Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: A History of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (55 page)

Laverne & Shirley
(TV),
148
,
214

Leachman, Cloris,
97
,
116
,
123
,
140
,
187
,
246
,
278
,
281
,
283

after the final show,
289

audition of,
67
–69

and Englund,
137
,
142

and gay issue,
177
–78

and Harper,
141
,
142
–43

as improviser,
141
–43,
216
–17

and MacLeod,
75
–76,
114
,
125
,
285

perfectionism of,
218
–19

and
Phyllis,
200
,
216
–20,
233

and second season,
124
–25,
126

Lear, Norman,
110
–11,
131

and
All in the Family,
40
–41,
74
–75,
110
,
111
,
170
,
231

and censorship,
231
,
232

comparisons with,
171
,
179
,
222

and
Good Times,
179

and
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,
237

and
Maude,
175
,
176
,
182
,
231

Leno, Jay,
164

Leonard, Sheldon,
195

Leschin, Deborah,
214
,
220
,
221

Letterman, David,
164
,
272
,
273

Levine, Ken,
239

Levine, Robert,
274

Levinson, Barry,
165

Lewis, Jerry,
111

Libertini, Richard,
119

Life with Elizabeth
(TV),
185

Lillie, Bea,
242

Lindsay, John V.,
153

Lindstrom, Phyllis (Marna)*,
67
–69,
79
,
83
,
117
,
216
–20

Lions Are Free, The
(TV),
34

Lipton, Peggy,
163

Lloyd, David,
236
,
240
,
259
,
276
,
281

Logan, Joshua,
17

Lombard, Carole,
1
,
2
,
8

Lorre, Peter,
55

Los Angeles, earthquake in,
152
–53

Los Angeles Times,
54
,
119
,
155
,
175
,
183
,
188
,
240

Lou Grant
(TV),
233
,
252
–53,
254
,
255
,
268
,
280

Love, American Style
(TV),
71
,
98

Love Boat
(TV),
277
–79

Lovecraft, H. P.,
105

“Love Is All Around,”
48

Loves of Cass McGuire, The
(Broadway),
17

Lowry, Judith,
218

Lucille Ball Productions,
60

Ludden, Allen,
185
–86,
190
,
197
,
247

M*A*S*H,
162
,
169
,
231
,
239
,
252
–53

MacGraw, Ali,
132

MacLaine, Shirley,
174
,
255
,
261
,
262

MacLeod, Gavin,
118
,
137
–38,
140
,
241
,
289

audition of,
61
–64

career of,
62
–63,
248

and competition,
133
–34,
135

and final taping,
247
–48

and Knight,
267
–68,
270
,
281

and Leachman,
75
–76,
115
,
125
,
285

and
Love Boat,
277
–79

and other shows,
233
,
283

and second season,
114
,
124

Mademoiselle,
7
,
115

Mannix
(TV),
49
,
87

Manson, Charles,
40

Marshall, Garry,
222

and
Laverne & Shirley,
148
,
214

and
Love, American Style,
71
,
98

and
Silver,
95
–96,
98

and
The Odd Couple,
41
,
64
,
161

Marshall, George,
66

Marshall, Penny,
148
,
164
–66

Martin, Dean,
111
,
122

Mary
(TV),
272
–73,
275

Mary and Rhoda
(TV),
286
–88

Mary’s Incredible Dream
(TV),
234
–36,
272

Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
(TV):

advertisers for,
132

after the final show,
241
,
251
–66

awards to,
107
,
112
–13,
116
,
160
,
164
,
170
,
189
,
266
,
278

breaking new ground,
28
,
53
,
155
,
159
,
176
–79,
189

Brooks and Burns signed up for,
28
–31

cast and writers as family,
108
,
112
,
123
–25,
126
,
168
–70,
192
,
193
–94,
207
,
234
,
246
–47,
252
,
253
,
259
,
262
,
270

