Classic TV Theme: Mary Tyler Moore

This 1970 comedy won a bucketful of Emmys during its seven year run; the show was named 'Outstanding Comedy' three times, the same number of times its star was named 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series'. The series placed #6 on a list of the 101 best written tv series of all time. The supporting cast was top-notch, and three of them would continue their roles in spin-off series. 'Love Is All Around', the shows' theme song, was written and performed by Sonny Curtis.
00:00 First season open; the lyrics were different from later seasons to reflect Mary's first year in a new job.
00:55 Fourth season opening; these lyrics were used from season two onward.
01:49 Seventh season open: the instrumental backing was refreshed with a new arrangement.
02:44 End credits.
3:18 Mimsie.

[@robertkuzich2129]

And now they're all gone... Such an iconic show with a cast that will never be matched. And last but not least, The BEST theme song ever written...TIMELESS

[@KissyKat]

💯

[@clauzellblackshear2057]

Best cast so humble. I'm glad my parents introduced me to this iconic show and thank you Nick at Nite

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Wouldn't say it's the best, but it is really excellent and up there with the best ..and evocative of a time now gone.

[@orvillellewellyn9525]

I'm Jamaican, 59yrs old and this theme song brings me back to an unforgettable period of family and friends😊.

[@supersentaiguy]

Hard disagree on the theme song. But yes wonderful show.

[@rizzo3170]

This is probably one of the mot iconic Tv songs of the 70s - It always makes me feel at home again - reminds me of my mom

[@wildman0228]

The BEST tV theme EVER! I was so lucky to have attended dozens of these shows filmed live as a teen. Such precious memories.

[@wny9521]

The most iconic theme song and opening in TV History!!!

[@noviejeanboston5562]

It's 2023 and yet here I am still crying😭😭 Missing Mary, Rhoda, and Phyllis😭😭😭

[@ekop1778]

I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL 70S LOVE U MARY

[@deborahhenderson149]

Me too. I loved Mary Tyler Moore. Always wanted to be an independant and charismatic lady like the character and actress.

[@matthewguilliom6933]

Felt particularly moved in a unique way when one of my bosses championed Betty White as a real sweetheart of the American culture. Good call, L.W.!

[@RocketRocket-ce3ke]

And Sue-Anne and Georgette

[@Sg4809]

Oh so you knew them personally?

[@OptimusWombat]

The hat toss is so iconic. Even people who've never watched the show get the reference.

[@dougn2350]

The woman in the background who just happened to turn and look at the camera also had a certain celebrity status.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@dougn2350 do you mean the woman at 0:51 with glasses and a blue scarf wrapped around her head?

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

The introduction to the Rhoda show is basically a parody of the MTM one, except that her toss is ackward.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@valentinr.dominguez2892 I don't remember Rhoda doing a hat toss. Do you remember which season's opening that was?

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

@@OptimusWombat I did some research and found that the hat toss was actually in the closing credits section. Below is a link to a video with various opening and closing versions. Included are several with the failed hat toss at the end of the show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYmtZWiojK9jgsk

[@brayden1104]

I’m a senior graduating from high school (class of 2023). The first version gets the water works going. It’s such a scary time but an exciting time. This song conveys that exact feeling; the exact thoughts going through my head. It’s time for a whole new chapter with new adventures, goals, dreams, accomplishments, and failures. Life is so short on this Earth. It’s out for the taking!!!

[@matthewsims9469]

luv your attitude!

[@user-us8iy4jx2x]

God bless you and He will be with you!! Keep shining!!🌟

[@hankluvsdagny]

You might just make it after all.

[@robertkuzich2129]

Good luck! Get after it Kid

[@user-dq8wf6wc8u]

The fact that you see risk means you will succeed. Best wishes.

[@Kirke182]

By the fall of 1973, the Saturday night lineup on CBS was All in the Family at 8:00, MASH at 8:30, Mary Tyler Moore at 9:00, Bob Newhart at 9:30 and Carol Burnett at 10:00. A lot of people stayed home to watch TV on Saturday nights. The shows were too good to miss. One hit after another.

[@mpatrickthomas]

I'm 57 and remember them ALL growing up.I don't even watch TV anymore. I watch Pluto and MeTv on an app.Yes,the 70s sitcoms had alot of politics in it but it was made fun of.

[@bernieudo4399]

Golden Age of Television 📺

[@emerybayblues]

Now Saturday is an afterthought.

