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“pretty one” for the “ugly one.” God, what fun!
    I once asked Kasey what she thought Louise Tate would be doing today. “Well, Larry’s gone unfortunately, so Louise took over the company. She probably runs McMann and Tate, or has the lackey’s do it. She’s cruising Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive in her Rolls you know, doing a little shopping… That’s where Louise is today.”
    Well, almost! When I first got out to California Kasey was driving a navy blue Jag. What a kick! She hated driving so guess who got to drive us around in that?!
    Kasey often related tales from her days in show biz and one of those stories included TV’s undisputable Queen of Comedy, Lucille Ball.
    Kasey had done The Lucy Show on a few occasions, remember the episode where she is to be the flight instructor for Lucy and Carol Burnett (when they decide to become stewardesses)? In another she played the wife of Phil Harris. Her part was huge. Kasey was thrilled! But Lucy wasn’t.
    At the table reading the first day, she recalled watching Lucy turn redder and redder, and I’m not talking her hair.
    Finally, Lucy slammed the script down and stated emphatically, “We don’t have a show” and left.
    The next day when Kasey reported to the set, she could only laugh when she saw that her part had dwindled to a few simple lines. Her reaction? “Oh well, it isn’t my show!” Forever the good sport!
    Kasey also recalled a time when she and Lucy were walking out of the studio together on their way to get something to eat. Lucy suddenly stopped and asked Kasey if she thought herself to be a good mother. Kasey replied, “I sure hope so.” Rather bluntly, Lucy stated “I’m an awful one”! The conversation didn’t really go much past that but Kasey always felt Lucy thought she had failed greatly in that department.
     
SOME FUN TRIVIA: Peyton Place and Bewitched both premiered on ABC back in 1964. At the time, Peyton Place was considered very “racey,” but let’s answer the age-old question, “Who was the first TV couple to share the same bed?” It’s usually considered a toss-up between Herman and Lily Munster and Darrin and Samantha Stephens. Many have tried to lay claim to that “position,” but truth be told, the first to actually spend the night next to each other in televised holy matrimony was none other than Fred and Wilma Flintstone!

Larry gives his new wife the “once-over”!

Kasey doffs the black wig after filming scenes in episode #106, “Nobody But A Frog Knows How to Live.”

The Kravitz’s: Alice Pearce + Mary Grace Canfield = Sandra Gould!

Kasey and Sandy Gould at a mixed drink competition in the late 1960s.

Kasey poses in June of 2003 with the two portraits of her used in Bewitched. Die-hard fans may also recognize the dress she is wearing. Kasey wore this as Louise in Season 3’s first episode: “I Remember You Sometimes.” 34 years later she could proudly still get into it!

Kasey in Bewitched, 34 years earlier!

Chapter 7
    Motocross Mama
     
    Some of you may not know that Kasey Rogers was one of the founding pioneers of Women’s Motocross Racing!
    Can’t picture it?! Neither could I at first…. (Imagine Louise Tate wearing leather and slinging gravel…) But it became one of her greatest passions in life, and one of her proudest accomplishments.
    How did Mrs. Larry Tate segue into leather? In the early seventies, her son, Mike, came home one day and announced that he wanted to get a motorcycle. Kasey’s initial reaction was, “You want a WHAT ?!” But he was determined to have one, and with a bit of convincing, Kasey relented and Mike got his motor-bike.
    Since Mike’s father seemed to have no interest in any of it, Kasey would take him up to Encino Hills where he could learn how to ride. Mike, was a fast learner and getting better with each passing day, so it wasn’t long before he told his mom that he wanted to start racing.
    “You want to WHAT?!”
    Mike was a natural, and Kasey was