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Mary and Rhoda | Year: 2000 Classification: Television Directed: - Barnet Kellman Bare Bones Treatment, But Still Very Acceptable This TV movie, produced in 1999 and aired on ABC in February of 2000, began as an idea for a situation comedy series reuniting Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper in their roles from Moore's 1970-77 sitcom. Thanks to disagreements over how to approach that kind of project, the idea evolved into just a two-hour movie. THANK GOODNESS, because as nice as it was to see these two ladies back in character, it was also somewhat disappointing as I kept asking myself during those two hours, "What ever happened to Phyllis, Lou, Murray, Ida, Brenda, Georgette, Ted and SueAnne? And WHY AREN'T THEY ASKING EACHOTHER THIS QUESTION??" The movie also spent considerably more time focusing on Mary Richards' return to TV news than on Rhoda's attempts to carve out her new career as a photographer's assistant. That's the plight of any reunion: fans of the original will always find some kind of fault with the effort. Sadly, I am no different. But I'm glad this DVD was released because now I can ditch my homemade VHS copy (which, incidentally, sat on my shelf with the other tapes untouched since the night it aired). As far as the DVD packaging itself, there's nothing to get excited about as there are no extras whatsoever. Just a main menu giving you the option of scene selections or just hitting "play movie." The sound and picture quality are very good, however, so there's nothing here with which to find any fault. I wound up finding a new copy of this for sale at one of the major retail chains FOR LESS THAN THE AMAZON SALE PRICE, so I snapped it up right away. Did some investigating and found out that the MSRP was dropped to ten dollars, so for that price this DVD is a good deal. Now if we can only get Fox to continue releasing season sets of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" ...!!! It's great to see Mary and Rhoda back together again Its great to see Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) and Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) back together again and to see Rhoda get her spirit back like she was in The Mary Tyler Moore show where she was confident and full of wisecracks not like she was when she had her own series Rhoda and after she got married to Joe and became insecure. It was a lot of fun and great memories of how close these characters and actress really are. Please Please FOX Bring out the remaining seasons of the Mary Tyler Moore show to DVD. They Made It After All! "Mary and Rhoda" is an excellent example of how classic TV ages over time. "Mary and Rhoda" was mostly well-recieved and was the top-rated TV movie ... . It chronicles the life of Mary and Rhoda after almost 25 years of seperation. They are reunited in New York and their bon[d] becomes closer than ever after the death of Mary's husband and Rhoda's divorce. The Mary and Rhoda in this movie are the same Mary and Rhoda you knew 30 years ago, but they have evolved, which is what makes this movie so interesting, it's a very entertaining film with a good moral: <BR>Good friends keep you strong. Buy Mary And Rhoda at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mary And Rhoda Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mary And Rhoda This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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