on the back burner for year ( so it be report ) this television reunion of two of the most beloved character in sitcom history start off badly and go straight downhill from there . mary richards ( mary tyler moore ) and her best friend rhoda morgenstern ( valerie harper ) meet in new york after a long estrangement and catch up on each other life . what a novel concept . but and sad to relate and nothing worth talk about ( let alone make a movie about ) have happen to either of them in the intervening year . so and instead and the script content itself with throw out one hoary old plot device after another ( most have to do with old woman in the workplace ) and while completely miss the quirky charm and sophistication that make the original show a winner . the support cast be instantly forgettable and the humor be nonexistent and and the chemistry which moore and harper once have together be go . moore allegedly stall this project for year and wait for just the right script before commit herself . if this be the one she consider right and what on earth be the one she turn down like . it not the age of the character that do this in ( for time inevitably march on ) and but the almost complete lack of imagination couple with a blatant disregard for the element that make the series work . at one time this be intend a a pilot but and all to obviously and it fail to generate any interest among potential sponsor . or for that matter and among potential audience . quickly and mercifully forget and the film be a travesty and an insult to a classic .