The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Classic Cloris Leachman Pie Scene
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Enjoy this classic Cloris Leachman scene from The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, "The Lars Affair."
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What strikes me about this scene is the pacing. I love that the actresses are given the time and space to explore the scene and add so many lovely grace notes -- gestures, pauses, and facial expressions. Nothing is rushed; it all unfolds in the most elegant manner.
Also the inclusion of the wordless Mary Rhoda reaction shots, all eyes on Phil.
Leachman says in interview director calmed her down by congratulating her on her work NONE of which was caught on camera because she didn't hit ANY of her marks, obviously she learned because she worked for decades. Harper came from theatre & credits Moore with teaching her how to play to camera.
When TV was GOOD! Those were the days!
The Swedish phrase Phyllis quotes Lars as saying after their "incredible" lovemaking--"Phyllis, Jag är slutat"--translates as "Phyllis, I am finished."
Hahahahahahaha!!!!
That's hysterical.
Phyllis is so disgusted with the pie she can barely push it away.
This show exemplifies the remarkable achievements that can be attained with exceptional actors, talented writers, and a skilled director. Undoubtedly, it stands as a resounding triumph.
Cloris Leachman was reportedly somewhat difficult to work with, but everyone in the show gladly tolerated that because of her brilliant comedic timing and delivery.
@@ajs11201 I've never heard any suggestion of that before. She wouldn't sign a contract as a regular because she wanted the freedom to make movies, and she initially had problems hitting her marks as she liked to move around the set, but she never clashed with other cast members.
That face after she tastes her pie. Priceless!
From THE LARS AFFAIR, Season 4, Episode 1, MTM Show. Leachman won the Emmy for this episode, Best Supporting Actress, Emmy
Hard to believe that these wonderful actresses are all gone. MTM show is one of the top 10 comedic shows ever.
More than once in this scene, Mary Tyler Moore is doing everything she can not to burst out laughing at Cloris Leachman !
This is from one of my favorite MTM episodes. It is proof of Cloris Leachman's amazing comedic skill. The part of the scene where Phyllis is tasting her own pie...you hear the laughs building with just a few changes in expression. It's priceless!
It is priceless! Cloris's comedic timing was all her own.
Such a brilliant comic scene. Cloris’ line reading of “and Rhoda” at 2:38 is hilarious and the business of how they dealt with Phyllis’ flour-caked hands was so subtle and funny in its realness. A perfectly thought-out and well-rehearsed scene - a comedic master-class really.
How sad that all three of these very talented ladies are no longer with us.🌹
True, but it appears they'll be waiting a while longer for Betty White to join them.
@@ajs11201 yeah I swear Betty white is immortal
If ever...
@Diana Moore Perhaps now they are just waiting for Betty, no rush though.🌹
@Diana Moore Just googled it, on 17th of January, 2021, Betty was 99.🌹
Cloris looked amazing here. She was 47 years old.
Yes she did. She was gorgeous.
Indeed she did. I've always thought her to be quite gorgeous.
Rhoda is the hot one, in spite of her annoying NY Bronx accent
And now, she's gone.
Stupid conversation. You live you die. Wow
The fact they could get through this scene without busting out in laughter is a testament to their brilliant acting.
Mary was close
My favorite show as a teenager can still make me laugh. RIP Cloris Leachman and thanks for the laughs.
I was also a teen viewer, growing up in rural Alabama. I couldn’t find anyone else who appreciated the show. The Hee Haw crowd just didn’t get it. But the show helped me to realize that I was better suited for the big city, and after college I moved to LA. No regrets.
@@rhsharp It was a pretty good show to be watching during our formative years!
@Lance Lanny with TV like that, there was no shame in not having a date!
@@rhsharp
LA???
YIKES!!!
@@oldyellerschannel4676 Yep. Nothing less.
The best episode in an amazing series. This scene is my very favorite. The look on Cloris Leachman’s face when she realized how awful the pie really was. When I met Cloris a few years ago, I told her how much I loved this scene.
An amazingly brilliant piece of physical comedy.
I couldn't agree more. lots of people like the Chuckles episode, but to me this one was perfect. "All in all, not a bad system" -- priceless.
