Here's another idea I got off of the Leave it to Beaver board. Here's how to play: someone says something Mary related (character, actor, quote, whatever) and then someone else says something that begins with the last letter of that word. Here's an example:
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Dermatologist

I'll start off with:
Love is all around
Next letter is D

Originally posted by MamaFan
Here's another idea I got off of the Leave it to Beaver board. Here's how to play: someone says something Mary related (character, actor, quote, whatever) and then someone else says something that begins with the last letter of that word. Here's an example:
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Dermatologist

I'll start off with:
Love is all around
Next letter is D

Next word: Dates
Letter is now S

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen


Next word: Dates
Letter is now S

Kristen

lol this is kind of like that game Mary was talking about in 'Just a Lunch' isn't it? Like Mr. Grant would say 'box' and Ted had to come up with a letter that started with 'X', lol but he couldn't. :lol: X-tra! :rotflmao:

Steven Linder (from 'Angels in the Snow')

letter is now: R

Originally posted by pandora_spocks


lol this is kind of like that game Mary was talking about in 'Just a Lunch' isn't it? Like Mr. Grant would say 'box' and Ted had to come up with a letter that started with 'X', lol but he couldn't. :lol: X-tra! :rotflmao:

Steven Linder (from 'Angels in the Snow')

letter is now: R

Very good observation, Holly! Leigh Ann and I already discussed that in email LOL

Anyway....
Rhoda
Letter is now: A

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen


Very good observation, Holly! Leigh Ann and I already discussed that in email LOL

Anyway....
Rhoda
Letter is now: A

Kristen


Gee, thanks for telling me that on aim. :p

Are episode titles allowed? If so here's my next answer-I swear it's the only thing I could think of.

Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

Letter is now: S

Originally posted by pandora_spocks



Gee, thanks for telling me that on aim. :p

Are episode titles allowed? If so here's my next answer-I swear it's the only thing I could think of.

Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

Letter is now: S

I see no reason why episode titles shouldn't be allowed.

Spunk
Letter is now: K
(I was waiting for someone to do that word the last time S came up!)

Kristen

K was a hard one, but I finally came up with "Keep Your Guard Up."
Next letter is P

Phyllis. Yeah, I actually got one! Next letter is S.

Originally posted by Christina E
Phyllis. Yeah, I actually got one! Next letter is S.

Sue Ann

Next letter is N.

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen


Sue Ann

Next letter is N.

Kristen

Nivens
Next letter is S

Originally posted by MamaFan


Nivens
Next letter is S

"Sue Ann Gets the Axe"
Next Letter is E

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen


"Sue Ann Gets the Axe"
Next Letter is E

Kristen

Eric Matthews! lol

Next letter is: S

Surprise! (in "Happy Birthday, Lou," I watched that ep today!)
Next letter is E

Originally posted by MamaFan
Surprise! (in "Happy Birthday, Lou," I watched that ep today!)
Next letter is E

Ed Asner
Next letter is R!

Kristen

Richards!
Next letter is S, again

Slaughter now the letter is R.

Originally posted by Brady Fan
Slaughter now the letter is R.

Romeo and Mary

next letter is Y

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Romeo and Mary

next letter is Y

You've got spunk!

K is up!

Originally posted by Kristen
You've got spunk!

K is up!

Kim ~ the other lady who shared a jail cell with Mary.

M is up

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Kim ~ the other lady who shared a jail cell with Mary.

M is up

Marriage (Rhoda's obsession hehe!)

E is up!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Marriage (Rhoda's obsession hehe!)

E is up!!

Edie Grant

T is up

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Edie Grant

T is up

Teddy Awards

S is up!

Originally posted by Kristen
Teddy Awards

S is up!

Sue Ann

N is up!

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Sue Ann

N is up!

Nancy Walker

R is up again!

Originally posted by Kristen
Nancy Walker

R is up again!

Randi ~ that annoying waitress :lol:

I is up!

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Randi ~ that annoying waitress :lol:

I is up!

Following my last post, I'm going to go with:

Ida Morgenstern

N is back up (Sorry Holly!)

