mary tyler moore a great comedic actress and a great long run sitcom . this show be incredible . the writing always seem to set up funny situation . the pace of the show be just perfect . where and how do they get so much talent in one cast . besides mary and there be gavin mccloud who be brilliant a murray slaughter . ed asner be the same a lou grant and mary bos . where do they find ted knight . ted baxter be one of the great send up character of all sit com and knight play him brilliantly . knight make it big with this series and go on to his own series and too close for comfort and and also score big in the original caddyshack . then and the be rhoda and phyllis who spin from here into their own series . while their series be not as good a this one and they definitely contribute to this one . let not forget betty white a the indomitable sue ann niven . this show be good enough to her and and she play her character brilliantly . this be her springboard for golden girl later . she be even good than this . not only do mary turn the world on with her smile and she widen the world a lot by introduce a lot of great character actor in their best career role . this show could be touch and sentimental at time as well . this show have it all .