It was actually the original version of the theme song that ended with the words, "You might just make it after all!" And, it was in the late version that they changed the last line to, "You're gonna make it after all!" That said, I agree with tritonrocks; I like the way they did it in this video! :-)
@kiely I dont know enough about music to know. Those voices in the backgrounds I just assumed was her group the BlackHearts. Are you saying that she sang it several times and then put her voices all together for I cant really tell that.
One other thing - and I remember my mom telling me this. People knew something was going on because crowds rapidly formed as she was walking along Nicolet. It was, shall I say, the worst-kept secret. And I saw her toss the hat at least 3 times; again, I don't remember if all of them were in the street. It may be she did some practice tosses, but it was odd she kept doing them in the same general area (probably to be within the lens of the camera).
@tritonrocks Yeah, I think Hazel was caught off guard as she was inside Daytons shopping then exited and was on the scene in a minute and probably didnt see the buildup and the test tosses etc. Thats why in the interview - I surmise - she states no one was aware of it. She probably also assumed that the crowd was a normal one - I think it was somewhere around noon when they did it so I suspect she wasnt too querlous as to the origin if it was a lunchtime hour with more people milling about.
I have read half the comments and no one has mentioned Rhoda! She was fun sexy with great outfits. It must have taxed the writers to come up with realistic "drop-ins" each episode. ("Here's that belt you wanted to borrow. What's the occasion?") Odd that Maru would borrow Rhoda's clothes but there you go.
Great theme. Great show. Often, at the end of an episode, Rhoda or Mary will be currently dating some dreamboat of a guy - but you never see them again in subsequent episodes. Soon afterwards, they are both single again, and dating someone new.
I've always loved this theme. It certainly is positive and uplifting. I give credit to Sonny Curtis for writing such a beautiful and perfect opening title. Also, whoever did the brass and string arrangement deserves major credit too. The music makes this opening work for me. Long live the composers!
Season 1 of this show is currently screening on Foxtel (cable) channel Fox Classics in Australia. It is brilliant: writing, acting, characterisation, laughs are all top class!
Everyone is like "wtf?!? why is the lady looking at her?!?", but it really just makes that scene more realistic. If someone randomly threw their hat up in the air, wouldn't you guys look at her like she was nuts?
@bison1203 I don't particulary like Jett's version (he says putting it politely), but what is most annoying is that they mess up the words....Instead of "Love is all around, no need to 'waste' it."...They say, "Love is all around, no need to 'fake' it."...well it bothers me (lol)!
Even now with Fraser or two men, Soo popular but the female roles are all subservient or nothing more than objects.Or just pushy like Murphy Brown/Roseanne.
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unlike mary's upbeat, happy, glad to be alive with-it personality, minnesotans are dull miserable dreary folk. they are always fiddling with the emotional thermostats ever adjusting to a finer level of melancholy. even if they are rich minnesotans don't have hobbies or go anywhere so naturally TV is a very big thing in their lives thats why mer and company had the show set in mineapolis!
Another interesting trivia item. Mary tosses a package of meat into a shopping cart even though she's a vegetarian! I don't know if she was back then but I seem to recall that she has been one for several years, so that makes that part of the clip that much funnier!
When I think back ... MTM ... Taxi ... Cheers ... and finally Wings (such an under-rated show). They don't do opening themes like that any longer. It's sad.
The first minute of this video is the best-known version of the opening song (and in my view the best). Interestingly, when I was a kid I was at the very corner the day she did her hat-toss thing. I remember it. They herded a bunch of extras around while she did the toss - several attempts, I might add. Today, they have a statue where she did the toss.
Dude are you serious? That is cool...the show first aired on my 10th birthday, and I used to sing that song in my head all the time. What's the address where that happened (like, what intersection)?
7th and Nicolett. There is a lot of debate on this but it was at this intersection, by the mall. The old lady with the glasses in the background to the left of Mary as she tosses the hat - I was something like 50 feet to the left of the old lady behind a simple barricade (you had better manners back then and didn't have to worry about stupid crowds). Mary had a police escort and everything went smoothly. I wish I had that hat!
@tritonrocks really? Why did she have several attempts? Did it just not look right, were they just playing it safe, or did it slip like when Rhoda tried it?
@LuigiDude1808 I was a kid when they did it. I barely remember. I just remember seeing that hat going in the air a bunch of times. Did they film them all? I have no idea.
