rgulick ,
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Weird question that kept me awake last night:
What was the greatest network TV comedy show cast ever?

My eventual answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Also in the running:

  • MASH
  • Bob Newhart Show
  • Cheers

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Honorable mentions:

  • Andy Griffith Show
  • All in the Family
  • WKRP
  • some others I don't recall ATM
GottaLaff ,
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@rgulick Dick Van Dyke Show. Stellar.

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@GottaLaff
That was one of my honorable mentions.

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@rgulick Oo, sorry I missed that.

That's my all time fave, and the MTM Show.

I worked with both of them.

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@GottaLaff
MTM cast was so briliant. I mean, they win all time best on the strength of Betty White, Ed Asner, and Ted Knight alone, not to mention Mary.

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@rgulick Truly an ensemble show.

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@GottaLaff You didn't miss it. It was one of the honorable mentions I couldn't recall when listing my honorable mentions. (Didn't take notes last night...)

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@rgulick Lol, okay.

DvD is, to me, the best sitcom ever. I love MTM, Seinfeld, MASH, the others you mentioned, but the writing on DvD was so damn good.

(I knew some of the writers... what talent!)

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@GottaLaff @rgulick Dick Van Dyke? Gets my all time greatest vote just for the scene where MTM slides out of a closet on a pile of walnuts. Still my favorite scene in TV history. I'm sitting here giggling like an idiot just thinking of it.

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@OldAndCranky I took a class from Jerry Paris and he had various casts of shows as guests. Amazing seminars. One show he focused on was that very episode. It was a gamble for him as I believe it was his first director assignment. @rgulick

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@GottaLaff @rgulick Incredible! How lucky were you? I don't think anything will ever top that for me- although the Chuckles The Clown ep from MTM is right up there.

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@OldAndCranky Chuckles was one of my all time fave episodes too! @rgulick

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@GottaLaff
Probably you know: was Cloris Leachman on MTM, or did she not show up until the Rhoda spinoff?

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@rgulick She was on MTM as a regular.

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@GottaLaff Top to bottom, that was a remarkable cast (MTM)

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@rgulick 100%

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