How nice you had the opportunity to meet Cloris and tell her that! I had the chance to meet Valerie in 2001 and she was such a doll. Of course I had to tell her that Rhoda was my favorite, but she mentioned how well they all worked together and that Mary set the example, a great 'team leader.'
THis was a great episode because it also included the brilliant Betty White, but I would say the Chuckles the Clown episode was funnier, and the episode where Mary Richards wanted to perform "One for my Baby" at an awards show and tries it out for Mr. Grant, singing the torch song the way innocent sweet Mary would sing it. Moore and Asner were brilliantly funny in that one.
A fantastic study in character-based comedy - Mary trying to be supportive, even to the point of hiding her revulsion at the taste of the pie; Rhoda, even though always sparring with Phyllis, feels sorry for her and heaps fake praise on the pie; and Phyllis, recognizing that even Rhoda has taken pity on her and confesses the problems in her marriage but, being Phyllis, laughably claims she's "partially" to blame because she's "too much woman". Brilliantly written and acted.
Roles reversed in Rhoda the Beautiful, when Rhoda gives Phyllis grief for being supportive & storms out of the apt.
I love how this scene typifies the way Ms. Leachman made Phyllis Lindstrom relatable and aloof at the same time. This character was like a grown-up Mean Girl, and was often at odds with her tenants Mary Richards and Rhoda Morganstern, both of whom she kept at arms' length while occasionally letting them into her feelings. A complex character, played by a great comic actress who always made her funny, like in that take between lines where she eats some of the pie. She was wonderful in other projects as well, but the Mary Tyler Moore Show is where I first discovered her. RIP Cloris Leachman.
She is great in young Frankenstein too....
Lets remember Cloris in the Last Picture Show. Wooooow
I remember Cloris Leachman describing Phyllis' personality as a "sure firm touch on the wrong note."
Well said!
Yes! And do you remember that scene where she tells Rhoda and Mary about her prom night? She was stood up and had to take herself out to the movies to spend her time ... both ladies looking at Phyllis with deep concern, and then Phyllis turns around and says that was cathartic! Such tragicomedy!
You wanted to be home on a Saturday nite. All in the Family, Mash, MTM, Bob Newhart & Carol Burnett. CBS lineup. Has there every been a better nite of TV.
MTM, one of the best written, acted shows ever.
I love Newhart! I'm only 27 but when I was staying with my dad back in 2016, he got me watching it. It used to come on really late every night on some local channel.
Amen! I remember watching them all every Saturday. And saw a couple years ago that it was voted as the best nightly lineup in TV history.
I was about 10 years old when that line up was on the air. I still remember how excited I'd be all day Saturday, looking forward to all those shows.
Me too.I was 8 yrs old and loved that great lineup of shows.Still watch all of them now.MTM Show and Bob every day.I watch All in the Family on dvd and Carol Burnett on Sunday nights.Great writing and acting back then.Miss those days.Really miss the whole MTM gang.
This is the first scene I thought of when I'd learned Cloris had passed. A brilliant star joins her two equally amazing co-stars from my all-time favorite show. RIP Cloris, Valerie and Mary 💔
Omg, they are all gone... so young, beautiful, its official, we are all alone, so alone.
I had watched the Mel Brooks movie "High Anxiety" earlier that day. My dad and I were talking about Cloris Leachman (he didn't recognize her), and then later that evening he called to tell me the bad news. I coped by neighing like a horse everytime someone mentioned the name of her character in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein," Frau Blucher (neeeiiiiggghhhh!!!!)
I thought of the episode where Lars' relatives visited from Sweden and she quoted them in pseudo Swedish. Then I also thought of the best scene where she yells at Rhoda through the hair dryer. Then there's the one where she is upset that Rhoda is "dating" her brother, then learns he is gay. So many great Cloris Leachman scenes... too many to list.
@@Borat_Kazakh yea life sucks.
Yeah me to and "European Syle".
Her comedic timing was spot on in this scene! She was an amazing actress! Cloris Leachman rest in peace.
ALWAYS🙌🏾
The face after the taste of pie, then the Swedish accent- genius! I remembered this episode all these years, good to see it again now. Thank you Cloris!
“My hands. Hands that once touched the notes of Chopin...”. For me, this episode THE LARS AFFAIR even tops CHUCKLES BITES THE DUST. Of course, in this episode we are introduced to SueAnn Nivens, the Happy Homemaker. Brilliant all around. Like Jack Benny, note how MTM gives all the funny lines to her co-stars. Smart!
