Didn’t you used to be… wait… don’t tell me
Aug 12, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
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Aug 12, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
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The episode opens up outside of Mary's apartment.
It's nighttime.
The camera starts panning into that nice deck window, balcony window, and Mary and Rhoda are walking in carrying groceries.
Rhoda asking Mary... what she's doing tonight.
And Rhoda thought, I'm sorry, Mary thought she might do some ice skating.
And Rhoda says, no, can't do that.
Broke her ankles last time.
I hurt her ankles.
Rhoda was going through Mary's mail, coming across her high school magazine that apparently Mary gets.
And Rhoda asks when she graduated.
Mary graduated in 1959.
And Rhoda turns, finds 1959, Mary Richards, who everybody thought would be the first girl in our class to be married, has proved to be a real surprise.
Rhoda goes on reading, not only is Mary still single, but she's become a real career gal.
And Mary just wants it back.
Word reaches us from the Twin Cities that Perky Mary is the producer of the Ted Baxter program there.
And it says, when are you going to settle down and produce some kids, Mary? And Mary says, that's hitting below the belt.
Estelle and Vernon Proust, 59, vacationed this past August at Moose Lake, where they didn't go swimming because Estelle had a summer cold.
Rhoda's now just going on reading other people's stuff.
So apparently Mary had gone to school with Howard Arnell because now Mary is reading about him in the yearbook.
And happy she hasn't heard from him in six months, or appears happy she hasn't heard from him in six months.
He accepted a position of head of development for the Whizbang Novelty Corporation in Denver.
They're having a 50th anniversary of the founding of Leif Erikson, Mary reads.
All the classes are having a reunion.
And Mary decides, you know, I ought to go.
The episode opens up outside of Mary's apartment.
It's nighttime.
The camera starts panning into that nice deck window, balcony window, and Mary and Rhoda are walking in carrying groceries.
Rhoda asking Mary... what she's doing tonight.
And Rhoda thought, I'm sorry, Mary thought she might do some ice skating.
And Rhoda says, no, can't do that.
Broke her ankles last time.
I hurt her ankles.
Rhoda was going through Mary's mail, coming across her high school magazine that apparently Mary gets.
And Rhoda asks when she graduated.
Mary graduated in 1959.
And Rhoda turns, finds 1959, Mary Richards, who everybody thought would be the first girl in our class to be married, has proved to be a real surprise.
Rhoda goes on reading, not only is Mary still single, but she's become a real career gal.
And Mary just wants it back.
Word reaches us from the Twin Cities that Perky Mary is the producer of the Ted Baxter program there.
And it says, when are you going to settle down and produce some kids, Mary? And Mary says, that's hitting below the belt.
Estelle and Vernon Proust, 59, vacationed this past August at Moose Lake, where they didn't go swimming because Estelle had a summer cold.
Rhoda's now just going on reading other people's stuff.
So apparently Mary had gone to school with Howard Arnell because now Mary is reading about him in the yearbook.
And happy she hasn't heard from him in six months, or appears happy she hasn't heard from him in six months.
He accepted a position of head of development for the Whizbang Novelty Corporation in Denver.
They're having a 50th anniversary of the founding of Leif Erikson, Mary reads.
All the classes are having a reunion.
And Mary decides, you know, I ought to go.
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