{"id":25080,"date":"2014-08-14T06:50:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=25080"},"modified":"2016-10-23T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:46:35","slug":"three-things-i-never-knew-till-now-this-is-a-shocker-first-i-never-knew-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=25080","title":{"rendered":"Three Things I Never Knew About MTM Till NOW! This Is A Shocker!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Three-Things-I-Never-Knew-Till-NOW-This-Is-A-Shocker-First-I-never-knew-Mar.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThree Things I Never Knew Till NOW! This Is A Shocker!<\/p>\n<p>First, I never knew Mary Tyler Moore had a flop. Second, that flop included David Letterman! Third, David Letterman can sing and dance! WHO KNEW?<\/p>\n<p>This is the only video clip of a show called &#8216;Mary&#8217; that ran on CBS for three weeks. It aired on Sunday night at 8 from September 24 till October 8, 1978. It was a dud.<\/p>\n<p>After starring in two huge success, &#8216;The Dick Van Dyke Show&#8217; and &#8216;The Mary Tyler Moore Show&#8217;, Mary tried unsuccessfully to launch this comedy\/variety show which relied mostly on a group of repertory players, and what a group it was!<\/p>\n<p>David Letterman, Michael Keaton, Dick Shawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Judy Kahan and James Hampton. The show was produced by her husband, Grant Tinker.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, &#8216;Mary&#8217; took another swing and a miss, but this time Moore&#8217;s show was a sitcom and a return to the newsroom. In this incarnation, her employer was a sleazy tabloid newspaper. Her boss was played by James Farentino and John Austin was cast as a pompous theater critic. This version of &#8216;Mary&#8217; debted December 11,1985 and ended three months later on April 8, 1986. Enjoy and share!<br \/>\n&#8211; Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l-T11erq_kI\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l-T11erq_kI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mary Tyler Moore SINGS with David Letterman, Michael Keaton and Swoosie Kurtz\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-T11erq_kI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From Mary&#8217;s 1978 variety show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/715885551782330\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Things I Never Knew Till NOW! This Is A Shocker! First, I never knew Mary Tyler Moore had a flop. Second, that flop included David Letterman! Third, David Letterman can sing and dance! WHO KNEW? This is the only video clip of a show called &#8216;Mary&#8217; that ran on CBS for three weeks. 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