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LauraNamesake · 08-20-2008, 10:53 AM

Top 10 Favorite Episodes?

Mine (I haven't seen ALL the episodes):

1.) Mary's Insomnia
2.) Better Late...That's A Pun...Than Never
3.) The Dinner Party
4.) Mary Mid-Wife
5.) Feeb
6.) Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady
7.) Put On A Happy Face
8.) Chuckles Bites the Dust
9.) Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? and Mary Gets A Lawyer (they kinda are together)
10.) An Affair to Forget

Hard to stop at 10...

catlover79 · 08-20-2008, 11:42 AM

Today I Am a Ma'am
Toulouse-Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artists
The Snow Must Go On
The Five-Minute Dress
The Slaughter Affair
It's Whether You Win or Lose
The Georgette Story
Romeo & Mary
Put on a Happy Face
Lou's First Date
The Dinner Party
Almost a Nun's Story

Scoobiedoo30 · 08-20-2008, 01:35 PM

Mary Mid-Wife

PGood97041 · 08-20-2008, 06:15 PM

OMG, this is gonna be tough...I just went through the list, and there are 20 episodes I'd consider. I'll do a Top 10 and a second 10, I guess:

1) It's Whether You Win or Lose
2) Better Late - That's A Pun - Than Never
3) The Lars Affair
4) Farmer Ted and the News
5) Chuckles Bites the Dust
6) Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II
7) Lou's First Date
8) Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer
9) Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasting School
10) Once I Had A Secret Love

11) My Brother's Keeper
12) Best of Enemies
13) Some of My Best Friends are Rhoda
14) Not A Christmas Story
15) Rhoda The Beautiful
16) Rhoda Morganstern: Minneapolis to New York
17) Mary Midwife
18) Ted's Temptation
19) Lou's Army Reunion
20) The System

I can definitely already see that my top 10 is skewed toward work episodes, which makes sense since I am a journalist. And my second 10 is heavy on the great Rhoda episodes. Makes sense, since I loved the Mary character, and those were the two most important parts of her life.

Mrs. Roper · 08-28-2008, 10:58 AM

Ted Baxter meets Walter Cronkite!

PGood97041 · 08-28-2008, 04:31 PM

oh yeah, i kinda forgot that one...that probably should be in my top 20...i guess i'll officially make it no. 21, but when an episode that good is no. 21, it tells you what a quality show TMTMS was!

LauraNamesake · 08-28-2008, 07:45 PM

Definatley!! I can't tell you how many of my other favorite episodes I left out (Like Mary's Three Husbands #11!!!)!!! I mean I can't think of one bad episode. Some episodes I like just for like one scene, such as in Son of But Seriously Folks with the gum! I love that scene. And in Hail the Conquering Gordy when Mary got out her old pointe shoes and went up, and it hurt her, because I took pointe for 2 years, then I had to give up one dance class, so I gave up pointe, but the next year, since I missed it so much, my parents let me take up pointe again, and the first time I went back up, boy did it HURT!!! So that scene makes me laugh. And any episode that centers around Betty White I love too because she is SO great. Does anyone have a least favorite episode? Mine was probably Bess You Is My Daughter Now, because I don't know why it just didn't click with me as a "Wow that's great!" episode. Although it wasn't bad, so that goes to show you.

PGood97041 · 08-28-2008, 08:45 PM

there were one or two episodes in the first season that weren't as laugh-packed, but that was mainly because they had to develop the characters

and i didn't like the two wes callison episodes that much...he didn't seem like mary's type, and he was just such a negative, whiny character

but that's what, four out of 168 or whatever episodes?

this was a great, great show...so many laughs, especially as they fleshed out the characters

LauraNamesake · 08-28-2008, 09:55 PM

Well I don't think that the WEs episodes worked for me because, as much as Mary did a great job at becoming Mary, not Laura, I still thought of Jerry Van Dyke as her brother-in-law. Just too much like the DVD Show.

PGood97041 · 08-29-2008, 12:06 AM

I was into Dick Van Dyke in a general way, for the sharp humor, but mainly to watch Laura (gee, I wonder why)
So I do recall Jerry as the brother in law on TDVDS, but I hadn't made that connection to Wes on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
But that's a very astute observation...and you're only 12 (or just turned 13)? I think you might be sandbagging us...you're probably 28 or 29!

AB · 08-29-2008, 07:59 PM

1. The Dinner Party
2. Some Of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
3. The Lars Affair
4. An Affair To Forget
5. Mary's Insomnia
6. The Snow Must Go On
7. Lou's First Date
8. Chuckles Bites The Dust
9. Romeo & Mary
10. The Five-Minute Dress

It sure is hard to pick, there are just too many great episodes.

LauraNamesake · 08-29-2008, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PGood97041

I was into Dick Van Dyke in a general way, for the sharp humor, but mainly to watch Laura (gee, I wonder why)
So I do recall Jerry as the brother in law on TDVDS, but I hadn't made that connection to Wes on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
But that's a very astute observation...and you're only 12 (or just turned 13)? I think you might be sandbagging us...you're probably 28 or 29!

I swear I'm 12. I will turn 13 in Nov. I've been watching The DVD Show since I was born. Just recently I started watching MTM (almost a year ago) and so I know the DVD Show by heart. Now I'm the same with MTMS. MTM's looks changed enough for me to not be able to be into both of the shows. But, adding Jerry Van Dyke in there was too much. Didn't care for that (and he CERTAINLY wasn't as cute as his brother).

KurtfromPitts · 09-02-2008, 02:16 PM

The Snow Must Go On and Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters School.

Kristen · 09-03-2008, 04:31 AM

I second the mention of "Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School." Since Fox announced that they ARE planning to releease S5, I've been thinking of that ep. a lot. It's def. one of my all-time faves.

