Hey, fans of Bailey Quarters....

No, she's got some serious stuff going on. It's in a recent issue of the National Enquirer (Jan Smithers as a matronly-looking 60-year-old woman ... I guess it'll happen to all of us).
Can't remember the exact details, but there's some serious mental illness involved.
Driving her car naked in the middle of the night, then walking around in the buff. Stuff like that.

Ahhh, here it is. http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/09/james_brolin_s_ex_recovering_after_naked

 

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/09/james_brolin_s_ex_recovering_after_naked

James Brolin's Ex Recovering After Naked Traffic Accident

The ex-wife of Barbra Streisand's husband James Brolin is recovering in hospital after a bizarre traffic accident. Actress Jan Smithers, a star of beloved TV sitcom WKRP In Cincinnati, was driving naked when she stopped for help after her car broke down on a remote California highway in the middle of the night.

She was hit by a truck after the driver caught sight of the 58-year-old waving him down too late. She has been recovering from her injuries ever since the September accident, but family members fear her health issues might be more than a few broken bones.

 

Yup. It does.

I used to look like Smithers but now I look like Mr. Burns.

 

I was watching the Thanksgiving episode on DVD Thursday night.
Maybe some of her old castmates might help her out?

 

What are the odds... the ONE night you go driving in the buff and your car breaks down... D'oh!

 

That Newsweek cover is how Jan got discovered, not unlike Heather Locklear being on the cover of a UCLA calendar.

 

If you read further into the story, you'll see this tidbit: "Ironically, police called to the scene of the accident found nothing wrong with her car and are puzzled as to why the actress stopped for help. Smithers can't remember anything about the accident or why she was driving naked in the middle of the night. "

 

So, why does the story refer to her as James Brolin's ex and use his pic instead of her?
With just that one series, she's more famous than Mr. Streisand ever was.

 

Well, she was 87.

 

The senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity...

 

How exactly is that ironic? Hell of an editing team there at starpulse.com.