# Doug Hutchison, 51, marries 16 year old "country singer" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434 "2011-06-22T15:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/101 "2011-07-16T12:21:06Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > I don’t want to defend this marriage (then again I never heard of these two before this thread) but do any of these 30+ years difference in ages marriages ever work.? Oliver Reed’s second wife was 20 when they married, he was 47. They began their relationship when she was 15 and he was 42. The marriage lasted 14years- they remained married until his death. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/102 "2011-07-16T12:41:15Z")
> [@Eeyore\_sgirl](#): > > …Unfortunately, when she falls, she will fall very, very flat and very hard… That’s why the plastic surgery – so she will bounce. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/103 "2011-07-16T14:46:03Z")
On the subject of 50-something celebrity/teenaged bride marriages that work against all odds, the gold standard would have to be James Doohan (Scotty from _Star Trek_). He married Wende, a 17 year old girl, when he was a 54 year old broke and twice divorced father of four. Today they’d probably have been on every front page but at the time (1974- several years after the series, several years before the first Star Trek movie, and before the conventions were few and barely noticed) he was far too low on the media radar to get much note. In any case they beat all the odds and remained married until his death 30 years later. They had two sons in the early years of their marriage, during which time he frequently played the local dinner theatre circuit\* and the occasional commercial or voiceover but had a career generally in low gear. This may have created a perfect-storm for unlikely successful marriage: he worked seldom enough he was really able to bond with his kid wife and little boys even if times were relatively lean, then before familiarity and hand-to-mouth retirement could breed contempt his career got a major reboot as he went from doing dinner theatre and corporate training films to making more money than he’d ever made before with the _Star Trek_ movies and the very lucrative convention circuit.\*\* They also made news many years after their marriage with their “Viagra surprise baby”, a daughter born when Wende was in her mid 40s and Jimmy was 80. On the other hand Hutchison isn’t Scotty and Scotty’s wife didn’t lip synch to horrendously bad singing in stalled boats trying to boost herself and her “real boobs” to superstardom. And somehow there’s a huge difference twixt 16 and 17. \*Long pointless explanatory aside: I mentioned the “dinner theatre circuit” recently and some 20-somethings weren’t familiar with the concept. Dinner theatre is still around in limited doses as local community theatre and fundraisers that set up a buffet with an amateur production of _Guys and Dolls_ or whatever (the absolute weirdest I ever knew was a dinner theatre production of _Shadowlands_- that classic trio of C.S. Lewis, cancer, and spaghetti!"). but at one time it was big. Even Montgomery Alabama had one permanent dinner theatre that occasional attracted- ahem- “big names”. Usually the one here got ‘former’ soap opera stars. Today the _professional_ dinner theatre circuit has pretty much gone the way of _Battle of the Network Stars_ and primetime guest shots by Charo, but in the 1970s it was a major semi-respectable source of income for many washed up TV stars. Bob Crane was doing dinner theatre in Arizona when he was murdered. Bob “Gilligan” Denver and his wife Dreama pretty much made their livings from dinner theatre in the 1970s (like Doohan he hadn’t worked regularly in TV for years and he had alimony and child support payments to make) and in his memoir described it something like “it was a concept that started when people who knew nothing about running a restaurant decided to try making a mess of theatre as well”. While it didn’t pay a fortune it was a living. John Astin (who occasionally did the circuit, sometimes with his then wife Patty Duke) said that it had another major appeal to washed up actors, which was the ego boost: L.A. is filled brimming with washed up C list actors who were on a TV show or movie career years ago but have rarely worked since so they’re treated almost contemptuously with a “say Hi and run before they hit you up for work” attitude by people in the business, but in mid sized cities in the Flyover states they’re the biggest name to come to town in years and are treated like rock stars- big ovations when they enter the stage, big laughs, people wanting to get their autographs and buy them drinks, etc… \*\*I was surprised to learn how lucrative the Con circuit is. Sci-fi actors can make six figures a year from the conventions, and Scotty was one of the most beloved guests of all time and probably got more per appearance than anybody save Nimoy and Shatner. His house was detailed on some cable show not long before he died and it was a bloody mansion near Seattle that he said was paid for by conventions. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/104 "2011-07-17T10:38:28Z")
