Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: A History of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (53 page)

“
Mary and Rhoda
is to be savored”
: John Carman, “Mary, Rhoda Should’ve Just Sent E-Mails,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
Feb. 7, 2000.

best TV show of all time
: Alison Gwynn,
Entertainment Weekly’s The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
(New York: Entertainment Weekly Books, 1998).

“
All in the Family
and
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
”
: Todd VanDerWerff, “ ’70s Sitcoms,”
AV Club,
http://www.avclub.com/articles/70s-sitcoms,45254/
.

deliberately structured it
: Jacques Steinberg, “ ‘30 Rock’ Lives, and Tina Fey Laughs,”
New York Times,
Sept. 23, 2007.

“I love Mary Tyler Moore”
: Nancy Randle, “Actress Will Be Real-Life Mother,”
Chicago Tribune,
July 7, 1992.

Note: Asterisks (*) denote fictional/TV characters.

ABC:

and competition,
32
,
174
,
222
,
229

and
Room
222
,
24
,
25

ABC
Afterschool Specials
(TV),
154
,
213

Adelman, Sybil (Sage),
156
–57,
175
–76,
258
,
259

Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The
(TV),
16

Albee, Edward,
18

Algonquin Round Table,
3

Allen, Gracie,
60

All in the Family
(TV),
40
–41,
74
–75,
110
–12,
114
,
135
,
169
,
245

audience of,
115
,
132

and censorship,
170
,
231

comparisons with,
101
,
136
,
162
,
176
,
178
,
179

Emmy awards to,
112
–13

ending of,
236
,
276

impact of,
114
,
127
,
174
,
224
,
289

and ratings,
112
,
113
,
127
,
178

spin-offs of,
175
,
204

Altman, Robert,
49

Amos, John,
118
,
179
–80

Andrews, Julie,
20
,
242

Andy Griffith Show, The
(TV),
24
,
67
,
87
,
107

A New Leaf
(film),
151

Aniston, John,
59

Anthony, Joseph,
18

Antonowsky, Marvin,
223

Armstrong, Anne,
181

Arnaz, Desi,
60
,
116

Arnell, Howard*,
104
–5,
109
,
155
,
251

Arnold, Danny,
231

Arthur, Bea,
174
–76

Arthur, Jean,
1
,
2
,
8

Asner, Ed,
103
,
116
,
118

after the final show,
241
,
279
–81,
283
,
289

auditions of,
63
,
64
–67,
79
,
280

and cast as family,
124
,
193
–94

as chauvinist,
164
,
279

and competition,
133
–35

Emmy awards to,
112
,
134
,
164

and ending the show,
245
–46

and Knight,
268
–69,
281

and Lou Grant,
233
,
252
–53,
254
,
268
,
280

and success,
114
,
115
,
123
–24

and weight,
139
–40

Aubrey, Jim,
40
,
85
,
248

Aurthur, Robert Alan,
228

Azzara, Candice,
208

Badiyi, Reza,
49
–51

Bailey, F. Lee,
29

Bain, Conrad,
174

Baldwin, Alec,
290

Ball, Lucille,
2
,
14
,
15
,
35
,
60

Bankhead, Tallulah,
3

Banta, Gloria,
152
,
153
–54,
213
–14,
220
,
254
,
258
–59,
292

Barris, Chuck,
30
,
31
,
153

Barton, Frank,
92
,
106

Baxter, Ted*,
63
,
117
,
245

casting for,
59
–60,
61

character of,
43
,
61
,
135
–37,
147
,
269

and Georgette,
191
–94

Beatles,
7
,
17
,
38
,
56

Beck, Marilyn,
235

Belson, Jerry,
161

Benchley, Robert,
3

Benjamin, Richard,
23

Bennett, Michael,
256
–57

Bergman, Ingmar,
262

Berman, Shelley,
64

Beverly Hillbillies, The
(TV),
39
,
40
,
60
,
84
,
85

Bewitched
(TV),
40
,
130

Boardman, True Eames,
82

Bob Newhart Show, The
(TV),
167
,
169
,
209
–10,
212
,
214
,
222
,
227
,
239
,
252

Bogart, Humphrey,
164

Bogdanovich, Peter,
217

Boltz, Raymond,
51

Bonanza
(TV),
56

Bonnie and Clyde
(film),
17

Boone, Pat,
232

Brady Bunch, The
(TV),
40

Brando, Marlon,
68
,
124

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
(Broadway),
15
–20,
21
,
22