[@herbertlewis8442]

@@mpatrickthomas I come for the music, I stay for the memories

[@christiansirnam6286]

This was THEE BEST, classic, prime-time TV lineup ever (ever meaning for those born between 1955 and 1965, or later). My family never missed a Saturday night with all of us gathering around the TV set (it was called a TV set back then) to spend three hours of innocent, glorious comedy entertainment ... where have those days gone ... ???

[@8765granteaton]

Such an inspirational song. Makes me want to wake up, shed my depression, wear yellow and brown pant suit and buy a bouquet of daisies!

[@microbios8586]

Hahaha

[@crystalgrose]

This song has such meaning when you really listen to the words. It speaks of how free you can be ♥️

[@gmail4218]

Best TV theme ever. I get chills, goosebumps, and tears.

[@foreverblueclassics]

Me too, lovely memories of watching this on UK TV in the 70s. The first version of the theme is the one I remember best and those iconic images of her confidently strolling through her new hometown and loving life - all of it done off the cuff, as you can tell by the people looking on in the background (years later they tracked down the woman looking at Mary at 0:51 as if she were a mad woman and she confirmed she was wondering what is that silly woman doing dancing around like that in freezing cold weather - she had no idea who she was or that it was all being filmed lol).

[@jszoradi8650]

I know me too. I thought I was the only sentimental one here! 🥰

[@foreverblueclassics]

@@jszoradi8650 You're not, it's catching 😃

[@heloisachaves8414]

Same here

[@bronzellwheeler2775]

Yoooo facts

[@jaytaylor629]

I remember my family and I always watching this show together when I was a child. God I miss those times, truly special, just like show. Mary Tyler Moore was simply the best.

[@clauzellblackshear2057]

Rest well Mary Tyler Moore job well done 🙏 it's makes you teary eyed knowing all the cast has passed

[@twh563]

You are right. Life is just a vapor.

[@bernieudo4399]

Don't forget Vincent Gardenia, who played Frank Lorenzo, husband of Irene & Archie's foil on All In The Family, & took one for the team in Death Wish 2 as he warned Charles Bronson's iconic vigilante Paul Kersey. Great acting.

[@mightybabyblues29]

But isnt james l brook still alive?

[@lianecornils6603]

Everybody dies. 👮🏿‍♀️😃😃😃😃. And you can say. I did it my way. 🚔✔️🔯👩🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯🚶🏾‍♂️👩🏼‍🦯💩👩🏼‍🦯📡📡📡📡

[@antoinettehowes6964]

Gavin McLeod is still with us I believe 😁

[@mwilsonbc]

Mary reacting to the price of meat (1:19) may just be the most iconic and resonant 1970s sitcom moment ever :)

[@MrJoeBarbour]

That moment struck a note with me just now, too! That was me at the store the other day. 🥩💸🙄

[@soapsnthings4182]

My FAVORITE part of this particular opening. LMAO It's like Mary was thinking, "Damn...the price of meat nowadays. What the hell (as she tosses it into her shopping cart), people need to eat..."

[@seanodwyer4322]

the meat killed her later on- cancer

[@MrJoeBarbour]

@@seanodwyer4322 yeah, everyone who eats meat gets cancer? What a dingus 🤣

[@bernieudo4399]

California minimum wage $3.35 back in 1978. Your 💵 was 💪.

[@jszoradi8650]

I was born in the 60s. Grew up watching MTM and it brings back nostalgic memories when people on TV were real. I sure miss the 70s. 😞

[@timothycreamer8610]

1964 I watched all these shows at one time or another 👍

[@AuroraMunoz-oh5jo]

2009:) I love all these old tv shows especially The Dick van Dyke Show and this one

[@terris.greene3885]

😭😭😭😭 I'M BORN IN THE 1970'S. I AGREE TV WERE SO REAL AND IS SADLY MISSING. I STILL TEAR UP ON THE OPENING THEME MYSELF.

[@stormjacobs5497]

Me too, born in 63. I sure miss those wonderful times.

[@hmm-zoolol]

​@@AuroraMunoz-oh5jo Isn't it great Dick is still here and kicking his heels.😊😊😊

[@danielstevens4198]

RIP Mary. You made it after all.

[@5orrs]

This song and show was such a big part of my youth as my mother passed away on New Years Day 1972 and this show as well as some other classics helped me get through some tough times. The song is so uplifting to me

[@galenstone9097]

She really did turn the World on with her smile.. Godspeed, Mary.

[@ShoreTime]

I miss the 70s... a lot.

[@HS-iy5rn]

What a simpler life back then. I am proud to be in that generation! MTM was a pioneer for all women who made a path for shows like Murphy Brown and Sex and the City.