@tritonrocks they might have. Cuz if they didnt shoot the right one, that would be bad. But they probably either got rid of the un-used ones, or maybe saving it for like, a 50th anniversary thing or somthing
@tritonrocks Actually, it was a one shot scene as she had to do it in the middle of a busy street. They didnt even stop traffic. The camera was hid so as not to alert people. The old lady immortalized behind Mary in the final hat throw, Hazel Frederick, recounts the whole scenario and stated she had just left Daytons Dept Store and didnt even know she was filmed until friends called her months later after the show premiered. Google Hazel Frederick and its the first link. Interesting story.
@tommiej3 I read that article. Remember, I was a young kid when this was done. All I remember was Mary walking around before the "official" shoot and tossing the hat up in the air. It was cold and windy that day, and she had issues with the wind. Yes, they did film it a few times because they kept herding people around. I don't remember exactly where Mary was standing - again, I was a kid. And yes, you knew there was something going on; it wasn't as hidden as Hazel claims.
I never noticed this before- and I used to watch her shows when they were new- there are ads for Gleem, Pampers and Sea 'n' Ski in the store window starting at :35. Product placement? All 3 products are still around, btw.
I think the quality of tv has improved infinitely. Sure there were some great shows in the seventies. The MTM Show was one of the best of all time, but now there are shows such as The Wire, Mad Men and yes, The Office.
the first version on this video is my favourite version of the theme that was used on the TV show. It's affecting and unforgettable. Whoever is responsible for that arrangement deserves more recognition.
,,,and Mary said the reason she was staring at her, was because Mary was in the middle of the damn street, and Hazel thought Mary was going to get hit. That is the reason Hazel is looking at Mary so damn hard!!!
Dear Santos, YES There Is A Bronze Statue Of Mary Tyler Moore Located In The Exact Corner With Her Hat Being Tossed In The Air-!!!.. Located In Down Town Minneapolis, Minnesota...United States
Hey ignoramous. The show is not gay (& there's nothing wrong with gay) & it won a ton of emmy's for it's superb, witty & clever writing & acting by a multi-talented cast. The show is excellent right from the terrific opening theme song to the equally terrific closing theme song. But that's okay, there are a lot of people out there like you who wouldn't know quality if it fell on them. That's why your're an IGNORAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO GARY!!!!! I think the MTM show won 30 or so Emmys between 1970 and 1977 not only for the cast but several behind the scenes people as well. There's noting gay about this show unless you count Phyllis' brother from season two I believe it was. Not that its anyone's business but I'm gay myself and its sad that in 2009 America such ignorance and prejudice still exists
Reality TV is a misnomer. How is "reality TV" real-life when no one that I no of has cameras inside their homes following their every move? And if you watch these shows, and believe me, I don't, everything is scripted. Real life isn't that way.
Gary, I just wish I'd know wh you were replying to. Who is this massive "ignoramous " in question? But I upvoted you nonetheless, because you vented your passion for a tv show, I hold so dear to my heart. I wish the memories of this show, and the fans who dearly loved it, don't fade 50 years from now. Because they have to be cherished.
@garydemaio Amen! This show was absolutely instrumental in showing young girls that there's much more in life than being just a housewife, and that one can be single, independent and happy! I was 9 years old when this show came out back in '70 and I can remember after it came out I really wanted to work in a TV station...which I did happily for six years.
yur probably some old man who dosent know what cable tv and 2009 is, dun get me wrong the piano version of this is great but the show is gay or seems gay
actually dear your wrong, i'm 24 tomorrow and i'm very aware of wot cable tv is, in fact i'm very clued up on technology! that will teach you to make assumptions!
A série Mary Tiller Moore trouxe um novo conceito de mulher para os enlatados americanos, no qual não mais tínhamos as donas de casa e sim uma mulher que trabalhava, ia à luta, sem ter ao lado a figura masculina.
To Mikakk2: Mary is STILL gorgeous. The only reason you say different is because you are just jealous that you won't look even half as good at age 71 as she does.
your right, hats off to ted baxter, this is one moment that i can truly say that growing up in the seventies is and will always be a cherished time in my life
one of the best TV themes ever. it's funny that Joan Jett's version gets one of the words wrong: she sings "no need to fake it" (which rhymes with "why don't you take it?"), when the actual lyric is "no need to waste it." still a cool version, though. and even cooler that the song was written by Sonny Curtis, one of the original members of the Crickets, Buddy Holly's band.
Thanks for this great clip. The woman in the back of Mary in the last shot always reminds me of my mother, who past away in 1978. Everytime I watch an episode of Mary Tyler Moore Show I get a nice reminder of my mother.
