CBS Network - Phyllis - "You're Not Getting Better, Just Older" (Complete Broadcast, 8/2/1977) 📺
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- Here's the complete (repeat) broadcast of "You're Not Getting Better, Just Older," an episode of Phyllis as aired over the CBS Network via its then-Boston, MA affiliate WNAC Channel 7 (now WHDH).
This installment (S02E02 - first-run airing on September 27th 1976) has the titular character (Cloris Leachman) throwing a 45th birthday party for herself and nobody able or wanting to come - so she ends up placing a call to Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) who ends up the only one to show up for the festivities.
Includes:
Ending titles of The Jack Benny Program (copyright 1960 - selected early '60's episodes were aired on CBS during the summer of 1977) (tail end of voiceover promo for Phyllis by Lee Jordan) (ending voiceover by Don Wilson) (link to complete broadcast is here: • CBS Network - The Jack... )
Promo for The Betty White Show (voiceover by Norm Stevens) (no voiceover after the CBS 'Lightning Eye-D')
Commercial: Kellogg's Eggo waffles
Station ID / Newsroom 7 promo (with John Henning)
Phyllis opening titles, followed immediately by episode Act I
Commercials for:
Gaines-Burgers dog food
Sears Great American Paint Sale on custom latex paints (ending voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Episode Act II
Commercials for:
Playtex Free Spirit convertible strap bra
Star-Kist tuna fish (with Charlie the tuna [voice of Herschel Bernardi] as a cowboy roping a horsefish)
Episode epilogue
Promo for A Year at the Top (premiering August 5th) (posted separately here: • CBS Network - A Year a... )
Phyllis bumper
Commercials for:
McDonald's (with traffic crossing guard Bill Quigley)
Volkswagen Scirocco sports car
Closing credits (with voiceover promo for M*A*S*H and One Day at a Time by Lee Jordan) - and MTM Enterprises bumper (with Mimsie the cat at the end)
CBS Newsbreak with Morton Dean, and following items:
Congress approves creation of Department of Energy
Attempt by Congress to approve bill to combat auto pollution
President Carter says possession of less than an ounce of marijuana should not be criminal offense
Arab-Israeli peace conference shaping up for next month
Billy Carter to make an estimated $500,000 in personal appearances by year's end
Commercial: Contac (voiceover by Lloyd Bridges)
End of Newsbreak
Promo for Rafferty (with Patrick McGoohan) (voiceover by Norm Stevens), followed by CBS 'Lightning Eye-D'
Commercial: New England Telephone - "Listen to Your Grandchildren Grow"
Theatrical trailer for "The Spy Who Loved Me" (ending voiceover by Leif Jensen)
Station ID / Newsroom 7 promo (with Jack Cole)
CBS 'Bong' (~440 Hz)
Beginning and ending of M*A*S*H opening titles (rest taken out to avoid Copyright issues)
Sponsor billboard for Prudential Insurance ("A Piece of the Rock")
First second of Episode Act I ("Souvenirs," S05E22, first-run airdate March 1st 1977)
This aired on local Boston TV on Tuesday, August 2nd 1977 during the 8:28pm to 9:01pm (Eastern) timeframe.
This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Steve Albert Collection.
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Thank you so much for this CLEAR and awesome show! It is watchable vs the very grainy ones out there- and the whole episode too! So appreciative! I saw this filmed live and you literally took me back to being in the audience almost 50 years ago!
It’s a shame , because Cloris is very engaging, and I must say back in the day she was very beautiful!
I'm glad to see that MTM was a guest on this show. The theme song was always my favorite part of the show.
Well, MTM was also the producer of the show and a spin off from her show, so.
As a teen in the 70s I miss the simplicity of TV programming
l was 17
This museum is wonderful! They've helped me with my project and I'm forever grateful.
I always liked the show. Was 14 at the time. I loved mother dexter.