[@gogoyubari366]

Mary Tyler Moore was so pretty!

[@simonhoulding4414]

Just remember my mother, watching this, and watching it with her back in the day in the 70s.

[@Shaunjohnson885]

I looked at your words and thought I had already commented. I'm listening to this on repeat because I miss her so much.

[@gmail4218]

All versions are excellent but the first one (first season, 1970) is the most special. There is something amazing about that keyboard!

[@tacitinvestigations2060]

Mary Tyler Moore was my childhood crush 💕....I loved it when she lightly tilted her head to the side in the opening credits. :39 seconds❤️💕

[@americarsqueensland1667]

the second version starting at 0:57 is the best recording, it has the most energy.

[@OptimusWombat]

This, and the Bob Newhart Show theme are probably my favourite television themes from the 1970s.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@gwest40 thanks for the heads up, but I'm not in the U.S. so I can't get Hulu. Do you know if it's available on Disney+ outside of the U.S.? Edit: they're not, at least not in my country.

[@hmm-zoolol]

Bob is still gracing us. I wish he would do more talk shows. Love 'Ya Bob.😊

[@LewisZwarteLeeuwUS]

We still miss you, MTM and Mimsie the Cat. I still hear the meow to this day.

[@josebro352]

Grew up in the 70s watching MTM and honestly never knew the cat's name was Mimsy until now. 😂

[@susank1646]

Rest in power and love - Ed Asner and Mary Tyler Moore. And thank you - you know what for.

[@MrLivvyfan]

Wonderful show. It made women finally reach management level in the news media instead of being an administrator. I remember telling my mother, she has so many different coats, I want that in my life.

[@nickmat3153]

The second version is the one I remember and love!

[@user-rh3qb5dz7z]

Absolutely the best (IMO) opening theme(s) of the 70's! ❤it!

[@jaronbridges4784]

Rest in heaven grandmama.... we watched this shoe faithfully together......dam 😢😢😢

[@jaronbridges4784]

#show

[@MegaJohnf1]

Great, great song...slightly souped up for each season....but the song itself, pulled u in , to watch the show...

[@randynutt5660]

I love how the Season 1 theme words propose the possibility of success on her own, then Season 2 on confirms that she WILL make it on her own! Awesome theme song!

[@cristianerodrigues9077]

I love this series, I watch it every day. Return to a very different world 🙏

[@mikecribillero5207]

Girl those Polyester pant suites , oh my goodness !

[@johnpastore7685]

The ending credits were funny. I had cats, when the MTM cat made that meow, my cats, went right to the TV.

[@ignaciopullum9891]

When the world made sense. I remember being on my sit and spin and my mom watching MTM. 1975 was that type of thing !

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*When I was a kid, I wanted to marry Mary.*

[@danielmorse6597]

So many good memories. Life was never easy,... still. It was amazing. We would be at my grandparents. I would sit on Grandma's lap. My twin on Grampas. I told her I was going to be just like Mary. Leave the small town and farm. Go to the city, have a job and friends. She would smile. Then Bob Newhart was on I think. I told her I was going to live in a very tall building someday. I did. On the same block as the building shown in the show. Lol. I did. Then one day, I met Mary Tyler Moore at a fund raiser. Amazing woman. I never got the chance to tell Grandma and show her. Today. I am back in my small town and farm. Catching my breath. Ready for round two. Thank you Mary!

[@edpolk1262]

I loved Mary. Would always sing along with Sonny Curtis on the opening.

[@phillip1516]

I’m really old now. I remember this like yesterday

[@danielschmude]

As soon as the producers were sure that her show was going to make it, they changed the final lyrics from "you MIGHT just make it after all" to "you're GONNA make it after all." The MTM kitten (a play on the MGM lion) was also a cute touch.

[@bewiseasowls]

I remember seeing this scene and hearing this great theme song for the first time it was aired 😄. I was in grammar school , and used to tell people that one day these television debuts were going to be some of our BEST memories. ….and,…..THEY ARE!😃

[@joselourencodossantosjr7321]

This song hits me twice. First my teenage times watching MTM on TV, at 13yo thing about my sweethart, the naver knew tha I had feel in love. Half century later as expat and will be returning to my home, lefting beind my lovelly daugther, working as a TV journalist. The theme lyrics is everythig about my daugther be alone in a distant city.

[@user-dq8wf6wc8u]

What a wonderful song. It takes me back. Both versions.

[@maramuniz5427]

Needed a little Feel Good song!!! MTM for the WIN!!

[@LanzaNation]

I loved this show so much. Mary was such an incredible actress and person.