One of the most consistently great TV shows in American history. Very few people didn't like MTM. Best actors and best writing. And Mary just brought that funny, vulnerable edge to it that only she could do so well.
Plus, I grew up near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis and it was/is great to see the old neighborhood again and again.
yea, good Television. Good People. Heartfelf stories about what each of all enounter everyday, Life. Mary grew up from her days of the iconic 1960's Dick Van Dyke show. Think about it, what actress wore pant suits in the 70's (age of mini-skirts and Aquarius)?
The only thing I liked about the Blackhearts version is the ending, If i had done this song though, I'd do it like Bob Downe did it but add Joan Jett's ending, and sing the chorus three times to finish it :D
So true: I miss shows like this where you tuned in and enjoyed all the characters and storylines - I can't watch one more reality show! in fact I don't watch much TV anymore sadly...
This song brings back nice memories of when I was younger and life was great!! Not that life isn't good right now , but for sure thing's have changed and life isn't as easy.... :)
I grew up with this show and this brings back fond memories of my parents and I in the livingroom watching tv. I had a crush on MTM for years, she was cute and drove a mustang! Shows like this and the Andy Griffith Show had the class, kindness, and innocence that is lacking today.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the greatest, most beloved sitcoms of all time. A superb cast with superb writers. For anyone to express disdain for The Mary Tyler Moore Show obviously lacks the ability to know what a great, quality show like TMTMS is. Just look at what the networks churn out today. Mary Tyler Moore is a gem!
the reason people like this show is bacause there was never a show done with a single career girl, this show started the single career woman role in America and around the world. On top of all that it was an extremely funny show with outstanding actors and writing.......Thats you we all love MTM....She is the best....Timeless
One of the best TV theme songs
slide4180 6 days ago
some mystery behind this song the fvibe gives me, old fashioned like 30's or 20's frank sinatra style
WetPooooopie 2 months ago
I don't think mary was as attractive after she cut her hair short
AGpixar2000 4 months ago
Husker du?
femihunden 4 months ago
who was the last ones to sing?
MonisMind 6 months ago
It was actually the original version of the theme song that ended with the words, "You might just make it after all!" And, it was in the late version that they changed the last line to, "You're gonna make it after all!" That said, I agree with tritonrocks; I like the way they did it in this video! :-)
BerkleyMark 9 months ago
this was one of the best sitcoms ever
TheMashwatcher585 9 months ago
i am brazil fa, i loved mtm globo tv programa
muitoculto 10 months ago
love mtm and the song is super great
9988776698 10 months ago
I love this theme song. Ahh. More shows should have theme songs again. I miss them.
PeaceLoveBarbie 11 months ago 2
i would love to had a women like mary for a girlfriend.they dont make em like mary no more.
musicman257 11 months ago
who did that last version ? kinda sounds like The Fastbacks ... or maybe The Muffs?
kiely 11 months ago
@kiely I think it's Joan Jett
dancingLoki 8 months ago
@kiely Someone said that they thought it was Joan Jett. That is correct and her group the Blackhearts
cluvsonj 8 months ago
@cluvsonj
wow ... i thought it was someone else. she quadruple tracked her own vocals. crazy.
kiely 8 months ago
@kiely I dont know enough about music to know. Those voices in the backgrounds I just assumed was her group the BlackHearts. Are you saying that she sang it several times and then put her voices all together for I cant really tell that.
cluvsonj 8 months ago
The good old days wen the world was a lot better.
MrDeCorey 1 year ago 3
@MrDeCorey Yeah, the Vietnam War, political assainations, riots, high crime....the good ol' days....
gothatway09 11 months ago
A simpler time...thanks for posting
biggraz1 1 year ago 2
One other thing - and I remember my mom telling me this. People knew something was going on because crowds rapidly formed as she was walking along Nicolet. It was, shall I say, the worst-kept secret. And I saw her toss the hat at least 3 times; again, I don't remember if all of them were in the street. It may be she did some practice tosses, but it was odd she kept doing them in the same general area (probably to be within the lens of the camera).
tritonrocks 1 year ago
@tritonrocks Yeah, I think Hazel was caught off guard as she was inside Daytons shopping then exited and was on the scene in a minute and probably didnt see the buildup and the test tosses etc. Thats why in the interview - I surmise - she states no one was aware of it. She probably also assumed that the crowd was a normal one - I think it was somewhere around noon when they did it so I suspect she wasnt too querlous as to the origin if it was a lunchtime hour with more people milling about.
