Mary Tyler Moore - S6 E7 - Chuckles Bites the Dust

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

You got the best moments! Nicely done!

[@kevinjay5908]

It holds up after nearly 50 years. It’s one for the ages.

[@darrellfrost37]

This episode won an Emmy for writing!!!

[@robertlathrop6135]

David Lloyd was the writer who won.

[@sandydee8003]

I can still hear Mary laughing after all these years. THE BEST EPISODE

[@santamarian3578]

Anyone who cannot see the comedic and acting talent of MTM in these scenes had to have been living under a rock. One of the greatest talents ever to grace TV.

[@mikewebber2637]

Probably the single funniest episode in television history. This episode ran short in rehearsal. The audience laughter filled in the time.

[@CoCotheTurtle]

The one where Mary, Lou, Murray and Ted make a bet as to who can go the longest without masturbating was damn funny, too!

[@suzannemostafavifar1686]

It was hilarious.

[@MrIAMTHESIR]

My personal #1 favorite of all 7 seasons...

[@1234larry1]

@@CoCotheTurtle I think you were mistaken that wasn’t the Mary Tyler Moore show, that was Spongebob Squarepants.

[@geoffoldread7684]

No, it's really not. It got placed on some list ages ago and then it's been rubber stamped in perpetuity. There's literally not one funny moment in this clip.

[@TheMaggiemay77]

Mary Tyler Moore was priceless in the funeral scene. I remember seeing it back in the day. So fun to see it again.

[@randallterry4707]

I remember seeing this when it was first aired. I laughed so hard!! It was the best!!

[@infonut]

I wasn't a dedicated watcher and missed it until it hit syndication by which time it had become immortal. I would place it as the best of the series which says a lot considering how many good ones there were. Right up there with Lucy's "Vita-meata-vegamin" episode.

[@kkampy4052]

Mary Tyler Moore Show was probably one of the best sitcoms ever. It never disappointed

[@bufnyfan1]

One of the funniest lines was left out. When Ted oversees what he perceives are very few mourners at the memorial he says "If this was my funeral it would be packed". And Murray turns to him and says "That's right Ted. It's just a matter of giving the public what they want".

[@TheMaggiemay77]

Very good!

[@waynedurning8717]

😂

[@dennistucker9081]

The omission appears to have been corrected, as that dialogue was in the version I watched here.

[@garyneidhardt1362]

Wonderfully acted. Brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

[@twain3074]

I watched a lot of sit-coms in my life, and this still stands out as the funniest episode ever.

[@CPAndy-x5x]

This episode won an all-time 10 best sitcom episodes award.

[@kennethpurscell]

Honestly, it was so funny the night it first aired, I said right then it deserved an Emmy. Mary's acting is , of course brilliant. But my goodness! How hard was it for the entire cast to sit straight-faced through that funeral scene? And with a live audience laughing, to boot? 😂😂 Priceless!

[@Josette93]

When I was a kid and hurt myself, my dad would say, "Did you fall down and hurt your foo foo?" He loved MTM. He was the funniest man I ever knew. RIP, Dad.

[@mitzistraup2514]

We watched this show every Saturday when I was a kid, what a great show😂

[@Robert08010]

MTM, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett and it was a saturday night so I could stay up to watch it.

[@arcfontis]

The CLASSIC CBS Saturday night TV lineup in the 1970s !!

[@CatSharkie]

@@Robert08010I used to babysit and this lineup kept me company every Saturday night!!

[@BobDixon-f7n]

I loved these actors! I grew up with them in my living room. Them, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway Harvey Korman, Viki Lawrence. Oh my goodness, Betty White! That woman was terribly funny. These people were treasure back then. God bless all of them! Many are gone, but a few are here.

[@ChrisLichowicz]

I remember watching this episode. We would watch the show as a family back then.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

Back when TV was at its best.

[@jwbjpb1338]

Definitely one of the greatest episodes in TV history. I remember growing up watching the series as a kid and it’s still a great series to enjoy all these years later.

[@jeannehall6546]

Classic! Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod, Betty White, Georgia Engel and Ted Knight at their best!😊😅😂🤣

[@paulharkins1082]

I put this as one of the top ten funniest moments on tv.

[@kyle381000]

This, along with the "WKRP Turkeys can fly" episode, and the I Love Lucy skit with Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

@@kyle381000 The Bob Newhart Show Thanksgiving Day episode.

