Louise Lasser for starring as the neurotic, unhappy housewife Mary Hartman in the serialized satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" appearing on the covers of "Newsweek", "People", and "Rolling Stone" during the run of the show. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" aired five nights a week for two seasons from 1976-1977. In his autobiography, producer Norman Lear says that the casting of Lasser took less than a minute after Charles H. Joffe told him there was only one actress to play the part of Mary Hartman and Lear met the former Mrs. Woody Allen. Lasser refused the role at first. Of the casting process,
Is She Really Going Out with Him? Is She Really Going Out with Him? "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" is a song by British musician Joe Jackson. It was released in September 1978 as his first single. The track, which was to achieve greater commercial success when reissued in 1979, was included on Jackson's debut album, "Look Sharp!". According to Joe Jackson, the song originated from when he heard the title. From there, he came up with the basis for the song lyrics of "pretty women" dating "gorillas." He said of the song's origins in an interview: Initially being released as a single in 1978,