tommiej3 1 year ago
GOOD SHOW :-)
TVClassicsATYuToob 1 year ago
MTM a.k.a Superfox. Betty White also for that matter.
stimpp 1 year ago
One of the best t.v. theme songs, ever
TJCATLOVER 1 year ago
love this theme song
I first heard it from joan jett cover <<< real bad ass cover
cuteNADA1992 1 year ago
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cuteNADA1992 1 year ago
I have read half the comments and no one has mentioned Rhoda! She was fun sexy with great outfits. It must have taxed the writers to come up with realistic "drop-ins" each episode. ("Here's that belt you wanted to borrow. What's the occasion?") Odd that Maru would borrow Rhoda's clothes but there you go.
zaniac100 1 year ago
Great theme. Great show. Often, at the end of an episode, Rhoda or Mary will be currently dating some dreamboat of a guy - but you never see them again in subsequent episodes. Soon afterwards, they are both single again, and dating someone new.
zaniac100 1 year ago
I've always loved this theme. It certainly is positive and uplifting. I give credit to Sonny Curtis for writing such a beautiful and perfect opening title. Also, whoever did the brass and string arrangement deserves major credit too. The music makes this opening work for me. Long live the composers!
Gomesongs 1 year ago
Season 1 of this show is currently screening on Foxtel (cable) channel Fox Classics in Australia. It is brilliant: writing, acting, characterisation, laughs are all top class!
zaniac100 1 year ago
I remember comedienne Sandra Berhard said "I could be 90 years old and hear the MTM opening and will still cry".
lpride1 1 year ago
@lpride1 I agree. I made the season 1 opening my ring tone and it makes me happy every time I hear it!
SoapsGoldenAge 1 year ago
@SoapsGoldenAge Me too!
alzirapn1 1 year ago
i am going thru a rough time, and dont believe in myself,,, this song is inspiriational.
petmummy3 1 year ago 2
@petmummy3 good to hear, hang in there
bpwonderkid 1 year ago
@petmummy3 Yes it is inspirational. I watched it because I needed a boost too.
Hope you are on the road to trusting yourself.
lpride1 1 year ago
@lpride1 how r u doing, pride?
petmummy3 1 year ago
@petmummy3 I'm ok. Onward...;)
lpride1 1 year ago
@lpride1 if u ever wish to talk more,let me know.
petmummy3 1 year ago
is this not sonny curtis ? i think it is.
thecarters28 1 year ago
@thecarters28 Yes. It is Sonny Curtis. Probably the best TV theme song of all time
DISCOVEGASGUY 1 year ago 2
She was so unbelievably beautiful! Wow!
BubbaGanoush2 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"The Version sung by the girl group is by grunge group L7"
Actually it's Joan Jett, not L7.
sclerismockrey 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"The Version sung by the girl group is by grunge group L7"
Actually it's Joan Jett, not L7.
sclerismockrey 1 year ago
this song gives me chills
themack355 1 year ago
Everyone is like "wtf?!? why is the lady looking at her?!?", but it really just makes that scene more realistic. If someone randomly threw their hat up in the air, wouldn't you guys look at her like she was nuts?
LuigiDude1808 1 year ago
The Version sung by the girl group is by grunge group L7 woo oh ya
EmoDeathStar121 1 year ago
@EmoDeathStar121 That's actually Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. They did a version in the mid 90s that was very popular.
bison1203 1 year ago
@bison1203 I don't particulary like Jett's version (he says putting it politely), but what is most annoying is that they mess up the words....Instead of "Love is all around, no need to 'waste' it."...They say, "Love is all around, no need to 'fake' it."...well it bothers me (lol)!
kap3181 1 year ago
gorgeous. funny. authentic.
ccm800 1 year ago
boondoggle ;)
totalgeekman01 1 year ago
The tv theme was beautiful but I hated that commercial and it's jazzed up version.
primogennaio 1 year ago
One of my favorite TV shows of all time...since everyone is being nostalgic lately.
BILLYINNYC 1 year ago
A classic TV show if there ever was one and a very good reason to
stay home on a Saturday night (back in the days when VCR's did not
exist).
JSTONE9352 1 year ago
Someone find me a poster of MTM throwing her hat in the air!
williamkanegateshead 1 year ago
I think you can throw your hat at that one Bill. Iv'e never seen a poster of that. I would have bought it myself.
wiltner 1 year ago
Great minds thunk alike wiltner!
williamkanegateshead 1 year ago
....or even THINK
williamkanegateshead 1 year ago
I would so buy one if I could find it.
