The Mary Tyler Moore Hour — Season 1, Episode 1: Guest Stars Lucille Ball and Mike Douglas
60 min • 1 season, 11 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Mary returns with a new format, a kind of show within a show. She plays Mary McKinnon, whose TV variety show provides a vehicle for weekly guests, and a frame for backstage comedy. On the curtain raiser, Mary's attempts to land Lucille Ball on her program land them both on ""The Mike Douglas Show,"" both in a state of advanced inebriation. Lucy and Mary sing ""Girl Friends of the Whirling Dervish.""-TV Guide March 3-9, 1979
About The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour is an American variety show broadcast by CBS in the spring of 1979. The series stars Mary Tyler Moore.