonymousreply 98September 5, 2019 5:26 PM

Since when does Marlo Thomas have any medical training, and what's the dirt on her being a bitch?

All I know of her is from Friends as Rachel's mom but she was known to be my dad's era "it girl"

by Anonymousreply 99September 5, 2019 5:27 PM

“$1,000 in 2000 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,489.96 in 2019, a difference of $489.96 over 19 years” This house went from $17million to $65million over the same period - a 382% increase vs 49%. Must be nice to be filthy rich.

by Anonymousreply 100September 5, 2019 6:09 PM

That girl not it girl, r99......

by Anonymousreply 101September 5, 2019 6:12 PM

It's a first-rate mind that finds itself wondering about the net worth of That Girl.

by Anonymousreply 102September 5, 2019 6:17 PM

Did she keep all of the Werles and Cardinalis?

by Anonymousreply 103September 5, 2019 6:21 PM

That house is so hideous I'd almost consider it a tear down. In any case I'd have to completely gut it, inside and out, get rid of all that Moorish crap and gold leaf and hideous ceiling paintings. Bleeeeccchh.

by Anonymousreply 104September 5, 2019 6:24 PM

No one is disputing he owned the shows R97. Just because he owned them doesn't mean he was compensated in perpetuity or that he was compensated highly. The contracts stipulated what compensation they would get. Syndication is not something that has been going on since the invention of the the TV and it is only recently that people have been compensated in the millions. The longer it is in syndication the less they receive. As anyone from older shows and some will tell you they got a check for 10 cents or less.

by Anonymousreply 105September 5, 2019 6:27 PM

[quote]It is debatable if Lebanese are Arabs, depends on who you ask. Besides, what difference does it make if the Thomas family are ethnically Arab?

It's debatable? To who? An idiot who already hates Arabs and does everything to demonize them so that's why they want to give zero credit for anything "good" that someone who is ethnically Arab does? He's clearly Semitic. Are you blind?

Boy, years of the media, Hollywood and disastrous foreign policy from those who benefit from demonizing Arabs really have just completely brainwashed Americans. And yes, I'm of Palestinian descent, so I'm familiar with this level of vitriol directed at people like me. Fucking Roseanne only got fired because people thought she was talking about a "black" woman. She made it clear she thought Jarret was an Arab - so that made her racism OK. She'd still be on the show had she made that clear.

Here's another shocker: Steve Jobs biological dad is a Syrian Muslim, which makes Jobs Arab, too.

by Anonymousreply 108September 5, 2019 6:45 PM

r105 Have you ever heard of copyright law? Obviously the stations that air these shows have to pay someone to air them, and that's why they air commercials to pay for it (and to make a profit.)

by Anonymousreply 110September 5, 2019 7:08 PM

[quote]My sister in law used to work for St. Jude, in research, and she hated the place. If she were still alive I could ask for more specifics, but unfortunately she is not.

OMG--they had her killed so she wouldn't talk?

by Anonymousreply 111September 5, 2019 7:09 PM

Marlo may be a skilled surgeon--but can she cure eye cancer?

by Anonymousreply 112September 5, 2019 7:09 PM

It depends on who owns the copyright R110. Copyrighting your work doesn't stipulate what the compensation amount is.

by Anonymousreply 113September 5, 2019 7:27 PM

Also, most shows were OWNED by the various networks and or studios....people RARELY retained complete ownership....it was somewhat similar to the old studio system of making movies....HUGE stars were on a salary...not receiving multi million dollar salaries per film. Producers were the same.

by Anonymousreply 114September 5, 2019 9:10 PM

[quote]Since when does Marlo Thomas have any medical training, and what's the dirt on her being a bitch?

She learned how to be a transplant surgeon while guest starring on an episode of Marcus Welby, MD.

by Anonymousreply 115September 6, 2019 2:28 AM

Who cares? Can she buy her nose back?

by Anonymousreply 116September 6, 2019 2:35 AM

R105 No. Those '60s shows that Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard produced made them billions in syndication. Those shows were sold to something like 250 local television stations all around the country. A portion of every ad dollar sold goes back to the producers. Consider how heavily Dick Van Dyke, Gomer Pyle, Andy Griffith, Made Room for Daddy, and the Mod Squad were shown around the country in the '70s, and '80.

