Planning to Retire

Patty Duke Plays Cathy and Patty Lane Again at Age 62

By Emily Brandon

Posted: January 6, 2009

Actress Patty Duke reprises her role as look-alike cousins Cathy and Patty Lane in the 1960's sitcom The Patty Duke Show in a new commercial encouraging baby boomers to sign up online for Social Security.

Here’s the 1965 show opening.

And a recreation of the show opening in the Social Security Administration’s new ad.

Patty and Cathy are old

If Patty and Cathy are old, then so am I. It was just yesterday that I was a dreamy 13 year old? I have not lived so many days since then, have I? I cried when I saw the ad; it was a heavy smack of reality.

AmyB of DE @ Jul 24, 2009 14:47:40 PM

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