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

Carol Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara with the curtain rod still in the dress. On Frasier when the cherries jubilee exploded off camera and Roz comes through the Swinging Doors hair all frazzled. On another frasier, Martin and Daphne are walking down the sidewalk when Martin's old recliner chair falls on the sidewalk in front of them on fire. But Mary's switch from being the scold to laughing out loud to crying was brilliant. It was all acting and no tricks.

[@tomtalley2192]

@williamp: When Archie got locked in his basement, got drunk on a bottle of whiskey. He prayed to God to let him out, and a black man let him out. The look on Archie’s face, thinking God was black!!

[@arkady714]

Apparently, Chuckles Bits the Dust was classified as one of the greatest sitcom episodes ever made.

[@Mythought-g8c]

This is the scene I always remember when thinking about the show.

[@stlmopoet]

I remember the night this first aired. It was, and still is, hilarious.

[@paulmoore7064]

The day after our grandpa's funeral, my sister and I had a fit of the giggles over a snoring infant.

[@randallphobia8698]

I can watch this over and over. It never stops being funny!

[@kyle381000]

MTM was a stonecold fox. She was never more gorgeous than she was here. Brilliant acting and timing, too.

[@retroguy9494]

I sure wish women dressed like that today. I remember when they actually did when this show was airing and I was a little boy.

[@ernestkovach3305]

She was pretty ...however, she was of course prettier in her 20s on the DVD show.

[@jc0730]

Priceless! The best of the best. I used this many times in a class on grief. Superb summary of this bizarre experience called humanity.

[@retroguy9494]

I agree with you. This really shows the different ways in which people (naturally) handle death and grief. I think it's a good teaching tool. Just like the episode from All in the Family where Edith is almost raped is so good a teaching tool it's still used by rape counselors to this very day.

[@peterflom6878]

One of the funniest episodes of any TV show.

[@lonewave1]

There are certain comedy scenes that never get old and nor should they and this is one of them! Thanks for the post!

[@clcortelyou]

The way MTM setup her break at the funeral was fantastic!

[@KathyKelly-lw2gg]

Omg the way she's trying to hold in her laughter!!!!

[@majkus]

The wisest half-hour of American comedy.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Great comedy sketch. Everyone was perfect in their assigned role.

[@lruss5050]

Poor Chuckles was one of the funniest moments ever!😂

[@Robert08010]

This main point is so true... that your emotions don't always do what you want them too. Sometimes it's due to exhaustion, sometimes not, but its not hard to be unexpectedly overwhelmed. This was a great theme for the humor of the show.

[@johncronin9540]

And not all laughter is caused by experiencing something funny. Nervousness can cause laughter as a response. I know someone who had to leave a wake because of nervous laughter. It’s also true that anything that is even mildly amusing can become hilarious in a situation where you are not supposed to laugh, such as in a church or at a funeral.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Mary was robbed of an Academy Award for best actress in the oscar winning movie ,Ordinary People.

[@rexgoodheart3471]

IIRC, TV Guide named this episode the greatest in TV comedy history. I can't disagree. More than that, though, I miss the utter class of Mary Tyler Moore. What an astonishingly beautiful person.

[@ann-mariemeyers9978]

This was one of my dad's favorite episodes in all of television. When he died, we were sitting in church at his funeral, and we, his daughters, suddenly thought of Chuckles' funeral, and we all started laughing. Poppi would have been proud.

[@WilliamPappas-b6o]

Mary Tyler Moore allowed everyone else to get the laughs on most shows. But she showed us how how good she was at comedy. She's got spunk even if Lou hates spunk.

[@jchoward6451]

Such a talented cast!

[@gynandroidhead]

The picture of the football player in Lou Grant's office is Ed Asner.

[@retroguy9494]

Good call! 👍 Yes, that's him! Not many people noticed or catch on. That photo was actually his real football photo from his high school yearbook. They just blew it up for the photo on the wall.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Lou Grant ,I believe, attended the University of Chicago.

[@retroguy9494]

@ Yes, he attended the University of Chicago. Where, believe it or not, he first studied journalism. However, the photo was from his high school football team, NOT college.

[@janinecox256]

It’s like seeing something funny in church and u try very hard not to laugh but the person next to smiles and after that, u are done!

[@JosephPeluso-ce4tm]

Quite possibly the best single episode of any sitcom ever! Great writing, yes, but Mary Tyler Moore sells it brilliantly.

