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Overview

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8.1/10   251 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Brad Buckner (writer)
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Release Date:
5 January 1976 (USA) more
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Plot:
Set in fictional Fernwood, Ohio, this deliriously demented serial focused on the beleaguered heroine Mary Hartman... more
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Comedienne Dody Goodman Dead At 92
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 24 June 2008, 10:40 AM, PDT)

'Police Academy' Star Dies
 (From WENN. 18 April 2005)

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Candide in a consumer society more (27 total)

Cast

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Louise Lasser ... Mary Hartman (17 episodes, 1976-1977)

Greg Mullavey ... Tom Hartman (16 episodes, 1976-1978)

Beverly Garland ... Cookie LaRue (16 episodes, 1976-1977)
Norman Alden ... Coach Leroy Fedders (15 episodes, 1976-1977)
Debralee Scott ... Cathy Shumway (14 episodes, 1976-1977)

Mary Kay Place ... Loretta Haggers (14 episodes, 1976)
Graham Jarvis ... Charlie Haggers (14 episodes, 1976)
Dody Goodman ... Martha Shumway (12 episodes, 1976)

Philip Bruns ... George Shumway (10 episodes, 1976-1977)
Bruce Solomon ... Sergeant Dennis Foley (10 episodes, 1976-1977)
Claudia Lamb ... Heather Hartman (9 episodes, 1976)
Victor Kilian ... Raymond Larkin (9 episodes, 1976-1977)
Salome Jens ... Mae Olinski (7 episodes, 1976-1977)
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Series Directed by
Joan Darling (11 episodes, 1976)
Jim Drake (3 episodes, 1976)

Bob Lally (unknown episodes)
 
Series Writing credits
Jerry Adelman (12 episodes, 1976)
Daniel Gregory Browne (12 episodes, 1976)
Ann Marcus (12 episodes, 1976)

Brad Buckner (unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Norman Lear .... executive producer (1 episode, 1976)

Brad Buckner .... producer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Original Music by
Earle Hagen (unknown episodes)
Bobby Knight (unknown episodes)
 
Series Film Editing by
Vince Humphrey (unknown episodes)
 
Series Casting by
Ruth Conforte (unknown episodes)
 
Series Costume Design by
Sandra Baker (16 episodes, 1976-1977)
 
Series Production Management
Norman Lear .... production supervisor (unknown episodes)
 
Series Art Department
Edwin McCormick .... shop carpenter (4 episodes, 1976-1977)

Tommy Bond .... prop management (unknown episodes)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Kyle T. MacDowell .... electrician (16 episodes, 1976-1977)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frontis Chandler .... costumer (1 episode, 1976)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (325 episodes)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ranked #21 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (30 May 2004 issue). more
Quotes:
Martha Shumway: Yes, yes, things can always be worse - like my uncle Wilbur, who used to work in a cardboard factory. He came home one day with a splinter in his finger - just a little bitty old splinter. But it turned out that he had blood poisoning.
Charlie Haggers: Well, that's terrible.
Martha Shumway: And next day, they amputated his leg.
Charlie Haggers: On account of a splinter in his finger?
Martha Shumway: Oh no, no, not because of that. They found a growth in his leg.
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Candide in a consumer society, 31 May 2008
10/10
Author: melvelvit-1 from NYC suburbs

A sharply satirical soap opera about a modern-day "Candide" (Louise Lasser) and the dysfunctional Americana she inhabits. In the opening episodes (beginning 1/76), Mary has to contend with her impotent husband, indifferent daughter, pervert grandpa, hot-to-trot sister, and the massacre of a local family (along with their 2 goats and 8 chickens) but it seems the waxy yellow build-up on her kitchen floor subliminally affected the mass media-influenced Mary more than all the domestic drama combined. The absence of a canned laugh track can make viewers feel they're either losing their mind or experiencing a darkly comedic, penetrating pop-culture parody. Possibly both. I loved it then and I love it now!

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