Mary Tyler Moore - S6 E7 - Chuckles Bites the Dust

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  • @stevenmaginnis1965
    @stevenmaginnis1965 Рік тому +72

    You got the best moments! Nicely done!

  • @mikewebber2637
    @mikewebber2637 18 днів тому +114

    Probably the single funniest episode in television history. This episode ran short in rehearsal. The audience laughter filled in the time.

    • @CoCotheTurtle
      @CoCotheTurtle 16 днів тому +4

      The one where Mary, Lou, Murray and Ted make a bet as to who can go the longest without masturbating was damn funny, too!

    • @suzannemostafavifar1686
      @suzannemostafavifar1686 15 днів тому

      It was hilarious.

    • @MrIAMTHESIR
      @MrIAMTHESIR 14 днів тому

      My personal #1 favorite of all 7 seasons...

    • @1234larry1
      @1234larry1 13 днів тому +3

      @@CoCotheTurtle I think you were mistaken that wasn’t the Mary Tyler Moore show, that was Spongebob Squarepants.

    • @geoffoldread7684
      @geoffoldread7684 12 днів тому

      No, it's really not. It got placed on some list ages ago and then it's been rubber stamped in perpetuity. There's literally not one funny moment in this clip.

  • @bufnyfan1
    @bufnyfan1 3 місяці тому +120

    One of the funniest lines was left out. When Ted oversees what he perceives are very few mourners at the memorial he says "If this was my funeral it would be packed". And Murray turns to him and says "That's right Ted. It's just a matter of giving the public what they want".

  • @kevinjay5908
    @kevinjay5908 8 днів тому +49

    It holds up after nearly 50 years. It’s one for the ages.

  • @sandydee8003
    @sandydee8003 8 днів тому +40

    I can still hear Mary laughing after all these years. THE BEST EPISODE

  • @santamarian3578
    @santamarian3578 8 днів тому +31

    Anyone who cannot see the comedic and acting talent of MTM in these scenes had to have been living under a rock. One of the greatest talents ever to grace TV.

  • @darrellfrost37
    @darrellfrost37 13 днів тому +67

    This episode won an Emmy for writing!!!

  • @TheMaggiemay77
    @TheMaggiemay77 4 дні тому +13

    Mary Tyler Moore was priceless in the funeral scene. I remember seeing it back in the day. So fun to see it again.

  • @randallterry4707
    @randallterry4707 9 місяців тому +72

    I remember seeing this when it was first aired. I laughed so hard!! It was the best!!

    • @infonut
      @infonut 9 днів тому +2

      I wasn't a dedicated watcher and missed it until it hit syndication by which time it had become immortal.
      I would place it as the best of the series which says a lot considering how many good ones there were.
      Right up there with Lucy's "Vita-meata-vegamin" episode.

  • @twain3074
    @twain3074 13 днів тому +24

    I watched a lot of sit-coms in my life, and this still stands out as the funniest episode ever.

  • @paulharkins1082
    @paulharkins1082 10 місяців тому +56

    I put this as one of the top ten funniest moments on tv.

    • @kyle381000
      @kyle381000 11 днів тому +5

      This, along with the "WKRP Turkeys can fly" episode, and the I Love Lucy skit with Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory.

    • @MLBrooks-g3u
      @MLBrooks-g3u 6 днів тому +1

      @@kyle381000 The Bob Newhart Show Thanksgiving Day episode.

    • @WilliamPappas-b6o
      @WilliamPappas-b6o 2 дні тому

      Carol Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara with the curtain rod still in the dress. On Frasier when the cherries jubilee exploded off camera and Roz comes through the Swinging Doors hair all frazzled. On another frasier, Martin and Daphne are walking down the sidewalk when Martin's old recliner chair falls on the sidewalk in front of them on fire. But Mary's switch from being the scold to laughing out loud to crying was brilliant. It was all acting and no tricks.

