The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series)

The System (1975)

Mary Tyler Moore: Mary Richards

Quotes 

• Mary Richards : [At lunch,Mary's trying to cheer Lou up, so she tells him a story, how she used to cheer her high-school football team at Roseburg High]  ... and then, the next year...

  Lou Grant : You stated betting and you lost your shirt?

  Mary Richards : No, i became a pom-pom girl.

  [Mary pauses] 

  Lou Grant : Why are you stopping?

  Mary Richards : Well, I just thought you just might want to make a sarcastic remark about my having been a pom-pom girl.

  Lou Grant : No Mary, I'm surprised when your stories aren't about y

  Mary Richards : Okay, now I can go on: well, the thing is, Mr Grant; I used to it there on the field with these two big yellow pom-poms...

  Lou Grant : Hey wait a minute I have a question ; do you call one of them a 'pom', and the 2 of them 'pom-poms'?

  Mary Richards : No, one is a pom-pom pom.

  Lou Grant : Then why aren't the 2 of them 'pom-pom-pom-poms'?

  Mary Richards : Well, now the whole point of my story is going to be lost...

• Lou Grant : [Ted's winning the final has Lou feeling down]  I'm feeling depressed. Do you want to go to lunch with me?

  Mary Richards : Sure. Wait a minute. I know what'll cheer you up; it is such a gorgeous day, outside - I mean it's really nippy. Whad'ya say instead of going to some stuffy restaurant, you and I go over to the rink - rent a couple of skates, and skate the lunch hour away

  Lou Grant : [as Lou stands, not facing Mary, he's straightening his tie, and smiles]  I've never done that on my lunch hour;

  [still smiling, he turns towards Mary] 

  Lou Grant : and I never will.