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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Details for all 96 episodes provided, May 16, 2008
Over 30 years since leaving the air, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" remains the absolute finest of TV sit-coms. Perhaps the secret of this show's success is that it's easy to feel a part of the WJM family, to share Mary and her friends' triumphs and tragedies, and savor each detail of their always interesting lives. Besides several series regulars, the first 96 episodes of "Mary" include such unforgettable characters as Sue Ann Nivens (The Happy Homemaker) and Chuckles the Clown ("A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants").
Throughout, we see our friends evolve and are introduced to people important to them:
In the 4th season, buffoonishly egotistical news anchor Ted Baxter meets (and fawns over) his idol, Walter Cronkite. The mother of best buddy Rhoda shows up early in season #1, while her dad doesn't put in an appearance until the third year. Ted meets Georgette for the first time that same season, when he attends a moving-to-NYC party for Rhoda (who ultimately decides to stay in Minneapolis). Mary's parents, Ted's brother and the father he never knew, Mary's old beaus-- all these and more are gradually added to the mix. If you're an MTM fan from way back, you'll enjoy these stories all over again, but if you've come to the party late, you have a big treat in store for you with this wonderful collection of Mary Tyler Moore's first four seasons.
REGULAR CAST: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter), Ted Knight (Ted Baxter), Edward Asner (Lou Grant), Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern)
FREQUENT CO-STARS: Georgia Engels (Georgette Franklin), Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom), Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens), John Amos (Gordy Howard), Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Lisa Geritsen (Bess Lindstrom)
(Program list is sequential by original airdates and includes guest stars)
SEASON ONE--
Love is All Around (9/19/70) - Angus Duncan/David Morick
Today I Am a Ma'am (9/26/70) - David Hayward/Jack De Mave/Sheilah Wells
Bess, You is My Daughter Now (10/3/70) - (n/a)
Divorce Isn't Everything (10/10/70) - David Ketchum/Shelley Berman
Keep Your Guard Up (10/17/70) - John Schuck/Timothy Brown
Support Your Local Mother (10/24/70) - (n/a)
Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists 10/31/70 - Hamilton Camp/Robert Rothwell
The Snow Must Go On (11/7/70) - Mimi Kirk/Robert Rothwell/Ivor Francis
Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary (11/14/70) - Henry Corden/Dick Patterson/Greg Mullavey
Assistant Wanted, Female (11/21/70) - (n/a)
1040 or Fight (11/28/1970) - Gloria Lord/Paul Sand/David Hayward
Anchorman Overboard (12/5/70) - Bob Duggan/Bill Fiore
He's All Yours (12/12/70) - Wes Stern
Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II (12/19/70) - Ned Wertimer/Henry Corden (as Charlie's voice)
Howard's Girl (1/2/71) - Mary Jackson/Henry Jones
Party is Such Sweet Sorrow (1/9/71) - Dick Clair
Just a Lunch (1/16/71) - Monte Markham/Gloria Lord
Second Story Story (1/23/71) - Vic Tayback/Bob Dishy
We Closed in Minneapolis (1/30/71) - Elliott Street
Hi! (2/6/71) - Robert Casper/Lynn Wood/Bruce Kirby/Pat Carroll
The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner (2/13/71) - Paul Micale
A Friend in Deed (2/20/71) - Pat Finley
Smokey the Bear Wants You (2/27/71) - Michael Callan
The 45-Year-Old Man (3/6/71) - Richard Libertini/Slim Pickens
SEASON TWO--
The Birds . . . and . . . um . . . Bees (9/18/71) - (n/a)
I Am Curious Cooper (9/25/71) - Michael Constantine/Shizuko Iwamatsu
He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother (10/2/71) - Frank Ramirez/Annette Molen
Room 223 (10/9/71) - Val Bisoglio/Michael Tolan/Florida Friebus
A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend (10/16/71) - (n/a)
Cover Boy (10/23/71) - Jack Cassidy
Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me (10/30/71) - Jack Riley/Pippa Scott/Ron Masak
Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary (11/6/71) - Larry Gelman/Paul Micale/Dick Balduzzi
And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter (11/13/71) - Jed Allan/William Woodson
Don't Break the Chain (11/20/71) - Jack De Mave/Gino Conforti
The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch (11/27/71) - Lawrence Pressman/Elizabeth Berger
. . . Is a Friend in Need (12/4/71) - Beverly Sanders
The Square-Shaped Room (12/11/71) - (n/a)
