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If They Remade the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" Today

What casting changes would you see?

Lou Grant would be the same.

Murray would be gay

Rhoda would be Mary's sassy black friend

Georgette would be East Asian

Phyllis would be raising Bess in a lesbian Thruple

Ted would be transgendered

What would you do?

by Anonymousreply 85July 3, 2022 2:58 PM

Hopefully, Gordy Howard would bring the spunk.

by Anonymousreply 1August 6, 2015 9:41 PM

Well if they made the casting today it would obviously be a very different cast since those folks are just too old now.

by Anonymousreply 2August 6, 2015 9:42 PM

[quote]Murray would be gay

Wasn't he pretty much already gay anyway?

by Anonymousreply 3August 6, 2015 9:44 PM

Sue Ann Nivens would launch a new career with a leaked sex tape.

by Anonymousreply 4August 6, 2015 9:45 PM

Rhoda would suffer from bulimia.

by Anonymousreply 5August 6, 2015 9:59 PM

They would be producing a reality tv show, not a news show.

Ted would be a blond woman with fake teeth and tits.

Mary would actually have men sleeping over.

by Anonymousreply 6August 6, 2015 10:00 PM

[quote]Mary would actually have men sleeping over.

Where would the sleep in that tiny studio of hers?

by Anonymousreply 7August 6, 2015 10:13 PM

It's funny that OP would have a "sassy black woman" play Rhoda.

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by Anonymousreply 8August 6, 2015 10:22 PM

Baked Pears Alicia would have to be gluten free or Congresswoman Geddes wouldn't eat it.

by Anonymousreply 9August 6, 2015 10:23 PM

They couldn't call it [italic]The Mary Tyler Moore Show[/italic] without her.

by Anonymousreply 10August 6, 2015 10:24 PM

Sue Ann, in a moment of foreshadowing, would rename Veal Prince Orloff, Veal St. Olaf.

by Anonymousreply 11August 6, 2015 11:25 PM

Surprised it hasn't been rebooted yet.

by Anonymousreply 12November 17, 2020 10:21 PM

Oh, yes. It's very 2020 to have a sassy black friend. You have your finger on the pulse there, OP.

by Anonymousreply 13November 17, 2020 10:23 PM

Rhoda would be a sassy trans woman of color.

by Anonymousreply 14November 17, 2020 10:25 PM

Hi 2015 bump troll r11!

by Anonymousreply 15November 17, 2020 10:26 PM

Mary would suffer from undiagnosed depression caused by having to deal with a patriarchal work culture.

by Anonymousreply 16November 17, 2020 10:37 PM

Chuckles The Clown would have been killed by being hired to repeatedly drive the Republican clown car into a wall.

by Anonymousreply 17November 17, 2020 10:38 PM

Ted would be a Trumper

by Anonymousreply 18November 17, 2020 10:39 PM

Sadly, Georgette would also be a trumper. Their kid would disown them for this.

Murray would have divorced and married a man.

by Anonymousreply 19November 17, 2020 10:42 PM

Mary would finally marry the man of her dreams, and start a family. She would even give birth to two sons. Her life was anything but ordinary.

Sadly though, one of the sons would die in a freak boating accident. As much as she tried, because of the the same affliction which first surfaced upon Chuckles The Clown's death, Mary would not be able to shed a tear over her dead son, and become even more distant with her remaining son.

In fact, she will not make it after all.

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by Anonymousreply 20November 17, 2020 10:45 PM

[quote] Rhoda would be a sassy trans woman of color.

You mean she used to be white?

by Anonymousreply 21November 17, 2020 10:48 PM

The title would be shortened to MARY!

by Anonymousreply 22November 17, 2020 10:51 PM

Mary would be getting all the big black cock!

by Anonymousreply 23November 17, 2020 10:54 PM

Mary (formerly Mark) would be transgendered.

by Anonymousreply 24November 17, 2020 11:00 PM

So would Lou (formerly Louise).

by Anonymousreply 25November 17, 2020 11:01 PM

Eldergays can't think of much beyond sex change jokes, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 26November 17, 2020 11:20 PM

Lou’s bear 🐻 buddies would show up some times and eat his ass while he bent over his desk!

by Anonymousreply 27November 17, 2020 11:35 PM

OP, your wanting to cast the stupidest person on the show as trans is LITERAL VIOLENCE!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 28November 17, 2020 11:39 PM

[quote] Eldergays can't think of much beyond sex change jokes, I guess.