  • @CPAndy-x5x
    @CPAndy-x5x 7 днів тому +13

    This episode won an all-time 10 best sitcom episodes award.

  • @Joe-d7m6k
    @Joe-d7m6k 15 днів тому +46

    Back when TV was at its best.

  • @jwbjpb1338
    @jwbjpb1338 12 годин тому +3

    Definitely one of the greatest episodes in TV history. I remember growing up watching the series as a kid and it’s still a great series to enjoy all these years later.

  • @BobDixon-f7n
    @BobDixon-f7n 2 дні тому +5

    I loved these actors! I grew up with them in my living room. Them, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway Harvey Korman, Viki Lawrence. Oh my goodness, Betty White! That woman was terribly funny. These people were treasure back then. God bless all of them! Many are gone, but a few are here.

  • @peterflom6878
    @peterflom6878 5 днів тому +9

    One of the funniest episodes of any TV show.

  • @ChrisLichowicz
    @ChrisLichowicz 9 днів тому +18

    I remember watching this episode. We would watch the show as a family back then.

  • @garyneidhardt1362
    @garyneidhardt1362 2 дні тому +6

    Wonderfully acted. Brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

  • @Josette93
    @Josette93 11 днів тому +25

    When I was a kid and hurt myself, my dad would say, "Did you fall down and hurt your foo foo?" He loved MTM. He was the funniest man I ever knew. RIP, Dad.

  • @mitzistraup2514
    @mitzistraup2514 7 місяців тому +29

    We watched this show every Saturday when I was a kid, what a great show😂

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 11 днів тому +2

      MTM, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett and it was a saturday night so I could stay up to watch it.

    • @arcfontis
      @arcfontis 6 днів тому +1

      The CLASSIC CBS Saturday night TV lineup in the 1970s !!

    • @CatSharkie
      @CatSharkie 3 дні тому +1

      @@Robert08010I used to babysit and this lineup kept me company every Saturday night!!

  • @jeannehall6546
    @jeannehall6546 10 днів тому +20

    Classic! Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod, Betty White, Georgia Engel and Ted Knight at their best!😊😅😂🤣

  • @arkady714
    @arkady714 8 днів тому +11

    Apparently, Chuckles Bits the Dust was classified as one of the greatest sitcom episodes ever made.

  • @ernestkovach3305
    @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +5

    Great comedy sketch. Everyone was perfect in their assigned role.

  • @paulmoore7064
    @paulmoore7064 12 днів тому +12

    The day after our grandpa's funeral, my sister and I had a fit of the giggles over a snoring infant.

  • @Mythought-g8c
    @Mythought-g8c 11 днів тому +17

    This is the scene I always remember when thinking about the show.

  • @lruss5050
    @lruss5050 6 днів тому +6

    Poor Chuckles was one of the funniest moments ever!😂

  • @kyle381000
    @kyle381000 11 днів тому +17

    MTM was a stonecold fox. She was never more gorgeous than she was here. Brilliant acting and timing, too.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 10 днів тому +3

      I sure wish women dressed like that today.
      I remember when they actually did when this show was airing and I was a little boy.

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +1

      She was pretty ...however, she was of course prettier in her 20s on the DVD show.

  • @jc0730
    @jc0730 3 місяці тому +24

    Priceless! The best of the best. I used this many times in a class on grief. Superb summary of this bizarre experience called humanity.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 10 днів тому +1

      I agree with you. This really shows the different ways in which people (naturally) handle death and grief. I think it's a good teaching tool.
      Just like the episode from All in the Family where Edith is almost raped is so good a teaching tool it's still used by rape counselors to this very day.

  • @ernestkovach3305
    @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +5

    Mary was robbed of an Academy Award for best actress in the oscar winning movie ,Ordinary People.

  • @KathyKelly-lw2gg
    @KathyKelly-lw2gg 12 днів тому +13

    Omg the way she's trying to hold in her laughter!!!!

