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@JakeMabe13 жыл бұрын
What makes this go from funny to genius is how Ted just does it and keeps on walking. Truly golden.
@docadams70992 жыл бұрын
Yep, he just took care of business at hand and acted so professionally. For once, lol.
@jamessandy58732 жыл бұрын
The whole thing is so brilliantly timed and executed...definitely on my list of 20 funniest scenes from the entire series.
@annapopkin31716 жыл бұрын
Not only is Ted Knight's timing pure gold, so is Bette White's reaction 😂
@thomash.schwed36622 жыл бұрын
And everyone else's reaction, including Eric Braeden.
@georgehenderson77832 жыл бұрын
@@thomash.schwed3662 Beat me to that reply by 2 weeks! Was going to write the same exact 7 words!
@dingfeldersmurfalot45602 жыл бұрын
She was loving being at the center of things at that moment!
@ajs11201 Жыл бұрын
@@thomash.schwed3662 I saw a recent interview Eric Braeden gave. Apparently, he still has fond memories of doing that show.
@rhoadesjerry96963 жыл бұрын
"Only a fool would vent his frustration in those ways." TED: "You rang?"
@stevevasta2 жыл бұрын
😄😄😄
@chrislacke51882 жыл бұрын
Laverne & Shirley had their version of this whenever Lenny and Squiggy would walk in and say “hello.”
@c.s.jackson7214 Жыл бұрын
You like this pie? You want this pie? HAVE A PIE. ON ME.
@PPA-vl3cu19 күн бұрын
😄
@peterschultz3542 жыл бұрын
Eric Braeden looks like he's trying not to laugh after "getting it." By his own account, he said he really loved doing this episode.
@DJ-bj8ku3 жыл бұрын
Ted was perfect to deliver the pie because he wasn’t bound by the same professional standards as Lou and Murray. Love it.
@jeffreygalus54172 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that we will never see an ensemble like this ever again 😔
@suemeade28642 жыл бұрын
Never
@ellenmindy590511 ай бұрын
No we won't. The best cast and the best show ever to have graced our screens
@liz3265227 жыл бұрын
The audience howling with laughter after Ted's "moment of glory"... authentic, perfect.
@maskedmarvyl47742 жыл бұрын
How many takes? Certainly only one.
@Mama-Ames6 жыл бұрын
Ted Knight was a GENIUS!!! He made this show SO SO FUNNY! Rest in Peace Mr. Knight. You will ALWAYS be loved.
@harryplummer63563 жыл бұрын
You are so right! I just loved him in MTM.
@TheGreatWhiteScout2 жыл бұрын
Additionally, he had five campaign stars in the European Theater as an US Army Combat Engineer. Not only a great comic actor, but a soldier who answered the call for his country.
@charlieyellowstone82482 жыл бұрын
And he didn't even have to say a word! 🤣😅😆
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Still laugh so hard when Ted is in a scene. Been watchng since day one.I watch every weekday on Decades TV and my MTM Show dvd's on the weekend.Ted has always been my favorite on the MTM show.
@Gradguy12 жыл бұрын
Ted K so good … but the writer’s … wow!!!
@Vejur90002 жыл бұрын
This was so brilliantly written and acted, by veteran masters of their craft. Brilliant. Ted Knight was a brilliant comedic actor.
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
He sure was brilliant! Love every single time he walks in because I know I am gonna laugh!!!!!
@aiberlane33906 жыл бұрын
I love how Ted does it so casually! He just glances at the pie, pushes Sue's hand up, and keeps on walking.
@joedellaselva12512 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling judging from the cast's reaction that Ted Knight ad-libbed the pie in the face.
@trvman12 жыл бұрын
The days when they knew how to write comedy. Today most "comedy" is stupid sex related jokes/situations and they are old and worn out because they have been used so many times. The only "recent" sitcoms that didn't have to take that route were The Middle and Last Man Standing. They were so realistic.
@E.JayViera2 жыл бұрын
Didn’t even turn to see the wreckage.
