Was There A Reason Why Phyllis Wasn't On More Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-23-2011, 08:39 PM

Was there a reason? Was she doing other things? Just curious???

scotsguy · 11-23-2011, 10:05 PM

To quote James L.Brooks "she was busy".

I think Cloris would probably have done more in the early years but thats

just my opinion but her appearances went down to three a season in later

seasons.

Thats why the spinoff Phyllis seemed odd as her appearances on MTM had

gone down,I asume after the smash hit "Rhoda",they wanted to try again

with Phyllis.

old grouch · 11-24-2011, 09:32 AM

Because a little Phyllis goes a long, long ways.

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11-23-2011, 10:05 PM	#2
scotsguy Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 25, 2002 Location: Edinburgh,Scotland Posts: 696	To quote James L.Brooks "she was busy". I think Cloris would probably have done more in the early years but thats just my opinion but her appearances went down to three a season in later seasons. Thats why the spinoff Phyllis seemed odd as her appearances on MTM had gone down,I asume after the smash hit "Rhoda",they wanted to try again with Phyllis.

11-24-2011, 09:32 AM	#3
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	Because a little Phyllis goes a long, long ways.