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NOVARick · 02-24-2006, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

that sketch was in 2 parts. The first part showed Rob & Laura Petrie as they were in 1979, that's when they find out at the end that Richie's gay.
The second part showed them as an old couple. The entire sketch is on one of the DVD sets of "The Dick Van Dyke show". And, no, they didn't show Buddy & Sally or any of the others. I haven't seen it in YEARS since it was first on, but, from what I remember they said that Buddy & Sally were working in hollywood, and Richie was away at college.

I remember, a young David Letterman guest starred once.

I don't recall David Letterman guest starring on "The Mary Tyler Moore Hour," but I do remember him as a regular on the "Mary" variety show that aired a few months earlier. Other regulars on that show included Michael Keaton and Swoosie Kurtz. Who would have guessed they would all three become stars in their own right? And it goes to show that, just because you bring together some great talent, that doesn't mean the chemistry is going to work. And it certainly didn't on that show.

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-26-2006, 12:27 PM

...my friend and I were on the streets of New York in December 1985 when a CBS representative asked us if we'd come to the company's headquarters to attend a "preview screening" of one of the network's new shows. We were given tickets, and sure enough, when we arrived at CBS, we were led into a
conference room with some other people, and watched a monitor beaming a closed-circuit episode of...."MARY" (sans commercials, promos, and network i.d.). After the episode was over, we were given questionnaires and asked OUR written opinions of what we had just seen. Lots of questions about the characters, plot, would we like to see the show again, what was wrong with it, and so on. After we handed our papers in, we were given CBS ball-point pens, and left. This "tweaking" by average viewers [including us] was not enough to save Mary's new show. It expired in the spring of 1986, after 13 episodes and a LOT of tinkering.

James28 · 03-11-2010, 06:50 PM

I also remember Mary's short lived 1980s sitcom. It also had a pre-Married With Children Kitty Sagal playing one of Mary's character's coworkers, Jo Tucker.

04-26-2006, 12:27 PM	#17
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Not only do I remember "MARY"..... ...my friend and I were on the streets of New York in December 1985 when a CBS representative asked us if we'd come to the company's headquarters to attend a "preview screening" of one of the network's new shows. We were given tickets, and sure enough, when we arrived at CBS, we were led into a conference room with some other people, and watched a monitor beaming a closed-circuit episode of...."MARY" (sans commercials, promos, and network i.d.). After the episode was over, we were given questionnaires and asked OUR written opinions of what we had just seen. Lots of questions about the characters, plot, would we like to see the show again, what was wrong with it, and so on. After we handed our papers in, we were given CBS ball-point pens, and left. This "tweaking" by average viewers [including us] was not enough to save Mary's new show. It expired in the spring of 1986, after 13 episodes and a LOT of tinkering.

03-11-2010, 06:50 PM	#18
James28 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 3,967	I also remember Mary's short lived 1980s sitcom. It also had a pre-Married With Children Kitty Sagal playing one of Mary's character's coworkers, Jo Tucker.