Herbie J. Pilato’s book Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story inspires us to explore Mary’s effect on a generation of women who have grown up to turn the world on with their smile, their independence and their ingenuity. Plus, Fritz and Weezy head down paths towards TCM’s salute to women filmmakers, the warning signs of fascism, Jim Gaffigan’s Twitter truth and Chadwick Boseman’s light and legacy.

Path Points of Interest:

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

PBS Interview

Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright

The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

MIchael McFaul Twitter Thread on fascism

Women Make Film

14 Episodes on TCM

Wait For Your Laugh: Rose Marie

Jim Gaffigan on Twitter

Chadwick Boseman Movies:

42
Marshall
Black Panther
Get On Up

Chadwick Boseman's Commencement Speech at Howard University

"Take the harder way which will ultimately bring you more pride and more purpose."

Herbie Pilato Books

MARY: The Mary Tyler Moore Story

Dashing, Daring and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons from the '50s, '60s and '70s

Glamour, Gidgets and the Girl Next Door

The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery: A Guide To Her Magical Performances

Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery

The Bionic Book

The Kung Fu Book of Caine

NBC & ME: My Life as a Page in a Book

Weezy as a Page

Weezy's  unpublished Tiger Beat Magazine article

Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story