 |
|
Mary Tyler Moore Show Characters: Lou Grant, Ted Baxter, Sue Ann Nivens, Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, Chuckles the Clown, Murray Slaughter
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781157255215
|
|
|
|
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
|
Publisher description
Chapters: Lou Grant, Ted Baxter, Sue Ann Nivens, Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, Chuckles the Clown, Murray Slaughter, Phyllis Lindstrom, Joe Gerard, Brenda Morgenstern. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Edward Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was Mary Tyler Moore (1970-1977), in which the character was the news director at the fictional television station, WJM-TV. A spinoff series, simply entitled Lou Grant (1977-1982), featured the character as city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune. Unusually, the two shows in which the Grant character features are in completely different genres. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour-long light-hearted situation comedy while Lou Grant was an hour-long serious dramatic series which frequently engaged in social commentary. Although the setting of The Mary Tyler Moore Show might have implied that he was a native Minnesotan, Lou Grant in fact established that he was born in the fictional town of Goshen, Michigan. His grandfather was a pharmacist. At some point in his youth and early adulthood he developed a life-long affection for westerns, particularly those starring John Wayne. In high school, he was a tackle for his school's football team. Soon after high school, he married Edie MacKenzie (Priscilla Morrill), at an age young enough to have four grandchildren before he turned 50. After marriage, he became a combatant in World War II. He served in both the Pacific and European Theatres. At one point, he was a sergeant in the Pacific-based 2nd Marine Division. During another phase of his wartime service, he was injured by a grenade in France, the last remnants of which were only removed in his late 40s. He was...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=170943
Similar books
Rate the book
Write a review and share your opinion with others. Try to focus on the content of the book. Read our instructions for further information.
Mary Tyler Moore Show Characters: Lou Grant, Ted Baxter, Sue Ann Nivens, Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, Chuckles the Clown, Murray Slaughter
Book reviews » Mary Tyler Moore Show Characters: Lou Grant, Ted Baxter, Sue Ann Nivens, Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, Chuckles the Clown, Murray Slaughter
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
