That Girl
That Girl opening title.
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Sam Denoff Bill Persky
Starring	Marlo Thomas Ted Bessell Lew Parker Bernie Kopell Rosemary DeCamp
Country of origin	United States
No. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Ted Bessell ( March 20, 1935 &ndash October 6, 1996) was an American Television Actor. Bernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell Rosemary DeCamp ( November 14, 1910 - February 20, 2001) was an American television and movie actress The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons	5
No.  of episodes	136
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 8, 1966 – September 10, 1971
External links
IMDb profile

That Girl is an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. It starred Marlo Thomas as the title character, Ann Marie, an aspiring (but only sporadically employed) actress, who had moved from her hometown of Brewster, New York to make it big in New York City. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Brewster is a Village located in the Town of Southeast in Putnam County New York, United States. The City of New York Ann had to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts, though she nonetheless was able to afford a spacious Manhattan apartment as well as an extensive wardrobe of mod fashions. Mod (originally modernist, sometimes capitalised is a Subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lou Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Ted Bessell ( March 20, 1935 &ndash October 6, 1996) was an American Television Actor. Rosemary DeCamp ( November 14, 1910 - February 20, 2001) was an American television and movie actress Bernie Kopell and Ruth Buzzi played Ann & Donald's friends. Bernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell Ruth Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress and Comedian of Theatre, Film, and Television.

Each episode began with a pre-credits teaser in which an odd incident would occur or a discussion would foreshadow the episode's story. The scene would almost always end with someone exclaiming ". . . that girl!" just as Ann wanders into the shot or the character notices her. The words "That Girl" would appear over the freeze-frame shot of Ann. The opening credits featured Thomas, in character, ambitiously strolling the streets of New York and flying a kite that bore a resemblance to her. In the last season, lyrics were added to the theme song.

That Girl was the first show to focus on a single woman who was not a domestic or living at home. Some consider this show the forerunner of the highly successful Mary Tyler Moore Show and Murphy Brown. The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L Murphy Brown is an American Situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998 Thomas's goofy charm, together with Bessell's dry wit and the strong chemistry they shared, made the show a strong performer during its five-year run.

In the beginning of the fifth season, Don and Ann became engaged, although they never actually married. The decision to leave the couple engaged at the end of the run of the series was largely the idea of Thomas herself. She didn't want to send a message to young women that marriage was the ultimate goal for them. ^[1]

That Girl was created by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s. The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television Situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to Scriptwriter Richard Baer wrote ten episodes for the series. Richard Baer ( April 28, 1928 - February 22, 2008) was a American Writer and Screenwriter. ^[2]

Popular culture

The show's theme song and opening visuals have been parodied in pop culture several times. They appeared as a series of T-shirts, then as a Saturday Night Live skit featuring an African American remake That Black Girl, as a sequence on episodes of Animaniacs, The Simpsons, Family Guy and Roseanne. A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne

It was also parodied in the precredits teaser of an episode of The Nanny where Maxwell's guest-starring mother encounters Fran at the florist, in another episode of The Nanny where Peter Bergman, playing himself acting in The Young and the Restless casts Fran in the soap by asking for a co-star like "that girl!" while pointing to Fran. The Nanny is an American Situation comedy co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink Inc Peter Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is a three time Emmy Award -winning American Soap opera Actor. The Young and the Restless is a 39 time Emmy Award winning American Television Soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26

The series Family Guy took their digs in with the "That Guy" sequence in "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington". Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other "Mr Griffin Goes to Washington" is the 31st episode of Family Guy. In another "male" take on the show's opening, an episode from Ugly Betty had Fabia forcing Wilhelmina Slater into making an exchange: She'll give up her wedding date to Wilhelmina in exchange for the services of Wilhelmina's assistant, Marc St. James, after Fabia evoke those famous opening lines. Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius Fabia is a fictional character in the American television series Ugly Betty. Wilhelmina Vivian Slater (born Wanda Vivian Slater) is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. Marcus St James is a fictional character in the American Comedy-drama series Ugly Betty.

Marlo Thomas played Rachel's mother in the series Friends. Friends was an Phoebe can sometimes be seen wearing a That Girl t-shirt.

DVD Releases

Shout! Factory has released the first three seasons of That Girl on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2002 that was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records) Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played

References

External links

• That Girl at the Internet Movie Database
• That Girl at TV.com
• The Official That Girl Site
• That Girl page on Shout! Factory