091680 1 year ago
Gosh, this takes me back. I heard this song so many times back in the 70's. What a great show.
EddieWWhite 1 year ago 3
that was great
MrJonk1969 1 year ago
Ok my dad made me watch this show, and I love it, too bad hes leaving :'(
lobobo7 1 year ago
is this song on itunes?
mrgiantwood1 1 year ago
hey atafatwomen Brown Won because Coakley sucks!!
amhlock 2 years ago
JETT
Mr02shadow 2 years ago
i LIKE THE WAY JOAN JET ENDED THE SONG, OR WAS IT THE RUNAWAYS?
Mr02shadow 2 years ago
The show was way ahead of its time and needed.
Even now with Fraser or two men, Soo popular but the female roles are all subservient or nothing more than objects.Or just pushy like Murphy Brown/Roseanne.
Sad.
Just Like Atfatw
lovethemack 2 years ago 2
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unlike mary's upbeat, happy, glad to be alive with-it personality, minnesotans are dull miserable dreary folk. they are always fiddling with the emotional thermostats ever adjusting to a finer level of melancholy. even if they are rich minnesotans don't have hobbies or go anywhere so naturally TV is a very big thing in their lives thats why mer and company had the show set in mineapolis!
atfatw 2 years ago
Another interesting trivia item. Mary tosses a package of meat into a shopping cart even though she's a vegetarian! I don't know if she was back then but I seem to recall that she has been one for several years, so that makes that part of the clip that much funnier!
tritonrocks 2 years ago
She became vegetarian many years later.
MagiMysteryTour 2 years ago
@MagiMysteryTour Well it is Mary *Richards* tossing the meat.
zaniac100 1 year ago
I enjoyed watching your video - great show - great city!
45mscott 2 years ago
Do not forget MTM Records in Nashville.
patsaxon 2 years ago
When I think back ... MTM ... Taxi ... Cheers ... and finally Wings (such an under-rated show). They don't do opening themes like that any longer. It's sad.
tritonrocks 2 years ago 4
WIngs was an awesome, great show! I miss it.
vi3wtub3 2 years ago
lets not forget Bob Newhart 1972-1978. Font used was peignot and I love the orange tabby cat at the end
frankd1965 2 years ago 8
@frankd1965
Bernard! X)
hugh0221 1 year ago
The first minute of this video is the best-known version of the opening song (and in my view the best). Interestingly, when I was a kid I was at the very corner the day she did her hat-toss thing. I remember it. They herded a bunch of extras around while she did the toss - several attempts, I might add. Today, they have a statue where she did the toss.
tritonrocks 2 years ago 26
I wish I could thumb-vote you up more than Youtube allows it. You witnessed a moment in TV History. I envy you. :)
vi3wtub3 2 years ago 2
@tritonrocks
Dude are you serious? That is cool...the show first aired on my 10th birthday, and I used to sing that song in my head all the time. What's the address where that happened (like, what intersection)?
chipfields 2 years ago
7th and Nicolett. There is a lot of debate on this but it was at this intersection, by the mall. The old lady with the glasses in the background to the left of Mary as she tosses the hat - I was something like 50 feet to the left of the old lady behind a simple barricade (you had better manners back then and didn't have to worry about stupid crowds). Mary had a police escort and everything went smoothly. I wish I had that hat!
tritonrocks 2 years ago
@tritonrocks really? Why did she have several attempts? Did it just not look right, were they just playing it safe, or did it slip like when Rhoda tried it?
LuigiDude1808 1 year ago
@LuigiDude1808 I was a kid when they did it. I barely remember. I just remember seeing that hat going in the air a bunch of times. Did they film them all? I have no idea.
tritonrocks 1 year ago
@tritonrocks they might have. Cuz if they didnt shoot the right one, that would be bad. But they probably either got rid of the un-used ones, or maybe saving it for like, a 50th anniversary thing or somthing
LuigiDude1808 1 year ago
@tritonrocks Actually, it was a one shot scene as she had to do it in the middle of a busy street. They didnt even stop traffic. The camera was hid so as not to alert people. The old lady immortalized behind Mary in the final hat throw, Hazel Frederick, recounts the whole scenario and stated she had just left Daytons Dept Store and didnt even know she was filmed until friends called her months later after the show premiered. Google Hazel Frederick and its the first link. Interesting story.