Originally posted by Kristen
Following my last post, I'm going to go with:

Ida Morgenstern

N is back up (Sorry Holly!)

Nancy Lynton

:lol: N is up again

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Nancy Lynton

:lol: N is up again

No more N's, LOL!! But I've got one:

Newsroom

M is up yet again.

Originally posted by Kristen
No more N's, LOL!! But I've got one:

Newsroom

M is up yet again.

Mel Price

E is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Mel Price

E is next

"Edie Gets Married"

Back to D again

Originally posted by Kristen
"Edie Gets Married"

Back to D again

Doug Slaughter

woohoo R is up again! :lol:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Doug Slaughter

woohoo R is up again! :lol:

Robert C. Brand

D again!

Originally posted by Kristen
Robert C. Brand

D again!

Mary: He just sort of grazed me. :lol:

anyway Debbie Morgenstern

N again :lol:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Mary: He just sort of grazed me. :lol:

anyway Debbie Morgenstern

N again :lol:

"Neighbors

S again!!

Originally posted by Kristen
"Neighbors

S again!!

Sue Ann Gets the Ax

The next letter is X. I feel like Lou..:lol:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Sue Ann Gets the Ax

The next letter is X. I feel like Lou..:lol:

Thanks a lot, Holly!

X-rays (The ones taken of Mary's teeth in "Divorce Isn't Everything.")

S again

Originally posted by Kristen
Thanks a lot, Holly!

X-rays (The ones taken of Mary's teeth in "Divorce Isn't Everything.")

:lol: You're so clever! :D

Steven Linder

R is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
:lol: You're so clever! :D

Steven Linder

R is next

Roseburg

G is up!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Roseburg

G is up!!

You're gonna hate me for this, but it must be done.

Gloria Munson

N is up! yay! :lol:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
You're gonna hate me for this, but it must be done.

Gloria Munson

N is up! yay! :lol:

:p You're right, I do!!

I'm gonna have to get creative here:

Naked (The bathtub scene in "Mary's Insomnia" hehe)

Back to D!

Originally posted by Kristen
:p You're right, I do!!

I'm gonna have to get creative here:

Naked (The bathtub scene in "Mary's Insomnia" hehe)

Back to D!

Dinner Party

Y is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Dinner Party

Y is next

"You've Got a Friend"

D again!

Originally posted by Kristen
"You've Got a Friend"

D again!

Date

E is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Date

E is next

Eating

G is up!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Eating

G is up!!

Gordy

Y is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Gordy

Y is next

"You keep such complete records!" (A line from "1040 or Fight")

Back to S!!

Originally posted by Kristen
"You keep such complete records!" (A line from "1040 or Fight")

Back to S!!

:lol: I love that line!

Sparkie :lol: That name cracks me up.

E is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
:lol: I love that line!

Sparkie :lol: That name cracks me up.

E is next

Mary:"Spar...kie" :lol:

Erica (Mary's substitue in "Better Late...That's a Pun Than Never")

A again!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Mary:"Spar...kie" :lol:

Erica (Mary's substitue in "Better Late...That's a Pun Than Never")

A again!!

:lol:

Anne Adams ~ that loan lady at the bank

S is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
:lol:

Anne Adams ~ that loan lady at the bank

S is next

Speech

The next letter is....*Drumroll* H!! (Happy now, Holly??)

Originally posted by Kristen
Speech

The next letter is....*Drumroll* H!! (Happy now, Holly??)

Yes, finally! :D

Hucky and Mucky ~ those puppets from Sue Ann Gets the Ax

Y is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Yes, finally! :D

Hucky and Mucky ~ those puppets from Sue Ann Gets the Ax

Y is next

"You hit him with your car?" (:lol: Guess what ep that's from?)

R is next!

Originally posted by Kristen
"You hit him with your car?" (:lol: Guess what ep that's from?)

R is next!

:lol: Hmm...let me think 'Today I am a Ma'am'.

Roy Vickerson

N again!!

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
:lol: Hmm...let me think 'Today I am a Ma'am'.

Roy Vickerson

N again!!

News (It's so obvious LOL)

S!

Originally posted by Kristen
News (It's so obvious LOL)

S!

