died in 2017 at the age of 80. Harper and Engel died in 2019 at the ages of 80 and 70, respectively.In honor of the show’s 50th anniversary, The Post spoke to Asner, 90, MacLeod, 89 and Amos, 80, who shared their memories of working on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”MacLeod: They sent me two scripts, including the pilot.
There was a hand-written note on them saying “Gavin for the part of Lou Grant.” No one would believe me as being Mary’s boss.
I felt myself as more of a contemporary. I couldn’t believe myself as a boss. I said, “I wouldn’t be right for Ted, what about Murray?
I can have some fun with him — he’s kind of cynical and I like him.” When I went in for the reading with the vice president of CBS and [series creators] Jim Brooks and.
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