Ted Over Heels (12/18/71) - Arlene Golonka
The Five-Minute Dress (1/1/72) - (n/a)
Feeb (1/8/72 ) - Barbara Barnett/Barbara Sharma/Jack Manning
The Slaughter Affair (1/15/72) - (n/a)
Baby Sit-Com (1/22/72) - Joshua Bryant/Leslie Graves
More Than Neighbors (1/29/72) - Jack Bender/Yvonne Wilder
The Care and Feeding of Parents (2/5/72) - Brad Trumbull/Jon Locke
Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda (2/12/72) - Michael Bell
You Certainly Are a Big Boy (2/19/72) - Bradford Dillman/John Rubinstein/Beverly Sanders
Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda (2/26/72) - Mary Frann
His Two Right Arms (3/4/72) - Bill Daily/Isabel Sanford/Wally Taylor
SEASON THREE--
The Good-Time News (9/16/72) - Robert Hogan/Patrick Campbell
What is Mary Richards Really Like? (9/23/72 ) - Peter Haskell
Who's in Charge Here? (9/30/72) - Joan Tompkins
Enter Rhoda's Parents (10/7/72) - Nancy Walker/Harold Gould
It's Whether You Win or Lose (10/14/72) - Patrick Campbell
Rhoda the Beautiful (10/21/72) - (n/a)
Just Around the Corner (10/28/72) - Nanette Fabray/Bill Quinn
But Seriously, Folks (11/4/72) - Jerry Van Dyke/Rudy DeLuca
Farmer Ted and the News (11/11/72) - Lurene Tuttle
Have I Found a Guy for You (11/18/72) - Bert Convy/Beth Howland/Dan Keough
You've Got a Friend 11/25/1972) - Bill Quinn/Nanette Fabray/Beverly Sanders
It Was Fascination, I Know (12/2/72) - John Amour/Jean-Michel Michenaud/Jack Manning
Operation: Lou (12/9/72) - Linda Sublette/Florida Friebus
Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York (12/16/72) - Robert Casper/Jack Riley/Georgia Engel
The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter (12/23/72) - Michael Tolan/Gordon Jump
Lou's Place (1/6/73) - Dick Balduzzi/Rhoda Gemignani
My Brother's Keeper (1/13/73) - Robert Moore
The Georgette Story (1/20/73) - (n/a)
Romeo and Mary (1/27/73) - Stuart Margolin/Barbara Brownell/Bo Kaprall
What Do You Do When the Boss Says, "I Love You"? (2/3/73) - Carol Worthington/Lois Nettleton/Dick Balduzzi
Murray Faces Life (2/10/73) - (n/a)
Remembrance of Things Past (2/17/73) - Joseph Campanella
Put On a Happy Face (2/24/73) - Art GilmoreEddie Carroll/Herbie Faye
Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady (3/3/73) - Craig T. Nelson/Louise Lasser/Robert Karvelas
SEASON FOUR--
The Lars Affair (9/15/73) - (n/a)
Angels in the Snow (9/22/73) - Peter Strauss/Jon Korkes
Rhoda's Sister Gets Married (9/29/73) - Brett Somers/Louise Williams
The Lou and Edie Story (10/6/73) - Priscilla Morrill/Darrell Zwerling
Hi There, Sports Fans (10/13/73) - Dick Gautier/Gordon Jump
Father's Day (10/20/73) - Liam Dunn/John Holland
Son of "But Seriously Folks" (10/27/73) - Jerry Van Dyke/Gavan O'Herlihy/Randy Kirby
Lou's First Date (11/3/73) - Florence Lake/Jeff Thompson/Larry Wilde
Love Blooms at Hemples (11/10/73) - Barbara Barnett/William Burns/Meg Wyllie
The Dinner Party (11/17/73) - Henry Winkler/Irene Tedrow/Edgar Daniels
Just Friends (11/24/73) - (n/a)
We Want Baxter (12/1/73) - (n/a)
I Gave at the Office (12/8/73) - Tammi Bula/Bruce Boxleitner
Almost a Nun's Story (12/15/73) - Gail Strickland
Happy Birthday, Lou! (12/22/73) - Priscilla Morrill
WJM Tries Harder (1/5/74) - Anthony Eisley/Ned Wertimer
Cottage for Sale (1/12/74) - Michele Nichols/David Haskell/Robert Riesel
The Co-Producers (1/19/74) - (n/a)
Best of Enemies (1/26/74) - (n/a)
Better Late . . . That's a Pun . . . Than Never (2/2/74) - Jennifer Leak
Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite (2/9/74) - Walter Cronkite/Patricia Wilson/John Pringle
Lou's Second Date (2/16/74) - (n/a)
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer (2/23/74) - Shirley O'Hara
I Was a Single for WJM (3/2/74) - Penny Marshall/Arlene Golonka/Richard Schaal
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best sitcom ever made, March 29, 2008
Our whole family loves this show. We own the four seasons that have been released, and never tire of watching and re-watching. I can't imagine why Fox will not release the final three seasons. They would have to be bigger sellers than some of the junk that is currently being released!
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Show, We Know...Where's the rest?, May 20, 2008
We all know why we like this sitcom, so I'll cut to the chase. Fans of this classic show already own the four seasons offered here; so why these and not the final 3 seasons? Five stars for content, 0 stars for the sadistic studio responsible for holding back the rest. It is sadistic, isn't it?
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