tommiej3 1 year ago
@tommiej3 I read that article. Remember, I was a young kid when this was done. All I remember was Mary walking around before the "official" shoot and tossing the hat up in the air. It was cold and windy that day, and she had issues with the wind. Yes, they did film it a few times because they kept herding people around. I don't remember exactly where Mary was standing - again, I was a kid. And yes, you knew there was something going on; it wasn't as hidden as Hazel claims.
tritonrocks 1 year ago
1:40 - she takes the flip to a whole nother level.
jonahbegone 2 years ago
I never noticed this before- and I used to watch her shows when they were new- there are ads for Gleem, Pampers and Sea 'n' Ski in the store window starting at :35. Product placement? All 3 products are still around, btw.
defundthewar 2 years ago
QUIEN CANTA LA CANCION ALGUIEN SABE
mullimal 2 years ago
do u know who Luka Magnotta is
marilyn9monroe9 2 years ago
classic beauty!
rufflesworld 2 years ago 4
Sonny Curtis.... great song writer, great singer. Perfect timbre.
PeteRieck 2 years ago
Great memory
bopchu01 2 years ago
yeah . . . i think prime time television peaked in the 1970's . . . the only thing i like to watch now is "the office" . .
areaman714 2 years ago
I think the quality of tv has improved infinitely. Sure there were some great shows in the seventies. The MTM Show was one of the best of all time, but now there are shows such as The Wire, Mad Men and yes, The Office.
TheVeganHere 2 years ago
the first version on this video is my favourite version of the theme that was used on the TV show. It's affecting and unforgettable. Whoever is responsible for that arrangement deserves more recognition.
pcorrigan1 2 years ago
The lady in the blue wrap or scarf at the end of the segment was looking at MTM like if she was nuts.
Wellch 2 years ago
Yeah, I've always noticed that lady too.
nosiestink 2 years ago
Her name is Hazel Fredericks. MTM met her in 1994 at a book signing in MN and called her "My co-star!"
TomSanderson100 2 years ago
,,,and Mary said the reason she was staring at her, was because Mary was in the middle of the damn street, and Hazel thought Mary was going to get hit. That is the reason Hazel is looking at Mary so damn hard!!!
UFOSPACE1999 2 years ago
who sings this?
triviafreak1 2 years ago
rory ?
smashupradio 2 years ago
SonnyCurtis,he also wrote the song ,he used to be BuddyHollys guitar player
vaughnsalem 2 years ago
Did they seriously make a statue of MTM?
SantosMySaint 2 years ago
Dear Santos, YES There Is A Bronze Statue Of Mary Tyler Moore Located In The Exact Corner With Her Hat Being Tossed In The Air-!!!.. Located In Down Town Minneapolis, Minnesota...United States
yesironwood 2 years ago 8
the great Mary Tyler Moore
csebrigh 2 years ago 4
go gary!
wonkaboy57 2 years ago
Hey ignoramous. The show is not gay (& there's nothing wrong with gay) & it won a ton of emmy's for it's superb, witty & clever writing & acting by a multi-talented cast. The show is excellent right from the terrific opening theme song to the equally terrific closing theme song. But that's okay, there are a lot of people out there like you who wouldn't know quality if it fell on them. That's why your're an IGNORAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
garydemaio 2 years ago 28
GO GARY!!!!! I think the MTM show won 30 or so Emmys between 1970 and 1977 not only for the cast but several behind the scenes people as well. There's noting gay about this show unless you count Phyllis' brother from season two I believe it was. Not that its anyone's business but I'm gay myself and its sad that in 2009 America such ignorance and prejudice still exists
charliebradley1979 2 years ago
I couldn't have said it better myself! LOL! TV desparately needs more shows like this. Realty TV is caca. Long live MTM, WKRP, MASH, etc. etc. etc.
oneputtsteven 2 years ago
Reality TV is a misnomer. How is "reality TV" real-life when no one that I no of has cameras inside their homes following their every move? And if you watch these shows, and believe me, I don't, everything is scripted. Real life isn't that way.
robertmastroianni 2 years ago
Gary, I just wish I'd know wh you were replying to. Who is this massive "ignoramous " in question? But I upvoted you nonetheless, because you vented your passion for a tv show, I hold so dear to my heart. I wish the memories of this show, and the fans who dearly loved it, don't fade 50 years from now. Because they have to be cherished.
vi3wtub3 2 years ago
@garydemaio perfectly said!!!
samuelus12 1 year ago
@garydemaio In Fact, I think that it had the record of most Emmys until Frasier (another exellent show, but I digress) exceeded it.
