Less talk, more mop: Sassy domestic servants in TV history

Categories: Television

Maids. Butlers. Housekeepers. Whatever name they go by, the landscape of TV history is full of memorable ones. But what usually makes them memorable is not their acumen with a broom or their skill with a can of Pledge. No, what we remember them for are being the perfect foils [...]

Maids. Butlers. Housekeepers. Whatever name they go by, the landscape of TV history is full of memorable ones. But what usually makes them memorable is not their acumen with a broom or their skill with a can of Pledge. No, what we remember them for are being the perfect foils to poke holes in the well-to-do bosses' egos, while providing catharsis for legions of viewers with at least a bit of class envy. Benson DuBois The urbane and tidy ... Read on, Daddy-O