I didn't realize that MTM was also a writer on the show. Brilliant lady!
@@jamesmcinnis208 I don't think Mary actually wrote for the show, but as the show is named after her, she certainly carried a lot of influence, to say the very least. And, yes, she was well known for wanting the very best COMEDY--even when that meant giving the funny lines to someone else. So during table reads and rehearsal week, she'd often "hint" that a line might be funnier if someone else delivered it--and naturally the writers and cast obliged her.
I love how Phyllis imitates Lars accent.. 😆
Brilliant. It never gets old.
This show was charmed.
We miss you so much Cloris ♥️♥️♥️
These were the best kind of shows.....I miss the good 'ol days. Thanks for the laughs Cloris. You and these other 2 wonderful ladies can have a ball now 😆
Thanks for posting my favorite scene ever from this show. I was lucky enough to see this episode filmed live (and many other shows) as I lived in area and used to go a lot. I was 17! Such amazing/fun memories of the cast/crew, the walls moving from set to set, cameras reloading film, etc. But yep, I was one of the people applauding early on when she tasted that pie!
RIP to all three of the talented ladies....Mary, Rhoda, Phyllis.
"Did you know that his clothes are cleaner when he comes home at night than they are when he leaves in the morning?" The writing on this show was comedic genius!
The TV show SOAP used the exact same joke. Script writers steal from each other constantly.
How should I say.... has serviced the queen... Still funny all these many years later!
LOL! I remember that line!
Rest in peace these wonderful women. I am not sure they were aware of how important they were to a generation.
This is so true!!!!
It is so true. They had to crank out a new episode each week and had to focus on getting the job done. On stage, actors see the results right there. With TV their images flit into people’s homes, but they don’t get that instant feedback. I am so thankful for RUclips and the ability to relive these moments so easily.
They inspired me
the prophesy of this MTM episode "grandeur of diamond head" is that 42 years later, cloris would guest star in the hawaii 5-O reboot in 2015, s5 e17, "kuka'awale" providing the comic relief she was so adept at. she was a great actress, comedian, and tragedian
What a stunning woman
They have all passed away now! I love them all I know they both met her at the gates Rip all three amen.
Cloris won an Emmy for that episode!
This was a groundbreaking series.
Cloris was brilliant! She was excellent in both comedy and drama. She excelled on TV, in films, and on the stage. She kept going and going and going. She left a legacy of wonderful performances on film and videotape.
Agree! She has the amazing gift of disappearing into her characters. What an artist!
I love how Rhoda and Phyllis would verbally bash eachother and poor Mary was stuck in the middle. Can't believe these three beautiful ladies are gone now.
Those hands literally touched the notes of Chopin plenty. She fully intended to be a classical pianist, having been taught from the age of five.
She was an excellent pianist and singer!
Cloris Leachman is at her best here. Brilliant and funny portrayal of a pretentious person whose insecurities come shining through despite her histrionic, flowery exterior.
Totally agree. Even though the Phyllis spinoff pretty much failed, the pilot episode is another great example of Cloris' brilliance in that role. I still watch it on YT when I need a laugh!
Thanks for posting. I was little when these shows were on. I always got the sense with these characters that growing up wouldn't be so scary and you could actually make it after all.
When Phyllis inadvertently tastes the pie herself -- priceless!
Scenes set in Mary's apartment ; with the 3 gals here ; was the HEART of the show 💙💜🧡❤❤🩹When Rhoda and Phyllis left - the show did a slight decline -- even with Sue Ann in place.
My favorite episode -- Cloris Leachman as Phyllis conducts a master class in comedy. Absolutely perfect. When I'm feeling down, I watch this episode, it never fails to cheer me up.
And this is also the episode that brought in the great SueAnn Nivens. Incredible half-hour of comedy brilliance!
What a delight Cloris Leachman was and sad to hear that she has died. The only female character still alive is Sue-Ann Nivens played by Betty White who is 99.
This is one of my favorite scenes of the entire series. Cloris Leachman was a terrific actor.
A great episode, but I have long wondered exactly HOW a bad apple pie tastes. Too sour? Too sweet?
Like glue or wallpaper paste.
