I can't really rate THE UGLIEST GIRL IN TOWN - I never watched it. The plot was possibly (someone may correct me on this) the first sitcom to deal with a leading male hero in drag much of the time. This was about fifteen years before Peter Scolari and Tom Hanks were on BOSOM BUDDIES.
The plot of this series was that the hero "Timothy Blair" (Peter Kastner) had to go drag to remain in England to be near the woman he loved. He is mistaken for a female model by an advertising agent, and soon becomes the toast of the advertising world. The show was a flop in the ratings, lasting only four months.
So why comment on this show that I really never saw? Because of one small aspect to it not touched on: why did somebody create such a show? It's because of the phenomenon of the model "Twiggy". The British model became the best know model of her day because of her small, thin frame, and delicate features. Not a bad looking woman, but not the typical gorgeous model that was seen then or since. Although I feel Twiggy was good looking then (and still is when she appears) many people were amazed at her success. Al Capp, for example, made fun of her in several issues of L'IL ABNER. Kastner's physical frame was (and is) far bigger than Twiggy's, but the joke was the success of "Timmie" the model he pretended to be was due to her being so rottenly ugly looking. Hence the title of the program: this successful model of "Carnaby Street" fashions in London is really quite bad looking when one analyzes "her" appearance.
The plot of this series was that the hero "Timothy Blair" (Peter Kastner) had to go drag to remain in England to be near the woman he loved. He is mistaken for a female model by an advertising agent, and soon becomes the toast of the advertising world. The show was a flop in the ratings, lasting only four months.
So why comment on this show that I really never saw? Because of one small aspect to it not touched on: why did somebody create such a show? It's because of the phenomenon of the model "Twiggy". The British model became the best know model of her day because of her small, thin frame, and delicate features. Not a bad looking woman, but not the typical gorgeous model that was seen then or since. Although I feel Twiggy was good looking then (and still is when she appears) many people were amazed at her success. Al Capp, for example, made fun of her in several issues of L'IL ABNER. Kastner's physical frame was (and is) far bigger than Twiggy's, but the joke was the success of "Timmie" the model he pretended to be was due to her being so rottenly ugly looking. Hence the title of the program: this successful model of "Carnaby Street" fashions in London is really quite bad looking when one analyzes "her" appearance.