@loulfw25132 жыл бұрын
@@joedellaselva1251 yeah probably. Because otherwise the scene would have ended with... I'm sorry, WHAT was your answer again?
@IsiahTomas2 жыл бұрын
I hope that felt as good as it looked.
@geo_ashburn2 жыл бұрын
In an interview, Eric Braeden said that the pie to the face was brilliant timing.
@cindytaylor93362 жыл бұрын
That scene was gold for Ted Baxter. Ted Knight was a comic genius.
@unowen-nh9ov10 ай бұрын
The blocking on this scene is perfect, every character has literally a moment to step up.
@tomitstube7 жыл бұрын
beautifully written, tension builds and builds, looks like he's going to get away with it, and ted walks by without saying a word.
@cindytaylor93362 жыл бұрын
😀😀😀
@RobMacKendrick7 жыл бұрын
And scene. Absolutely perfect. Perfect writing, perfect acting, perfect direction and blocking. MTM made the best.
@liz3265227 жыл бұрын
RobMacKendrick Without sounding incredibly clueless, what exactly is blocking and what made it so perfect in this scene? Just curious.
@RobMacKendrick7 жыл бұрын
Blocking is the way the shots are lined up (sequence and angle). If you watch the sequence from first to last, noting each frame change and the way the actors stand and move through the scene (note that the arrogant snob remains still while everyone else moves in relation to him), it tells the story as eloquently as the script. You could just lay out a series of stills without dialogue and people would laugh just as hard. The MTM crew were famous for minding all the details, and this scene demonstrates why they're still remembered as among the best.
@liz3265227 жыл бұрын
RobMacKendrick Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that to me, I find that so interesting, especially when you think of how much had to go into even a simple scene, to make it the best it can be. That cast and crew really were the cream of the crop, weren't they? Lightning in a bottle they were.
@RobMacKendrick7 жыл бұрын
Not at all; I picked this stuff up "in the street" so to speak, just as an interested fan, and it really does heighten my appreciation of the movies and TV shows I love, to have a sketchy understanding of Cinematography 101. And I'm totally with you on the MTM team. They were so sharp on so many levels. I guess that's why we're still talking about them. (And watching them!)
@Tmanaz4802 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. This was a live audience sitcom, so it had to be performed like a play. There was little chance for retakes.
@gvravel2 жыл бұрын
Once again, the writing on this program was superb.
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Yes! In my opinion the best writing especially when written by Ed Weinberger& Stan Daniels or Treva Silverman.The other writers are great to!
@tedosmond4132 жыл бұрын
Born Tadewurz Wladzui Konopka in Terryville, Conn., Mr. Knight went into the Army shortly after graduation from Terryville High School. He served in World War II with the First Army Group's combat engineers as radio reconnaissance operator and was among the first American troops to enter Berlin toward the end of the war. He won five Bronze Stars during his military service.
@faithcastillo95972 жыл бұрын
I miss when TV was this good.
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Oh me too!!!!
@ghostinthemachine82432 жыл бұрын
Ted Knight was epic on The MTM Show, but his performance in the movie 'Caddyshack' made him immortal.
@basilmarasco19752 жыл бұрын
*Well!* We're *waiting!*
@LarryNemecekTrekland2 жыл бұрын
Have your opinion, sure -- but there's 7 years of MTM and Caddyshack is just a 2 hour movie. A movie can make a big impact for single-watchers, and that may be how perception history plays out in the end ...but my god nothing can replace his Ted Baxter. (BTW neither the WaPo nor LA TImes obits mention CShack; the NYT has it in the 4th graf. They all lead with MTM and his 2 Emmys.)
@brbob49342 жыл бұрын
@@LarryNemecekTrekland Ditto. Caddyshack was fine, but you will ALWAYS remember Ted Baxter. NEWSMAN. Pure genius.