LuigiDude1808 1 year ago
@garydemaio Amen! This show was absolutely instrumental in showing young girls that there's much more in life than being just a housewife, and that one can be single, independent and happy! I was 9 years old when this show came out back in '70 and I can remember after it came out I really wanted to work in a TV station...which I did happily for six years.
belladeballe 1 year ago
why 70's tv is better
fluffydolly 2 years ago 2
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this looks like a really gay tv show, i mean its about a stupid lady and this guy who sounds like hes on the toilet
hummer8881 2 years ago
clearly u have no taste
darcy21 2 years ago
yur probably some old man who dosent know what cable tv and 2009 is, dun get me wrong the piano version of this is great but the show is gay or seems gay
hummer8881 2 years ago
actually dear your wrong, i'm 24 tomorrow and i'm very aware of wot cable tv is, in fact i'm very clued up on technology! that will teach you to make assumptions!
darcy21 2 years ago
Greatest theme song ever...
and prob the most famous "person"
in the background.
The woman wearing the kerchief and heavy coat....
Talk about famous forever
keithsmove 2 years ago 3
lol.. yeah, that's Hazel Frederick`
She became famous all over and all because of this! She had no clue why Mary was in the middle of the street and throwing a hat in the air.
Even the news covered her the day she died.
willjustice89 2 years ago 2
Maravilhoso!
A série Mary Tiller Moore trouxe um novo conceito de mulher para os enlatados americanos, no qual não mais tínhamos as donas de casa e sim uma mulher que trabalhava, ia à luta, sem ter ao lado a figura masculina.
Maravilhosa montagem, parabenizo o criador.
Normalima 2 years ago
I have a copy of Sammy's album "A Portrait of Sammy," and when I first heard his full cover of this, it blew me away!.
Scotty
kidapollos59 2 years ago
WTF?? Is the 2nd singing part, the poster on his American Idol, tryout? Creepy.
boofdfast 3 years ago
Lol, I looked this up because of Family Guy.
LWNFootBall17 3 years ago
the great Mary Tyler Moore..........timeless
csebrigh 3 years ago 4
She's 64? Wow. I'd still love her if she'd only ask. :-)
Holdenon3 3 years ago 2
no i think she's about 71 now...still looks good though..
csebrigh 3 years ago 4
reminds me of my childhood! This along with Jeannie & I Love Lucy is mostly what I would watch reruns of with my mom on weekends.
MissClassicTV 3 years ago 4
Where is that statue? Did Dick van Dyke ever appear on her show?
cjjmgt 3 years ago
Downtown Minneapolis....
MJSSCAN1985 3 years ago
No Dick Van Dyke never did appear on her show. A shame though...that would have been classic tv moment! Hehe!
sasromans11 2 years ago
MTM, class act. Love her
kerasea 3 years ago
Absolutely super. MTM is a timeless talent. Catch her in the old Dick Van Dyke Show. Now that was the way TV ought to be!!!
utubemusiccritic 3 years ago 2
love the Sammy Davis Jr version!
Ramanujan88 3 years ago
Me T00!!!
chiliwilly39 3 years ago
This was so Awesome! Loved it! Thank you!
Radicalreels 3 years ago
when Joan Jett likes it ,its cool,it was a great show,i grew up on you,Mary
vaughnsalem 3 years ago
And in entertainment, Mary Tyler Moore is 64 years old today.
ouh80hwr 3 years ago
the filth that is on tv now! This is classic tv, not crap
pwthcim 3 years ago 7
@0:50... there's that damn hat again! :P
DrLove0378 3 years ago
She, like the great Audrey Hepburn, was pure class and still is... <3
MexiaState04 3 years ago 2
the great Mary Tyler Moore.........timeless..
csebrigh 3 years ago
This was a great series.
generatorx 3 years ago
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One of the many "get the women out of the house" TV shows. Got em payin taxes didn't they.
ValiRossi 3 years ago
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she was pretty back then.. Turned real ugly when she got old.
