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.
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.
The Swedish phrase Phyllis quotes Lars as saying after their "incredible" lovemaking--"Phyllis, Jag är slutat"--translates as "Phyllis, I am finished."
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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 💔
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.
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.
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.
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 😆
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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!
@@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.
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. 🌹 🌻 🌺
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.
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
"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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
These ladies were so talented, watched the MTM show growing up. Makes me sad to remember that and sad that these wonderful actors have now passed. Thank you for the laughs MTM, Ms Harper and Ms Leachman. ❤️❤️❤️
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."
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!.
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.
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!
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...
Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! I loved Cloris Leachman on the Facts of Life from 1986-88.. XD I love how the show mentions another CBS show at the time Hawaii -Five O..!! XD
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.
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.
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.
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!"
@@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.
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.
She was indeed a class act! Once, when she was performing on stage in Vancouver, she walked into a local restaurant to have dinner. When a girl ran over to tell her how much she had loved her in everything she'd been in, she was so gracious and kind, chatting with her in a relaxed and friendly manner.
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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.
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.
Hard to believe that these wonderful actresses are all gone. MTM show is one of the top 10 comedic shows ever.
Everyone on this show had a good long life and a good career. Cloris, Asner and Betty doing good work into their 80's
I can’t believe it’s been fifty-one years since this classic episode was aired.
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.
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.
More than once in this scene, Mary Tyler Moore is doing everything she can not to burst out laughing at Cloris Leachman !
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!
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.🌹
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.
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.
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.
From THE LARS AFFAIR, Season 4, Episode 1, MTM Show. Leachman won the Emmy for this episode, Best Supporting Actress, Emmy
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!
This was a groundbreaking series.
That face after she tastes her pie. Priceless!
The fact they could get through this scene without busting out in laughter is a testament to their brilliant acting.
Mary was close
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!
Her comedic timing was spot on in this scene! She was an amazing actress! Cloris Leachman rest in peace.
ALWAYS🙌🏾
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".
This is one of my favorite scenes of the entire series. Cloris Leachman was a terrific actor.
Brilliant. It never gets old.
This show was charmed.
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.
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 😆
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.
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
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!
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!
“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.
RIP to all three of the talented ladies....Mary, Rhoda, Phyllis.
I love how Phyllis imitates Lars accent.. 😆
We miss you so much Cloris ♥️♥️♥️
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. 🌹 🌻 🌺
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
"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.
Cloris won an Emmy for that episode!
This was a great episode 👍
Maybe the best ensemble cast of any sitcom
No question
Cloris Leachman, comic genius, subtle, understated and right on the mark.
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
When Phyllis inadvertently tastes the pie herself -- priceless!
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.
One of my favorite scenes from ANY show EVER.
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.
Probably my favorite episode in the whole series...
How should I say.... has serviced the queen... Still funny all these many years later!
LOL! I remember that line!
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.
They have all passed away now! I love them all I know they both met her at the gates Rip all three amen.
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!!
So unbelievably fabulous all these years later!!
Absolutely LOVED Cloris Leachman. Loved her in YOUNG FRANKSTINE an HIGH ANXIETY. RIP
What a stunning woman
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.
These ladies were so talented, watched the MTM show growing up. Makes me sad to remember that and sad that these wonderful actors have now passed. Thank you for the laughs MTM, Ms Harper and Ms Leachman. ❤️❤️❤️
Never missed a show when I was kid. We all loved Cloris, even when she was crazy (especially when)
Cloris & Mary Tyler Moore together in Heaven both talented ladies
Sadly Valerie Harper too
Cloris's line deliveries and timing were always so brilliant. No wonder Mel Brooks hired her for Young Frankenstein.
The writing is so good and so well delivered by all three
That theme song does something to me & it's all good 🥳💃
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."
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!.
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.
brilliant, simply fantastic work, thanks for all the joy you three brought to so many millions, over so many years
She was really something. You never turned away or you could miss something she did.
Brilliant writing beautifully acted.
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.
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!
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...
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!
Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! I loved Cloris Leachman on the Facts of Life from 1986-88.. XD I love how the show mentions another CBS show at the time Hawaii -Five O..!! XD
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.
My favorite MTM episode When Phyllis turns the plate priceless
Priceless. Thank you.
The original SATC. I'm such a Phyllis!
Brilliance from all three actresses
the opening theme to the ''Phyllis'' show is a classic in comedy.
its one of my fave theme songs along with Green Acres...
Each of these women were so wonderful!!!
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.
Cloris Leachman was an amazing actress
I loved Cloris. A fantastic actress. She could do anything.
Best cast ever on any sitcom.
Cloris was priceless 🙏
3 big talents but Ms Leachman owned this one
Pure talent. All of them.
My all-time favorite sitcom.
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.
Phyllis was one of the best characters created in the 70’s!
A great episode, but I have long wondered exactly HOW a bad apple pie tastes. Too sour? Too sweet?
Like glue or wallpaper paste.
RIP Mary, Valerie now Rest in your brilliance and THANK
Best sit com ever
Absolute perfection. 😂😂😂
RIP Cloris, Phyllis, Frau Bluchar!
When I was little I thought Cloris was the prettiest lady..just gorgeous
Cloris was great in a late 70s Comedy Scavenger hunt and as Malcolm's grandma in malcolm in the middle
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.
This performance won Cloris Leachman an Emmy award (one of 29 earned by the MTM show in its 7 year run).
Best show ever made .
Cloris Leachman was and always will be a class act
And she was brilliant in Young Frankenstein.
She was indeed a class act! Once, when she was performing on stage in Vancouver, she walked into a local restaurant to have dinner. When a girl ran over to tell her how much she had loved her in everything she'd been in, she was so gracious and kind, chatting with her in a relaxed and friendly manner.
love her so much over the years I am 64
Fantastic!
Loved this clip of Phyllis