[@textech6218]

Age is a weird thing. Over 50 yr old man and for some crazy reason I broke out into song in the shower and sang this theme. Got some laughs but didn't even know I knew the words. Also had no idea there were different versions. Thanks for the post.

[@goalie604403]

Makes me remember evenings at home sure long ago where we were told as kids if we behaved we could watch Mary with Dad at 7:30. What a treat getting to watch Mary in the family room.with Dad and of course the "Mary" show as well.

[@hallsjuju2400]

The theme and the show will forever be a part of Americana. Loved it then and now. Hats off to them all.

[@user-iu7ui2qt2s]

This came the same year that I turned 2years old,1970

[@jszoradi8650]

A time when being in a big city was exciting an much safer than nowadays. Will do anything to go back to those days 😪

[@ellenweinstock6772]

If you live in the US, that is not true. Violent crime is significantly less in the US than it was in the 1970s and 80s. (You could look it up!) Seems worse, though, because of 24-hour news.

[@mpatrickthomas]

All of these years I would have bet a million that Paul Williams sang the theme.I don't know why,but here I am at 57 and that intro STILL gives me chills.The lady at the end giving Mary the scrowl look was as popular as the show.RIP Mary.And many thanks for all the years of happiness you gave us.

[@scottdowney4865]

Her name was Hazel Frederick. She was concerned that Mary was about to hurt herself. Look her up. Her whole story is out there.

[@negativeanthony]

I could listen to these intros and outro repeatedly.

[@scottmiller6495]

A great show featuring a wonderful lady with many talented people around her and showing women's lib an interesting concept at the time!!!!!

[@kali3665]

Yep, in the first year, it was "You MIGHT JUST make it after all," whereas subsequently, it became "You're GONNA make it after all." Because we all knew she would.

[@lamagiduneinstant76]

~”because” “YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY”

[@mynameisworld]

Well, she already did. She did it in season 1. It wouldn't have made sense for them to keep saying "might" when she already did.

[@akaroaNZ]

This theme song always makes me so emotional and tear up. ❤🥹

[@lloydnaylor6113]

It was great to see Betty White go onto star in the Golden Girls and live such a long life too.

[@user-td6dx4lr5j]

Very much missed rest in peace

[@InFltSvc]

I want to go back and do it ALL over again! These were the best years of my life and I would give it all up to do it again ! I see my Mom every time I hear this ! Thankfully she is still here in 2020 and when I do hear this I call her and tell her how much I love her and how much I appreciated her struggles in the 70’s after the divorce. Like this show, back then it was a lot like that for my mom, She had to make it on her own without a husband and she did it all very well. Many of the stories written for the show could be applied to real life struggles back then and it was easy to relate to it. I suppose that is a large reason the show lasted so long and is still liked today.

[@Eduardo99922]

One of the best TV Show of all time.

[@micv5149]

Musically, the first version of the later one is my favorite, with the stronger horn section. But the last version where she turns to look at the guys is visually the best.

[@mescko]

The very first version always struck me as being the brassiest, and is my favorite.

[@micv5149]

Yes I see; the first one is the brassiest throughout, but the second one they come in stronger at the end. It’s tough, I may agree with u.

[@northlightphotography7891]

I believe the story behind her looking back at the guys jogging past her is that those 2 guys were the producers of the show and as they passed her they said "Hi Mary" and she turned to look back

[@micv5149]

⁠@@northlightphotography7891yes u are right

[@kennethandrews8460]

How can you not smile when singing that song

[@markmeyer3017]

I loved MTM. That song is so meaningful. Brings tears to my eyes. God Bless you Mary ❤

[@paulveneziano4082]

Easily and by far and away my favorite TV theme song - a 💎 gem that Sonny Curtis wrote and sang !

[@01evolution01]

The first version played is my favourite. It has to be one of the best TV theme songs written.

[@simonbelmont65]

I love the opening when she’s driving the car. I use to watch this show with my Mom who has sadly passed away too.😢

[@chinawright7862]

I Love this theme song best of my childhood the good old days

[@markswitzer2204]

I remember when the Mary Tyler Moore show was being aired on television during the 1971 - '72 season . I really enjoy hearing the show theme , " Love is all around ,,, your gonna make it after all " That's a wonderful them with a great " message !!"

[@rextrek]

310th this started when I was 10 ..>WOW ...63 this year .....

[@jodymann5993]

I really really love watching these old shows a whole whole lot

[@johnnymia1563]

Agreed👍 I was so young but appreciated the encouraging sentiment

[@tj921able]

RIP to most of this delightful cast. Thankful that Joyce is still living. Thank you for sharing this. Love this theme. God Bless You & stay safe.

