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The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete Seasons 1-4

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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

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!

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?

Not only did I get the first 4 seasons for HALF PRICE, but as I said above, I am THOROUGHLY entertained, and happy with my purchase. I had forgotten $ 7,000 annual salaries, and 26 minute episodes (yes, the show used to rule, NOT the commercials ),not to mention the bonus of mini-skirts. I recommend this Classic show very highly. HI GUYS !

You will never find a better price than this for the fabulous Mary Tyler Moore Show Seasons 1 to 4! This bundled price is GREAT! Of course, everyone is patiently waiting for Seasons 5, 6 and 7, and I have heard there is a good chance that Season 5 is in the works soon! I hope this is true, as this show is so GREAT, that fans just have to have it all! Let's hope that Foxtvdvd listens to Mary's theme song and that when it comes to the complete series of the much loved Mary Tyler Moore Show, we hope that Fox, "You're gonna make it after all!"- COMPLETE! But, until then, for those of you wanting all the 4 Seasons that are on DVD, you can't beat this GREAT Bundled Deal!

My review of seasons 1 to 4: Buy this set! At $15 a season for what is arguably
the finest sitcom in history it is worth it. It grew from a good if conventional first
season to something truly special in seasons 3 and 4. It had no harsh edges but
was funny and engaging and lacked false sentimentality. While mostly avoiding the
issues of the day it did present the steady growth and maturity of Mary Richards
(the lead character played by Ms. Moore) that fit the maturing of the feminist
movement in the 1970s and did so in a realistic way. But the writing and humor
always took first place (I can think of only one true "message show" and it was one
of the worst episodes of the series). BELOW is the truly important news though and
Amazon helped bring this about.

The great news for MTM fans (and I apologize if this has been posted here already)
is that a Fox executive has just announced they will now release the last 3 seasons
on DVD. Thank you Fox, Oprah, and especially the persistent fan base here at Amazon.
I had frankly given up on this happening as I thought the release of seasons 3 & 4 at
lower prices but still disappointing sales represented Fox's giving it its last "old-college
try." But apparently despite "financial realities" Fox realizes how special it is to own
the rights to MTM and that with so much else of lesser quality being released they should
complete the series on DVD. Again, thanks to all! And if you've never seen MTM, you
won't regret purchasing it. The writing, acting, and especially character development
are top notch!

If you would like a refreshing, smart, funny sophisticated alternative to the increasingly grotesque sludge passed off as sitcoms today, you couldn't do much better than the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I have frequently gone back to take a look at television's golden oldies and been shocked at how little satisfaction there was in the dated humor, styles, etc. But this one was different. It's not the only one that stands up to the test of time, of course, (Cosby will always please), but it's right up there at the top. The humor is sophisticated, yet tasteful, and never condescending. Mary and company are so human and so easy to relate to, even thirty years after the fact. I laughed and, sometimes cried, totally involved, as I walked step-by-step through the first four seasons with this wonderful cast (and amazing writers). The best thing about it is that I have three Moore seasons to look forward to, as soon as they box them up.

I LOOOOOOOOOVE The Mary Tyler Moore show, and this colection is just PERFECT for all family!! I love my dvds and i wacth many and many times!!!

The only problem was the delivery, i received one of the plastic boxes broken...i wrote to amazon.com, but they didn't solve my problem. About that i'm really upset...

Patrícia

Any television addict would love to have this set in their home. Mary Tyler Moore plays a single woman in her 30s making it on her own without a man. The seasons in this collection just get better and better. I can't think of any show I enjoy watching in a evening marathon than this one. So fun!

I won't bother rating the actual show, it was one of the best sitcoms in television history. The picture quality and the audio quality on these DVD's is excellent, but I do have a problem. Season one, there is no list of episodes, nothing. A flap on the inside of the box had only a brochure for other TV series, no episode lists. This flaw caused me not to give this item 5 stars.