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Support Your Local Mother

Episode Number: 6    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Saturday October 24, 1970    Prod Code: 7002
Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes visiting and Rhoda refuses to see her. Ida stays with Mary but drives her crazy.

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Writer: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns
Director: Alan Rafkin
Star: Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom),  Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern),  Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter),  Ted Knight (Ted Baxter),  Edward Asner (Lou Grant),  Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards)
Guest Star: Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern)

Notes

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This episode won the 1971 Emmy for Best Writing in a Comedy Series. (edit)

Quotes

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Ida: I never eat, I just nibble.
Mary: Well, if you're still hungry, there's half a chicken in the refrigerator.
Ida: Not anymore--that's what I nibbled. (edit)

Trivia

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This is Nancy Walker's first appearance as Mrs. Morgenstern. She would later reprise the role on the spinoff Rhoda. (edit)

Allusions

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Episode Title: Support Your Local Mother

This is an allusion to the 1969 film, Support Your Local Sheriff!, starring James Garner. (edit)
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