Trivia / That Girl

• Acting for Two: Ted Bessell does this in an episode, playing Donald and a doctor who is his double aside from hair color.
• The Danza: Lew Parker as Lew Marie.
  • In "Break a Leg", George Carlin plays Ann's agent, George.

• Dueling Shows: For some reason, modern audiences tend to get this and The Mary Tyler Moore Show mixed up. Interestingly enough, That Girl and The Dick Van Dyke Show (which starred Mary Tyler Moore) shared writers.

• Hilarious in Hindsight: One episode had Bill Bixby as special guest star playing an old friend of Donald named Harry Banner.

• Referenced by...:
  • Family Guy did a full blown parody of the opening credits with Peter Griffin as That Guy.
  • As did The Simpsons in the episode "The Old Man and the Lisa," with Monty Burns chasing Lisa around Springfield. She even flies a kite with a monogram of herself in a mock-up of Central Park.
  • Animaniacs did it to, with Dot as "That Girl", and Wakko as "That Kid."
  • Arthur did a parody with "That Miss Muffy", which also homaged the Mary Tyler Moore intro.
  • Rocko's Modern Life did a parody with Mrs. Bighead after she got an accidental nose job.
  • Saturday Night Live did a recurring sketch starring Danitra Vance as "That Black Girl", complete with a spoof of the opening credits.
• She Also Did: Marlo Thomas may actually be better remembered for her book, record album, and TV special Free to Be...You and Me, which many remember seeing when they were in school.

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