The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Better Late . . . That's a Pun . . . Than Never
Season 4, Episode 20 · Aired 1974-02-02
Synopsis
To relieve her boredom, Mary jokingly writes a humorous obituary of one of the people in the WJM-TV file. Coincidentally, the same person dies the following day and the obituary is read on the air. Lou has no choice but to suspend Mary, but she threatens to quit in response.
In the series
This episode is part of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) on CBS.
Single working woman energy that made the newsroom a second home.
Key cast
- Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards
- Ed Asner as Lou Grant
- Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern
- Ted Knight as Ted Baxter
- Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens