:) Yes, Gordy really was the weatherman. When production for The Mary Tyler Moore Show first started and they were casting for actors to play the WJM on-air talent, somebody mentioned hiring John Amos as the show's sportscaster. In the early 70's there were very few people of color doing local news, and those that were, were almost exclusively black men anchoring the sports desk. It was decided to make Gordy the weatherman, just to shake up the status quo. It became a running joke that in almost every episode where Gordy appeared, there would be a line of dialogue along the lines of "oh...I thought you were the sportscaster."
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Zero Hour
From: Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, February 21, 2013 1:44 pm
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No, he was the weatherman.But it's interesting that WJM had no street reporters and didn't get a live mini-cam unit by the mid-70s. The whole show seemed to be Ted talking to the camera for a half-hour.--
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:Wasn't Gordy the sportscaster?(testing the peanut gallery to see how well they remember the MTM Show). :)Doug FieldsTampa, FL-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Zero Hour
From: PGage <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, February 21, 2013 1:06 pm
To: [email protected]
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
I was going to say the same thing about the news department of WJM in MInneapolis, but there were those three guys typing away in the background while Mary, Lou, Murray and Ted were bantering.Does Gordy the Weatherman count?
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