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The Mary Tyler Moore Show Will Mary Richards Go to Jail 1970 (Original Post) turbinetree Nov 2018 OP
Notice how long this is, 4 minutes longer than today's sitcoms. Commercials. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #1
Yepper, spot on.................and it makes a point................... turbinetree Nov 2018 #2
Oh yes it does. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #3
Ted was really funny. His news anchor character GWC58 Nov 2018 #4
Get your own MTM knitted beret here: LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2018 #5
My favorite TV show of all time! Ohiogal Nov 2018 #6

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
3. Oh yes it does.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 01:52 PM
Nov 2018

And not only that, it costars the funniest actor in TV history.


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461095/

I love Ed and he is still around and liberal and awesome.

But Ted was the best, ever. All of his costars said so. No funnier person on camera, ever.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
4. Ted was really funny. His news anchor character
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 02:09 PM
Nov 2018

was played for laughs, and he got them. He was also really funny in “Caddyshack.” 🤪

Ohiogal

(31,979 posts)
6. My favorite TV show of all time!
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 02:11 PM
Nov 2018

And most of the episodes were written by women, which was revolutionary in the early 70s!

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