About this episode

The episode revisits Mary Tyler Moore's iconic show through various sitcom tropes and includes a trivia quiz.

Whether she's running the newsroom, organizing a dinner party or locked in a prison cell, Mary Tyler Moore is one of the all-time sitcom greats and this week we're revisiting the discussions we've had of her iconic show across four different tropes: From Snowed In For Christmas: S5 E9 "Not a Christmas Story" From Dinner Parties: S4 E10 "The Dinner Party" From Going to Jail: S5 E1 "Will Mary Richards Go To Jail? From Babysitting: S2 E18 "Baby Sit-Com" Plus we'll stumble through a trivia quiz and see what kind of Mary-cred we've really got!

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy, Jay

Topics covered

• Mary Tyler Moore
• sitcom tropes
• trivia quiz
• iconic shows
• dinner parties
• going to jail
• babysitting

Keywords

• Mary Tyler Moore
• sitcom
• trivia
• dinner party
• jail
• babysitting
• iconic shows

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Mary Tyler Moore Mixtape, Not a Christmas Story, The Dinner Party, Will Mary Richards Go To Jail?, Baby Sit-Com

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