What about the time that Lar's family came and visited from Sweden and his grandmother just rocked back and forth in a rocking chair while she repeatedly said, "Gott helfen Lars!"
That was hysterical. Ironic, however, that in the show Phyllis, Lars’ parents and grandparents had no Swiss accent.
@@Marchant2 I don't remember them not having an accent; however, I do remember they were Swedish, not Swiss. Lindstrom is a Swedish names and so is Lars. And it makes sense that they were Swedish because there are many people of Swedish descent in Minnesota, even now.
@@faithfulforever6331 You're right. I got the two names geographically confused, and I should’ve known that.
@@Marchant2 Well I used to know some people of Swedish descent from Minnesota and so that is why I remember it.
That's the ski instructor episode, and I think it's as funny as this episode. Phyllis is mesmerized by the hunk that Mary is dating. It's a hilarious episode about the reaction to good-looking people from both sexes.
Cloris Leachman, comic genius, subtle, understated and right on the mark.
Probably my favorite episode in the whole series...
48 years later, and as fresh and funny as ever. One of my favorite Phyllis quotes was her comments when Mary debates leaving her Newsroom job: "Mary, life is a series of leavings [a word with 2 very different meanings] "You leave your home, you leave your family, you leave your fiancée, your job....." Then Mary interjects, "Phyllis, leave me alone."
Never missed a show when I was kid. We all loved Cloris, even when she was crazy (especially when)
3 big talents but Ms Leachman owned this one
These three wonderful ladies gave me and millions so much unending joy and laughter; we sure could use a big dose of that now! They were a gift to humanity and with their passing the world is diminished. Thank you all for the memories. 🌹 🌻 🌺
RIP Cloris. You and the ladies brought laughter to my living room when I was a kid in the 70's. Betty Whites the only one of the ladies left, at 99 years young. Georgette and Rhoda both died in 2019. Lou is 91 years old, and Murray is 90.
Sadly, not anymore. All the remaining cast members passed in 2021. Ed, Gavin and Betty all gone.
This reminds me of the time Cloris Leachman went on the tonight show with Joan Rivers. Cloris said Joan Collins called her and said "we have to do something because im in love with your husband" Joan Collins really was having an affair with her husband!!!
Cloris's line deliveries and timing were always so brilliant. No wonder Mel Brooks hired her for Young Frankenstein.
It's too bad Cloris Leachman's own series 'Phyllis' (1975-'77) didn't capture the essence of the Phyllis character as presented on Mary's show. Instead it dumbed her down and became gimmicky with that old lady, sort of the way Jimmy Walker had on 'Good Times'.
Phyllis had television's prettiest hairdo, IMO.
I think this was my favorite episode, as much as I liked all the characters Phyllis was the icing on the cake. Whoever cast her in that role was a genius and after all these years I still laugh
This was a great episode 👍
Maybe the best ensemble cast of any sitcom
No question
The original SATC. I'm such a Phyllis!
I just found out that she died. 😥 😭
Such a unique talent.
Rest in peace ❤
I never knew Cloris was a lifelong vegetarian until just a few ago ago and it prob helped to contribute at least somewhat to her long life. It wasn't only her MTM character who had to endure a cheating husband bec Joan Collins wrote quite a bit about her own on and off affair with Cloris' husband in her first autobio. It must have been devastating for Cloris at the time, with five children to raise and then later reliving the experience for a role in a sitcom. I enjoyed her interviews and banter on various talk shows when randomly running across them every so often.
Joan Collins shagged more Hollywood guys than Joan Crawford and that's saying something.
Absolutely LOVED Cloris Leachman. Loved her in YOUNG FRANKSTINE an HIGH ANXIETY. RIP
I like the way the scene is really designed to showcase Phyllis (and Cloris Leachman's great comedic acting), but while Mary and Rhoda are very much supporting players they also get funny lines and reactions true to their characters (handled superbly by Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper). Such great writing on this show!.
@3:42 Shades of Rose? (Nylund) Golden Girls?
Cloris & Mary Tyler Moore together in Heaven both talented ladies
Sadly Valerie Harper too
Absolute perfection. 😂😂😂
I know a lot of people that cry uncontrollably at the grandeur of Diamond Head.