Sexagenarian

N whoops :lol:

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Sexagenarian

N whoops :lol:

Night. Mary went out on dates at night a lot :lol: N is hard, give me a break!

T is up!

Originally posted by Kristen
Night. Mary went out on dates at night a lot :lol: N is hard, give me a break!

T is up!

Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

L is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

L is next

Lou's First Date

E is up!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Lou's First Date

E is up!!

Ed ~ the sportscaster

D is next

Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Ed ~ the sportscaster

D is next

Don't Break the Chain

:lol: N is up!!

Originally posted by Kristen
Don't Break the Chain

:lol: N is up!!

Not a Christmas Story

Y is next

You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

Now onto E

Originally posted by andrew_syd
You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

Now onto E

"Eucalyptus!" (Rhoda's response when her boyfriend announced that he wanted to quit his job and become a Forest Ranger.)

S is next.

San Francisco,
where Phyllis moved to.
Next letter: H

Originally posted by Justin S. Aldridge
San Francisco,
where Phyllis moved to.
Next letter: H

No, the next letter is O, b/c it's the last letter of your word.

Office (As in Lou's lol)

E is up!

OH OK.....sorry :crazy: I'm new, I get it now.

E for Eating, which is what Ted was doing when he proposed to Georgette for the millionth time!!! ("Ted's Wedding)

G is up!

Georgette!

Next Letter - E

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
Georgette!

Next Letter - E

Enid -- who was hired by Lou (and never seen again!) in "A Girl Like Mary". (The audition scene with Mary and Sue Ann was hilarious! Ted comes across as almost competent.)
:eek2:

Oh yeah, 'D' is next...

Originally posted by TVgen62
Enid -- who was hired by Lou (and never seen again!) in "A Girl Like Mary". (The audition scene with Mary and Sue Ann was hilarious! Ted comes across as almost competent.)
:eek2:

Oh yeah, 'D' is next...

First of all, I had forgotten about Enid! I think tonight I'll have to get out "A Girl Like Mary." I like that one, especially Mary and Sue Ann's auditions. Very funny.

OK, next word is Dinner. In "Today I am a Ma'am" (Mary's very first bad party LOL), Howard and Armand thought they were being invited over for dinner. R is up.

Rhoda the Beautiful


L is next!

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
Rhoda the Beautiful

L is next!

"L&P Management" (stands for "Lars & Phyllis"), the name on the answering machine Mary calls for repairs in her apartment.

'T' is next...

Originally posted by TVgen62
"L&P Management" (stands for "Lars & Phyllis"), the name on the answering machine Mary calls for repairs in her apartment.

'T' is next...

"Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School" (One of my favorite episodes, and I know it's one of TV Gen's too ;) ) Back to L!

Originally posted by Kristen
"Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School" (One of my favorite episodes, and I know it's one of TV Gen's too ;) ) Back to L!

Liverwurst*

* Usually on rye bread; served by "feebs"!

'T' is next...

Teddy Awards

Next Letter is "S".

*Did I do this right?*

Spunk! (Don't know if it's been used yet, but it's the first thing that came to me! And yes, Erin, you did that right!)

Next letter is K.

- Just wanted to bump this back up for some of our newer posters who might want to play.

Spunk! (Don't know if it's been used yet, but it's the first thing that came to me! And yes, Erin, you did that right!)

Next letter is K.

- Just wanted to bump this back up for some of our newer posters who might want to play.

Thanks Kristen! (wow it's been 2 years, lol)

Killed by an elephant (Chuckles the Clown)

(next letter is "T")

Sue Ann Nivens

S again

Shameful behavior around men (Sue ann) <N

Sue Ann Nivens

S again

The Next letter was a "T" not a "S"....

{From Mikado's post} "N"

Not too bright

Next is a "T"

The Next letter was a "T" not a "S"....

{From Mikado's post} "N"

Not too bright

Next is a "T"


OOPS Sorry so T....

Ted Baxter
next letter is r.,

No problem :)

"R" -- Rhoda Morganstern

"N" is next...

Never wins award (Murray)
D

Drunk (what Lou was in the pilot).