Mother Dexter was the best part of this show. Looks like a sweet little old lady but spits pure venom...I was sorry to hear it when she died. She had all the best lines! And this show had to be the first, if not the only one, to have a theme song that was actually a putdown of the title character.
All of a sudden I'm 11 again watching Phyllis ❤❤
In 77, we are the same age man.
Thank you very much for this!!
Back In The Good Old Day's ✌️
yes..., right...
Days. Day’s is possessive.
I remember this episode of Phyllis, I was 18 when it premiered. I remember the Volkswagen Dashers too. Even the news was upbeat and everyone tried to get along and compromise. We didn't have social media trying to divide us.
Thanks for uploading!!
A CBS promo for the ultra-rare Norman Lear show "A Year at the Top"! Oh if only I can find those five episodes...
I loved and watched all 3 shows in the MTM universe.
There's MOORE than that. "Remington Steele" was an MTM production, as was "Newhart."
@@lanceashmaybe he's talking specifically of the James Brooks MTM shows.
If you are talking about The Mary Tyler Moore Show and it's spinoffs, the number is 3. However, if you include the show where Ed Asner plays Lou Grant after WJM fired everyone but Ted Baxter, there were 4. If you include The Betty White Show (NOT at all a spinoff) but with Betty White and Georgia Engel...there were 5.
Omg, that Gaines Burger commercial brought back memories...once gave my setter about 6, curious to see when she'd get full (never happened, ha) until dad stopped the experiment :) There was another dog food just on market, first one that actually looked/smelled/textured like beef stew - chunks of meat & pieces of carrots/whole peas/potatoes. I saved my allowance for my dog's dinner treats :)
Thank you very much!
That was such a beautiful set. The steps always struck me as somewhat odd because they were so short, but cool nonetheless.
"Phyllis" needs to be on a streaming service with full uncut episodes.
Copy that.
*it's nice when their queen stops by to help boost the ratings...*
I always liked this show. Phyllis was awkward, anxious, unpopular, and weird. It wasn't easy to be her, and I like seeing how she deals with life.💕
This is amazing...I just hit the subscribe button!
R.I.P.: Chloris Leachman 😢
In the New England Telephone commercial (30:29), the one wearing the No. 12 jersey is the late Adam Rich from Eight Is Enough.
I thought he may've looked a bit familiar there . . .
And Casey Kasem voiced the Sears paint ad. Two years before the Bicentennnial, they were already using the theme "For great American homes...like yours."
When the camera pans upward, you can see the set light etc. There is no ceiling to the home they are in.
From Boston TV this is great.
That was the cut summertime shortened opening of Phyllis, I guess to make room for the coming new season promos, and this shorted opening would be transferred to most syndicated Phyllis'. What was done to the summertime Green Acres reruns, gutted most of the closing credits and lyrics.
Two of the funniest women, Betty White and Cloris Leachman had their own shows. TV was so good in the 70s that their talents were overlooked. Years later, these ladies would’ve had higher ratings if they did this again!
August 2, 1977??
Elvis died two weeks later on August 16.
Underrated show. Frankly I liked this better than MTM at times. I thought the characters were wonderful. Mother Dexter killed me. Phylis was not as lovable as Mary but that was what made the character so much more interesting. Cloris Leachman was so amazing and gorgeous
2:21. Top of set is visible.
I noticed that too. Saw the lights.
Harder to spot viewing on a picture tube.
You know a show is dated when Mary is leaving for the airport ONE HOUR before her flight is due to take off. Those days are long gone, doubtful to ever return. Lol
She was a wonderful actress
I loved this show! Okay, but kinda weird... supposed to be set in SF, but the apartment set is the MTM show set from St. Paul/Minneapolis with the door changed to the left.
A Bunn Pour-A-Matic coffee maker!!! I'm from Springfield Illinois where it's made!!!
Sears the memories.
This was a well written and svd witty show
"I like Dan; he likes me. We're just having a political disagreement but we still like each other."
