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In reply to the discussion: What are the best TV scenes/moments of all time? [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Ted unable to add up a series of numbers in his head, until Murray tells him to put a $ sign in front, and he becomes a math whiz
Mary has insomnia and ends up with the news crew jammed into her bathroom checking up on her... while she's in the tub.
Betty White poisons the entire staff to get rid of her younger replacement model.
So many great, great moments in so many great episodes...
And what about the time Mary accidentally destroys all the famous people, pre-written obituary files, so has to write new ones pronto. Pulls an all-nigher, gets all punchy, and starts writing crazy ones. Next day a famous person dies, and Ted goes on the air... and reads it...
(and a few decades later, in a real life imitates art episode, somebody releases the airplane crash press announcement with the names of the pilots and crew, and a real life Ted Baxter reads it on the air
.)