# Mary Tyler Moore Hospitalized \[EDIT: RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175 "2017-01-25T19:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/41 "2017-01-25T22:09:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I loved the production logo-a take off on MGM with a cat instead of a lion, going MEOW. They would alter it sometimes to suit the show. Newhart had Bob saying “meow” it that Bob Newhardt deadpan. Which one had the deerstalker hat on the cat? _[Remington Steele](http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/File:Remington_steele_mtm.png)_. ETA: An [entire visual list of “alternate” MTM signoff graphics.](http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/MTM_Enterprises/Other) I’d forgotten Saint Elsewhere’s “kitten in scrubs”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/42 "2017-01-25T22:11:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The MTM Show was the first perfect sitcom on TV. Blockbuster cast of actors you likely never heard of, doing some of the best shtick out there. It’s where we first got to see Betty White as a not-so-nice person, and a regular character who was almost never seen (Chuckles the clown). I’m old enough to have watched the DVDyke show when it was first aired, and being hopelessly in love with Mary. She even did a movie with Elvis. So long, beautiful. Change of Habit? Because I remember wondering when Laura became a nun and was glad she ditched God for Elvis. At least, that’s how I remembered it. ETA: i was about 7 when I saw it on TV and a hopeless romantic. And a Catholic, so go figure! ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/43 "2017-01-25T22:28:32Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > _[Remington Steele](http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/File:Remington_steele_mtm.png)_. > > ETA: An [entire visual list of “alternate” MTM signoff graphics.](http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/MTM_Enterprises/Other) I’d forgotten Saint Elsewhere’s “kitten in scrubs”. 🙂 And a flatline for the final episode. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/44 "2017-01-25T22:28:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If you can find DVDs (or tapes) of the old _ **Steve Canyon** _ TV series, I read that comic avidly when I was a kid. Thanks, terentii, I’m off to Ebay. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/45 "2017-01-25T22:37:03Z")
I’ve had a crush on her since the first time I saw her on one the old shows–I don’t even remember which one it was. Dick van Dyke will take it hard. They’ve been friends for over 50 years. How many know that she had a brief career as a record album model? [http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG\_500/MI0002/182/MI0002182839.jpg?partner=allrovi.com](http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/182/MI0002182839.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/46 "2017-01-25T22:51:24Z")
I had a crush on her. I was 4 or 5, but I thought she was wonderful. Never entirely put it aside. Goodnight, Laura. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/47 "2017-01-25T23:06:52Z")
“Talk to you later, Sam.” “Sure, Mister D.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/48 "2017-01-25T23:24:52Z")
Gordy Howard is 77 years old (never realized his name was that close to hockey legend Gordie Howe) Mary Richards mother is still living, Nanette Fabray. Hope all the remaining MTM cast members have a group hug and shuffle to the Kleenex Box. RIP Mary. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/49 "2017-01-25T23:49:20Z")
Mary you gifted my life with much laughter. Thank you. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/50 "2017-01-25T23:53:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I read that comic avidly when I was a kid. Thanks, terentii, I’m off to Ebay. I just remembered that Jerry Paris, Mary’s co-star on _ **Dick van Dyke** _, was also a member of the _ **Steve Canyon** _ cast. > **[Steve Canyon (TV Series 1958–1959) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051317/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast)** > > Steve Canyon (TV Series 1958–1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Holy crap! It’s a virtual catalogue of period TV actors! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/51 "2017-01-25T23:59:15Z")
Here we go. Lety at our local PBS station sent the link. This is the special they ran a few years ago. [http://www.pbs.org/video/2365572188/](http://www.pbs.org/video/2365572188/) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/52 "2017-01-26T00:13:58Z")
I’ll always remember her most fondly as Laura Petrie in the Dick Van Dyke Show. RIP Mary. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/53 "2017-01-26T00:19:45Z")
I propose we all watch \*\*this \*\*tonight _in memoriam_: \*A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants!\* :o ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/54 "2017-01-26T00:19:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Holy crap! It’s a virtual catalogue of period TV actors! :eek: I see a lot of them on _Richard Diamond_ many are just starting out. Joey Bishop had a bit part as a criminal informer. Deforest Kelley played a guy who’s Wife cheated him in a life insurance scam. When Diamond finds his body, I didn’t think to say, “He’s dead, Dick!” ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/55 "2017-01-26T01:03:19Z")
I loved both of her major sitcoms, DVD and MTM. I used to have every episode on VHS, taped from Nick at Nite. This is a sad day for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/56 "2017-01-26T01:07:13Z")
I’m usually not emotional about eleb deaths, so Ii surprised myself with a good long cry when I heard.☹ Most of the cast from MTM are getting super elderly – I think Betty White might actually be immortal. “You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” - MTM ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/57 "2017-01-26T01:08:38Z")
It’s sad that she’s gone. She always seemed to be the adorable, lovable, eternally youthful woman. R.I.P. Mary ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/58 "2017-01-26T01:54:21Z")
First, I will say her performance as Ice Queen Beth in _Ordinary People_ was superb. That movie hinges on her character. Unloving without being abusive. That was perfect. But of the roles that made her famous? I’m sorry, they irritated me. Not her fault, she did them well. But that type of woman portrayed just sets my jaw to snarling. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/59 "2017-01-26T02:05:12Z")
I’ve been aware she has been rather ill for a while but this is still very sad. Mary Richards is the character most folks remember but for me she will always be the lovely Laura Petrie. RIP ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175/60 "2017-01-26T02:07:35Z")
To those of you who, in another thread, wondered why people cry from celebrity deaths… Do you understand now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175.md?page=4)