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seventies_sitcoms · 08-18-2005, 07:28 PM

Did anybody think Mary was a bossy and overbearing nag? Now I haven't seen this show since the 80's as a teen, so to me Mary always seems bossy and manipulative of her husband and daughter Brenda. She never let that poor girl do anything it seemed like. She always seemed to bossing poor Lester around.

ThomasE · 08-28-2005, 09:58 PM

I liked Mary. She was a good mother and wife. She was not perfect, though. As times, I thought she could be hypocritical. Telling Brenda one thing and then doing something else. She did learn from her own mistakes, though.

GeorgiaboyJeff! · 10-04-2005, 05:19 PM

I really didn't like Marla Gibbs in this role. Mary just came off as this woman who can see problems in everyone else but herself.She was ok I guess, I just found her annoying at times & you can tell Mary was jealous of Sondra!!

ThomasE · 10-09-2005, 12:32 AM

Yeah she was at times, but could sometimes be justified in her actions when it came to Sandra.

Troi Tribble · 11-17-2006, 12:20 PM

I think Sandra was annoying, NOT Mary!

michaeldwaynewillis · 12-04-2006, 07:18 AM

Mary Jenkins is the female version of George Jefferson

08-18-2005, 07:28 PM	#1
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	Mary an overbearing nag? Did anybody think Mary was a bossy and overbearing nag? Now I haven't seen this show since the 80's as a teen, so to me Mary always seems bossy and manipulative of her husband and daughter Brenda. She never let that poor girl do anything it seemed like. She always seemed to bossing poor Lester around.

08-28-2005, 09:58 PM	#2
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	I liked Mary. She was a good mother and wife. She was not perfect, though. As times, I thought she could be hypocritical. Telling Brenda one thing and then doing something else. She did learn from her own mistakes, though.

10-04-2005, 05:19 PM	#3
GeorgiaboyJeff! Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 25, 2002 Posts: 664	I really didn't like Marla Gibbs in this role. Mary just came off as this woman who can see problems in everyone else but herself.She was ok I guess, I just found her annoying at times & you can tell Mary was jealous of Sondra!!

10-09-2005, 12:32 AM	#4
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	Yeah she was at times, but could sometimes be justified in her actions when it came to Sandra.

11-17-2006, 12:20 PM	#5
Troi Tribble Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 19, 2006 Posts: 316	I think Sandra was annoying, NOT Mary!

12-04-2006, 07:18 AM	#6
michaeldwaynewillis Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2006 Location: Tampa,Florida Posts: 23	Mary Jenkins is the female version of George Jefferson