Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: A History of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (56 page)

Miracle on
34
th Street
(film),
66

Mission: Impossible
(TV),
49
,
64
,
87

Mod Squad
(TV),
87
,
163

Monkees,
234

Monkees, The
(TV),
7
,
30
,
94
,
151
,
160

Monroe, Marilyn,
1
,
76
,
164

Montgomery, Elizabeth,
130

Moore, Bob,
177
,
208

Moore, Mary Tyler:

After All
by,
285

after the final show,
270
–76,
281
,
283
–88

and awards,
130

and
Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
15
–20,
21
,
22
,
274

and Brooks and Burns,
37
–38,
42
–43

and cast as family,
124
,
137
,
193
–94,
204

and casting,
60
,
66
–67,
69
,
71
–72

and censorship,
230
–31

and Chuckles episode,
238
–39

comedic talents of,
14
,
26
,
28
,
43
,
83

contract with CBS,
107
,
275

and critics,
101
,
222

and dancing,
16
,
138
–39,
234
,
270

diabetes of,
20
,
73
,
209
,
274

on Dick Van Dyke,
8
,
13
–15,
139
,
195

and ending the show,
234
,
241
,
246
,
248

leadership on the set,
107
,
125
–26,
248

and live audiences,
79
–81,
82
,
83

and Mary,
272
–73,
275

as Mary Richards, see Richards, Mary*

and
Mary’s Incredible Dream,
234
–36,
272

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

and media,
115
,
132
–33,
176
,
194
,
216
,
275
,
287

and movies,
20
,
273
–74,
275
–76

and MTM Enterprises,
28
,
210
,
222
,
270
–71

perfectionism of,
139
,
248
,
273

personal life of,
20
,
137

and premiere-night party,
91
–92

public image of,
41
–42,
50
,
72

and Rainone,
118
,
119
,
121

revived career of,
8
,
21
–22,
38

as role model,
162
,
283
,
285

and self-doubt,
15
,
18
,
19
,
28
,
102

and social drinking,
274
–75

and Tinker,
16
,
26
,
137
,
139
,
194
–98,
271

and weight issues,
138
–39

and White,
185
–86,
188
,
197
,
234
,
235

and women’s issues,
180
,
183

Moore, Richie,
20

Morgenstern, Brenda*,
207
–8

Morgenstern, Rhoda*,
101
,
117
,
164
,
172
,
246

and beauty contest,
127

building the character of,
43
,
44
,
131
–32,
155
,
158
,
178
–79,
205
–6

casting of,
69
–72

and episode involving a gay character,
176
–78

and
Mary and Rhoda,
286
–88

and preliminary taping,
79
–80,
81

and
Rhoda,
see
Rhoda

and “Support Your Local Mother,”
106
–7

Morrill, Priscilla,
155
,
156

Most Deadly Game, The
(TV),
87

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(film),
2

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(film),
2

Ms.,
114
,
164
,
207
,
210

MTM Enterprises,
28
,
163
,
169
,
196
,
270
–71

expansion of,
122
,
167
,
209
–10,
215
,
252
,
261

fading influence of,
233
,
264
,
275

logo of,
52

and pitch meeting,
33
–36

reputation of,
210
,
213
,
214
,
222
,
248

Mullen, Marge,
81

Murphy, Mary,
155

Murrow, Edward R.,
30

Music, Lorenzo,
168

and live audiences,
78
,
81
,
121
,
123
,
169
,
214

and Newhart sitcom,
122
,
167

and Rainone,
109
,
117
–18,
121
–22

and
Rhoda,
208
,
212

Music Man, The
(film),
129

Mustin, Burt,
218

My Boy Luigi
(radio),
97

My Friend Irma
(radio),
97

My Friend Tony
(TV),
24

My Man Godfrey
(film),
2

My Mother the Car
(TV),
23
–24,
31
,
209

My Three Sons
(TV),
24
,
40
,
87

Nardo, Pat,
50
,
258
–59,
292

and cast members,
