In the upside world of WJM, there's a shake up in the newsroom and everybody but Ted gets fired including Mary who is left to turn out the lights.In the upside world of WJM, there's a shake up in the newsroom and everybody but Ted gets fired including Mary who is left to turn out the lights.In the upside world of WJM, there's a shake up in the newsroom and everybody but Ted gets fired including Mary who is left to turn out the lights.
Hazel Frederick
- Scowling Lady in Opening Credits
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview years later Mary Tyler Moore said that the scene where they embraced and then huddled to the tissues was not in the script, because of the emotion of the final episode the embrace was real and so were the tears. Moore also said when she did the famous 'light off before leaving' scene, they could only do it once as studio lights took forever to come back on.
- Alternate versionsWhen this episode originally aired on March 19, 1977, the closing credits featured a special "curtain call" ending by the regular cast members. Subsequent repeat airings showed a regular set of closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977)
- SoundtracksIt's a Long Way to Tipperary
(uncredited)
Written by Jack Judge & Harry Williams
Performed by Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel & Betty White
Featured review
'Being fired is like being violated...'
'Leave it to Murray to find a bright spot' -Sue Ann Nivens
Oh, how I cried.
We raced home to watch it (the original broadcast).
I've been a Mary fan since it began (I can EASILY beat Rosie - or ANYONE for that crown!).
With the end of Mary, a lot of us lost our 'best friends.'
I can't tell you how much - about life - I learned from this show.
It was never written down to the audience. It was a show that - gave women a strong voice, and, really was a show that many (Oprah ?!?!) used as a roll-model, for it's depiction of life.
Nothing extreme. Nothing exaggerated.
The acting was pitch-perfect. A huge part of the thanks goes to those behind the cameras: writers, camera, stage crew, and many, many more.
I don't think there's been a show since that ever came close to capturing what this show did.
This - the last episode of a seven year run - was a real tear-jerker, especially, on it's initial run (I'll explain later).
It was beautifully written. Not maudlin, but, very funny, and, yes - it also made what was happening - the leaving of OUR WJM crew - very heartfelt.
THe tears you see on the screen are real. They really did feel that way.
And we did too.
That initial last showing - the only time they broadcast it - the epilogue, where the entire cast came out for a final curtain call, was especially endearing.
In my mind, Mary, she's OK.
And, thanks for those seven years.
Oh, how I cried.
We raced home to watch it (the original broadcast).
I've been a Mary fan since it began (I can EASILY beat Rosie - or ANYONE for that crown!).
With the end of Mary, a lot of us lost our 'best friends.'
I can't tell you how much - about life - I learned from this show.
It was never written down to the audience. It was a show that - gave women a strong voice, and, really was a show that many (Oprah ?!?!) used as a roll-model, for it's depiction of life.
Nothing extreme. Nothing exaggerated.
The acting was pitch-perfect. A huge part of the thanks goes to those behind the cameras: writers, camera, stage crew, and many, many more.
I don't think there's been a show since that ever came close to capturing what this show did.
This - the last episode of a seven year run - was a real tear-jerker, especially, on it's initial run (I'll explain later).
It was beautifully written. Not maudlin, but, very funny, and, yes - it also made what was happening - the leaving of OUR WJM crew - very heartfelt.
THe tears you see on the screen are real. They really did feel that way.
And we did too.
That initial last showing - the only time they broadcast it - the epilogue, where the entire cast came out for a final curtain call, was especially endearing.
In my mind, Mary, she's OK.
And, thanks for those seven years.
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