tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post8052333655687714238..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Favorite MARY TYLER MOORE Season?Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-19088299324699119582011-02-13T19:31:50.619-05:002011-02-13T19:31:50.619-05:00My favorite season is the sixth. I love Sue Ann&qu...My favorite season is the sixth. I love Sue Ann"s jokes and Mary's new neighbors. I don't know, I just love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-65814410917365780362010-01-11T09:29:19.164-05:002010-01-11T09:29:19.164-05:00Nice article. I have to disagree with you about th...Nice article. I have to disagree with you about the first two seasons though -- they are my favorite. The first season is probably best in my eyes because I (unlike, it seems, many others) loved the at-home scenes with Rhoda and Phyllis. In fact, Rhoda was my favorite character. What I didn't like about the later seasons is that Mary (and the show) became one-dimensional, focused entirely around the newsroom. I mean, Mary apparently didn't even have any friends outside the newsroom. The only people who attended her parties were from the office. To me, this made the show less sympathetic and real. (Who hangs out for fun with people from the office that they don't even like -- like SueAnn and Ted??) Also, I felt Mary became overly harsh/cynical in the later seasons. I know they were trying to make her more independent but to me it was at the expense of some of her likeability.<br />I've watched this show entirely on DVD, rather than original run or reruns, and the first season is the one I turn to when I want to feel all warm and fuzzy inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-85753119146246657732009-11-23T18:07:01.244-05:002009-11-23T18:07:01.244-05:00I haven't looked it up, but I'll bet a box...I haven't looked it up, but I'll bet a box of donuts the third season was the show's first season in the Saturday Night CBS Power lineup of the mid-70's. When you know your lead-in audience comes from "All In The Family" that's got to influence the writing and style of the show.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-26390981102596732432009-11-22T00:12:55.832-05:002009-11-22T00:12:55.832-05:00There were a few great episodes in Seasons 1-2 -- ...There were a few great episodes in Seasons 1-2 -- "Election Night Coverge" from the first season, which introduced Chuckles, was hilarious, and the strike episodes and the one with Jack Cassady as Ted's brother from Season 2 could also fit into the later season rotations without missing a beat. <br /><br />The problem was there seemed to be an over-emphasis on the 'Mary at home' shows, which could be good, but suffered from the fact that Phyllis and Rhoda just weren't as interesting as sources of comedy as Lou, Murray, Ted and (later) Sue Ann were. By Season 3, you start to see a higher percentage of shows built around the newsroom, with Mary's home life taking an increasingly secondary position (and of course, by Season 6, with Rhoda and Phyllis both in their own shows, Mary's home life became basically an extension of what was going on in the scenes in the newsroom).J Leenoreply@blogger.com