The opening I was referring to, I've never seen an opening this dated in my life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVuA5ojodMY

I was wondering if that was the one you meant. I actually like that one a lot for some reason. It was the last theme of the series--it was cancelled midway through the 1978-1979 season, before the new year even began.

It's strange sometimes watching Rhoda and knowing that Julie Kavner is the voice of Marge Simpson...

LOL it really is! I usually think of her as the mom in Radio Days, though (HUGE Woody Allen fan here ) .

It's really dawning on me just how attractive of a woman Valerie really is. I think I was brainwashed to not even consider her that way but look at the pictures of her at the beginning of those opening credits.

Exactly. Rhoda may have thought she was "fat", but she was just as beautiful as Mary, perhaps more so.

Valerie was always very pretty, even at the start of MTM. I always had mixed feelings about the weight loss stories and the message of them.

That opening is just kind of deflating. It seems like a wan copy of the MTM opening credits (the footage, not the music, which isn't too hot either). It also feels a little endless.

I think I'm the only person who associates Julie Kavner with the Tracey Ullmann Show.

Ah yes, which of course gave us The Simpsons. That was a great show, maybe even a little ahead of its time. It was like In Living Color meets PBS Britcoms. I should rewatch it someday.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20680433,00.html

Even now she's thinking of other people first. That's amazing. I'm sorry that it took this for people to remember just what a treasure she is.

I think that whole Valerie/Hogan Family thing made people think badly of her, whether it was warranted or not.

Personally, she was too good from the cliched, cheesy, and terrible television Miller-Boyett produced anyway. Going from MTM to Miller-Boyette is like a tragic a fall from grace...

I also think she was a very specific type for the 70s, and like many sitcom stars of that era, she never quite fit in to later decades of TV. I feel like she just never got that great part again. I would have enjoyed seeing her in a role that was totally different from Rhoda, like a repressed type of character.

Edited March 8, 201312 yr by CarlD2

I never really saw a difference between the MTM opening and the latter Rhoda openings. Bob Newhart's theme/opening blew them both out of the water, anyway.

OMG that video...just...she's too sweet for words. She's gonna leave behind a legacy of true strength, I just know it.

Edited March 8, 201312 yr by All My Shadows

I'm offended that I got a loud, obnoxious ad for nail polish and then the video didn't even load.

This has a little of her work as Tallulah. She seems great. I'm annoyed by the questions (especially when they try to make bisexuality seem dirty and try to compare Tallulah Bankhead to the likes of LiLo), but Valerie handled them all deftly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-snlznj8ELg

I like how she adds, "But loaded with talent."

"The best day is right now."

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Cloris & Valerie together!!! <3

Love them.