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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 411802" data-attributes="member: 57984">Penny Marshall and Mary Kay Place were obviously positioned to become Mary&#039;s new irritating neighbors in her new high-rise apartment complex, but Penny was snatched up for LAVERNE &amp; SHIRLEY and Place was snatched up for MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN (which both premiered in January 1976, mid-way thru the &#039;75/76 season). So they quickly disappeared.I never had a problem with Mary Richards&#039; new digs in Season 6 and 7, nor her slightly more brittle demeanor -- it was a manifestation of Mary&#039;s &quot;growing up&quot;, just as with her shorter hair in Season 3. Her new apartment seemed like a jumping-off spot for her impending life once the series ended.&quot;Chuckles Bites the Dust&quot;s reputation was built off the fact that in 1975, using death as a basis for laughs in a TV sitcom was considered absolutely stunning -- such that the series&#039; usual director, Jay Sandrich, refused to do it (so Joan Darling, once the frontrunner for Rhoda Morgenstern before CBS&#039; Ethel Wynan located Valerie Harper, did the deed). The installment was ruined in syndication when the careful pacing was destroyed by additional edits... Today, even fully restored, the episode&#039;s shock value is long lost.I tend to agree that five years is the ideal length for most series (certainly for most &#039;70s cop shows) as the mojo is usually stolen by then. But I&#039;m glad MTM ran seven. I thought the show was every bit as good in its last two seasons, even if there was a slight and inevitable tonal change. (And I was always glad that their &quot;meanness&quot; towards Ted was never really softened -- as he still kind of deserved it, frankly).Despite the Donna Reed debacle, DALLAS would have been right to run through seven years (technically Season 8, per industry counting standards long before the DVDs started coming out in 2004) and then end when Bobby died. Although I would have hated to have missed Season 10 and its ghostly farewell (although it ran four more years and probably shouldn&#039;t have).<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iNP7n5wGiBU/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 411802, member: 57984"] Penny Marshall and Mary Kay Place were obviously positioned to become Mary's new irritating neighbors in her new high-rise apartment complex, but Penny was snatched up for LAVERNE & SHIRLEY and Place was snatched up for MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN (which both premiered in January 1976, mid-way thru the '75/76 season). So they quickly disappeared. I never had a problem with Mary Richards' new digs in Season 6 and 7, nor her slightly more brittle demeanor -- it was a manifestation of Mary's "growing up", just as with her shorter hair in Season 3. Her new apartment seemed like a jumping-off spot for her impending life once the series ended. "Chuckles Bites the Dust"s reputation was built off the fact that in 1975, using death as a basis for laughs in a TV sitcom was considered absolutely stunning -- such that the series' usual director, Jay Sandrich, refused to do it (so Joan Darling, once the frontrunner for Rhoda Morgenstern before CBS' Ethel Wynan located Valerie Harper, did the deed). The installment was ruined in syndication when the careful pacing was destroyed by additional edits... Today, even fully restored, the episode's shock value is long lost. I tend to agree that five years is the ideal length for most series (certainly for most '70s cop shows) as the mojo is usually stolen by then. But I'm glad MTM ran seven. I thought the show was every bit as good in its last two seasons, even if there was a slight and inevitable tonal change. (And I was always glad that their "meanness" towards Ted was never really softened -- as he still kind of deserved it, frankly). Despite the Donna Reed debacle, DALLAS would have been right to run through seven years (technically Season 8, per industry counting standards long before the DVDs started coming out in 2004) and then end when Bobby died. Although I would have hated to have missed Season 10 and its ghostly farewell (although it ran four more years and probably shouldn't have). [IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iNP7n5wGiBU/maxresdefault.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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