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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 321931" data-attributes="member: 27">I also liked Too Close when it originally aired.&nbsp; Ted Knight&#039;s role (Henry) was a good palate cleanser for &quot;Ted Baxter,&quot; and I especially loved Nancy Dussault&#039;s character (his wife, Muriel).&nbsp; PlutoTV began re-airing the show a while back and I have to admit it does not age well; I enjoyed the nostalgia but it felt very formulaic and did not really break any ground.&nbsp; It was smart of Ted Knight to play a role different from Ted Baxter to remind viewers he could be more, but it is rather apparent in repeat viewing that it would have been a better product if they had not treated it as a &quot;Ted Knight star vehicle&quot; and allowed the other actors to carry more of the show.&nbsp; The other cast members had good chemistry and I could even tolerate Monroe in small doses.&nbsp; The problem is that Monroe&#039;s various misadventures allowed Ted/Henry to indulge in slapstick-y physical humor that tended to exclude the rest of the cast.&nbsp; Muriel ended up more like Joanna Loudon, Mary Frann&#039;s character on Newhart who was the beautiful &quot;straight-woman&quot; reacting to her wacky husband but having no fun of her own.&nbsp; I never got to see the syndicated years, but from what I read I missed very little.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 321931, member: 27"] I also liked [I]Too Close [/I]when it originally aired. Ted Knight's role (Henry) was a good palate cleanser for "Ted Baxter," and I especially loved Nancy Dussault's character (his wife, Muriel). PlutoTV began re-airing the show a while back and I have to admit it does not age well; I enjoyed the nostalgia but it felt very formulaic and did not really break any ground. It was smart of Ted Knight to play a role different from Ted Baxter to remind viewers he could be more, but it is rather apparent in repeat viewing that it would have been a better product if they had not treated it as a "Ted Knight star vehicle" and allowed the other actors to carry more of the show. The other cast members had good chemistry and I could even tolerate Monroe in small doses. The problem is that Monroe's various misadventures allowed Ted/Henry to indulge in slapstick-y physical humor that tended to exclude the rest of the cast. Muriel ended up more like Joanna Loudon, Mary Frann's character on [I]Newhart[/I] who was the beautiful "straight-woman" reacting to her wacky husband but having no fun of her own. I never got to see the syndicated years, but from what I read I missed very little. [/QUOTE]

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