  • @majkus
    @majkus 8 днів тому +8

    The wisest half-hour of American comedy.

  • @kennethpurscell
    @kennethpurscell 10 днів тому +11

    Honestly, it was so funny the night it first aired, I said right then it deserved an Emmy. Mary's acting is , of course brilliant. But my goodness! How hard was it for the entire cast to sit straight-faced through that funeral scene? And with a live audience laughing, to boot? 😂😂 Priceless!

  • @judithrees6919
    @judithrees6919 10 годин тому +1

    My absolute all time favorite MTM Show!

  • @clcortelyou
    @clcortelyou 9 днів тому +7

    The way MTM setup her break at the funeral was fantastic!

  • @rexgoodheart3471
    @rexgoodheart3471 12 днів тому +11

    IIRC, TV Guide named this episode the greatest in TV comedy history. I can't disagree. More than that, though, I miss the utter class of Mary Tyler Moore. What an astonishingly beautiful person.

  • @randallphobia8698
    @randallphobia8698 9 днів тому +7

    I can watch this over and over. It never stops being funny!

  • @gynandroidhead
    @gynandroidhead 10 днів тому +17

    The picture of the football player in Lou Grant's office is Ed Asner.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 10 днів тому +6

      Good call! 👍 Yes, that's him! Not many people noticed or catch on.
      That photo was actually his real football photo from his high school yearbook.
      They just blew it up for the photo on the wall.

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +1

      Lou Grant ,I believe, attended the University of Chicago.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 6 днів тому +4

      @ Yes, he attended the University of Chicago. Where, believe it or not, he first studied journalism.
      However, the photo was from his high school football team, NOT college.

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 5 днів тому +4

    It’s like seeing something funny in church and u try Your best not to laugh until u see someone else trying not to laugh too until u see someone else trying not to laugh and then u are done!

  • @ann-mariemeyers9978
    @ann-mariemeyers9978 3 дні тому +2

    This was one of my dad's favorite episodes in all of television. When he died, we were sitting in church at his funeral, and we, his daughters, suddenly thought of Chuckles' funeral, and we all started laughing. Poppi would have been proud.

  • @jchoward6451
    @jchoward6451 10 днів тому +7

    Such a talented cast!

  • @Robert08010
    @Robert08010 11 днів тому +18

    This main point is so true... that your emotions don't always do what you want them too. Sometimes it's due to exhaustion, sometimes not, but its not hard to be unexpectedly overwhelmed. This was a great theme for the humor of the show.

    • @johncronin9540
      @johncronin9540 10 днів тому +3

      And not all laughter is caused by experiencing something funny. Nervousness can cause laughter as a response. I know someone who had to leave a wake because of nervous laughter.
      It’s also true that anything that is even mildly amusing can become hilarious in a situation where you are not supposed to laugh, such as in a church or at a funeral.

  • @Bobrogers99
    @Bobrogers99 8 днів тому +6

    The MTM Show was one of the best series on TV.

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 10 днів тому +7

    It’s like seeing something funny in church and u try very hard not to laugh but the person next to smiles and after that, u are done!

  • @MLBrooks-g3u
    @MLBrooks-g3u 6 днів тому +3

    If I die in some ridiculous manner, I hope the people I know can make jokes as good as these.

  • @johnstreet1812
    @johnstreet1812 4 дні тому +4

    Acting genius at work.

  • @elldre3
    @elldre3 9 днів тому +4

    'I don't know what you two are laughing about, but I bet it's dirty!!!'
    Even the throwaway lines were memorable.

  • @WayneBrejcha
    @WayneBrejcha 16 годин тому +1

    great deliveries on a great script.

  • @Bailey2006a
    @Bailey2006a 5 днів тому +5

    They’re all dead…the best comic ensemble Ever!!!!