I must admit, i really watched Rhoda if at all. However seeing Cloris Leachman in that role made her a very good actress. I remember watching Young Frankenstein. She was Frau Blücher. She played that character very well. I was hoping She would have had a bigger role in American Gods but she was killed off possibly because of her age and health. Rip Cloris aka Frau Blücher as I lovingly hear the horses neigh
Cloris was great in a late 70s Comedy Scavenger hunt and as Malcolm's grandma in malcolm in the middle
When I was a kid, I thought Chloris Leachman was quite homely but as an adult I realized she was a great beauty.
Yes she was. Even in her later years, but here she is drop dead gorgeous.
The entire cast is now gone. Very sad…..:(
Phyllis was one of the best characters created in the 70’s!
To indicate who good Cloris Leachman's performance is here, I can remember seeing this when it was new back when I was only about 13 years old.
Me too. I was 16 and beginning my junior year in high school. I loved the sophisticated comedy of shows like MTM and Bob Newhart.
Just brilliant writing and acting in the MTM show. It shows you how much writing, especially and comedic writing has deteriorated. So clever witty and brilliant All these fabulous stars now gone. R.I.P.
When I was little I thought Cloris was the prettiest lady..just gorgeous
One of my favorite scenes from ANY show EVER.
What a classic! RUclips is amazing: Just the other day, I was listening to some Chopin, and I thought of Phyllis's words about "my lovely hands, that once touched the notes of Chopin" -- and today, here it is in my list of suggestions! It's like it's psychic, or something...
RIP Cloris, Phyllis, Frau Bluchar!
That theme song does something to me & it's all good 🥳💃
She was really something. You never turned away or you could miss something she did.
the opening theme to the ''Phyllis'' show is a classic in comedy.
its one of my fave theme songs along with Green Acres...
First we loss Mary, then Rhoda, now Phyllis,
Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, and Cloris Leachman will be greatly missed!!
was contemplating that the other day, only to realize that Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, John Amos and Betty White are still around. Trying to keep it positive.
Cloris Leachman was an amazing actress
Rhoda makes me laugh in this scene, her complete indifference to what Phyllis is talking about. 😂
That bit where Phyllis pushes the pie plate around the table was Cloris Leachman's ad lib. When the camera switches to Rhoda and Mary, you can see Valerie Harper start to break up. She turns to look at Mary to hide her face, but you can see her smiling at Mary.
I can't believe this is Frau Blucher. What an amazing actress!
Cloris played a whole different role in the lead of a One Step Beyond episode in the late 50s, already over 30 years old. A few years later Cloris played "Mrs. Fremont" in the original Twilight Zone and 40 years later played the same character in an updated version.
Before there was Frasier, there was Phyllis, so full of herself. So full of apple pie. Rhoda was and always will be my favorite, even the Rhoda show, but Cloris Leachman was amazing.
Any idea of what Phyllis says in Swedish? ( what Lars said to her) 3:41
Something similar to "Phyllis, I'm done" ❤️
@@kumada84 I've always wondered that! Her delivery of the line is so funny!
I always thought he was just saying, "Phyllis, that was good" :)
Three very funny ladies, all gone now. Fare Thee Well.
Great scene.Love Cloris.The 3 of them along with Ted were and always will be my favorites on this timeless show.Best writers ever in my opinion.Still watch every day because this non stop joke machine never gets old.Been watching since day one.Miss the whole gang alot!!
"Phyllis, I have quit."
Rest In Peace
Thank you, Swedish speaker! I always heard “yog har slooota” and guessed Lars was telling Phyllis “you’re a slut”!! 😂 Now I know … ’“Jag har slutat ”, “I have quit”. Makes it even funnier! 🇸🇪 ❤️
The best scene from the best episode of the series. You can see Cloris very nearly missed the line "I'm just too much of a real woman" as she had started to react to the pie before pulling back and delivering the line.
When it became clear to MTM that Cloris Leachman was joining the cast she was a bit apprehensive. She had nothing but respect for Leachman but Mary felt a little intimidated at the thought of working opposite such a huge talent.
Love the ladies fashion. Sleek, sporty and chic.
Another good episode with Phyllis as the main character. ("Phyllis Whips Inflation"). And yes, it's on here.
The one where Phyllis asks Mary to explain the birds and the bees to Phyllis’s daughter is also great.
When television was in its heyday.
And they are now all gone... 😥