It received generally positive reviews from critics who praised its humor and Diaz's performance. It is placed 27th in the American Film Institute 's Years, Laughs: America's Funniest Movies , a list of the funniest movies of the 20th century. In , readers of Total Film magazine voted it the fourth-greatest comedy film of all time. In , year-old high school student Theodore "Ted" Stroehmann is about to go on a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen when he gets his scrotum stuck in his zipper. He is hospitalized after managing to painfully unzip it, which cancels their date. Ted subsequently loses contact with Mary.
Mary Tyler Moore December 29, — January 25, was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. The Moores later lived in a rented apartment at 35th Avenue in Flushing , Queens. Moore was the oldest of three children; with a younger brother named John, and a younger sister named Elizabeth. Rose of Lima Parochial School in Brooklyn until the third grade. Moore's television career began with a job as "Happy Hotpoint", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the s series Ozzie and Harriet. Moore's first regular television role was as a mysterious and glamorous telephone receptionist in Richard Diamond, Private Detective.