This is why some of us watch these old shows. America used to be just a lot more ahead in the 70s, believe it or not.
@17:15 - The young Detective Taggart (John Ashton) makes an appearance on “Phyllis”.
Which episode on Phyllis had Mary Tyler Moore?
Thanks. I'd never watched this episode. The scene with Mary and Mother Dexter at the end is the best part by far. Shows how far Mary had come over the years. The Mary and Phyllis connection worked well on the Mary Tyler Moore Show because she was just one part of Mary's busy life. Having Mary appear just to remind us of what a horrible person Phyllis is and yet Mary puts up with her anyway is just kind of pathetic. I also don't know if Cloris or this show's writers knew who Phyllis was by this point - it's telling just how much better she was in the guest appearance on the final MTM episode. The workplace stuff is flat too, although it's a nice tribute to recently passed Garn Stephens for you to upload this now.
Did everybody then have ceramic animal statues around their home or was it just the CBS props department. I swear, the Batman serial from the 40s had the same stuff.
The CBS Studio Center where MTM productions such as this was filmed was once the home to Republic Studios. They may've been left over from when Republic Pictures filmed their flicks.
@@wmbrown6 That makes sense. All in the Family had them, too.
I think ceramic figurines were a post war-to late 60s thing. It wouldn't have been too out of place to have them inside or outside. Nowadays the "equivalent" is a garden knome.
To this day we still have a couple of my mother-in-law's animal statues from this era. She had several more too. I guess it was a fairly common thing.
Was CBS airing The Jack Benny Show reruns on 8/2/1977???
According to the description, yes, CBS was rebroadcasting episodes of Mr. Benny’s television program during the summer of ‘77. During the early ‘90’s, CBS would follow a similar practice by rebroadcasting “All in the Family” in conjunction with its twentieth anniversary. And, occasionally they rebroadcast selected episodes of “I Love Lucy”. Frankly, I like the idea of doing that as I’d much rather watch programs like those than to watch a lot of the over-priced but cheaply produced programs the networks air nowadays, particularly the so-called “reality” programs. Who knows? If the brass at the networks had any common sense, given the present circumstances with regard to the writers’ strike, perhaps we may see at least the temporary return of some of these programs to the lineups. My guess is the networks would have some of the best ratings they’ve seen in decades.
When you think about it, you realize that 1977 is only 17 years removed from 1960. Like airing reruns from 2006 in 2023.
Yes. In August of 1977, CBS brought back 5 episodes of The Jack Benny Program which aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM (almost 3 years after Jack's death on Dec. 26, 1974 at the age of 39. Oops, I meant at the age of 80.)
Listen for the CBS Bong at about 31:30.
Also Morton Dean (Newsbreak near the end) is still alive at 87!
When did they discontinue the bong
@@kascnef I don't know.
@@kascnef I’m not sure when CBS stopped the tone on the television network, but they still use it on the radio network to signal the top-of-the-hour news.
Interesting but it suggests that someone taped Phyllis.
Can't imagine anyone doing such a thing? 😄
Thank goodness it was taped because this contains an actual promo of the ultra-rare "A Year at the Top".
I agree that the show was not good. However, it is a part of television history with the MTM family. When I first had access to a VCR in the 1980's I taped random shows I liked for no other reason than to marvel at the new, awesome experience of recording something and viewing at later at your own convenience. Lol
@@josephpapai5867 The commercials and programming put all of this in context, more than the show itself. That's where the gold is here.
That main room and stairs, window, door -- looks 95% of the more recent VICIOUS with Ian and Derek
No matter how hard the cast tried, this show just didn't seem to work and wasn't all that engaging. Especially compared to Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda and The Bob Newhart Show.
I agree. She was good as a next door neighbor for three minutes each week, but not 30 minutes. Great, though, to see it looking so clear. The MTM shows went red/brown very quickly, as the company admittedly used cheap film stock to cut costs. That's why, for decades, they looked and sounded like junk.