@planner8125 жыл бұрын
Thats why we love Ted Knight and Baxter Take your pick
@glennmarshall46937 жыл бұрын
that was perfect timing by Ted too
@cylon6 Жыл бұрын
I love that they left in Mary and Ed's real laughter at the end.
@davidwalter20022 жыл бұрын
This is just so perfect, since the audience is craving that physical revenge. And for the critic to say that only a fool would act that way, only to have the official Fool of the Station do it is just ideal.
@tolfan44382 жыл бұрын
That may be the most perfect moment of comedic timing ever.
@veronikalake69342 жыл бұрын
My favorite show for 50 years!!!! Its so funny and heart warming..I miss those days terribly
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Me too! Watched since day one and still my favorite comedy show!
@michaelgask2 жыл бұрын
The timing and the writing in this short scene is incredible... perfectly judged.
@kasteman17 жыл бұрын
This scene looks like it was impossible to get through without someone cracking up.
@stanleyban3 жыл бұрын
Love it, love it, Ted Knight gets the last laugh! No matter how many times I see this, I can't help bursting out with laughter!!! LMAO!!
@FomorViceroy2 жыл бұрын
The moment Betty White enters, you can see Gavin put his fist up to his mouth trying to contain his laughter. They’ve rehearsed this multiple times and know what’s coming. This is also one of those moments where, if it had gone wrong, they’d have to take a considerable amount of time to reset everything and do it again. It may not seem apparent, but, there’s a lot riding on that moment and it illustrates how good they all were. The critic in this episode is played by Eric Braeden; who also played John Jacob Astor in Titanic.
@DragonNinja46803 ай бұрын
He also is a lead actor on The Young & The Restless.
@DragonNinja46803 ай бұрын
I would love to see the bloopers reel on this scene if they exist!
@DragonNinja46803 ай бұрын
Did you see on Gavin's forehead some of the pies cream land on him!
@viccolantonio1691Ай бұрын
@DragonNinja4680 how dud eric braeden manage without laughing. He played this role very well
@tedtimothy90742 жыл бұрын
Sometimes Ted Baxter was foolish, but under it all, he had a good heart
@deborahstrong22967 жыл бұрын
Love it! Victor Newman finally gets his!
@billlonee94702 жыл бұрын
Such a great show. Such a brilliant ensemble cast!
@suemeade28642 жыл бұрын
The Best
@d.a.elliottjr.3672 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching this in the 70s. I'm a little sad that most of those people are gone now.
@andydotyhere303 Жыл бұрын
Only a fool would do that…..enter Ted…. The timing is impeccable.
@1.21JJWatts3 жыл бұрын
That show was pure genius. They got belly laughs with a pie in the face gag.
@Lava19647 жыл бұрын
i remember when this first aired. I laughed solidly for about two minutes.
@soulstrength2 жыл бұрын
I concur...greatest moment indeed -- and without a word spoken. Well done sir!
@marywatkins67982 жыл бұрын
They were all so good! A perfect ensemble cast. I loved The MTM Show as a kid. I remember in the 1980s and the popularity of Murphy Brown, MTM said it was just her show copied.
@liz3265227 жыл бұрын
So good, sooooo funny! And man oh man, do I love Ted Knight.
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Me too! My favorite on the show!
@randymillhouse7912 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky to be a kid as this show was on our old tube, 3 channel television. Thank you God!
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Spiritgumm3 жыл бұрын
A scene where they literally get to have their cake and eat it, since Ted walks in on cue, as usual, as "the fool" but on this occasion gets the credit for doing what noone else will stoop to.
@dianedizayee52112 жыл бұрын
Ted was not intimidated by that pompous character.
@janetgriffiths72007 жыл бұрын
It would be so hard for them not to crack up!!!!! Priceless!!!
@jimslancio5 жыл бұрын
My God, what a great show this was!
@suemeade28642 жыл бұрын
The Best
@davidhardwick38166 ай бұрын
What a show, and GOD HOW I LOVED TED BAXTER!!!
