The Care and Feeding of Parents

Name: The Care and Feeding of Parents
Genre: Comedy
Released: February 5, 1972
Cast: John Amos, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 2: Episode 20

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 5

Episode Details & Credits

CBS | Air Date: February 5, 1972

Starring: John Amos, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod

Summary: Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E24. His Two Right Arms
Air Date: March 4, 1972
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S2:E23. Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
Air Date: February 26, 1972
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S2:E22. You Certainly Are a Big Boy
Air Date: February 19, 1972

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 1976
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 13, 1975
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1974
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 1973
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 16, 1972
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1971
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  S2:E24. His Two Right Arms
  Air Date: March 4, 1972
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  S2:E23. Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
  Air Date: February 26, 1972
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  S2:E22. You Certainly Are a Big Boy
  Air Date: February 19, 1972
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  S2:E21. Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda
  Air Date: February 12, 1972
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  S2:E20. The Care and Feeding of Parents
  Air Date: February 5, 1972
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  S2:E19. More Than Neighbors
  Air Date: January 29, 1972
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  S2:E18. Baby Sit-Com
  Air Date: January 22, 1972
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  S2:E17. The Slaughter Affair
  Air Date: January 15, 1972
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  S2:E16. Feeb
  Air Date: January 8, 1972
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  S2:E15. The Five-Minute Dress
  Air Date: January 1, 1972
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  S2:E14. Ted Over Heels
  Air Date: December 18, 1971
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  S2:E13. The Square-Shaped Room
  Air Date: December 11, 1971
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  S2:E12. . . . Is a Friend in Need
  Air Date: December 4, 1971
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  S2:E11. The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch
  Air Date: November 27, 1971
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  S2:E10. Don't Break the Chain
  Air Date: November 20, 1971
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  S2:E9. And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
  Air Date: November 13, 1971
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  S2:E8. Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary
  Air Date: November 6, 1971
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  S2:E7. Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
  Air Date: October 30, 1971
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  S2:E6. Cover Boy
  Air Date: October 23, 1971
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  S2:E5. A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend
  Air Date: October 16, 1971
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  S2:E4. Room 223
  Air Date: October 9, 1971
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  S2:E3. He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother
  Air Date: October 2, 1971
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  S2:E2. I Am Curious Cooper
  Air Date: September 25, 1971
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  S2:E1. The Birds . . . and . . . um . . . Bees
  Air Date: September 18, 1971
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 1970