As for an official list of favorites, I've tried several times, and I can never narrow it down. But just from looking at your lists, I have to say I love "The Dinner Party," "Put on a Happy Face," "The Good-Time News," "Sue Ann's Sister," "Once I Had a Secret Love" and a bunch of others that I'll prob. think of 2 minutes after I post this. LOL

- Kristen

LauraNamesake · 09-03-2008, 10:01 AM

I've never seen all of Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School

Just part of it (the YouTube clips Kristen sent me)

08-20-2008, 10:53 AM	#1
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	What are you favorite episodes? Top 10 Favorite Episodes? Mine (I haven't seen ALL the episodes): 1.) Mary's Insomnia 2.) Better Late...That's A Pun...Than Never 3.) The Dinner Party 4.) Mary Mid-Wife 5.) Feeb 6.) Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady 7.) Put On A Happy Face 8.) Chuckles Bites the Dust 9.) Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? and Mary Gets A Lawyer (they kinda are together) 10.) An Affair to Forget Hard to stop at 10...
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08-20-2008, 06:15 PM	#4
PGood97041 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 747	OMG, this is gonna be tough...I just went through the list, and there are 20 episodes I'd consider. I'll do a Top 10 and a second 10, I guess: 1) It's Whether You Win or Lose 2) Better Late - That's A Pun - Than Never 3) The Lars Affair 4) Farmer Ted and the News 5) Chuckles Bites the Dust 6) Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II 7) Lou's First Date 8) Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer 9) Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasting School 10) Once I Had A Secret Love 11) My Brother's Keeper 12) Best of Enemies 13) Some of My Best Friends are Rhoda 14) Not A Christmas Story 15) Rhoda The Beautiful 16) Rhoda Morganstern: Minneapolis to New York 17) Mary Midwife 18) Ted's Temptation 19) Lou's Army Reunion 20) The System I can definitely already see that my top 10 is skewed toward work episodes, which makes sense since I am a journalist. And my second 10 is heavy on the great Rhoda episodes. Makes sense, since I loved the Mary character, and those were the two most important parts of her life.
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09-03-2008, 04:31 AM	#14
Kristen Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 17, 2000 Location: New York, USA Posts: 4,042	I second the mention of "Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School." Since Fox announced that they ARE planning to releease S5, I've been thinking of that ep. a lot. It's def. one of my all-time faves. As for an official list of favorites, I've tried several times, and I can never narrow it down. But just from looking at your lists, I have to say I love "The Dinner Party," "Put on a Happy Face," "The Good-Time News," "Sue Ann's Sister," "Once I Had a Secret Love" and a bunch of others that I'll prob. think of 2 minutes after I post this. LOL - Kristen
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08-28-2008, 10:58 AM	#5
Mrs. Roper Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 41	Ted Baxter meets Walter Cronkite!

08-28-2008, 04:31 PM	#6
PGood97041 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 747	oh yeah, i kinda forgot that one...that probably should be in my top 20...i guess i'll officially make it no. 21, but when an episode that good is no. 21, it tells you what a quality show TMTMS was!

08-28-2008, 07:45 PM	#7
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	Definatley!! I can't tell you how many of my other favorite episodes I left out (Like Mary's Three Husbands #11!!!)!!! I mean I can't think of one bad episode. Some episodes I like just for like one scene, such as in Son of But Seriously Folks with the gum! I love that scene. And in Hail the Conquering Gordy when Mary got out her old pointe shoes and went up, and it hurt her, because I took pointe for 2 years, then I had to give up one dance class, so I gave up pointe, but the next year, since I missed it so much, my parents let me take up pointe again, and the first time I went back up, boy did it HURT!!! So that scene makes me laugh. And any episode that centers around Betty White I love too because she is SO great. Does anyone have a least favorite episode? Mine was probably Bess You Is My Daughter Now, because I don't know why it just didn't click with me as a "Wow that's great!" episode. Although it wasn't bad, so that goes to show you.

08-28-2008, 08:45 PM	#8
PGood97041 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 747	there were one or two episodes in the first season that weren't as laugh-packed, but that was mainly because they had to develop the characters and i didn't like the two wes callison episodes that much...he didn't seem like mary's type, and he was just such a negative, whiny character but that's what, four out of 168 or whatever episodes? this was a great, great show...so many laughs, especially as they fleshed out the characters

08-28-2008, 09:55 PM	#9
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	Well I don't think that the WEs episodes worked for me because, as much as Mary did a great job at becoming Mary, not Laura, I still thought of Jerry Van Dyke as her brother-in-law. Just too much like the DVD Show.

08-29-2008, 12:06 AM	#10
PGood97041 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 747	I was into Dick Van Dyke in a general way, for the sharp humor, but mainly to watch Laura (gee, I wonder why) So I do recall Jerry as the brother in law on TDVDS, but I hadn't made that connection to Wes on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. But that's a very astute observation...and you're only 12 (or just turned 13)? I think you might be sandbagging us...you're probably 28 or 29!

08-29-2008, 07:59 PM	#11
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,426	1. The Dinner Party 2. Some Of My Best Friends Are Rhoda 3. The Lars Affair 4. An Affair To Forget 5. Mary's Insomnia 6. The Snow Must Go On 7. Lou's First Date 8. Chuckles Bites The Dust 9. Romeo & Mary 10. The Five-Minute Dress It sure is hard to pick, there are just too many great episodes.

09-02-2008, 02:16 PM	#13
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,530	The Snow Must Go On and Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters School.

09-03-2008, 10:01 AM	#15
LauraNamesake Oh Rob!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 13, 2008 Location: MD Posts: 277	I've never seen all of Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcaster's School Just part of it (the YouTube clips Kristen sent me)