  • @bill99208
    @bill99208 11 днів тому +7

    Chuckles Bites The Dust was so damn good! I rank it up there in the top 10 best MTM shows, along with the one where Murray as producer picks up Sue Ann and plops her on top of that giant wedding cake! You just don’t get laughs like that anymore.

  • @WilliamPappas-b6o
    @WilliamPappas-b6o 2 дні тому +1

    Mary Tyler Moore allowed everyone else to get the laughs on most shows. But she showed us how how good she was at comedy. She's got spunk even if Lou hates spunk.

  • @jakeyell
    @jakeyell 15 днів тому +8

    Mr. Fee Fi Foh get me every time.

  • @thomasgalloway6862
    @thomasgalloway6862 13 днів тому +7

    Absolutely my most favorite episode.

  • @alanolson6913
    @alanolson6913 День тому +1

    Priceless.

  • @bored1ca
    @bored1ca 12 днів тому +8

    I've never seen Ed Asner laugh so much....I found that just as funny as the episode itself.... 🤣

    • @Robert08010
      @Robert08010 11 днів тому +2

      Because remember... He HATES Spunk!

  • @JosephPeluso-ce4tm
    @JosephPeluso-ce4tm 8 днів тому +6

    Quite possibly the best single episode of any sitcom ever! Great writing, yes, but Mary Tyler Moore sells it brilliantly.

  • @jackmeyhoffer5107
    @jackmeyhoffer5107 10 днів тому +15

    What an amazing cast of people. Sadly all of them are now gone.

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +2

      Not all of them.

    • @jackmeyhoffer5107
      @jackmeyhoffer5107 6 днів тому +1

      @ Who’s left?

    • @Joe-d7m6k
      @Joe-d7m6k 6 днів тому +1

      ​@@jackmeyhoffer5107The ONLY surviving cast member of this show would be--- and I forget her name--- the girl that played Phyllis's daughter. ALL the others are now gone.

    • @jackmeyhoffer5107
      @jackmeyhoffer5107 5 днів тому +2

      @ Lisa Gerritsen, but I wouldn’t think of her as a “real” cast member. She appeared in three or four episodes.

  • @larryschwade9596
    @larryschwade9596 4 місяці тому +9

    A classic!

  • @stlmopoet
    @stlmopoet 3 дні тому

    I remember the night this first aired. It was, and still is, hilarious.

  • @MLBrooks-g3u
    @MLBrooks-g3u 4 дні тому +2

    Ed Asner took a successful comedic character and made him a successful dramatic character in "Lou Grant." Bravo!

  • @jeepliving1
    @jeepliving1 9 днів тому +5

    MTM did a great bit of comedic acting here, but I was more impressed that all those many other cast members and extras could keep from breaking.

  • @michaelhewitt258
    @michaelhewitt258 14 днів тому +4

    Great Television from thr mid seventys

  • @laser2sail
    @laser2sail 12 днів тому +6

    A character of fiction but the character made us laugh, and that's how he should be remembered.

  • @richardbarrett7236
    @richardbarrett7236 9 днів тому +4

    Best episode of the best show ever. 😂 They are all going to jump out of a little Hearse. 😂👍🏼

  • @jhors7777
    @jhors7777 9 днів тому +4

    Mary was a very believable and convincing comic here.

  • @willwiggins758
    @willwiggins758 10 днів тому +2

    One of the funniest scenes in TV history. 😂

  • @janinecox256
    @janinecox256 День тому +1

    Mary held it in all week and the day of the funeral comes and she tries real hard not to laugh but it comes flying out! Much like u see something funny in church and u try real hard not to laugh but when u see someone else laugh and then u are done!

  • @billoeth3343
    @billoeth3343 9 днів тому +2

    Brilliant writing and acting

  • @pjhimself252
    @pjhimself252 10 днів тому +2

    Hadn’t seen this in a while. Mr. Fe fi fo fun typifies how this episode stands as memorable for those who remember it.

