Everyone is getting on each other's nerves when they are trapped in the newsroom by a snowstorm.Everyone is getting on each other's nerves when they are trapped in the newsroom by a snowstorm.Everyone is getting on each other's nerves when they are trapped in the newsroom by a snowstorm.
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- TriviaThe establishing shot showing city traffic in snow (immediately following the scene with Mary in her towel) is not Minneapolis, it's Washington, D.C. Shown is the north side of the 1200 block of F Street N.W. Shops include Philipsborn (clothing) and Baker's Shoes. The visible buildings have since been demolished and replaced with taller ones.
- GoofsTed goes on the air in a light blue blazer and when the news is over, comes from the studio in a dark blue blazer.
- Quotes
Sue Ann Nivens: [Sue Ann walks in to the newsroom, dressed in a Christmas-themed outfit; red top, red skirt, accessorised with a sprig of mistletoe as a pin, and more mistletoe on the skirt] HI people
Mary Richards, Murray Slaughter: [Half-heartedly] Hi.
Sue Ann Nivens: [Sue Ann walks towards Mary and Murray] Isn't it beautiful out there?
[Mary mumbles in agreement, as she and Murray get back to work, ignoring Sue Ann]
Sue Ann Nivens: I mean - snow always inspires such awe in me.
[Sue Ann starts talking in a 'philosophical' tone]
Sue Ann Nivens: Just consider one single, solitary snow-flake, alone.
[Sue Ann's standing by Mary's desk]
Sue Ann Nivens: So delicate, so fragile, so ethereal
[Mary looks up at Sue Ann with a smile on her face]
Sue Ann Nivens: And yet
[Sue Ann looks wistfully into space]
Sue Ann Nivens: - let a billion of them, come together, through the majestic force of nature, they can screw-up a whole city.
- SoundtracksThe Twelve Days of Christmas
(uncredited)
Traditional, arranged by Frederic Austin
Performed by Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White & Georgia Engel