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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Feb 7, 2017 23:06:41 GMT
Just started watching on the old Netflix.
Magnificent show!
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 9, 2017 22:11:47 GMT
Interesting that Mary Tyler Moore was lower-billed at the start...she got fourth billing after Morey Amsterdam!
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Feb 10, 2017 11:14:05 GMT
Yeah, I'd read that - think the original intention was that Rose Marie would be the main female star of the show.
Perhaps the original intention was for the office setting to feature more prominently until they realised just how good (as well as stunning!) MTM was.
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Post by sweetpea on Feb 15, 2017 17:50:02 GMT
She was only 24 at the time. And not as well known as the others.
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Post by Jayman on Feb 21, 2017 22:40:45 GMT
IT's one of my all time favorite sitcoms. I love it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 0:30:22 GMT
Just a great show all around.
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Post by jervistetch on Feb 22, 2017 2:57:56 GMT
The brutal barrage of insults that Buddy would unleash on Mel Cooley whenever he came into the office was hilarious. In today's world Buddy would have been fired if not brought up on harassment charges.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 21:31:10 GMT
MTM brought class to the classic housewife. I remember watching her in those stylish sweaters and capri pants and ballet flats. A little risqué at the time as most housewives were in heels and dresses and wore their pearls to vacuum. I think of Leave It To Beaver as an example. Even I Love Lucy had a similar element.
MTM exuded such a charisma and a lovely sex appeal. I have a feeling they weren't so sure in the casting (didn't she lie about her age to get the role anyway? Along with the episode of how she lied about her age when she married Rob?) My guess is she surprised the creators when she became so popular!
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Post by PreachCaleb on Feb 22, 2017 23:00:51 GMT
One of my favorite sitcoms. It still makes me laugh out loud. I particularly enjoy any episode where Alan Brady makes an appearance.
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Post by kimgoo on Feb 24, 2017 0:42:32 GMT
Grew up watching it as a teen on Nick at Nite and have recently been watching it on Netflix every night before bed. Love this show so much!
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 24, 2017 3:31:11 GMT
Yeah, I'd read that - think the original intention was that Rose Marie would be the main female star of the show. Perhaps the original intention was for the office setting to feature more prominently until they realised just how good (as well as stunning!) MTM was. The show was intended to be a workplace sitcom, with cutins to Rob's home life. But MTM proved so popular as well as surprisingly talented (DVD has called her the second greatest comic crier in history, after Stan Laurel) that the percentages were changed, to perhaps 60/40 home/office. In some episodes we don't see the office at all. Allegedly Rose Marie was none too pleased by this development, and clashed with MTM more than once, at least in the early days.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Feb 24, 2017 10:56:16 GMT
One of my favorite sitcoms. It still makes me laugh out loud. I particularly enjoy any episode where Alan Brady makes an appearance. It's funny you said - I'm just into season 3 now and just saw the first back to the camera appearance with him ranting away near the end of season 2. It was hilarious - and reminded me so much of Steinbrenner in Seinfeld. In fact there seems to be quite a bit of similarities with Seinfeld:- Self titled show after the main star. Both show their day to day lives whilst working in comedy. Sally very much a forerunner of Elaine. Short, funny man sidekick. There's almost a forerunner of Kramer, with the tea caddy guy getting applause after he leaves the office door following his cameo joke piece. Gritted teeth smile used by Rob and Jerry when caught out! They do this thing - Buddy and Sally - were they prenounce something / someone with a hand flourish. Used a lot on Seinfeld too...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 20:20:27 GMT
DVD is such a wonderful comedic actor. I can't get over how naturally funny he is, how physically flexible and springy he is. He's like a human Gumby. He has such incredible impeccable comedic timing. These skits are brilliant.
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Post by bess1971s on Mar 7, 2017 15:01:47 GMT
One of the best shows ever made.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Mar 11, 2017 16:51:46 GMT
As I approach the end of season 3 I realise time is now running out for me and my Dick Van Dyke Show experience.
My question now is - Has anyone also watched The New Dick Van Dyke Show? And if so, is it worth watching?
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Post by novastar6 on Mar 11, 2017 18:48:57 GMT
Ain't Halloween till you see the Ghost of A. Chantz. I saw that when I was 10 years old night before Halloween, funniest thing I ever saw, I could hardly breathe relaying the 'man eating bed' to my mom and sister.
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Post by kimgoo on Mar 11, 2017 20:56:00 GMT
As I approach the end of season 3 I realise time is now running out for me and my Dick Van Dyke Show experience. My question now is - Has anyone also watched The New Dick Van Dyke Show? And if so, is it worth watching? I saw some of it years ago on cable. Can't remember specifics, but I didn't like it very much compared to the original Dick Van Dyke Show. The only thing I really remember liking was the opening sequence. One of them. I think there were two.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 14, 2017 18:23:56 GMT
I know I'll probably catch hell for this, but I am not, and never have been, a fan of Mary Tyler Moore, not as Laura Petrie, Mary Richards, or anything else. IMHO, she was vastly overrated as an actress, and her whiney voice and mannerisms irritated me unendurably.
I love the scenes on TDVDS that take place in the office; Rob, Sally, Buddy, Mel, and even Alan Brady were very funny, and their interactions were hilarious. By contrast, the home scenes (with that equally whiney kid) often set my teeth on edge.
BTW, the show ended its run around the time when the networks decreed that all future shows be made in color. Could it be that CBS refused to mete out the $$$ necessary to purchase color equipment? That's what happened with ABC and THE PATTY DUKE SHOW.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 14, 2017 22:03:28 GMT
Another one of my favorite classic TV shows. I grew up watching it in reruns on WPIX in New York back in the 70's. Incredibly talented cast and just plain funny writing. A true classic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 23:12:28 GMT
What I appreciate is that there are, I think, five seasons and something like 20 episodes per season! Ahh, those were the days. By comparison (and I know, I know, it's an unfair comparison) but when I began watching Sherlock Holmes (the one with Cumberbatch in it), there was no way I could sustain an interest in a show that would sometimes not only skip a year, but also that would only air 3-4 episodes per season?!
I think back to the TV series I would watch as a kid, and they invest so much more in those creations.
I think I've really liked everything that DVD was in because I appreciate his physicality and his great sense of comedic timing.
With regards to MTM, I'll admit her voice is a little high-pitched. But I was probably taken in by her sex-appeal, in those snug capris pants and sweaters, her incredibly coifed hair, and she was always so on-point. She was sexy as hell. To be honest, I'm not particularly familiar with anything else she's done beyond DVD and the MTM show, so I'm probably not a fair judge. But in those two series, I liked the characters she portrayed a lot.
She's also what I'd consider, probably, one of my favourite "Hollywood Wives".
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