Benson and Krause
Remind me of George Jefferson and Florence Johnston.
shareThey remind me of Miles and CC from the Nanny now.
Were they the two most popular characters on the show? They are the only two I remember.
We had timing! Tika-tika-tika-tika! Timing! TOCKA-TOCKA-TOCKA-TOCKA!
That's Niles & CC.
shareIs it me or do any of yall think that they should of hooked up?
shareIs it me or do any of yall think that they should of hooked up?
It certainly seemed like that was the direction they were headed in, didn't it? By the end of the show, despite their mutual barbs, it's very obvious that they liked each other very much.
Also, did anyone notice how much Krause softened up, both visually and personality-wise, when she became Benson's secretary?
I agree. Benson & Krause were so HOT for each other no matter how much they fought.
shareYou're so right about them having the hots for each other. Come on, the physical attraction and chemistry are undeniable. ;)
shareI aggree. Wished they kissed.
shareThey did kiss....Actually it was Kraus kissed Benson and he said "I won't tell anybody if u don't."
shareI remember them because I watched this show as a kid. I never figured them as hot for each other. For most of the series they got on each others nerves. Then after a while they became friends and respected each other. I did like it when they teamed up and Kraus ended up working for Benson.
If this show was being made today maybe they would have been hookup material. The show was made during a time when interracial relationships were very much taboo so television at the time would have never gone there.
I agree, otherwise Jessica (from 'Soap') would have ended up with Benson - which is what they've said they wanted to do.
It's just something they couldn't even think of trying at the time...
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Are you very young, so that the early- to mid-1980s seem like ancient history to you? Interracial relationships were not "very much taboo" at the time. The movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" came out in 1967, the year that the Supreme Court overturned laws against interracial marriage in the states that still had them. It is true that interracial couples were somewhat less common in the 1980s than they are now, and that television scripts didn't deal with the subject as often, probably because it made advertisers nervous. But it still must make advertisers nervous: when was the last time that you saw a black and white couple depicted in a commercial?
My point is that things have changed less than you imagine when it comes to interracial relationships on television. The depiction of homosexual relationships on TV is what's changed dramatically in the last twenty-five years.
By the way, Robert Guillaume starred in a comedy, "The Robert Guillaume Show," in which he was supposed to be romantically involved with his white secretary. The show aired in 1989. It didn't last.
I'm only repeating what the creators of the show said in the bonus features on the Season 1 DVD release for Benson. Not saying I agree with it...
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Also, the show's scripts flirted repeatedly with the possibility of Benson and Krause as a couple; the episodes "The Rivals" (in which Benson impersonates the governor, who's supposed to be Krause's husband) and "The Honeymooners" (in which Benson and Krause mistakenly marry) are two standout examples. "Benson" was the lightest of family comedies, on the verge of fantasy; it was no "All in the Family," no groundbreaker. If interracial relationships had been "very much taboo" when "Benson" aired, its writers wouldn't have produced such scripts.
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There were a couple of episodes where they almost did. My favorite was when Karause was hypnotized.
2006? Six years later on the post? Shut up, I just got here.
I actually thought they were married when I watched this show at age 4-5
There were 2 episodes where Benson and Kraus were married. One occurred during a dream where a comet ended the world and they were the only 2 left on Earth. They had a boy and a girl too. The other occurred when Kraus' mother Fritzi visits and she thinks Benson is Kraus's (unseen) boyfriend Arnold. Also if they married it would totally ruin their dynamic. Like when Tony and Angela(Who's the Boss) married and Fran and Mr. Sheffield(The Nanny) married. Also there was the interacial issue among some viewers. While the writers were forward thinking, many viewers were not. Even when Robert Guillame had his own show and had a white girlfriend, the network was getting a lot of heat from viewers who disliked the relationship.
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