That's why they're stuck on DL instead of writing shows people will actually watch.

by Anonymousreply 29November 17, 2020 11:42 PM

Mary would be the Executive Producer and star of a daytime chat show on her very own network. Sue Anne would have her cooking/magazine show on Mary's network. Pompous ass Ted would have his Dr. Ted show, despite not having a real doctorate. Rhoda is a fashion and lifestyle writer, contributing editor and frequent guest on Mary's show.

by Anonymousreply 30November 17, 2020 11:54 PM

Mary would have to deal with her alcohol addiction and her eating disorder(s) openly on the show - and she'd probably attend multiple twelve-step programs.

In that respect, the show might look more like Mom.

Mary Richards might smoke openly and feel free to curse.

But the biggest difference would be Mary would have to struggle much more financially - she wouldn't have all those designer clothes and she might not own a car. She'd need to have one or more roommates.

She might have to take a part-time job to supplement her income from the TV station. And she'd likely have much less job security today - she'd be changing jobs every few years or working freelance through periods of unemployment.

Mary would likely be divorced or be a veteran of several long-term romantic relationships by age 30. Mary also might be struggling to find care for her elderly parents.

by Anonymousreply 31November 18, 2020 12:05 AM

She might be more likely to smoke weed.

by Anonymousreply 32November 18, 2020 12:06 AM

I would love it if they let Mary masturbate freely & liberally! And it become part of the comic relief.

by Anonymousreply 33November 18, 2020 12:13 AM

[quote] Ted would be transgendered

Nah. That would be Gordy.

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by Anonymousreply 34November 18, 2020 12:31 AM

Veal Prince Orloff would be Tofu Prince Orloff.

by Anonymousreply 35November 18, 2020 12:39 AM

WJM would be a struggling streaming start-up.

by Anonymousreply 36November 18, 2020 1:09 AM

Weatherman Gordy Howard would be killed by building security in a minor incident that escalated. Antifa would set fire to the WMT-TV building. Ted would go on TV and do a special about the widespread systemic racism at the station. Lou Grant would be fired, and then doxed on Twitter.

It would come out in a later episode that Gordy tried to grab the security guard's gun while drunk. He also had a history of domestic violence, and had lethal doses of fentanyl and crack cocaine in his bloodstream at the time of the incident.

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by Anonymousreply 37November 18, 2020 1:17 AM

Rhoda would be Palestinean.

by Anonymousreply 38November 18, 2020 1:22 AM

One thing it would not be is funny.

by Anonymousreply 39November 18, 2020 1:23 AM

DAMN IT !! I DID NOT TURN MURRAY GAY .

by Anonymousreply 40November 18, 2020 1:35 AM

Buck wouldn't want her to reboot

by Anonymousreply 41November 18, 2020 1:44 AM

[quote]DAMN IT !! I DID NOT TURN MURRAY GAY .

Ok, alright...I did take a dump in Valerie's purse one time, or...a few times.

by Anonymousreply 42November 19, 2020 10:56 PM

The Dinner Party

Congressional Representative Margaret Geddes, a vegan would be horrified at Mary for serving veal.

But Geddes would become slightly drunk and decide to forgive Mary, since Mary obviously didn't plan or cook the meal.

Geddes a lesbian would decide to stay over and scissor with Mary on her pull-out bed.

Later that year Geddes and Mary would be seen at Michfest together shortly before they ended their May-December romance.

(Geddes would be played by actor Holland Taylor with Sarah Paulson playing the part of Mary Richards.)

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by Anonymousreply 43November 19, 2020 11:06 PM

And MTM would still be the best television ever!

by Anonymousreply 44November 19, 2020 11:34 PM

>>What would you do?

I'd watch something else!

by Anonymousreply 45November 20, 2020 1:18 AM

It is noticeable if you watch the old show how eating habits of thin women have changed. Mary frequently has a cheeseburger or bacon and eggs etc.

by Anonymousreply 46November 20, 2020 1:50 AM

Mary would not have thrown her hat. She would have dodged a looter.

by Anonymousreply 47November 20, 2020 2:04 AM

[quote] It is noticeable if you watch the old show how eating habits of thin women have changed. Mary frequently has a cheeseburger or bacon and eggs etc.

The year this show went off the air is the beginning of a huge spike in obesity rates in the US.

by Anonymousreply 48November 20, 2020 2:05 AM

She would shaking her head and throwing some marijuana edibles in her cart, not pork chops.

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by Anonymousreply 49November 20, 2020 2:08 AM

Phyllis Lindstrom would be a recently located drag queen from San Francisco.

