It must have seemed a good idea doing a parody soap opera. For the opening minutes of its first episode last week, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman which Producer Norman Lear is syndicating because, he claims, the networks were afraid of it still seemed like a good idea. There was the bird-brained heroine in the dreary suburb pouring endless cups of coffee for her girl friends.
Their conversation revolved hilariously around the question of whether or not a waxy yellow buildup was forming on Mary's kitchen floor. The scene was an expert put-on of the soaps' traditional method of stretching...
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