She has a leathery look, and she wears waaaaayyyyyy too much makeup. If she isn’t careful and also not using good moisturizer she’s going to look like a bargain basement leather purse in a decade. She’s as “rilly rill” as the faeries in my kitchen eating cupcakes now. Also as a former 16 year old there was almost nothing that would have gotten me to marry a man so much older. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/105 "2011-07-17T15:34:12Z")
there are times that mr. cooper and i are on the same page. i loved his new rediculist about the interview on abc. i had the same thoughts about her weird “doings” when her husband was speaking. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/106 "2011-07-17T18:15:10Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > What I love about that video is her apparent notion that a stationary boat on a backwater pond is as glamorous as speeding through the Riviera. The ‘mean girls’ at my high school were so much like that- they wore (really dating myself here) _Flashdance_ gear and adapted some _Square Pegs_ speak and acted so fashionable and stuck-up… at a school where you could hear cows mooing across the street. Thanks, I thought I was the only one who noticed. There’s a house boat and weeds in the goddamn background! I can almost hear the cicadas. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/107 "2011-07-17T19:04:51Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > there are times that mr. cooper and i are on the same page. i loved his new rediculist about the interview on abc. i had the same thoughts about her weird “doings” when her husband was speaking. YES! What kind of 16-year-old acts like that?! People can accuse the guy of being a cradle-robber and a pervert, but whatever, he seems totally normal to me. SHE is the creepy one. She looks like she wants to eat his face off. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/108 "2011-07-17T20:34:23Z")
Is it just me, or does she at one point there appear to be miming taking a load to the face (complete with the little flinch) and licking up the drippings? ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/109 "2011-07-17T21:33:16Z")
Yeah, her facial expressions are horrible. Is she trying to look sexy? Fail. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/110 "2011-07-18T01:03:20Z")
Isn’t that what people coked out of their minds do when their mouths dry out? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/111 "2011-07-18T07:50:32Z")
In the video it’s pretty obvious he’s had some work done. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/112 "2011-07-18T10:34:27Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > YES! What kind of 16-year-old acts like that?! People can accuse the guy of being a cradle-robber and a pervert, but whatever, he seems totally normal to me. SHE is the creepy one. She looks like she wants to eat his face off. [Professor Farnsworth]Some say I’m robbing the cradle, but I say _she’s_ robbing the grave![/PF] ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/113 "2011-07-18T13:21:45Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Yeah, her facial expressions are horrible. Is she trying to look sexy? Fail. She looks like she’s having a seizure. It’s horribly embarrassing. > [@Sampiro](#): > > In the video it’s pretty obvious he’s had some work done. So you mean he’s “rilly rill” too? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/114 "2011-07-18T16:56:29Z")
Is it just me or does he look like he’s had a stroke? Maybe nerve damage from surgery? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/115 "2011-07-18T18:07:10Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > [Professor Farnsworth]Some say I’m robbing the cradle, but I say _she’s_ robbing the grave![/PF] It’s not so much that he robbed the craddle, more like mugged the stork! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/116 "2011-07-18T21:18:25Z")
A Pedophile and a Necrophiliac. You will be very happy together. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/117 "2011-07-23T02:25:32Z")
New video from [Good Morning America this morning](http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/51-year-actor-dough-hutchingson-marries-teenager-couple-14079128) (after the ad). The real creepy stuff comes in at about 4:30. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/118 "2011-07-23T03:08:47Z")
[Another interview](http://gawker.com/5823478/child-bride-courtney-stodden-and-creepy-old-husband-give-weirdest-interview-yet), this time with E. What’s with her and the porn faces? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/119 "2011-07-23T03:24:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > New video from [Good Morning America this morning](http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/51-year-actor-dough-hutchingson-marries-teenager-couple-14079128) (after the ad). The real creepy stuff comes in at about 4:30. WTF is she doing with her face at 4:50? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/120 "2011-07-23T03:32:55Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > [Another interview](http://gawker.com/5823478/child-bride-courtney-stodden-and-creepy-old-husband-give-weirdest-interview-yet), this time with E. What’s with her and the porn faces? What the hell?!? Does she have orgasmic Tourette’s or something? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434.md?page=7)