I agree. She was good as a next door neighbor for three minutes each week, but not 30 minutes. Great, though, to see it looking so clear. The MTM shows went red/brown very quickly, as the company admittedly used cheap film stock to cut costs. That's why, for decades, they looked and sounded like junk.
A strong supporting cast is crucial, probably why they kept revamping the show but nothing clicked. However, let’s not forget even Mary and Bob had some stinkers.
@@djr6876 The last season of The Bob Newhart Show wasn't so great, and I seem to remember Bob openly unhappy with doing the show that long into its run. Also, in a DVD comment section, Newhart had said that Bill Daly could save a lackluster script. In one of those commentaries, I recall Newhart reacting to a scene of Howard's and chuckling. Loved that.
The commercial for The Betty White show helps remind me that Cloris and Betty both had the wrong after-MTM project. Betty should have got a spin-off of Sue Ann Nivens and Cloris should have got the series based on a new character. Sue Ann could have moved to Los Angeles to work in television only to find that an ex was her new boss. Sue Ann would fit very well as a small fish with a big ego in a huge pond. Betty as Sue Ann and John Hillerman (keeping his role as her ex/boss) could have been fantastic together in a War Of The Roses type of antagonistic relationship. Sue Ann could be softened into a protagonist by struggling to maintain herself (an old-fashioned, midwestern sex viper) as an older woman in both an occupation and city that only values youth. The show could have been more of a workplace sitcom in the vein of what Frasier would be later. Phyllis was certainly a character that just could not sustain a weekly sitcom as the main character. She lost alot of her edge and interest once she moved out of Minneapolis but, as this episode shows, when she resorted to her MTM behavior or tricks it only generated sympathy for the other characters. Cloris would have been better served with a fresh role (also a widow living with her in-laws while working in SF City Hall) as a leading character trying to navigate her new life.
Morton Dean, loved him!!
aww, John Henning
I remember him too, from Boston (channel 7?)
@@richardpatrick2852 one the boston channels.
@@richardpatrick2852 Recall he was on 2, 4, 5 and 7- was on all 3 stations that carried CBS in Boston when they carried it
0:56- Steve Franken.
in actuality Cloris Leachman was 50 years old then
They often make the character age younger than the actual person, especially back then.
20:00 I love Phyllis 😊.... was it in 1976 .... saturday nights?
21:10 I love the music... was this filmed in San Francisco? Really?
22:07 is flying back and forth that easy today?
If you get a chance read the book Ron Howard wrote about his career in Hollywood (The Boys) and the reading he had to do with Cloris Leachman at her home.
“Rafferty”, the 70’s version of “House” .
Great CBS promos. "Soemthing's In The Air". WNAC news. rare stuff. Morton Dean CBS News. and of course Phyllis, it sure isn't you! She's the best.
It's kind of surprising to see how much Carmine Caridi who plays Phyllis's boss looks like George Moscone who was mayor of San Francisco at the time and later assassinated along with Harvey Milk by Dan White.
$2.60 cents was about 10 dollars.
While Valerie Harper had success with the Rhoda character apart from Mary, Cloris Leachman struggled with the Phyllis character apart from Mary. I think the reason for this is that it was much easier to transition Rhoda from goofy sidekick to leading lady because the character was sympathetic to audiences and wasn't "too" goofy. Phyllis, on the other hand, was much less sympathetic and was very out there. Phyllis was one of those characters that audiences loved to hate. When she was spun off into her own show, this obnoxious weirdo was suddenly morphed into a leading lady character you were supposed to empathize with. It just didn't go over well. Had Phyllis been a series without the MTM baggage of the character, it very likely would have been more successful because there's nothing inherently wrong with the series itself, just audience expectations about the character of Phyllis.
45?!?!
networks should hire older actor like the actress that played mother
Steve Franken for Eggo Waffles.
