Friday Flashback: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
This cult 1970s satire centred around an Ohio housewife attempting to cope with bizarre and violent incidents occurring around her.
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With Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) comedy Kevin Can F*** Himself debuting on Amazon Prime, I am reminded of the cult 1970s satire, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
It screened in Australia on 10.
Producer Norman Lear titled it ‘twice’ to reflect the fact that soap opera characters reiterated a lot of their dramatic points.
The satirical soap opera ran for 325 episodes from 1976 to 1977 and starred Louise Lasser as an Ohio housewife attempting to cope with various bizarre and violent incidents occurring around her.
The pace of the show was also consciously slow, again to reflect the world of soap operas. Guest cast included Dabney Coleman, Doris Roberts, Ed Begley Jr., James Cromwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore & Dr. Joyce Brothers.
A reboot is also now in development with Emily Hampshire (coincidentally, also of Schitt’s Creek fame).
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Arena also played this in the early Foxtel days. I would love to see more than I have of the original series, hopefully it might appear on a streaming service at some stage. Emily Hampshire sounds like a great choice to take on the title role in the reboot.
Great memories..
Not impressed a reboot is being made..I wish for the days that Hollywood had original ideas…
This argument never stacks up though. There are new ideas all the time. It isn’t either / or. But yes, great memories!
Clips are hilarious! 😆 What a great guest cast. Enjoyed Doris Roberts in Everybody Loves Raymond.