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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

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I fell in love with this show when it first aired, oh, so many years ago. The characters so so well written and portrayed. The zany, colorful friends and family Molly had, it was almost a precursor to Seinfeild, Friends and Gilmore Girls. I remember when it got cancelled and went to a cable network, I didn't have cable back then so I never found out who the father of her baby was. I loved her mother, so sassy. David Strathairn, who played the bookstore owner's son...I LOVED him, still do. And Blair Brown has yet to play another compelling character on television. PLEASE put this out on DVD!!!!!

I LOVED this show!! I loved all the characters,but my most favorite was "Moss," played by David Strathairn.He was the sweetest,quirkiest,most endearing man who ever graced a TV series. He has since become one of my favorite character actors..I fell in love with "Moss" way before the "shoe" incident. The "Ingrid Bergman" incident with Moss was ,well,indescribably touching.I want to see Molly again,not only because of Mr. Strathairn,but because the show was brilliant.The writing was superb.The acting was flawless.
"SCTV" is now out on DVD;"Buffalo Bill" is out on DVD, and now it should be Molly's turn.

This incredibly intelligent program aired at a time when I was living in the country with no cable or satellite service so my recetption was mangled by rabbit ears. But I still taped all the epidsodes. On BETA! I never did transfer all the episodes to VHS because I mananaged to keep at least one of my two BETA recorders working until a few years ago. Now I am desperate for a strong dose of Molly Dodd. The characters were so richly drawn and the stories bizarre and normal at the same time. Molly was unlike any sitcom heroine to date and in the hands of Blair Brown you wanted to be in her circle of friends and family. From time to time I will see an actor who played a regular or recurring character on Molly Dodd and twenty years later I still think of them as "that guy or woman from Molly Dodd."

We must have Molly Dodd on DVD!

i just returned from seeing blair brown in THE CLEAN HOUSE at lincoln center. she was awesome. after the show, the cast was collecting donations in the lobby for broadway cares. i went over to ms. blair and asked her if she knew when the DVD would be released. she said it's been very difficult to get it negotiated for release because of all the copyrights of all the different songs she sang on the series [if you remember, she sang alot!]. i was disappointed to hear this but it was awesome to speak with her and to see her in the show.

I may never have laughed so hard as when Moss explains to Molly that the waiter thought he was calling him "your squid." Over dinner, Molly is anxiously waiting to tell Moss that she is pregnant with (what she thinks may be) his child, but he is having an uncharacteristically excited conversation with her about asking the waiter, "How do you do your squid?" and the waiter responding, "Fine, thank you." "Did he think I was calling him 'your squid?' How do you do, your squid?". I've remembered it for almost 20 years. It'd be so valuable to me to be able to see that again. But since this is supposed to be a review, I'll add that I think that this is the kind of show that isn't around any more in the days of reality tv ('The 1900 House' and other PBS shows excepted.). As with rare series like 'As Time Goes By,' it's simple and smart and funny. I miss it, and hope it's released soon.

I long to have Molly on DVD. I marked my weeks by the night her show aired, and did not answer the phone, the door or my (then small) children's questions when Molly was on the screen. The Woody-Allen-like views of New York and Manhattan, the quirky and lovable and oh,so-like-our-own-families characters were a joy. Blair Brown was beautiful, happy and sad, and all in a more realistic, less played-for-laughs way than Mary Tyler Moore had been before her. I particularly enjoyed the mystical elements to the show, highlighted by the space-bending ninja Chinese food delivery man and Molly's talks with her deceased father. Now, I love Gilmore Girls, Woody Allen movies and all episodes of Lou Grant, Mary Tyler Moore and Murphy Brown, but Molly Dodd ranks above all of them for the show's quiet beauty and off-center approach to a real woman's reality. Please, please issue this entire show on DVD, hopefully with interviews with the featured players, the writer and director.

This is ridiculous. I have actual VHS tapes of the original NBC series from 1986. I have some Lifetime tapes as well but they had edited the theme song. I still fortunately have the original theme song where it starts with Molly in her window! Who knew a tape would last that long? But before they deteriorate I hope the producers work out the negotiations about the songs... some of the songs I remember

When Sunny Gets Blue, Dream A Little Dream (the music box, remember?), Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, It Could Happen To You...

Do you all remember Gina Gershon the bass player in Fred Dodd's band New York Subway System? Ah, I think you do!

This series had a lot of cool unknown guests who became known like David Strathairn, Nathan Lane, John Pankow and Richard Lawson... so sexy.

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - what an amazing show. It was new and different when it was on the air. There are many, many programs that can trace their roots back to Molly - Seinfeld, Friends, Sex and the City, Will and Grace, all the big hit comedies, and a whole lot of not so big ones. Blair Brown's Molly was the next step after Mary Tyler Moore, Marlo Thomas, Valerie Harper and the whole lot of other iconic actresses portraying a single woman's journey through life in a big city. The music, the quirkiness, the expert casting of all the parts, big and small (others have mentioned Gina Gershon, David Straithairn, Robert Lawson, John Pankow - remember John Glover?) - so many intelligent and interesting elements came together to create this truly one of a kind program. And let's not forget there was actual good acting going on. And character development. And complex storylines. We get so much drek on TV and DVD these days. How about stepping up the negotiations so we can get some real quality, not just mere distraction.

This was my very favorite show when it was aired and it makes me furious to see every other TV show that ever aired come out on dvd, and not Molly Dodd. It was poignant and wistful and funny, and the cast list is the most impressive list of great performers in the history of TV. We see David Strathairn and Victor Garber and Nathan Lane everywhere...why not together again with Molly Dodd? And you DO know that people, amateur bootleggers, are selling copies of it on eBay right now, don't you? My gosh...how can you let THEM make your money??????

Molly Dodd was a wistful and wonderful series, an engaging mix of comedy and drama, joy and tragedy. Great location shots filmed on the streets of NYC, a great mix of seasoned film and theater actors, and no intrusive laughtrack to tell us what was supposed to be funny. I will not forget how deftly the series captured the sometimes unexplainable feeling of loneliness that one can feel even in a city the size of Manhattan. Blair Brown was an exquisite, vibrant Molly and the supporting cast was a dream. I anxiously await a box set of this fantastic series.