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by Anonymousreply 50November 20, 2020 2:13 AM

Mary would be tossing a plant-based "Impossible" steak into her cart.

by Anonymousreply 51November 20, 2020 2:14 AM

And she'd be fatter than Rhoda.

by Anonymousreply 52November 20, 2020 2:22 AM

Would we finally get to see Mary's bedroom in the remake? I loved the closet-converted-to-a-kitchen, and the conversation pit living room, but where did she sleep?

by Anonymousreply 53November 21, 2020 3:07 PM

R52 -duh, the sofa folded out to a bed

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by Anonymousreply 54November 22, 2020 4:51 PM

[quote]What would you do?

Not watch it.

by Anonymousreply 55November 22, 2020 5:01 PM

They had a similar, but less complex/clever sign in a factory on the West Side of Cleveland. My guess is that they had quite a few variations on this.

by Anonymousreply 56November 22, 2020 8:22 PM

Buck would have never wanted a remake

by Anonymousreply 57November 22, 2020 9:12 PM

R54, so do you, I hear.

by Anonymousreply 58November 22, 2020 10:56 PM

Mary, Rhoda, Georgette and Ted would become zombies and terrorize the Twin Cities.

Lou, Murray, Gordy and Sue Ann would be their first victims.

by Anonymousreply 59November 22, 2020 11:04 PM

Lou in hot pants!

by Anonymousreply 60November 23, 2020 1:01 PM

[quote]If They Remade the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" Today

Retard OP would be trying too hard to be clever.

by Anonymousreply 61November 23, 2020 1:09 PM

They would give Mary ridiculously huge breast implants that would throw off her whole character.

by Anonymousreply 62November 23, 2020 9:00 PM

And possibly a sick ginormous Kardashian dumpster to pull around the scenes.

by Anonymousreply 63November 23, 2020 9:02 PM

Mary would be heavily into BDSM. But her riding crops would be PETA approved artificial materials rather than leather.

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by Anonymousreply 64November 24, 2020 3:49 AM

R64: I knew that would happen once Julie Andrews went topless in a movie.

by Anonymousreply 65November 24, 2020 11:25 AM

What Solange(Brenda) be Bae’s (Rhoda) little sister/enforcer In the shadow of Celine Dione (Mary)

by Anonymousreply 66February 5, 2021 10:40 AM

Mary would be Chet, a transman.

by Anonymousreply 67February 5, 2021 10:45 AM

R66 Would*

by Anonymousreply 68February 5, 2021 11:21 AM

Remaking Mary Tyler Moore for today was called 30 Rock. Just ask Tina Fey.

by Anonymousreply 69February 5, 2021 11:23 AM

No calling her "girl" in the title song. (I mean, she was 30 at the time it started).

by Anonymousreply 70February 5, 2021 6:17 PM

R69 30 Rock isn’t really “today” though. There’s already stuff on that that’s now considered “outdated” that they have to censor for the PC babies.

by Anonymousreply 71April 3, 2021 9:46 PM

Meri get iPad

by Anonymousreply 72April 3, 2021 9:46 PM

R61 How about making more interesting threads yourself instead of just shitting on everyone else's?

by Anonymousreply 73July 18, 2021 3:49 AM

I thought Muriel closed all pre-2020 threads so they couldn't be bumped.

by Anonymousreply 74July 18, 2021 4:00 AM

I'd be the white and brown typewriter on the desk in the set background, enshrined as a relic from a bygone era, both unloved and untouched. :(

by Anonymousreply 75July 18, 2021 4:14 AM

R74 She did, unless they had 2021 activity.

by Anonymousreply 76October 17, 2021 4:06 AM

Mary's apartment would more like the size of a closet if the pay scale was accurate to what someone in a big city with her kind of job could afford.

by Anonymousreply 77October 17, 2021 4:12 AM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 78January 29, 2022 6:30 PM

bump

by Anonymousreply 79July 3, 2022 4:06 AM

Mar would still throw her hat but would be surrounded by homeless addicts.

by Anonymousreply 80July 3, 2022 4:11 AM

Mary would be played by Laverne Cox.

by Anonymousreply 81July 3, 2022 11:49 AM

I would have to be cast as "Ida Morgenstern"

by Anonymousreply 82July 3, 2022 1:59 PM

Actually, with today's sensibilities, I could see Beanie as Mary. She has the comic timing, and her bewilderment would really make for a different interpretation of the character.

by Anonymousreply 83July 3, 2022 2:27 PM

If Ted were transgendered, OP, the show wouldn't make it off the blocks. Ted is a buffoon, remember?

Mr Grant would be the same and Ted would be the same, except yes, Georgette would be east Asian. (Or possibly Slovenian.)

by Anonymousreply 84July 3, 2022 2:38 PM

Lou Grant would be a shirtless daddy bear. Grrr. Woof.

by Anonymousreply 85July 3, 2022 2:58 PM
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