How 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Helped Pave the Way for Female Writers: Part 2 | ABC News

Mary Tyler Moore played Mary Richards, a single woman living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and working in news.
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[@lynnemiller3633]

I love this title song. Makes you feel happy every time you experience it.

[@trumpsdantichrist164]

It's the opening music that gets me every time, make me feel that everything is wonderful

[@glennfromthebronx]

fyi- written by Sonny Curtis....who became the lead singer of The Crickets after Buddy Holly's death. He also wrote MORE THAN I CAN SAY/leo sayer covr and I FOUGHT THE LAW (and the law won). I recall from an interview, that Curtis sid that IF Andy Wlliams chose to sing the the MTM theme song..."fine"....otherwise he'd take on the duties. Also, as I recall from a TV GUIDE poll from @15 years ago, the MTM theme song is rated the #2 series theme song...2nd to only the HAWAII FIVE-O theme song.

[@barbaradavis8372]

you are the antiChrist idiot!

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

@@glennfromthebronx No he said if he writes it then he sings it. Go to the 12:49 mark on this website: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boG8l4l-at5qock

[@dogzillasquad9524]

our condolences to her family ,friends. ,fans 😢😢

[@xguy592]

✔ Indeed, ditto❗ This is a poignant reminder of the POWER Hollywood has to nudge social evolution forward.... a HIGHER PRINCIPAL force, as opposed to glamorizing violent crime. :-)

[@m.e.d.7997]

IMO at her peak of beauty when she started the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

oh yeah

[@deesee3622]

The reason Mary didn't call Lou "Lou", is because of the age difference not her gender; Sue Ann (Betty White) called him "Lou"

[@blacbraun]

No, everyone called him Lou except Mary. She is just old school that way. Besides, he's only 7 years older than her.

[@coldwinter5710]

@@blacbraun On the show, their ages were portrayed as having a much bigger age gap. They didn't go by their ages in real life.

[@blueblur8420]

@@coldwinter5710 Exactly. As we all know, Mary Richards was 30 years old in the first season (3 to 4 years younger than Mary Tyler Moore herself at the time). In the season 1 finale, the episode is literally called "The 45-Year-Old Man", referring to Lou Grant. This means he's at least 14 years older than Mary.

[@jeffreyleshner5893]

She had vision and was a great comedian a wonderful heart a true American

[@fintan3563]

I love Mary every bit as much as I Love Lucy! 💖💖💖

[@gioknows]

I had such a crush on her as a little boy. She was beautiful and elegant and smart...the women in movies and on tv today are either not allowed to portray things the way MTM did or they just don't have the talent. Today any show with a strong female has a cast of male buffoons around her to make her look better and Mary didn't need that (except for Ted Baxter of course) an for the pessimists who think this show was a CIA plot to get women out of the house and into the work force all I can say is my Mother was a business person and was still 100% woman.

[@christianbrother4724]

Compared to the women today on television, Mary, Rhoda and Phyllis were not trashy.

[@garyduarte4099]

Mary Tyler Moore showed us why women should be respected and adored. Rest my love.

[@OikPoinFive]

Gary Duarte ahhh shyt not feminists rights' lol. Duh.

[@jimdavis3435]

Daytime Soaps already had single working women and people watched them...so why would the network think it wouldnt work!!!

[@stephenfermoyle1498]

MARY PAVED THE WAY!! THANK GOD SHE WAS NOT DIVORCED

[@ChristyKSweet]

Wow, I totally emulated her, even the 70 mustang, never married never kids ,even used the pearl nail polish- I am just realizing this is where I became a feminist...

[@robertlongwill8856]

Christy you may be a feminist but MTM was never a feminist. By her own admission in the early 70s when Gloria Steinem asked her to be part of the feminist movement but turned GS down flat

[@vintageappliguy]

2:40 What the hell is the Tiffany Network?

[@jeffyjohn5673]

Right, you can be a woman dignified and respectful and yet still be a woman, unlike a radical feminist.

[@harpervalleypeeteeay9708]

Whats a "Tiffany network"?

[@johnfd0210]

It was not worded correctly, it should have read something like, "The Tiffany of the three networks..." ie, it was the best. It would be akin if talking about movie studios in decades past, "MGM was the Tiffany of Hollywood studios." As stated, it makes it sound as if there was a network called "Tiffany".

[@Pibb99]

@@johnfd0210 It was worded correctly...back in those days, CBS was known as "the Tiffany Network" due to its perceived high quality of programming.

[@myabaker3768]

imtresting

[@teatea4496]

6th

[@kingk9549]

2nd

[@SeanCStark]

An early example of a successful "psych-op", to help get women into the work force, a pre-E.R.A. effort. Have less babies... More tax money... Destroy family tradition... There are other reasons.

[@OikPoinFive]

Sean Stark true. Bible warns this....

[@ddiamondr1]

LOL!!🤣🤣🤣

[@ICHOOSERIGHTEOUSNESS]

Sean Stark EXACTLY!! But these feminist lunatics are feeding right into it. Smh.

[@1fanloveshawn280]

3rd

[@steveeone4424]

GREAT GREAT......MELODIC THEME......but.....there's a better version of the theme song......with HEAVY MELODIC- 3 STACATO bass notes in the beginning........and..........SOMEONE here......asked......what the hell happened to tv???......im a broadcaster and actor and psychologist.....SO what happened was.....INTENT AT DEMONIC EVIL.....got into or came up thru WAY WAY WAY WAY to many Americans.....and it is showing up in........ALL doctors and politicians and in tv and radio shows......and in.....ALL CATEGORIES of American life SINCE the 1981 Reagan days........our divorce rate is 50-80 %.....our nation's economy is in total hell-14 trillion in consumer debt/ 24 trillion in government debt.........people going thru stop signs all the time......PEOPLE disappearing on appts and calling each other bitches for fake reasons........WE are in.....deep and total DEMONIC EVIL HELL.....the reader who is reading this is or probably is OOZING of intent at demonic evil against himself or herself and against others-but will still deny it(because that's what DEMONIC EVIL does to U)...........and prayer will not get us out of it this time........a special court with a special judge and prosecutor will get us out of it.(your replies are welcomed).

[@katryhnaa2330]

1st

[@garyduarte4099]

America 1st!

[@you2449]

re. 4:14 - - maybe he had been there for 5 years. And you've only been there for One ? - - maybe his Ratings were 50% better than yours. - - maybe he was secretly dating Mr. Grant! (he'd Deserve more than $50 for That!) it's not always just about you, Mary.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

Female Writers are OK - but Male Writers gave us the best Shows ever !

[@sj8205]

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