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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 402224" data-attributes="member: 5079">One of the few &quot;message&quot; episodes of MTM and evidence of how dexterous the writers of the show could be; the same message handled on a Norman Lear show would have resulted in the audience being clobbered over the head with the point.I often feel bad for actors who came close to being cast in projects that became successful and who never got another chance; Mary Frann at least did find her success, as the wife of Bob Newhart on his second hit sitcom.&nbsp;&nbsp; That role didn&#039;t really take advantage of the qualities you list out, but at least she got a nice paycheck.&nbsp; The only other project that I recall seeing her in was the Jackie Collins miniseries LUCKY CHANCES.&nbsp; I was unaware that she had been in consideration for Sue Ellen.&nbsp; Not that I&#039;d want anyone else in the role other than Linda, I could see Mary embodying some of Sue Ellen&#039;s notable characteristics while bringing a very different energy to the role; makes me wonder what the character&#039;s trajectory would have been.&nbsp; (And we&#039;re both lucky the Sue Ellen fanatics of this forum are long gone or they&#039;d be forming an angry mob against our heresy.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 402224, member: 5079"] One of the few "message" episodes of MTM and evidence of how dexterous the writers of the show could be; the same message handled on a Norman Lear show would have resulted in the audience being clobbered over the head with the point. I often feel bad for actors who came close to being cast in projects that became successful and who never got another chance; Mary Frann at least did find her success, as the wife of Bob Newhart on his second hit sitcom. That role didn't really take advantage of the qualities you list out, but at least she got a nice paycheck. The only other project that I recall seeing her in was the Jackie Collins miniseries LUCKY CHANCES. I was unaware that she had been in consideration for Sue Ellen. Not that I'd want anyone else in the role other than Linda, I could see Mary embodying some of Sue Ellen's notable characteristics while bringing a very different energy to the role; makes me wonder what the character's trajectory would have been. (And we're both lucky the Sue Ellen fanatics of this forum are long gone or they'd be forming an angry mob against our heresy.) [/QUOTE]

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