Brighella (Commedia character),
136

Brooks, Albert,
262

Brooks, James L.:

after the final show,
252
–55,
260
–64,
271

and
Broadcast News,
262
–63

and Burns, see Brooks and Burns

at Cannes,
240
–41

and CBS News,
11
–12,
22
,
43

and
Mary Tyler Moore Show,
see
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The

personal life of,
121
,
137
–38

as producer,
25
,
215

on respecting the script,
74

and Silverman,
6
,
7
–8

and
Terms of Endearment,
260
–62,
274

and women’s issues,
180
–82

Brooks, Mel,
165
,
217

Brooks and Burns,
22
–31,
171

after the final show,
252
–55,
260
–66

awards to,
112

and
Bob Newhart Show,
167
,
209
–10,
214

and cast as family,
126
,
169

and casting,
58
,
59
–61,
64
–69

and censorship,
231

and critics,
100
–102,
103

and Emmy awards,
107

and
Friends and Lovers,
215

and Knight,
59
–60,
61
,
135
–37

and
Mary Tyler Moore Show,
see
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The

moving the culture forward,
40

and MTM, see MTM Enterprises

and
My Mother the Car,
23
–24,
31
,
209

and Nardo,
29
,
30
–31,
213
,
215

and
Phyllis,
216
–20

and preliminary taping,
78
,
79
–81,
82

and premiere-night party,
91
–93

and Rainone,
118
,
119
–20,
121

reputations of,
74
,
107

and
Rhoda,
204
–8,
213
,
214
–15,
221

and
Room
222
,
7
,
24
–26,
37
,
38
,
42
,
93
,
94

scriptwriting,
25
–26,
106
–7

and social issues,
179
–80

and success,
116
,
122

teamwork of,
25
–26,
124
,
169
,
215
,
252
,
254

and Tinker,
26
–28,
37
–38,
41
,
42
–43,
215
,
234
,
253

and women writers,
8
,
94
–96,
122
,
147
,
147
–48,
150
–51,
154
–55,
157
,
158
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
167
,
169

Brosnan, Pierce,
271

Brown, Charlotte,
148
–51,
200
,
212
–13,
214

Brown, Helen Gurley,
Sex and the Single Girl,
4
–5

Brown, Jerry,
232

Bryant, Anita,
232

Bunker, Archie*,
111
,
127
,
135
,
175

Bunker, Edith*,
111
,
175

Burnett, Carol,
6
,
151
,
273

Burns, Allan:

after the final show,
252
–55,
264
–65

and
A Little Romance,
254
,
265

and Brooks, see Brooks and Burns

early television work of,
14
,
23

Emmy award to,
233

and family life,
168

and
He & She,
23
,
59
,
75

and Lou Grant,
252
–53,
254
,
255

and
Mary Tyler Moore Show,
see
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The

as producer,
25
–26

and screenwriting,
24
,
25
,
254
–55,
275
–76

and theme song,
47
–48

Burns, George,
60

Burrows, Abe,
17
–18

Burrows, Jim,
19

Buttram, Pat,
85

Bye Bye Birdie
(film),
129

Cabaret
(Broadway),
17

Cannes Television Festival,
240
–41

Capote, Truman,
17

Capra, Frank,
2
,
124

Captain and Tennille, The
(TV),
229

Carol Burnett Show, The
(TV),
59
,
151
,
169
,
190
,
239

Carroll, Diahann,
19

Carson, Johnny,
223
,
232
,
242
–43

Carter, Jimmy,
232

Carter, John Mack,
86

Carter, Virginia,
181
,
182

Cassidy, Jack,
59

CBS:

and
All in the Family,
110
–12

and competition,
32
,
33
,
34
,
83
–84,
113
,
178
,
222
,
229

as Establishment,
33
,
280

formula for success,
40

General Service Studios,
51
–52,
60
,
95

and
Mary Tyler Moore Show,
8
,
21
,
27
,
32
–36,
38
–39,
41
–42,
53
,
58
–59,
83
,
84
,
92
,
102
–3,
106
–7,
116
,
178

Program Practices Department,
170
,
220

“rural purge” of,
85
,
112

Saturday night lineup of,
169
,
228
,
239

See It Now on,
12

Soundstage
2
,
116
,
248

CBS News,
11
–12

Chamberlain, Richard,
16

Change of Habit
(film),
20

Charlie’s Angels
(TV),
220
,
224
,
286

Children’s Television Workshop,
84

Churchill, Winston,
110

Cinderella
(TV special),
34

Clair, Dick,
177

Colbert, Claudette,
1

Colby, Barbara,
178
,
218