K is up! :)

Killed by Elephant (Chuckles)
T

Tie one on (what Lou did sometimes when drinking)

N

Nymphomaniac Sue Ann Nivens

S is up.

Shared (Mary shared her clothes with Rhoda after the fire)


D

Divorced - Mary and Rhoda pretended to be this in the Season One episode, "Divorce Isn't Everything".

Next Letter, Yet Again, D.

Drunk - Lou is often a little (a lot?) drunk.

on to K

Kitchen...Mary's was quaint, but very small

next up is F

Friends

Next is S.

Sexagenarian - Mary makes a "date" with one at the beginning of an episode in Season 7 who just happens to be Murray's dad! *gasp* (lol)

Next is N...

Newscast

TyleR, a very important middle name

So it's now R, and thanks, Kristen, for bailing me out a few responses ago!

TyleR, a very important middle name

Cute! ;)

Rhoda Morganstern

Narcissist (Ted.)

Terrific! [What Mary is to Murray]

California...as in, "It all started at a 5,000-watt radio station in Fresno, California

ALCOHOL that Lou keeps stashed in his desk.

Love. Yeah, I know it's obvious, hehe. ;)

Love. Yeah, I know it's obvious, hehe. ;)

LOL.... ;)

Eric "Shrimp" Matthews

Strike -- Mary & Lou have to do ALL the work when the rest of the crew goes on strike.

Elephant. Don't know if it's been used yet, but I'm sure you all know what I'm referring to! ;)

The Lou and Edie Story

Young - Georgia Engel was only 23 when she got the role as Georgette. {That's how old I am! lol]

Grimace...what Lou, Mary, and Murray would do every time Ted made a boo boo on the news, which was often.

Eat LOL

Teddy Award

Divorce Isn't Everything

First aired: 9/19/1970

Georgette (Baxter)

Rhoda the Beautiful

Love is all around

Driving - Mary is shown driving her mustang

Gloria Steinem - Mention of her in Murray Faces Life from Season 3.

Murray Slaughter

Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York

Original Air Date: 16 December 1972
Rhoda is offered a job at Bloomingdale's in New York City, and much to Mary's surprise, she accepts it.

Kawasaki

Ideko Kawasaki, Japanese Minister of Finance, whose name Ted could not pronounce

Ignorant, a synonym for Ted Baxter ;)

Ted

Don't Break the Chain



Original Air Date: 20 November 1971
Mary conjures up a few men from her past when she reluctantly continues Mr. Grant's chain letter.

North Wetherley

Mary's first street address

Yelling - What Lou did a lot of, hehe.

Girlfriend - Georgette was Ted's girlfriend at first

Girlfriend - Georgette was Ted's girlfriend at first
Divorce Isn't Everything
Mary and Rhoda pretend to be divorced so they can get cheap charter airine tickets.
Next letter is "G"

Georgette Story, The

Georgette Story, The
E for Edward Asner. Next up: R...(I can think of millions!)

~LauraNamesake

Robbery. What happened to Mary in "Second Story Story." (Even though the cop said it was a "burglary," LOL)

Yellow (as in Canary Yellow) The color of the car Rhoda buys Mary at the end of Season 3.

W for Wes, Mary's boyfriendish type guy. He was in an episode then supposedly got depressed and went out with "low" girls, then returned the next season to try and get Mary again. (Played by ever-loving Dick Van Dyke's brother, Jerry Van Dyke)

SnoW

What Mr. Grant hated, because it caused his trip to Las Vegas to be canceled

Window Dresser - What Rhoda was

Rhoda's Sister Gets Married - the name of an episode from seaon 4, I believe.

Darn Nice - What Georgette thinks of herself.

(Yes, I did change the word, lol)

New Apartment - Mary moves into a new one

Temper -- Think Lou has one? LOL ;)

RoY The name of the man that Rhoda and Mary meet when the join the club for so called "divorced" people. The man sure spells it out for us: R-O-Y.

YOU'RE gonna make it after ALL

Love Is All Around

[Episode One]

Dumb - what Ted could be at times

Brooks and Burns
True, the actors and writers were great, but executive producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns had the vision...How about a round of applause for those two!

