Monday, November 29, 2021

Countdown to Christmas: Christmas & The Hard Luck Kid II (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1970)

 From season 1:

Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) ends up working alone on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, but watch for a familiar scene, used in the opening credits in later episodes, unfold toward the end of the show.

So why is this titled, "Christmas & The Hard Luck Kid II"? Because the title is borrowed from a similarly named episode from That Girl, and the producers added the "II" to avoid confusion, since That Girl was already in or about to enter syndication.


Ned Wertimer, of course, is better known as Ralph, the doorman, from The Jeffersons, which launched a few years later.

Rating: A.

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