YMMV / That Girl

• Hilarious in Hindsight: It's interesting to look at the young and perky Marlo Thomas in her Ann Marie personality, and then compare her with the mature, somber Judge Mary Clark in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 35 years can make a lot of difference, even in the same city.
• Memetic Hair: Though flip hairdos were common in the 1960s, Ann's became a trademark, and was even featured on that famous monographic kite in Central Park beginning in the second season.
• Older Than They Think: The show's gender politics was certainly ahead of its time, which is probably why it's so overlooked and The Mary Tyler Moore Show is generally seen as the groundbreaking feminist show.
• Parody Displacement: Younger television viewers are more likely to remember the intro for this show from Family Guy's parody of it.
• Values Dissonance: The behavior of the rich boy in "Rich Little Rich Boy" would be considered stalking today. And anyone who worked for security in Ann's apartment building would be an accomplice after allowing him access into Ann's apartment while she wasn't there.
• Values Resonance: Marlo Thomas had requested that Ann Marie not end up married by the series' end due to wishing to show women that this is not the only ambition they needed to have. To even suggest this in the early 70s was quite atypical at the time and mercifully the executives listened to her (by compromising that she'd only be engaged).

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