[@janinecox256]

It’s like seeing something funny in church and u try Your best not to laugh until u see someone else trying not to laugh too until u see someone else trying not to laugh and then u are done!

[@elldre3]

'I don't know what you two are laughing about, but I bet it's dirty!!!' Even the throwaway lines were memorable.

[@jacksonj3082]

How the cast kept a straight face - beyond me. Brilliant episode.

[@BLAB-it5un]

The fact that the rest of them could play this scene straight is quite an accomplishment

[@Imasoilman6862]

Absolutely my most favorite episode.

[@Bobrogers99]

The MTM Show was one of the best series on TV.

[@jakeyell]

Mr. Fee Fi Foh get me every time.

[@bored1ca]

I've never seen Ed Asner laugh so much....I found that just as funny as the episode itself.... 🤣

[@Robert08010]

Because remember... He HATES Spunk!

[@bill99208]

Chuckles Bites The Dust was so damn good! I rank it up there in the top 10 best MTM shows, along with the one where Murray as producer picks up Sue Ann and plops her on top of that giant wedding cake! You just don’t get laughs like that anymore.

[@richardbarrett7236]

Best episode of the best show ever. 😂 They are all going to jump out of a little Hearse. 😂👍🏼

[@polemius01]

Brilliant!

[@judithrees6919]

My absolute all time favorite MTM Show!

[@johnstreet1812]

Acting genius at work.

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

What an amazing cast of people. Sadly all of them are now gone.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Not all of them.

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

@ Who’s left?

[@Joe-d7m6k]

​@@jackmeyhoffer5107The ONLY surviving cast member of this show would be--- and I forget her name--- the girl that played Phyllis's daughter. ALL the others are now gone.

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

@ Lisa Gerritsen, but I wouldn’t think of her as a “real” cast member. She appeared in three or four episodes.

[@laser2sail]

A character of fiction but the character made us laugh, and that's how he should be remembered.

[@WayneBrejcha]

great deliveries on a great script.

[@larryschwade9596]

A classic!

[@alanolson6913]

Priceless.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

If I die in some ridiculous manner, I hope the people I know can make jokes as good as these.

[@WilliamBeam-p5k]

Best episode

[@willwiggins758]

One of the funniest scenes in TV history. 😂

[@miketype1each]

For me, this was the hippest and funniest show in the world.

[@jeepliving1]

MTM did a great bit of comedic acting here, but I was more impressed that all those many other cast members and extras could keep from breaking.

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

Ed Asner took a successful comedic character and made him a successful dramatic character in "Lou Grant." Bravo!

[@pjhimself252]

Hadn’t seen this in a while. Mr. Fe fi fo fun typifies how this episode stands as memorable for those who remember it.

[@jhors7777]

Mary was a very believable and convincing comic here.

[@billoeth3343]

Brilliant writing and acting

[@janinecox256]

Mary held it in all week and the day of the funeral comes and she tries real hard not to laugh but it comes flying out! Much like u see something funny in church and u try real hard not to laugh but when u see someone else laugh and then u are done!

[@bgrigg07]

This is Peak MTM!

[@waynedurning8717]

Man we had so much good tv back then. Music too.

[@michaelhewitt258]

Great Television from thr mid seventys

[@victorbrown1316]

RIP Legends ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

[@sejejo7565]

Good writing 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾✅

[@MLBrooks-g3u]

How did Ed Asher ever manage to deliver that first line with a straight face?

[@waynescott137]

Unfortunately the whole cast is gone.

[@GravesRWFiA]

many years ago a friend was getting married. I and another friend went to the wedding and had hoped to get the minister to start with the priest line from 'princess bride' but we arrived to late and just sat down. the minister came out-AND HAD THAT SPEECH IMPREDIMENT my friend and zi were desperately trying to not laugh out loud and on the wedding video we're seen turning purple trying to muffle it.

[@margaretbehler4935]

Funny! Marry and Betty were looking pretty good. Mary was stunning in A Change of Habit with Elvis.

[@retroguy9494]

So was Georgia in my opinion.

[@Bailey2006a]

They’re all dead…the best comic ensemble Ever!!!!

[@crs290]

Who played the clergyman?

[@JBM425]

John Harkins.

[@ttaylor758]

This is so funny, and I feel bad for liking it 😂

[@markbeames7852]

Comedy is tragedy plus time

[@johnheart6890]

Human nature

[@jamessimms415]

Stay in the military for any length of time, you tend to develop a Dark sense of Humor.

