The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series)

A Reliable Source (1976)

Ted Knight: Ted Baxter

Quotes 

• [Ted, still upset about Sue Ann's salary, confronts Lou] 

  Ted Baxter : Did you read the article? It says Sue Ann makes more money than I do.

  Lou Grant : So what?

  Ted Baxter : You lied, Lou! You went around telling everybody that I was the highest paid person here!

  Lou Grant : No, Ted, no, you got it wrong. I said you're the most *overpaid* person here!

• [an upset Ted has just learned how much money Sue Ann makes] 

  Ted Baxter : Mary, do you know what Sue Ann takes home every week?

  Mary Richards : Three sailors, a tree surgeon and the boy in the mailroom.