[@vaughnwebb]

Now this is wen tv was tv,u connected with the cast,and its as if u were in the same space that gave u joy and laughter,may they all be remembered always.

[@aprendendoadvaita3983]

I´m speaking from Brazil, Rio, and I can perfectly sing this song by heart!!! That´s the one song that always comes fresh to my mind whenever I remember some of of the most hilarious moments of my life early back then in the 1970´s.

[@FaytLinegod]

Gob Bless you, Mary Tyler Moore.

[@scottdowney4865]

The woman in the background in the freeze frame when Mary tosses her Tam was Hazel Frederick.

[@jayzrat]

Its sad to to think that the whole cast has passed on. Such a great show. Reminds me of my late teen years.

[@laneyciminetti6160]

Sad they are all gone. And for me, my early teen years,

[@karllieck9064]

Me too.

[@fredmartine674]

I watched this show when I was a young lad, this video sure brings back memories and at a time when TV shows were worth watching unlike today's TV shows.

[@PamelaRP]

One of the best theme show songs and makes you cry when you hear it and see these sequences here. The baby ducks are so cute.

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

You got all three openings, the best version of the closing theme, and Mimsie... Excellent!

[@DaveAlan]

Thanks for posting all the theme songs back to back! One of my favorite shows of all time. When watching this show it is like being with family. This was the best show ever written. The theme songs are so comforting and warm.

[@laneyciminetti6160]

100% agree with everything you said.

[@galaxysurfer1122]

Mary Tyler Moore was my first love. I was about 9 years old then. :)

[@ilovebeinggay6794]

You just want to have everything done for you so you that you won't have to take a few seconds and go and find it yourself. Your laziness is appalling

[@bernieudo4399]

Pilot one of the best if not the best. Acting, writing, & directing top notch.

[@twh563]

Wow! You nailed it. I am 53 and just to see what the show was like, I started watching it on HULU. I'm hooked.

[@gregoryyoung8823]

I like how you did all the different versions of the opening, and then the closing credits at the end, and even got all the major characters that had been in the show throughout the years listed in the closing credits too! Well done, David Gideon.

[@Nikes62]

Not all of them. The last version was truncated, and instrumental only. He didn't show it. It was the last two seasons.

[@mosesgutierrez7602]

I just graduated from high school and attending harbor College and I kept the song in my heart ❤in Los Angeles city in 1975

[@fernandes5986]

My fondest chidhood memories. Great series and wonderful tune. Thanks for the posting. Greetings from Portugal

[@RANDY4410]

I remember hearing that theme song so well when I was about to go to HS in NYC memories

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Thanks for posting. I grew up in the 1970s and this was my favourite show, along with Carol Burnett. This opening brings back so many happy memories of never missing an episode over seven years. One of the great TV comedies of all time. oprah was also a huge fan and was influenced by Mary Richards' TV career, and there's a great clip of her sobbing when MTM made a surprise appearance on her show.

[@JosephLapmardo]

I was only 10 years old. Remember it well.

[@youserguide]

Thank you for posting this! I got a wonderful blast To the past! I was born in ‘70, and my mom always watched this show.

[@misterb6416]

Oh the precious memories of my childhood.

[@theonlyonestanding8079]

Thank you for this video...I loved this song since I was kid in the 70s I'm 54yrs old now and time is going fast.

[@JFKismyhusband]

This is perfect for my newborn daughter who loves the colors and theme song… this on repeat is wondrous lol.

[@trinaq]

I loved how the 70's portions of WandaVision were inspired by this show, particularly the multicoloured opening title credits! ❤️

[@user-nd9sn9bj3x]

I loved Mary Tyler Moore❤🎉

[@stephaniestanley8041]

I'm 12, it's Saturday night and it's showtime ❤ What wonderful times they were.

[@johnbarone8948]

Mary was the very essence of the 70's modern cosmopolitan woman, classy, intelligent, independent, successful and very attractive. She was like the song, she had it all!

[@laneyciminetti6160]

To a ten year old in 1970, I was watching the perfect woman every Saturday night.

[@razzypatiencedoyledoyle7141]

Mary please 🙏 come back #!! And bring the 1970s back#!!😊☝️🙏

[@joemurphy2177]

Brilliant theme song. The crescendo at the end never fails to uplift and give goosebumps

[@tyquanstanley22]

I used to watch this show every night on Nick at Nite. Best show of the 70's.

[@lloydnaylor6113]

Amazing we are still commenting on this show in 2023.