  • @MLBrooks-g3u
    @MLBrooks-g3u 6 днів тому +3

    How did Ed Asher ever manage to deliver that first line with a straight face?

  • @miketype1each
    @miketype1each День тому +1

    For me, this was the hippest and funniest show in the world.

  • @sejejo7565
    @sejejo7565 12 днів тому +2

    Good writing 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾✅

  • @victorbrown1316
    @victorbrown1316 8 днів тому +1

    RIP Legends ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

  • @margaretbehler4935
    @margaretbehler4935 15 днів тому +5

    Funny! Marry and Betty were looking pretty good. Mary was stunning in A Change of Habit with Elvis.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 10 днів тому +1

      So was Georgia in my opinion.

  • @waynescott137
    @waynescott137 13 днів тому +11

    Unfortunately the whole cast is gone.

  • @GravesRWFiA
    @GravesRWFiA 2 дні тому +1

    many years ago a friend was getting married. I and another friend went to the wedding and had hoped to get the minister to start with the priest line from 'princess bride' but we arrived to late and just sat down. the minister came out-AND HAD THAT SPEECH IMPREDIMENT my friend and zi were desperately trying to not laugh out loud and on the wedding video we're seen turning purple trying to muffle it.

  • @ttaylor758
    @ttaylor758 7 днів тому +1

    This is so funny, and I feel bad for liking it 😂

  • @markbeames7852
    @markbeames7852 3 дні тому

    Comedy is tragedy plus time

  • @johnheart6890
    @johnheart6890 4 місяці тому +8

    Human nature

    • @jamessimms415
      @jamessimms415 12 днів тому +1

      Stay in the military for any length of time, you tend to develop a Dark sense of Humor.

  • @ernestkovach3305
    @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому +1

    They should have a Mary Tyler Moore reunion show !

    • @TheHarryleemartin
      @TheHarryleemartin 5 днів тому

      They're all dead.

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 5 днів тому

      @@TheHarryleemartin No, not all !

    • @TheHarryleemartin
      @TheHarryleemartin 5 днів тому +1

      @@ernestkovach3305 All the major cast is dead. Murray's wife, who appeared in very few episodes is still alive -- Joyce Bulifant. I would suggest next time you disagree you provide the correct answer.

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 5 днів тому

      @TheHarryleemartin You just admitted you are wrong. Also, Phyllis 's daughter was a member several times . As for the other full or part-time actors on that show, hire look alike replacements or actual relatives as fillers for Mary, Lou, Ted, Murray, etc. Come on, folks, let's make this happen ..... use technology now available to harvest the real sentences from the many past MTM and Dick Van Dyke shows to create or piece together new dialog. Nothing is impossible. You can get this done through AI Hollywood. Produce an authentic reunion show that can be so much more than " A weekend at Bernies" type show of propped up lifeless bodies ! Use long and medium long shots instead of close ups, apply extra makeup , etc. This is doable . Pay relatives of those cast members now deceased who are agreeable to legal exhumation of their bodies to add authenticity when the credits roll. You want Mary Tyler Moore? The REAL Mary? Done!
      Don't ever say " all " cast members who appeared on MTM are dead. That's like saying all members of the Beatles or Lynerd Skinard are dead. Not true, bub. Apologize, sir, for being technically WRONG! Class dismissed.

  • @crs290
    @crs290 12 днів тому +5

    Who played the clergyman?

    • @JBM425
      @JBM425 10 днів тому +6

      John Harkins.

  • @patrickryan1515
    @patrickryan1515 6 днів тому +2

    Mary's best performance, witnessed by a group of hypocrites.

  • @ReneeBraxton
    @ReneeBraxton 8 днів тому +1

    FUNNY 😅😂😂😅

  • @angelacharin636
    @angelacharin636 4 дні тому +1

    😂

  • @williambrady4760
    @williambrady4760 12 днів тому +1

    😂😂😂😂

  • @Ottolinked
    @Ottolinked 8 днів тому +2

    This was edited.

