Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums - View Single Post - Would 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Still Have Worked If Gavin MacLeod Was Cast As Lou?

PGood97041 · 10-08-2010, 12:34 AM

I don't think it would have worked, because if you have Gavin as Lou, you also don't have Gavin as Murray.
So in this scenario you're not just losing Lou Grant, you're losing Murray Slaughter, too...TWO characters we loved.

Gavin certainly is a fine actor and COULD have played Lou Grant, but I'm not sure he could have been gruff enough. And anybody they brought in wouldn't have been as sharp-witted and as loyal as Murray.

These things are fun to think about, of course, but the reality is we are lucky it all came together the way it did.

10-08-2010, 12:34 AM	#4
PGood97041 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 747	I don't think it would have worked, because if you have Gavin as Lou, you also don't have Gavin as Murray. So in this scenario you're not just losing Lou Grant, you're losing Murray Slaughter, too...TWO characters we loved. Gavin certainly is a fine actor and COULD have played Lou Grant, but I'm not sure he could have been gruff enough. And anybody they brought in wouldn't have been as sharp-witted and as loyal as Murray. These things are fun to think about, of course, but the reality is we are lucky it all came together the way it did.