They were the producers. They owned the shows. The actors stopped making money off them at a certain point, but the producers never did.

by Anonymousreply 117September 6, 2019 4:43 PM

Show me where they made billions R117. You are talking out of your ass.

by Anonymousreply 118September 6, 2019 4:58 PM

R118 show me where they didn't.

It was always known that 100 episodes was the magic number. If you had 100 episodes of any given series, and could syndicate around the country, and it was a licence to print money. And if the show was a hit in syndication, forget about it.

Maybe billions is overstating it, but they both died wealthy men. Today, networks produce their own content, by and large.

by Anonymousreply 119September 6, 2019 5:10 PM

I have to laugh at the people here who think that Danny Thomas's old shows are being shown for free all over the world. I hope you realize that networks still have to pay for those shows and somebody is getting paid a lot of money.

I assume that Thomas's children(including Marlo) still own the syndication rights to their father's old shows and get a huge check in the mail every year. Those shows are easily valued at over a billion dollars.

Marlo Thomas is a billionaire, and you just have to deal with it.

by Anonymousreply 120September 6, 2019 5:41 PM

[quote] I have to laugh at the people here who think that Danny Thomas's old shows are being shown for free all over the world. I hope you realize that networks still have to pay for those shows and somebody is getting paid a lot of money.

Obviously they're not being showed for free. I would question if someone is getting paid A LOT of money. Are any of these shows aired on major channels or are they mostly relegated to MeTV and all of these poor man's Nick at Nite ripoffs? I can't imagine these networks bring in a lot of ad money for catheter ads and what not.

Also, why do you assume that Marlo still makes money off her father's shows? Wouldn't they have been sold years ago to a larger company?

by Anonymousreply 121September 6, 2019 5:57 PM

I did a little bit of research. Apparently the 28 year copyright for Make Room For Daddy expired and it is now public domain. If anyone has the time you can look into it at the Library of Congress. You would be surprised at the shows that are now public domain: The Johnny Carson Show, The Lucy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and more.

by Anonymousreply 122September 6, 2019 6:54 PM

That was just the first four years. The cast of Friends makes around $20 million/year from syndication. Does anyone know if the writers, producers, directors, etc receive compensation?

by Anonymousreply 123September 6, 2019 7:03 PM

Wow R124, that's amazing.

by Anonymousreply 125September 6, 2019 11:19 PM

Dr. Marlo is not a billionaire. Goodness, she and hubby Dr. Phil put all resources back into their research hospital. Her acting career is long over and she wasn't ever on a hit TV show. Plus she is almost 60 now and has found a more meaningful career AND life path. She saves lives and keeps St. Jude's Hospital Healthy too! In person she is very hard to hear, she speaks so softly - I wonder if Dr. Marlo has a mild impediment? I think she is just so used to showing compassion everyone, that she just speaks in a froggy whisper. God Bless Her.

by Anonymousreply 126September 6, 2019 11:27 PM

How does Marlo look so young here? She's had some very good work done.

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by Anonymousreply 127September 6, 2019 11:37 PM

almost 60? lol 75 more likely!

by Anonymousreply 128September 6, 2019 11:39 PM

Born November 1st 1959, she turns 60 this fall.

by Anonymousreply 129September 7, 2019 1:39 AM

That's correct R129. She's a dynamic Scorpio facing a big birthday. Happy 60th Dr. Marlo!!

by Anonymousreply 130September 7, 2019 1:47 AM

Marlo's 81 and could still pass for 45.

by Anonymousreply 131September 7, 2019 1:51 AM

I heard she's a Lesbian...or Lebanese, I get them confused.

by Anonymousreply 132September 7, 2019 1:56 AM

She was pretty funny in that Duece Bigelow movie

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by Anonymousreply 133September 7, 2019 3:10 AM

She was in the TV movie "Consenting Adults" in the '80s. She starred as the mother of a son on the high school swim team, who spends his nights sucking off men in parked cars. It was like the TV version of a Falcon porno.

You can watch the full movie on Youtube.

