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MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN {EPISODE 117} {MERLE'S LITTLE SECRET} (TV)
Summary
The first of two episodes on this tape. One in this satirical soap opera series about Mary Hartman, a housewife from Fernwood, Ohio. In this episode, Jimmy Joe Jeeter tells Loretta that his father frequents "bawdy-houses" and asks her to speak to Merle about this problem; Mary is in the running to be chosen the "typical American consumer housewife;" Martha asks Mary about her relationship with Howard McCullough; Mary reveals that she has been suffering from anxiety attacks; and Charlie convinces Loretta to sever ties with the Jeeters -- after she saves Merle's immortal soul. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: November 30, 1999
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:43
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:58568
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Domestic relations - Drama
- SERIES RUN: Syndicated - TV series, 1976-1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Norman Lear … Executive Producer, Developed by
- Viva Knight … Producer
- Perry Krauss … Associate Producer
- Nessa Hyams … Director
- Gail Parent … Created by
- Jerry Adelman … Created by, Writer
- Daniel Gregory Browne … Created by, Writer
- Ann Marcus … Created by, Writer
- Earle Hagen … Music by
- Louise Lasser … Cast, Mary Hartman
- Mary Kay Place … Cast, Loretta Haggers
- Graham Jarvis … Cast, Charlie Haggers
- Dody Goodman … Cast, Martha Shumway
- Debralee Scott … Cast, Cathy Shumway
- Dabney Coleman … Cast, Merle Jeeter
- Michael Lembeck … Cast, Clete Mizenheimer
- Sparky Marcus … Cast, Jimmy Joe Jeeter