macho presence." >> and within that, you have important messages about women in the workplace, and those politics appear on broadcast television in a workplace comedy like "the mary tyler moore show." >> you might just make it after all. >> mary richards moves to minnesota to start work at wjm-tv. >> what religion are ya? >> uh, mr. grant, i don't quite know how to say this, but uh, you're not allowed to ask that when someone's applying for a job. >> wanna call a cop? >> it did represent what women were going through in the '70s. they were standing up and saying "i must be heard." >> sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes, and then this woman sprang onto our screens who had a job, and often the smartest person there. and it was sort of liberating. >> you've got spunk. >> and i wait a dutiful moment, and i say -- >> i hate spunk!