From reading the comments, I can't help wondering if this show would have lasted if the writers had taken Phyllis in a different direction. I mean, from MTM onward, Phyllis was a bit of a nitwit, the actress would go on to success as a crabby personality...maybe that was where the writers missed it.
That fall, they took Lou Grant in a different direction.
Like Mother Dexter I was totally hoping Mary would put Phyllis across her knee and give her a well deserved spanking with that hairbrush in the bedroom scene. That's probably what her and Mary were whispering about at the end of the episode. The original air date of this episode however was actually September 1976.This must have been a rerun.
Once you get past the nostalgia factor, if you are going to build a sitcom around an unlikable character, it had better be funnier than this.
Never heard of this show. Now I know why.
Clitoris Leachman?
I hear the laugh track now.
DOE 🤮
Love all these old shows in which people could laugh at anything without having to worry about offending anybody and none of the leftist nonsense we have to put up with today.
I love it when people can post about old shows without false nostalgia and trying to offend people deliberately with the rightist nonsense we have to put up with today.
I had never heard of this awful show until now.
even this late in the game they trotted out that shop-worn trope of the old lady saying outrageous things on the assumption that just the fact that she was saying them made it funny. this show belongs in the Academy of Dismal Failures along with the sitcom that Paul Lynde did, Betty White's futile, feeble effort, and "Lotsa Luck."
Betty was a star in at least 4 hit sitcoms. How many were you in?
@@jaengen What a silly rejoinder. The implication is that one can have an opinion on a particular art form only if one has participated. I cannot criticize a prouction of "The Flying Dutchman" unless I've sung in an opera, a Picasso self-portrait unless I've painted, a Bob Dylan song unless I were a recording artist myself? Like I say: Silly (btw, Betty was always one of may favorites: from Match Game to Sue Ann Nivens to her hosting holiday parades I've enjoyed and appreciated her work and warmth. She deserved better than the writers and producers gave her on that ill-fated show; nonetheless, it was pitiful.)
@@johnsudar5567 Whether his opinion on this show is right or wrong (and it is an opinion so it can't really be right or wrong) he need not fulfill certain standards in order to have an opinion.
That is a very weak argument, that he needs to have participated in the art form to have a viewpoint.
That wouldn't be said if he agreed with you.
I think this show failed because the Phyllis character was not the type of person to be the central figure on a sitcom. Great supporting character only, which she was.
@@richardpatrick2852 I agree with you about the Phillis character working as a sidekick rather than a lead, but will add this: The scripts for this Phillis show were substandard. They followed the 1-2-punchline structure, so much so, that you knew when a line was being set up, so when it came, there was no surprise; and let's face it, comedy is built in large part on surprise. Thanks for your input
What a lousy show.
“Stay tuned as Phyllis’s celebrates her 45th birthday” - That would make me want to watch. Who cares. Then, you have her making stupid faces in the intro. No wonder the show failed.
The show did not work. 'Second banana' characters are important for a hit sitcom, but they can't carry their own show. "Phyllis" was a one note, unlikeable character, and her show failed the same way that "The Ropers" failed.
@@philiphatfield5666 Definitely unlikeable and snobby! And she’s a hag. I recall the family watching maybe once or twice at first when the show briefly did well in the ratings.
Then, there is unlikeable in real life. Valerie Harper was an entitled actress who pulled a stunt to get more money on Rhonda by threatening to walk off, and she got it. Then, she tried the same thing with the Hogan Family. They fired her, and the show went on without her. I can’t believe she won her court case against the show. I don’t think she should have won.
@@Noone9227 Geez...calm down. You act like you KNEW these people.
@@SJ-bi9wu I don’t know where you get that. As far as Valerie Harper, those are published accounts of her actions. As far as Phyllis, it’s just a personal assessment of her TV character.
Picture is very bad, I'd have guessed 60 🤣
Good help us Mary is coming, I hate Mary
22:52 whiney is back🤦🏼😭🤮
44th JFC where has time gone? I was 17 when this aired .... and 63 now.... dam you Time..!