Mary decides to try her hand at creative writing. She writes an article about her grandfather, an old guy who dressed up as Santa, sang carols the year round, and so on. She shows it to Murray and he praises it. But when she takes it into Mr. Grant's office, even though he asks her not to, he is less than excited. As a matter of fact, he says it stinks. She is really hurt. She decides to send it off to a publisher, but gets nothing but rejections. When Lou asks her about her article, she lies to him, saying it was being published in "Reader's Digest." Georgette is stunned by this, amazed that Mary could tell a lie. Things escalate and they are hilarious.
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Mary not so perfect
robert375021 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Mary writes a story for Reader's Digest, and is not at all happy when she asks Lou to review it and he says it's no good. Mary submits it anyway and lies to Lou about the rejection. The scene where Lou asks if she would prefer that he had lied to her and heaped meaningless praise on her is played for laughs, but it does show that Mary is not the model of "give it to me straight" integrity she pretends to be. It's a a variation of the classic "no win" question wives ask their husbands: "does this dress make me look fat?" Fortunately for Lou, he has the integrity and the courage to be perfectly honest.
Mary and Ted write again but it is funny again
Rrrobert1 March 2020
Solid assured little story and many laughs.
Mary does a creative writing piece on her grandfather. Murray praises it but Lou refuses to read it. Lou reasons that if he didn't like it he would feel obligated to honestly say so, which would create an awkward situation. Things escalate, Mary lies and says Reader's Digest bought the story, then things continue to escalate. All well done.
In the subplot Ted starts an autobiography.
Mary has done classes in journalism (Room 223) and creative writing before. The creative writing episode (Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer) also featured Ted jumping on the writing bandwagon. There was another episode again (Murray Faces Life) where Ted dictates his biography to Mary. Despite all that, this one still works.
Mary does a creative writing piece on her grandfather. Murray praises it but Lou refuses to read it. Lou reasons that if he didn't like it he would feel obligated to honestly say so, which would create an awkward situation. Things escalate, Mary lies and says Reader's Digest bought the story, then things continue to escalate. All well done.
In the subplot Ted starts an autobiography.
Mary has done classes in journalism (Room 223) and creative writing before. The creative writing episode (Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer) also featured Ted jumping on the writing bandwagon. There was another episode again (Murray Faces Life) where Ted dictates his biography to Mary. Despite all that, this one still works.
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