I hated Mary!

[GARFIELDKOOL]

She was the star, yes, but she was so dull! Been watching the show on the Centric Network lately, and she was bad! Was in everyone's business! A housewife who was dressed up in the finest clothes, had nothing to do or nowhere to go, but gossip all day, drowned Brenda, who she should have given her room, Brenda was one of those teens who stayed out of trouble who you could trust, but Mary overprotected her like she was some whore, Mary annoyed me. I see why Jackee left, because the laughs were not coming from Marla Gibbs. She was the black version of Alice Hyatt! Boring! She needed the support to carry the show! She always got her way! I couldn't stand her!

I watched the show back in the day, but I didn't realize it then, until watched it nowadays............Marla Gibbs, you were better as Florence!

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

She was the star, yes, but she was so dull! Been watching the show on the Centric Network lately, and she was bad! Was in everyone's business! A housewife who was dressed up in the finest clothes, had nothing to do or nowhere to go, but gossip all day, drowned Brenda, who she should have given her room, Brenda was one of those teens who stayed out of trouble who you could trust, but Mary overprotected her like she was some whore, Mary annoyed me. I see why Jackee left, because the laughs were not coming from Marla Gibbs. She was the black version of Alice Hyatt! Boring! She needed the support to carry the show! She always got her way! I couldn't stand her!

I watched the show back in the day, but I didn't realize it then, until watched it nowadays............Marla Gibbs, you were better as Florence!

I loved Mary, Pearl and Mary were my Favs. I do agree that Mary had her annoying moments, but I loved that sassy attitude that she had. I don't know why sitcoms had housewives dressing fancy when they weren't going anywhere, the same thing happened on Family Matters. Harriett started out dressing comfortably and then all of a sudden she started to dress up and wear heels while at home.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I loved Mary, Pearl and Mary were my Favs. I do agree that Mary had her annoying moments, but I loved that sassy attitude that she had. I don't know why sitcoms had housewives dressing fancy when they weren't going anywhere, the same thing happened on Family Matters. Harriett started out dressing comfortably and then all of a sudden she started to dress up and wear heels while at home.

Harriet had a job to start off, and she did dress comfortably, but when she had no job, she dressed up! LOL. I liked Mary's sassy attitude......only when needed. It came in handy one episode I watched yesterday when some banker woman who Lester was doing business with, but she let her personal feeling get in the way of lester's loan and Mary told her off.

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

Harriet had a job to start off, and she did dress comfortably, but when she had no job, she dressed up! LOL. I liked Mary's sassy attitude......only when needed. It came in handy one episode I watched yesterday when some banker woman who Lester was doing business with, but she let her personal feeling get in the way of lester's loan and Mary told her off.

I loved her dressing up. I loved the wardrobe. It was much better than those housedress that she wore in the beginning of season one. I said "thank God". I saw nothing wrong with her wearing them.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

I loved her dressing up. I loved the wardrobe. It was much better than those housedress that she wore in the beginning of season one. I said "thank God". I saw nothing wrong with her wearing them.

They should have given Mary a job. She was too educated to be dressed up gossipping around the apartment all day. This was the 80s, and women went to work.

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

They should have given Mary a job. She was too educated to be dressed up gossipping around the apartment all day. This was the 80s, and women went to work.

But not everyone had to work. Besides, I think it would have taken away from the premise of the "Ladies from the stoop" formula. Her being home made for more creativity for storyline. She had other activities going for her that kept her busy.

She also did work as well:

Travel Agency (She quit after her boss was a sexual harrasser)
Construction site (Lester fired her)
Teacher's aide as Brenda's school. (Temp work)

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

But not everyone had to work. Besides, I think it would have taken away from the premise of the "Ladies from the stoop" formula. Her being home made for more creativity for storyline. She had other activities going for her that kept her busy.

She also did work as well:

Travel Agency (She quit after her boss was a sexual harrasser)
Construction site (Lester fired her)
Teacher's aide as Brenda's school. (Temp work)

See, she wasn't dedicated to any job. She may not have had to work, I know Lester hd his own contruction company, but looked where they lived, in a cramped apartment building. Unless they were saving on rent.

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

See, she wasn't dedicated to any job. She may not have had to work, I know Lester hd his own contruction company, but looked where they lived, in a cramped apartment building. Unless they were saving on rent.

I knew you were gonna say that. LOL. That apt didn't looked cramped. Everyone had their own room. They were happy. Lester obviously didn't want Mary to work unless she wanted to. The show centered on her daily life within the neighborhood so the working full concept would have taken away from "Stoop" element of the show. You wanna talk about cramped? My cousin, husband and two kids lived in a one bedroom apt here in Queens for eight years until they moved into a four bedroom house in Florida. Now, that's cramped. LOL.

[TVFactFan]

Pearl was more fun to watch than Mary-lol I guess she was to seperate herself from the Florence character as much as possible

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

See, she wasn't dedicated to any job. She may not have had to work, I know Lester hd his own contruction company, but looked where they lived, in a cramped apartment building. Unless they were saving on rent.

To be fair there was an episode where Mary and Lester were trying to buy a house.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

To be fair there was an episode where Mary and Lester were trying to buy a house.

Yeah, I saw that ep. I was so hoping they get that. They certainly needed the room, but it wouldn't be 227 if they got the place.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

To be fair there was an episode where Mary and Lester were trying to buy a house.

I guess section 8 didn't exist back then

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I guess section 8 didn't exist back then

It existed but they had no reason to be on section 8 They decided not to get it for ethical reasons.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

It existed but they had no reason to be on section 8 They decided not to get it for ethical reasons.

explain

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

explain

Lester was going to build a shopping center for a company, they were going to use that money to put down on the house that they were looking at. It turned out that the company had something to do with the apartheid in South Africa, so Lester decided not to do the job.