[@blakeschreckenbach679]

The best entourage shows are the ones MTM produced. Different personalities all thrown together makes great TV. WKRP and the White Shadow especially. Pick any headstrong character and build an episode around them. Watch how the others have to deal with the plot line. Anyone can be the wildcard, breaking audience expectations. Thorpe was the most interesting character on White Shadow because of his high intelligence and street smarts.

[@ernestkovach3305]

They should have a Mary Tyler Moore reunion show !

[@TheHarryleemartin]

They're all dead.

[@ernestkovach3305]

@@TheHarryleemartin No, not all !

[@TheHarryleemartin]

@@ernestkovach3305 All the major cast is dead. Murray's wife, who appeared in very few episodes is still alive -- Joyce Bulifant. I would suggest next time you disagree you provide the correct answer.

[@ernestkovach3305]

@TheHarryleemartin You just admitted you are wrong. Also, Phyllis 's daughter was a member several times . As for the other full or part-time actors on that show, hire look alike replacements or actual relatives as fillers for Mary, Lou, Ted, Murray, etc. Come on, folks, let's make this happen ..... use technology now available to harvest the real sentences from the many past MTM and Dick Van Dyke shows to create or piece together new dialog. Nothing is impossible. You can get this done through AI Hollywood. Produce an authentic reunion show that can be so much more than " A weekend at Bernies" type show of propped up lifeless bodies ! Use long and medium long shots instead of close ups, apply extra makeup , etc. This is doable . Pay relatives of those cast members now deceased who are agreeable to legal exhumation of their bodies to add authenticity when the credits roll. You want Mary Tyler Moore? The REAL Mary? Done! Don't ever say " all " cast members who appeared on MTM are dead. That's like saying all members of the Beatles or Lynerd Skinard are dead. Not true, bub. Apologize, sir, for being technically WRONG! Class dismissed.

[@patrickryan1515]

Mary's best performance, witnessed by a group of hypocrites.

[@ReneeBraxton]

FUNNY 😅😂😂😅

[@angelacharin636]

😂

[@denniscoffey1247]

LOL!

[@williambrady4760]

😂😂😂😂

[@Ottolinked]

This was edited.

[@mulbizcal]

I used free software OBS Screen Recorder: obsproject.com/download OpenShot Editing Software: www.openshot.org/download/

[@timothym.orourke5283]

🏳️‍🌈The ‘70s equivalent to the cabin scene in A Night at the Opera: comedy perfection.🏳️‍🌈

[@Billy-k6m]

She was in her 30 s

[@blackbird5634]

What the heck happened to Mary's hair? When did that helmet come into style?

[@KCmidwest-wm9jd]

Big hair, with lots and lots of hairspray, was a big deal in the late 60s, early 70s. Photos of my mother, with her big hair, just make her roll her eyes today.

[@cjomurph7380]

Excuse me, young lady." ?? MTM was in her forties easily at at this time. Not young.

[@JH-yj7kk]

That's why she looked behind her

[@JohnnyPerth]

Being nice ...

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Hey, she owned the show and signed the writers' checks.

[@twofiveb]

I see that flattery is not your strong suit.

[@Marchant2]

The term "young lady" is more a term of politeness than it is a characterization being made of someone's age.

[@bill-fk7tl]

It was good , but seriously, ease up on the hyperbole it is not the best ever🙄

[@kade82]

You really need to watch the whole show to appreciate the humor in this clip. Of course, I was alive when this first aired. I thought it was funny then and still find it funny now.

[@bill-fk7tl]

@ it was my moms favorite show

[@TheHarryleemartin]

This episode won the primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, the writer one best writing for a sitcom, and, finally, in 1997, this episode was ranked No. 1 on TV Guide's "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". The comments are not hyperbole. Yours is just from ignorance.

[@bill-fk7tl]

@ Ease up on the weed pimp, It’s all just opinions, i didn’t say it sucked it’s very funny, but I would put the barney Miller hash episode or the newhart finale as better

[@TheHarryleemartin]

@ It's not an opinion you offered. You invalidated all of the episode's awards by saying it was all hyperbole. That's criticism -- and yours goes against what critics and the public have stated. Pardon me if I became harsh, I get that way when people are acting stupid. So please put that in your pipe and smoke it.