Oh Mary Son of 'But Seriously, Folks' (1970–1977) Online
- Original Title :
- Son of u0027But Seriously, Folksu0027
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy
- Year :
- 1970–1977
- Directror :
- Jay Sandrich
- Cast :
- Mary Tyler Moore,Edward Asner,Valerie Harper
- Writer :
- James L. Brooks,Allan Burns
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 26min
- Rating :
- 6.8/10
Mary's former boyfriend and Chuckles the Clown's ex-writer Wes Callison stops by the newsroom. After quitting the writing job for Chuckles and trying to find himself, he returns applying for a recently vacated writing job in the newsroom. Although Mary and Wes' relationship was never serious - at least on Mary's side - Mary feels she has to put in a good word for Wes (despite not thinking deep in her heart that he's right for the job) since she feels guilty about the wayward way of Wes' life. She secretly fears that Wes still has feelings for her, which she knows she will never return in kind. It ends up being worse as Wes begins to smother her, she who doesn't have the heart to tell him so. She feels he's only doing it because of lack of confidence in himself, and as a result this need to feel miserable. Despite doing a good job at work, Wes also faces other issues with Chuckles, who, in turn, is smothering Wes with informal request after informal request to help him write his show.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Mary Tyler Moore | - | Mary Richards |
 | Edward Asner | - | Lou Grant |
 | Valerie Harper | - | Rhoda Morgenstern |
 | Gavin MacLeod | - | Murray Slaughter |
 | Ted Knight | - | Ted Baxter |
 | Jerry Van Dyke | - | Wes Callison |
 | Mark Gordon | - | Chuckles the Clown |
| Randy Kirby | - | Director |
 | Gavan O'Herlihy | - | Josh McBride (as Gavin O'Herlihy) |
| J. Benjamin Chulay | - | Pete (as Benjamin Chulay) |
Wes is played by Jerry Van Dyke, who's the brother of Mary's 'husband', Rob (Petrie, that is) Dick Van Dyke, from her previous series, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)'s real-life brother.
In this episode, it is revealed that the young, blonde male often seen in the background in the newsroom is named Pete.
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