Is there a more iconic image in TV credits?
And we’re off! Thanks for joining me for the first official Retrowatching discussion of a classic TV show. Mary Tyler Moore – season 1 disc 1. Here we go.
In introducing these shows, I’d first like to give a little bit of background on where I’m coming from into these shows. With that in mind:
Why this show?
Every show reviewed on this blog will have the same initial answer as to “why” – Because it’s a classic show I’ve never seen and always wanted to. For Mary Tyler Moore, I’ve known all my life that it’s a special show – one that has had a major influence on the television landscape, whether it be from the three (!) spin-off shows it produced* – Rhoda, Phyllis and Lou Grant -or the fact that one of the most culturally influential shows of the last decade, 30 Rock, is pretty much an updated version of MTM.
*Am I missing any? And also, is this unprecedented? I can’t think of another show to produce even more than one spinoff.
Retrowatching 