@Plexcom602 жыл бұрын
Why the hell can't we have this show back on television. It outclasses nearly all that is presented to us as comedy now.
@Jay-vr9ir2 жыл бұрын
Because they have all passed , except for Eric(HANS) .
@kellys76647 жыл бұрын
I love them all! Classic Comedy!❤❤
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Great scene, great show! Ted was my favorite.Love You always Ted! Really miss this cast! Thanks for posting this!
@MrRufusRToyota2 жыл бұрын
It was the rhythm beginning with Ted kicking the door open. Those series of choices were genius.
@bearchaser67 Жыл бұрын
I watched MTM when I was a kid. Good comedy stands the test of time, still made me 😂
@67lionsoflisbon372 жыл бұрын
The main cast members may all be gone now; but they're Immortal. Making people laugh forever. God keep and rest them all.
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@steveweatherly6907Ай бұрын
One of the greatest shows of all times! It's been 50 years and I still love reruns every Monday through Friday... And Ted Knight (may he rest in peace) absolutely made this show!
@timd89122 жыл бұрын
Flawless scene...talent....
@kkroeger5868 Жыл бұрын
The audience reaction tells us everything....comedy gold.
@stevenodenthal34582 жыл бұрын
The only one left alive in this room is Betty White. She will outlive us all.
@bigal64422 жыл бұрын
Got some bad news for you, Steve...
@Leslie587 жыл бұрын
Ted Knight... pure comic genius
@elizc27 жыл бұрын
sure was......don't know if you know this but after the first couple of years he literally cried and went to the producers complaining that people would think his character was stupid. He didn't realize was a comedic genius he was. The producers finally convinced him. So glad they did. He was terrific...
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
So true!
@colin67686 жыл бұрын
"And sensible rational people do not throw either pies or punches". I sure as hell wouldn't throw a punch at Eric Braeden - he's a boxer in real life. He was great in The Rat Patrol and great as Victor Newman. Don't remember this episode but after watching this clip I'm going to have to watch the whole episode.
@tomh.24052 жыл бұрын
He also played a heavy in the low-budget movie (a pilot for a TV show that never came to fruition) called "Code Name Diamond Head." Mystery Science Theater 3000 based an episode on it, and during all the riffing the guys pause occasionally to puzzle over where they'd seen him before.
@billbusen2 жыл бұрын
Don't let Dr. Forbin design your computer system, though.
@geo_ashburn2 жыл бұрын
@@billbusen 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@geo_ashburn2 жыл бұрын
After Betty White passed away, Eric Braeden talked about how everyone on the show was great to work with.
@larrywolfson68632 жыл бұрын
The cherry on the icing on the cake. Usually a picture is worth 1,000 words that one was worth a million. Only Ted’s character could have pulled that off and still be true to the character
@Shadowman47102 жыл бұрын
RIP to Ed Asner, Gavin McCloud and Chloris Leachman, who all passed away this year. Oh, and somebody put a guard around Betty White please? :)
@dwlopez572 жыл бұрын
1st person to appear on television in 10 different decades
@arrrgonot78012 жыл бұрын
Its hard to believe. Love everyone of them
@clgil772 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine...she's the sole survivor of both of her hit shows.
@dingfeldersmurfalot45602 жыл бұрын
Asner was so great. It's a shame we didn't see a heck of a lot more of him. Lou Grant is still one of my favorite shows of all time.
@djmoch10012 жыл бұрын
Someone forgot to put the guard around Betty. :'(
@maskedmarvyl47744 жыл бұрын
So as you can see, Ted Did have a purpose after all on the show.... doing what the rest of us secretly want to, but have too much self-respect to.... The actor did a very good job playing a pompous caricature of a critic. At one point Mary asks him "was there Ever a movie that you liked?" And he replies "There was one. It was a Ukrainian film......called "Blood On The Dog's Face". It was about deformity. But even the title seemed to possess a certain unnecessary.....whimsy".