casting of,
55
–69,
71
–72

and CBS executives,
21
,
27
,
32
–36,
41
,
76
–77,
86

character-driven humor in,
58
,
108
,
113
,
162
,
179

“Chuckles Bites the Dust,”
236
–41,
281

comedy and drama combined in,
155
,
240

comparisons with,
254
,
263
–64,
286
,
288
,
290
–92

competition among cast members,
133
–37

and critics,
100
–102,
115
,
119
,
127
,
155
,
240
,
248

dire predictions for,
53
–54,
58
,
92
,
102
–3

and divorce issue,
32
–33,
35
–36,
38
,
39
,
41
–42,
43
,
102
,
155
–56,
192

end for,
223
–24,
233
–34,
243
–47,
252

as ensemble show,
28
,
44
,
58
,
103
,
240
,
290

episodes of,
64
,
104
–5,
106
–7,
112
,
117
,
119
,
123
,
154
,
155
–58,
162
,
163
,
166
,
176
–79,
182
–84,
187
,
189
,
192
,
193
–94,
236
–41,
244
–47,
281

expectations for,
21
,
41
–42,
85
–86,
122
,
176

extension of contract for,
108

fifth season of,
233
–34

“The Five-Minute Dress,”
154

fourth season of,
206

“The Georgette Story,”
192

impact of,
8
,
112
,
162
,
173
–74,
224
,
239
,
248
,
253
,
265
,
266
,
283
,
286
,
289
–90

limitations on,
171
–72

and live audiences,
77
–81,
83
,
84
,
104
,
123
,
130

“The Lou and Edie Story,”
155

“Love Blooms at Hemple’s,”
156

and Moore’s comeback,
8
,
21
–22,
38

multiple-camera technique for,
75
,
113

opening sequence for,
49
–51

and Oprah,
283

pilot for,
8
,
46
,
49
,
53
,
66
,
77
,
81
–83,
92
,
104

pitch meetings for,
32
–38,
41
,
42
,
85

popularity of,
159
,
210
,
222

preliminary taping of,
77
–81

premiere-night party,
91
–93

production company for,
28
,
29

promotion of,
102
,
115
,
194

proposal for,
44
,
76

and ratings,
102
,
108
,
116
,
216
,
222

reality sought for,
35
–36,
38
,
87
,
93
,
108
,
127
,
152
,
156
–58,
162
,
163
,
164
,
171
,
176
–78,
258
,
289

rehearsals of,
73
–74,
75
,
76
–77,
103
–4,
120
,
123
,
133
,
193

revival of,
288
–89

“Room
223
,”
156

scripts for,
53
,
57
,
58
,
80
,
93

second season of,
114
–28,
160
,
178

set designs for,
51
–52

seventh season of,
234
,
241
–42

sixth season of,
236
–41

“Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda,”
178
–79

spin-offs of,
200
,
203
–5,
209
,
210
,
216
–17,
233
,
252

success of,
114
–28,
222

“Support Your Local Mother,”
106
–7,
112

television audience of,
126
–27,
132

theme song(s) for,
46
,
47
–49,
116
–17

third season of,
159
–60,
172
–73,
175
–76,
204

thirteen-episode commitment,
8
,
27
,
36
,
53
,
84
,
107
,
108

“Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary,”
117

time slot for,
39
,
77
,
83
–84,
86
–87,
102
,
112
,
116
,
169
,
174
,
233

Tinker’s connection with, see Tinker, Grant

visualizing the characters for,
43
–45

wardrobe for,
50
,
130
–32

and weight issues,
138
–41

and women’s lib,
180
–84,
286

wrap party,
247
–48

writers for,
8
,
87
,
93
,
98
–99,
103
–4,
115
–16,
126
,
127
,
147
–48,
154
–56,
159
,
162
,
163
–64,
199
,
211
–14,
227
,
255
–56,
291

Maude
(TV),
174
–76,
182
,
204
,
223
,
227
,
231
,
276

May, Elaine,
23
,
64
,
70
,
151

Mayer, Martin,
About Television,
127
–28

McClanahan, Rue,
175

McHale’s Navy
(TV),
56

McMahon, Jenna,
177

McMillan and Wife
(TV),
163

McMurtry, Larry,
260

McQueen, Steve,
97

Meeker, Richard,
20
,
38

Meriwether, Liz,
291

Merrick, David,
15
,
16
–20

Merrill, Bob,
17
,
18
,
19

Meyerson, Peter,
94

Michaels, Lorne,
200
,
227

Miller, Marilyn Suzanne,
160
–63,
164
–67,
227
,
258

Mimsie (cat),
52

Minneapolis, as sitcom venue,
43
,
50
,
52
,
288

Minnelli, Liza,
275

Minow, Newton N.,
116