Mikakk2 3 years ago
To Mikakk2: Mary is STILL gorgeous. The only reason you say different is because you are just jealous that you won't look even half as good at age 71 as she does.
emilymusicfan 3 years ago 5
who is she waving too? i'm sorry, but everytime i see ted i think of caddyshack
eddyfoto60 3 years ago
Why be sorry of that? He was great in Caddyshack.
raven41191 3 years ago
your right, hats off to ted baxter, this is one moment that i can truly say that growing up in the seventies is and will always be a cherished time in my life
eddyfoto60 3 years ago 2
@eddyfoto60 Why be sorry? This was a comedy too, and Ted's buffoon character here was played for laughs too.
zaniac100 1 year ago
one of the best TV themes ever. it's funny that Joan Jett's version gets one of the words wrong: she sings "no need to fake it" (which rhymes with "why don't you take it?"), when the actual lyric is "no need to waste it." still a cool version, though. and even cooler that the song was written by Sonny Curtis, one of the original members of the Crickets, Buddy Holly's band.
61moonshine 3 years ago
Thanks for this great clip. The woman in the back of Mary in the last shot always reminds me of my mother, who past away in 1978. Everytime I watch an episode of Mary Tyler Moore Show I get a nice reminder of my mother.
Thanks.
martylmilton 3 years ago
This is my favourite show of all time - it makes me laugh, it makes me cry, and warms my heart - still...
goldengirl67 3 years ago 2
Isn't she great!!!???
texassubdude 3 years ago 3
I really like it! It's one of the best shows I ever saw. Just "the nanny" in my opinion has equal qualities. Great scripts.
HTTPCore 3 years ago
havent seen this in ages
CandleLites 3 years ago
Good montage, but it lacks the Husker Du cover of the song...
lobot666 3 years ago
I love Mary!
nothingUneed2no 3 years ago 2
It comes on WGN Today
oldsitcom12 3 years ago
One of the most consistently great TV shows in American history. Very few people didn't like MTM. Best actors and best writing. And Mary just brought that funny, vulnerable edge to it that only she could do so well.
Plus, I grew up near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis and it was/is great to see the old neighborhood again and again.
Mistral8Wind 3 years ago 2
MTM IS STILL HOT!
platyplaya 3 years ago 3
yea, good Television. Good People. Heartfelf stories about what each of all enounter everyday, Life. Mary grew up from her days of the iconic 1960's Dick Van Dyke show. Think about it, what actress wore pant suits in the 70's (age of mini-skirts and Aquarius)?
Mary is an Icon and nothing short of Wow!
leggitv 3 years ago 3
The only thing I liked about the Blackhearts version is the ending, If i had done this song though, I'd do it like Bob Downe did it but add Joan Jett's ending, and sing the chorus three times to finish it :D
BloodBird1 3 years ago
Beautiful.... God bring me back to GOOD T.V. again and take me away from todays GARBAGE for T.V.!
hardlines4 3 years ago 5
AMEN!!!
gomogo2000 3 years ago 3
So true: I miss shows like this where you tuned in and enjoyed all the characters and storylines - I can't watch one more reality show! in fact I don't watch much TV anymore sadly...
goldengirl67 3 years ago 8
I just bought my mom the DVD of the series. I watched it a lot back in the 1970's. The photos on this montage was also seen at Applebee's restraunt.
frankd1965 3 years ago 2
MTM was a babe!
ZIPPTPH77 3 years ago
she is sooooooooooooo niceeeeeeeeeee
csebrigh 3 years ago
This song brings back nice memories of when I was younger and life was great!! Not that life isn't good right now , but for sure thing's have changed and life isn't as easy.... :)
7angels777 3 years ago 3
I grew up with this show and this brings back fond memories of my parents and I in the livingroom watching tv. I had a crush on MTM for years, she was cute and drove a mustang! Shows like this and the Andy Griffith Show had the class, kindness, and innocence that is lacking today.
galaxie4dr66 3 years ago 4
The Mary Tyler Moore Show is one of the greatest, most beloved sitcoms of all time. A superb cast with superb writers. For anyone to express disdain for The Mary Tyler Moore Show obviously lacks the ability to know what a great, quality show like TMTMS is. Just look at what the networks churn out today. Mary Tyler Moore is a gem!
laspalmasdesign 3 years ago 4
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What a useless show. Always wondered what people liked about that show. Shows how silly people can be.
BeeRich33 3 years ago
the reason people like this show is bacause there was never a show done with a single career girl, this show started the single career woman role in America and around the world. On top of all that it was an extremely funny show with outstanding actors and writing.......Thats you we all love MTM....She is the best....Timeless
csebrigh 3 years ago 4
The #10 Viking jersey was quarterback "Fran Tarkenton.
skepticaltrader 3 years ago
Jim,,I heard about Hazel..that made some news....Mary is wearing a #10 Vikings jersey...who was that?.,,,,
Burghjazz 3 years ago