The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970 – 1977)

1970 • 7 seasons • Comedy • TV-PG

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Episode 20 — The Care and Feeding of Parents

Season 2 • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Released: 1972-02-05 • Comedy

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Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.

Episodes

Episode 1
The Bird and ...Um ...Bess
1971-09-18

Episode 2
I Am Curious Cooper
1971-09-25

Episode 3
He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother
1971-10-02

Episode 4
Room 223
1971-10-09

Episode 5
A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend
1971-10-16

Episode 6
Cover Boy
1971-10-23

Episode 7
Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
1971-10-30

Episode 8
Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary
1971-11-06

Episode 9
And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
1971-11-13

Episode 10
Don't Break the Chain
1971-11-20

Episode 11
The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch
1971-11-27

Episode 12
. . . Is a Friend in Need
1971-12-04

Episode 13
The Square-Shaped Room
1971-12-11

Episode 14
Ted Over Heels
1971-12-18

Episode 15
The Five-Minute Dress
1972-01-01

Episode 16
Feeb
1972-01-08

Episode 17
The Slaughter Affair
1972-01-15

Episode 18
Baby Sit-Com
1972-01-22

Episode 19
More Than Neighbors
1972-01-29

Episode 20
The Care and Feeding of Parents
1972-02-05

Episode 21
Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda
1972-02-12

Episode 22
You Certainly Are a Big Boy
1972-02-19

Episode 23
Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
1972-02-26

Episode 24
His Two Right Arms
1972-03-04

Information

Creator	James L. Brooks
Episode air date	05.02.1972
Episode runtime	25 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Comedy
TMDB series rating	7.6
IMDb series rating	8.3
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

Cast

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Richards

Ed Asner
Lou Grant

Gavin MacLeod
Murray Slaughter

Ted Knight
Ted Baxter

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