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GtrsRGr8 · 05-12-2016, 10:21 PM

MobileReaders much under age 50 wouldn't remember this show, unless they perhaps saw it in syndication or something. It was a very entertaining show.

Title: Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Arts & Entertainment/Television).
Author(s): Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
Price: $5.98 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $23.95 (1 credit).
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/126 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.0/39 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 337/11 hours and 22 minutes.
Narrator(s): Amy Landon.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_...ywords&x=0&y=0.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Lou-Rhod.../dp/B008QYJBEI.
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Book Description (Amazon):
When writer-producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, the CBS executives they pitched replied: “American audiences won’t tolerate divorce in a series’ lead any more than they will tolerate Jews, people with mustaches, and people who live in New York.”

Forty years later, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the most beloved and recognizable television shows of all time. It was an inspiration to a generation of women who wanted to have it all in an era when everything seemed possible.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted tells the stories behind the making of this popular classic, introducing the groundbreaking female writers who lent real-life stories to their TV scripts; the men who created the indelible characters; the lone woman network executive who cast the legendary ensemble—and advocated for this provocative show—and the colorful cast of actors who made it all work. James L. Brooks, Grant Tinker, Allan Burns, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel—they all came together to make a show that changed women’s lives and television itself. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted is the tale of how they did it.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Whispersync Deal on Book about What Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show Great. $5.98. MobileReaders much under age 50 wouldn't remember this show, unless they perhaps saw it in syndication or something. It was a very entertaining show. Title: *Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. Genre:* Non-Fiction (Arts & Entertainment/Television). Author(s): Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. Price: *$5.98* ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $3.99 Whispersync audio). Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $23.95 (1 credit). Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.2 stars/126 reviews (Amazon). Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 4.0/39 ratings. Pages/Audio Length: 337/11 hours and 22 minutes. Narrator(s): Amy Landon. Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_...ywords&x=0&y=0. Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Lou-Rhod.../dp/B008QYJBEI. Comments: Book Description (Amazon): When writer-producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, the CBS executives they pitched replied: “American audiences won’t tolerate divorce in a series’ lead any more than they will tolerate Jews, people with mustaches, and people who live in New York.” Forty years later, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the most beloved and recognizable television shows of all time. It was an inspiration to a generation of women who wanted to have it all in an era when everything seemed possible. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted tells the stories behind the making of this popular classic, introducing the groundbreaking female writers who lent real-life stories to their TV scripts; the men who created the indelible characters; the lone woman network executive who cast the legendary ensemble—and advocated for this provocative show—and the colorful cast of actors who made it all work. James L. Brooks, Grant Tinker, Allan Burns, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel—they all came together to make a show that changed women’s lives and television itself. Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted is the tale of how they did it.