Wedding Expert's Top 10 Most Memorable TV Weddings

Dan Maloney
Who had the biggest cakes? How much did the dress cost? What pent-up star finally tied the knot with their life-long crush? Find out as a wedding expert reveals the Top 10 Most Memorable TV Weddings. Some weddings are just made for television. Like who could forget the moment when 20-year-old Lady Diana arrived to her wedding in a glass coach in it gown with a 25 foot train and 10,000 pearls. Or when two famously waring "Survivor" costars ironically decide to get married a beach surrounded by the same shells they scrapped over while were struggling on the island? Here then are the Top 10 Most Memorable TV Weddings:

10. Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki

DATE: December 17, 1969

America's first televised wedding showcased the wacky falsetto singer Tiny Tim and his 10,000 tulip display for Miss Vicki during The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The bizarre couple even toasted nuptials with milk instead of champagne! Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last long- they divorced in 1977 after having a single daughter, Tulip.

9. Mork and Mindy

DATE: October 15, 1981

After months of speculation, the intergalactic couple Mork and Mindy finally got hitched despite minis disapproving dad, and a rule on works home planet, Ork, outlawing marriage. They eventually had a son, whose name you might have predicted from the beginning (Mearth from Earth).

8. Rhoda and Joe

DATE: October 28, 1974

More than 60 million viewers watched as love-stung Rhoda Morgenstern (star of "Rhoda") finally found her perfect man in Joe Gerard. The episode was the second highest-rated hour of any TV show at that time, even behind the birth of little Ricky on "I Love Lucy."

7. ROB & AMBER

DATE: April 16, 2005

The mythos of "Survivor" reached new hights as Amber Brkich said "I do" to fellow reality co-star Rob Mariano at sunset on spectacular beach at the Atlantis on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Star wedding planner Colin Cowie kept the wedding secret and then suddenly released the footage for a two-hour CBS special. The couple are still happily married.

6. MONICA & CHANDLER

DATE: May 17, 2001

Millions of "Friends" fans tuned in as Monica Geller (Courtney Cox) floated down the aisle to an awaiting Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). The controversy over if it was Monica or Rachel that was pregnant kept everyone guessing until the end.

5. TRISTA & RYAN

DATE: December 6, 2003

Enter the lavish TV wedding everyone dreams about. "Bachelorette" star Trista Rehn wore a Badgley Mischka's satin gown as she walked down a stone staircase in a very lavish and very PINK outdoor spectacle reportedly costing hubby Ryan Sutter over $1 million dollars.

4. DR. MIKE & SULLY

DATE: May 20, 1995

The famous Dr. Quinn (Jane Seymour) took on the title of "Dr. Quinn, Married Woman" as she exchanged vows with the studly Byron Sully (Joe Lando) in a brisk Colorado Springs frontier wedding. Sadly Mike's mother and her two sisters were unable to woo the hotly Sully away despite a last-minute attempt.

3. CAROL & MIKE

DATE: September 26, 1969

Who could ever forget when the "The Brady Bunch" officially became one (really big) happy family? Mike Brady (Robert Reed) finally married Carol (Florence Henderson), merging together their sons and daughters in a goofy ceremony where the dog Tiger knocked over the wedding cake. In natural Brady fashion, the couple even invited their kids on the honeymoon.

2. LUKE & LAURA

DATE: November 16, 1981

In the highest-rated hour in soap history, 30 million viewers tuned in to watch "General Hospital" star-crossed lovers Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and Laura Webber (Genie Francis) finally tie the knot. Fans were reported nationwide to have skipped both work and school to see the marriage between "America's royal couple."

1. CHARLES & DIANA

DATE: July 29, 1981

But a real wedding had to make the top spot! The most expensive, the most dramatic fairytale wedding in history occur ed when Lady Diana Spencer arrived in a glass coach to marry her Prince Charles. Over 750 million people worldwide watched the wedding, which took place at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Crowds even gushed when Diana failed at reciting Charles's extensively long family name during the vows.

Published by Dan Maloney

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