@jcortese33002 жыл бұрын
"Only a fool--" Enter Ted Baxter. Exit Ted Baxter. Annnnd ... scene. :-)
@italishgirl56012 жыл бұрын
I never realized as a kid watching this with my mom every week that I was watching history in the making! Nothing comes close to these actors or the writers!
@Grundig802 жыл бұрын
I love how it starts off with Mary, who was the voice of reason, and worked it's way down through Lou and Murray, then Sue Ann and finally to Ted at the bottom.
@t24hy442 жыл бұрын
Priceless.
@peterrice77397 жыл бұрын
This is where Victor Newman finds that he is no match for our heroes, Mary Richards and Ted Baxter. They are truly a Dynamic Duo in this scene.
@cindydott4522 жыл бұрын
Charles Forbin! Colossus wouldn't have thrown a pie though.
@bufnyfan12 жыл бұрын
Eric Braden (Victor Newman) has said in interviews that he loved his experience on the Mary Tyler Moore show--that all the cast were very gracious and kind to him
@johnnyllooddte34152 жыл бұрын
Eric Braeden great german actor..and obviously very good humored
@jl3322 Жыл бұрын
The good ole days!!
@kemhopkins34212 жыл бұрын
One of the best shows EVER!
@bignasty18762 жыл бұрын
THAT'S(!!!!) WHAT MADE THIS SHOW THE TEMPLATE OF THE PERFECT ENSEMBLE CAST OF ACTRESSES, ACTORS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS. TO CALL IT A CLASSIC,IS AN INSULT.
@mirianansotegi6492 жыл бұрын
Priceless 💫
@chrisheffernan75403 жыл бұрын
Ted Knight was awesome on the Mary Tyler Moore show. R.I.P. Mr Knight
@billthomas26522 жыл бұрын
The best part is that the moment Ted opens the door the audience is way ahead of them.
@locutus11262 жыл бұрын
damn.. lost Ed, Gavin and Betty all in the same year. I was too young at the time, but always remember my dad watching this show and laughing so hard.
@maryellenmacioge76092 жыл бұрын
Cloris Leachman too I believe... 4 of them
@paulaneary78772 жыл бұрын
GENIUS, truly comedy, television genius.
@JSDesignHK3 ай бұрын
It’s superb in every aspect. Brilliant.
@passqualecaiazza77282 жыл бұрын
I love this show. I enjoy all the characters in the show. I own every episode and watch them every few years.
@passqualecaiazza77282 жыл бұрын
I started watching them and on season 3. Fantastic show.
@josephf15553 жыл бұрын
This actor is credited with almost 3,300 episodes of Young And The Restless!!
@eddygsmusicworld17083 жыл бұрын
yah he is a legend Mr. Braeden
@ZEZERBING3 жыл бұрын
Dietrich on rat patrol.
@eddygsmusicworld17083 жыл бұрын
@@ZEZERBING I found him there
@Regreviews3 жыл бұрын
The king of daytime
@daveguitarnowski44022 жыл бұрын
@@ZEZERBING Dammit... you're right!
@SuperWolsey9 жыл бұрын
Oh, bugger! Its Victor Newman!!!
@bornyesterday218 жыл бұрын
+kory stephens "Now you listen to me, Jack Abbott !!! ..."
@joerules8297 жыл бұрын
flea sweep It's one word... Jackabbott.
@stephenmuehleisen98097 жыл бұрын
Hauptmann Deitrich!
@SuperWolsey2 жыл бұрын
@@bornyesterday21 Or in this case, "how dare you, TedBaxter!..."
@Eggmanontheair2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Ted Knight plays a jail guard who looks directly into the camera near the ending of Hitchcock's "Psycho"
@paulperetti78892 жыл бұрын
Stole my thunder I was going to put down the same thing LOL
@moboutmen2 жыл бұрын
Baxter rules!
@glennmarshall46937 жыл бұрын
have to agree with that, Eric Braeden did a good job too, he played that snobby person well.