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by Anonymousreply 134September 7, 2019 3:27 AM

I think that was when she was in Med School R134? Dr. Marlo was a little young to be playing the mother on a big teen son!!

by Anonymousreply 135September 7, 2019 3:33 AM

r129.....Marlo was born November 21, 1937....SHE IS 81 YEARS OLD

by Anonymousreply 136September 7, 2019 3:39 AM

r136, what do you have against Marlo? chill out.

by Anonymousreply 137September 7, 2019 4:32 AM

R17

Really ? She's also insufferably vain, manipulative, demanding and has plenty of not so mice moments.

by Anonymousreply 138September 7, 2019 4:36 AM

Dr. Marlo gave us the good news today. The brain is free of cancer and his swelling is down!! God is good, thank you all for your prayers. I know that Dr. Marlo did the heavy lifting. She was so happy to tell us the news. God Bless her sainted hands. Give to St. Jude. Find the miracle God put in YOUR hands!!

by Anonymousreply 139September 10, 2019 4:38 AM

Get serious...she's not a doctor, but she has performed psychic surgeries.

by Anonymousreply 140September 10, 2019 4:44 AM

Her specialty is walletectomies!

by Anonymousreply 141September 10, 2019 4:57 AM

r138

[quote]has plenty of not so mice moments

I'll say she does!

by Anonymousreply 142September 10, 2019 4:59 AM

[quote] Can Marlo just walk around the hospital and do whatever she wants whenever she wants wherever she wants? Like can she just walk into an operating room and start poking around asking questions?

Not only that, but if in her professional opinion the attending surgeon is performing the operation inadequately she can just insist she take over the surgery herself. She has been known to do this a few times.

by Anonymousreply 143September 10, 2019 5:07 AM

I hate all of you dumb mother fuckers. I’ve been in social settings with Marlo several times and you goddamn filthy whores could never even dream of being half as gracious as Marlo. And before any of you low class mother fuckers start talking about her being a cunt to people who have worked for her, you should first try explaining why so many of her staff have been with her for absolute years.

And also shit heads, you should know Marlo IS a doctor. She has given me several abortions over the years. So fuck you.

by Anonymousreply 144September 10, 2019 5:31 AM

And at least she didn't pimp out your aborted fetuses to do pledge drive work the way that awful Shriners Hospital does with their annoying gimp brats!

by Anonymousreply 145September 10, 2019 5:40 AM

Don’t even get me started on those goddamn dirty diaper gimp kids at the fucking Shriners. You know all those old fucks are molesting all of them. Especially the ones with no arms.

by Anonymousreply 146September 10, 2019 5:45 AM

She's made her fortune selling stem cells on the black market, her father did the same thing. Her father was also the ringleader for an underground mob called B.O.R.N. body organ replacement network. Danny sold organs on the black market long before he started St Jude. I think there was even a movie made about B.O.R.N.

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by Anonymousreply 147September 10, 2019 5:46 AM

Well all children should be harvested for organs. It’s the right thing to do.

by Anonymousreply 148September 10, 2019 5:52 AM

Marlo can harvest the organs herself with her superior surgical skills honed in medical school.

by Anonymousreply 149September 10, 2019 5:56 AM

Marlo is also a skilled veterinarian. She has helped deliver many farm animals.

by Anonymousreply 150September 10, 2019 6:00 AM

r122 Not true. Certain episodes of certain older shows may have fallen into the public domain because someone neglected to renew the copyright, but the vast majority of old TV shows and movies are still under copyright protection. Beginning this year, works published in 1923 finally entered the public domain.

by Anonymousreply 151September 10, 2019 6:07 AM

Does Marlo get money from reruns of That Girl?

by Anonymousreply 152September 10, 2019 6:24 AM

Why would Ted Bessell leave money to Marlo?

He had a wife and 2 kids when he died and Marlo had no money worries.

I call BS on this claim.

by Anonymousreply 153September 10, 2019 6:27 AM

She saved Bissell's life on the set of "That Girl" by performing an emergency tracheotomy on him with nothing but a butter knife after he started choking on a fish bone in a scene set in Mr. Marie's restaurant. She was only following the dictates of her Hippocratic Oath, but he owed his life to her nonetheless, and recognized it in his will.

by Anonymousreply 154September 10, 2019 6:54 AM

R153 Perhaps that was a joke?

by Anonymousreply 155September 15, 2019 10:14 PM

Any stories of Marlo kicking kids at St Jude's?

by Anonymousreply 156September 15, 2019 11:18 PM

Dr. Marlo has kicked some children back to LIFE!

by Anonymousreply 157September 15, 2019 11:24 PM

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