137
,
143
,
247

early work of,
29
–30

and scriptwriting,
152
–54,
213

as secretary,
29
,
30
–31,
60
–61,
66
,
102
,
106
,
215
,
254

National Association of Broadcasters,
53
,
230

NBC, and competition,
32
,
33
,
34
,
40
,
84
,
222
,
223

Nelson, Anne,
56

Newhart, Bob,
6
,
122
,
167
,
210
,
270

Newlywed Game, The
(TV),
30

Newsweek,
16
,
254

New Yorker, The,
3

New York Times,
101
,
183
,
230

Nichols, Mike,
23
,
64
,
151

Nicholson, Jack,
261
–62

Nickelodeon,
288

Nielsen ratings,
33
–34,
112
,
113
,
175
,
215
,
232
,
264

Nivens, Sue Ann*,
186
,
187
–89,
192

Nixon, Richard M.,
199

Nolan, Kathleen,
200

O’Connor, Carroll,
111
,
136

Odd Couple, The
(Broadway),
41

Odd Couple, The
(TV),
64
,
161

Olivier, Laurence,
254

Oprah Winfrey Show, The
(TV),
283
–85

Ordinary People
(film),
273
–74

O’Toole, Peter,
66

Paar, Jack,
163

Pakula, Alan J.,
255

Palance, Jack,
55

Paley, William,
110
,
113

Paramount Television,
60
,
261

Parent, Gail,
151
–52,
198
,
211
–12,
220
,
258

Parker, Dorothy,
3

Partridge Family, The
(TV),
163

Password
(TV),
185
,
190

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
(TV),
215
,
222

Perelman, S. J.,
3

Person to Person
(TV),
30

Phyllis
(TV),
200
,
216
–20,
222
,
233
,
276

Pickens, Slim,
119
–20,
140

Playboy,
232

Playgirl,
159

Playhouse
90
(TV),
55
,
56

Pleshette, Suzanne,
209

Poehler, Amy,
291

Polanski, Roman,
40

Prentiss, Paula,
23

Presley, Elvis,
20

Price, Arthur,
33
,
36
,
41
,
64
,
80
,
247
,
261

and theme song,
46
,
47
,
48

Price, Vincent,
55

Psycho
(film),
56

radio, ratings numbers in,
33

Rafelson, Bob,
30

Rafkin, Alan,
107
,
112

Rainer, Iris,
98

Rainone, Eddy,
109
–10,
117
–22

Rainone, Joe,
247
,
274

critiques by,
104
–6,
108
–10,
118
,
120
,
236
,
293

and
Mary’s Incredible Dream,
235
–36

trips to L.A.,
109
–10,
117
–22,
251
–52

Randall, Tony,
161
,
252

Redford, Robert,
74
,
273
–74

Reed, Donna,
1
,
174

Reiner, Carl,
21
,
23
,
157

and Dick Van Dyke,
13
–14,
15
,
18
,
41

Reiner, Rob,
111
,
236

Reynolds, Debbie,
277

Reynolds, Gene,
25
,
37
,
252
–53

Rhimes, Shonda,
291

Rhoda
(TV),
197
,
200
,
203
–9,
210
–16,
220
–22,
233
,
252
,
255
,
276

Rich, John,
18
,
74

Richard Diamond
(TV),
13

Richards, Mary*:

age of,
35
–36,
38
,
43
,
44
,
45
,
58
,
173
,
212
,
233

career of,
36
,
38
,
43
,
45
,
58

character of,
43
,
44
–45,
50
,
57
–58,
72
,
114
–15,
127
,
147
,
171
–72,
173
,
174
,
285
,
292
–93

and divorce issue,
32
–33,
35
–36,
38
,
43

home of,
51
–52

and last taping,
246
–47

look of,
40
,
50
,
78
–79,
116
,
129
,
130
–32

as role model,
210
,
212
,
226
,
285
,
290
,
291
–92

as single woman,
43
,
44
,
45
,
117
,
173
,
212

and women’s lib,
180
–84

workplace of,
52
,
284

Rigg, Diana,
174

Riggs, Rita,
131

Ritter, John,
194

Road West, The
(TV),
75
–76

Romancing the Stone
(film),
256

Rookie of the Year
(film),
154

Room
222
(TV),
7
,
24
–26,
27
,
37
,
38
,
42
,
93
,
94
,
252

Rootvik, Joan,
62

Run a Crooked Mile
(TV),
104

Russell, Rosalind,
1

Saarinen, Eero,
32

Sahl, Mort,
97
–98

St. James, Susan,
163

Salinger, J. D.,
5
–6

Sand, Paul,
222

Sanders, Beverly,
138

Sandrich, Jay,
84
,
122
,
140
,
259