Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman!

I remember when this show originally aired, people were "shocked" at the episode where she shot her husband in the crotch with a bow and arrow (?) Am I remembering that wrong?

I think this may have been the first TV show to come with a "mature content" warning. It's probably quaint to watch this now and imagine what viewers could have been so freaked out about.

The impotency storyline maybe? idk if that was a common subject in normal US soaps at that time.

I think the impotency storyline was one of many reasons that "Soap" got that content warning as well.

Well, for one, they depicted a homosexual couple in the late '70s in as sensitive and non-stereotyped a fashion as possible, so you probably need to be fairly mature to handle that.

They actually got away with a lot of stuff that I've never seen from that era of television. It's so subversive and weird on so many levels. I'm glad to see you've hopped aboard the train, VG!

For MHMH fans who haven't seen it, I highly recommend the Thanksgiving-centric slasher flick Blood Rage. Louise Lasser's role is top notch camp and it really feels like they cast her specifically to bring some MHMH energy to the production. The whole movie is totally loopy but her weird-ass scenes are the highlight, for sure.

I would tend to agree with Norman Lear that Louise Laser’s on-air breakdown might be the high point in American sitcom acting

I have the complete series on DVD (and Maude) … everyone should

the day after thanksgiving i posted a tweet about the “death by chicken soup” scene because i was making turkey stock and it came to mind, and the actress who played heather on MHMH somehow found it and responded to it lol

wow!

I would tend to agree with Norman Lear that Louise Laser’s on-air breakdown might be the high point in American sitcom acting

― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, December 3, 2022 4:41 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

"acting"

I really need to watch this entire series start to finish, I started a few years ago and made it like 20-25 eps in. I love how its surreal weirdness is both deliberate but also just a byproduct of a production schedule where they had to write and film 5 shows a week and didn't have time for a lot of reshoots and so there are scenes that are 10 minutes long and have lots of weird pauses and stammering

MHMH is in my estimation maybe the most underrated single piece of media

Call it Ber-Lynn Alexanderplatz

the experience of watching it is what i imagine being on qualuudes must be like

it’s so fucking weird & great

and that muppet-looking cop at the police station that has a crush on mary is sooooooo weird & creepy! the way his eyes dart all over the place

When it was on, some people were disoriented by the lack of a laugh track. And no doubt it would be even weirder than it was for presumably all of us, w/o commercials (some people had problems with this when watching I Claudius, unaccustomed to PBS)---for instance

scenes that are 10 minutes long and have lots of weird pauses and stammering.

It had commercials on the initial run, iirc. It was on Metromedia (which later became Fox). Shown at 11 pm in Los Angeles.

VG how is it so far?? how far in are you?

i think we’re halfway through s1?
slowed down lately just bc of other shows etc but i still really like it!!

the amount of episodes per season is kinda crazy bc it was a daily soap

VG how/where are you watching?

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