:clap ^

Slip - Mary hurts her ankle from a slip & fall at WJM

PartY, all of Mary's were disasters. ;)

Yellow

- The color of the car that Rhoda buys Mary -

LOL, it's also the color of the sun, Ticonderoga pencils....and lemons (which wasn't exactly the best thing for Georgette to mention at that moment!).

Since I can't think of a better W word, I'll use WJM.

Mary's Insomnia

Season 7, Episode 11: Mary's Insomnia

Original Air Date: 4 December 1976
Lou is concerned about Mary's possible addiction to sleeping pills.

Apartments - Mary changed apartments

Snow

Mr. Grant didn't like it..."I hate snow. I don't like its color, shape, temperature, how it feels or what it does, in snowballs or on hills or anything about it. It's a soft, wet, white, mushy, melting, freezing mess!"

Woke-up - Mr. Grant woke Mary up in an episode

Perky - Our very own Mary! ;)

YounG - What Mary's date was in "Angels in the Snow"

- Kristen

Georgette Baxter

Ritter
as in John Ritter, the minister at Ted and Georgette's wedding, who went on to even greater stardom

Rhoda - Mary's best friend

Ann -- part of the name of Sue Ann Nivens

Neighbor

Red Robe - Mary "sports" one in Season One in the episode, "Bob and Rhoda and Teddy and Mary".

effort - Sue Ann put in alot of effort making those gourmet meals.

Television -- broadcast news medium everyone was working for

Neighbors - Phyllis & Rhoda were Marys neighbors

System...The football betting system that Ted develops that Lou gets in on, with eventually disastrous results

Marge Mullen, the famous script reader who also made the suggestion that Bess say how much she likes Rhoda in the first episode, getting the audience to like Rhoda more and helping the show get rolling!

News Cameraman - Lou's nephew, Allen

News Report

Ted Baxter - Next letter R

Reza S. Badiyi, who created TMTMS opening title sequence, including the iconic MTM hat toss!

IRS Agent -- Mary dates an Internal Revenue Service agent who came to audit her personal income tax returns.

Toulouse-Lautrec

(one of my favorite artists)

Club, as in Better Luck Next Time, lol.

Baxter

Responsibility

What Mary wanted from Lou when he made her a producer.

Young - What Mary's boyfriend Steven was in "Angels in the Snow."

Zero - The amt. Ted can be depended upon to contribute to an office collection.

Young - What Mary's boyfriend Steven was in "Angels in the Snow."

Georgette - Ted Baxter's girlfriend/wife.

Eulogy -- Mary has trouble containing herself during the eulogy for the departed Chuckles the Clown.

Yellow - Mary's least-favorite color for a car, LOL.

WJM

Market - In the opening credits we see Mary shopping at a market

Tinker - They may not have won a Teddy Award, but they won this.

{Which I believe was named after Mary's 2nd Ex-husband, Grant Tinker}

Rhoda - next post starts with an "A"

Apology - Mr. Grant had to apologise to Ted in front of the newsroom in, The Slaughter Affair from Season 2.

Young

What the consultant brought in to boost the WJM ratings is, one of several reasons some in the newsroom initially don't like him, until the ratings do, indeed, go up

Georgette

Eavesdrop - Something Ted tends to do.

P=Pest=Ted very often

Next letter T

Terrific - What Murray thinks of Mary...and her work.

{BTW, you don't have to mention what the next letter is, lol. :)}

Chuckles

- Kristen

Sister -- Rhoda's younger sister is Debbie Morgenstern (Season 4 of TMTMS).

Robbie Rist - who played adopted son David Baxter

Trouble - Ted seemed to always get into it. haha

Eric -- Mary's date, a guy of diminutive stature, in a very early episode (Eric Matthews).

Cottage For Sale - The name of an episode

eccentric

Describes just about every one on the show. The next letter is C.

Crying - Mary didn't want to go to jail.

Grant -- Lou!

T=Ted next letter is D

Dog - It was mentioned that Ted has a dog in , More Than Neighbors... from Season 2.

Guilty

How Mary felt when she got the waitress fired in "Feeb", Episode 40