    • @mulbizcal
      @mulbizcal  8 днів тому

      I used free software
      OBS Screen Recorder: obsproject.com/download
      OpenShot Editing Software: www.openshot.org/download/

  • @Billy-k6m
    @Billy-k6m 17 днів тому +2

    She was in her 30 s

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 4 дні тому

    What the heck happened to Mary's hair? When did that helmet come into style?

    • @KCmidwest-wm9jd
      @KCmidwest-wm9jd 6 годин тому +1

      Big hair, with lots and lots of hairspray, was a big deal in the late 60s, early 70s. Photos of my mother, with her big hair, just make her roll her eyes today.

  • @timothym.orourke5283
    @timothym.orourke5283 8 днів тому +3

    🏳️‍🌈The ‘70s equivalent to the cabin scene in A Night at the Opera: comedy perfection.🏳️‍🌈

  • @cjomurph7380
    @cjomurph7380 8 місяців тому +7

    Excuse me, young lady." ?? MTM was in her forties easily at at this time. Not young.

    • @JH-yj7kk
      @JH-yj7kk 8 місяців тому +4

      That's why she looked behind her

    • @JohnnyPerth
      @JohnnyPerth 7 місяців тому +2

      Being nice ...

    • @daveconleyportfolio5192
      @daveconleyportfolio5192 4 місяці тому +5

      Hey, she owned the show and signed the writers' checks.

    • @twofiveb
      @twofiveb 4 місяці тому +11

      I see that flattery is not your strong suit.

    • @Marchant2
      @Marchant2 3 місяці тому +11

      The term "young lady" is more a term of politeness than it is a characterization being made of someone's age.

  • @bill-fk7tl
    @bill-fk7tl 12 днів тому +4

    It was good , but seriously, ease up on the hyperbole it is not the best ever🙄

    • @kade82
      @kade82 11 днів тому +2

      You really need to watch the whole show to appreciate the humor in this clip. Of course, I was alive when this first aired. I thought it was funny then and still find it funny now.

    • @bill-fk7tl
      @bill-fk7tl 11 днів тому

      @ it was my moms favorite show

    • @TheHarryleemartin
      @TheHarryleemartin 5 днів тому +4

      This episode won the primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, the writer one best writing for a sitcom, and, finally, in 1997, this episode was ranked No. 1 on TV Guide's "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". The comments are not hyperbole. Yours is just from ignorance.

    • @bill-fk7tl
      @bill-fk7tl 4 дні тому

      @
      Ease up on the weed pimp, It’s all just opinions, i didn’t say it sucked it’s very funny, but I would put the barney Miller hash episode or the newhart finale as better

    • @TheHarryleemartin
      @TheHarryleemartin 4 дні тому

      @ It's not an opinion you offered. You invalidated all of the episode's awards by saying it was all hyperbole. That's criticism -- and yours goes against what critics and the public have stated. Pardon me if I became harsh, I get that way when people are acting stupid. So please put that in your pipe and smoke it.

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 12 днів тому

    Not funny

    • @jamessimms415
      @jamessimms415 12 днів тому +6

      Just as funny as WKRP in Cincinnati ‘Turkeys Away’..As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly…Hilarious

    • @HughShower
      @HughShower 10 днів тому

      Were you dropped on your foo foo as a baby and lose your sense of humor?

    • @jaengen
      @jaengen 7 днів тому +2

      I get it. My nephew has no sense of humor either. He also doesn’t like music. Very strange man.

    • @TheSaltydog07
      @TheSaltydog07 7 днів тому

      @@jamessimms415
      They can at short distances. I've seen them fly across a narrow part of a river. 🦃🦃🦃

    • @ernestkovach3305
      @ernestkovach3305 6 днів тому

      Funny.

  •  7 днів тому +1

    I miss that show and all the characters!