@chris-zu6sf3 жыл бұрын
Yes, when he quipped, "only a fool", the timing was impeccable.
@markmerzweiler9093 жыл бұрын
And seemed like a good sport about it too.
@CactiTrio3 жыл бұрын
And it is a great lesson in how to hold those who serve us---responsible. [Get it how you ordered and paid for it.] A similar lesson is taught by Nicholson to Quaid in -The Last Detail- over a cheeseburger where the cheese is not melted. Hard to possess that trait, but an admirable trait it is.
@bariant2997 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@betsykeller90962 жыл бұрын
I miss Ed Asner. He recently passed. He looked so much like my Dad, my Dad would get yelled at from cars, "Hey Ed Asner!"
@RitaSora2 жыл бұрын
Awe! My Dad looked just like Archie Bunker and ppl would come up to him in the grocery store and tell him so.He hated that! I couldn't watch the show for several years after my Dad passed because I would cry each time I watched All in the Family.Now several years later it is a comfort to see Carol O'Connor on All in the Family.
@jamest681 Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace in Heaven everyone.
@brianarbenz72067 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while, ya need a fool!
@sidemann85936 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Another of my favorites: Ted's on the air: "The bill was ratified by 2/3 of the 48 states." Voice off camera: "Ted, there are 2 more." Ted: "The bill was ratified by 4/3 of the 48 states."
@7775Kevin2 жыл бұрын
Just perfect
@docadams70992 жыл бұрын
It seems so right that Ted got to deliver the knockout punch here. This is from the MTM episode "The Critic" (1976-77).
@sallymiller13592 ай бұрын
I just love Lou's laugh, it's like a little kid but he wears it well. Ted Knight is genius
@johnrobinsoniii40282 жыл бұрын
Holy Moley, that’s “VICTOR” of “The Young and the Restless” fame!
@dwlopez572 жыл бұрын
Plus he played the German captain on Rat Patrol in the 1960s.
@leslieawest50622 жыл бұрын
HA!,HA! That was a totally priceless, scene, by Ted. That show was so great, well written great talented actors. Glad there on UTUBE, they are great to rewatch. There was another one with Mary, Phyllis, and Rhoda and the old fashioned home hair dryer. It was a scream, I laughed so hard. Wish they would have it on UTUBE. That Show is priceless. 😻❤
@amb12452 жыл бұрын
Loved him as narrator of “The Super Friends” as a kid and considered him a truly heroic character. Am sorry to hear he got hurtful press by being ID’d by public as bad guy. He deserved nice fan letters.
@garrison68637 жыл бұрын
Braeden was good in this, he modeled his character on John Simon. Nice job.
@ettawing59553 жыл бұрын
John Simon
@patrickcrowley95232 жыл бұрын
John Simon - now there's a stuffed shirt from the past.
@jimcameron98482 жыл бұрын
The sound and speed of the pie impact, classic.
@SuperGuitarDude7 Жыл бұрын
I hope younger people are seeking out shows like this and The Odd Couple and M.A.S.H, etc. and watching them. Such great writing and acting. I know they're watching shows like Friends and Seinfeld, which are great and are like 20 years old now, but it's a shame if they don't go farther back and watch these shows that not only are great but were so original and innovative. I swear there were probably thirty or more plots of The Odd Couple that every other sitcom took and used (getting audited by the IRS being just one example).
@RuddyIPA7 жыл бұрын
RIP :(
@thomascrown64222 жыл бұрын
"Only a fool would vent his frustration in that way." Ted enters and what's great is HE DOESN'T EVEN HESITATE.
@PaperProjectFilms7 жыл бұрын
This is GOLD!!! XD
@barbaramoore50706 жыл бұрын
love Ted!!!
@KarinaLicursi3 жыл бұрын
RIP Ed Asner ❤
@keithjacobson16406 жыл бұрын
My favorite show!!
@vintageport78042 жыл бұрын
Chuckles the Clown: "A lttle song, a little dance. A little seltzer down your pants."