Mimsie the Cat (1968 - c. June 1988) was a live-action tabby cat seen in the MTM Enterprises logo, in an apparent spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's famed lion mascot, Leo. In the standard version of the logo, as first used on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mimsie appears in a crouched position, looks up at the camera, and meows once. Mimsie would not meow for the camera crew, so they eventually used footage of her yawning, run in reverse, with the sound effect added. By the 1980s, there were many different variants of the logo, with Mimsie often appearing in different painted "costumes" corresponding to the style and theme of the particular programs. For the detective series Remington Steele, a Sherlock Holmes-esque stalking cap and pipe (that fell out of Mimsie's mouth when she meowed) were added; Bay City Blues had an animated version of Mimsie wearing a baseball hat and baseball glove and catching a baseball; Lou Grant, Paris, and Just Between Friends showed a still image of Mimsie's footage; The White Shadow featured a different black-and-white cat bouncing an orange basketball; Hill Street Blues painted a police uniform hat onto Mimsie's head; St. Elsewhere used a surgical mask and scrubs; The Texas Wheelers had a full-screen black-and white kitten looking around and meowing and (for the final episode) had an animated version of the kitten staggering from behind a wagon wheel and dropping dead; Graham Kerr painted a chef's hat onto Mimsie's head; Carlton Your Doorman the logo is drawn animation-like and Carlton's cat Ringo is seen and says to him to meow but doesn't meow, Carlton mutters "Damn cat..."; Xuxa had Mimsie say "Tchau!" (which means "goodbye" in Portuguese); A Little Sex featured an animated gray cat joining an animated version of Mimsie after she meowed; in contrast, Newhart kept the original, unadorned footage, but replaced (except for the series pilot) the meowing sound effect with Bob Newhart's voice-over of "meow" in his trademark deadpan style, and in the series finale is saying "QUIET!", uttered by Darryl & Darryl (their first and only word). The Duck Factory had (right before the logo) an off-screen voice shout, "Where's the Cat?", and then used the original footage, replacing Mimsie's meow with a "Quack!". On The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, "Today I am a Ma'am", Mimsie did a higher-pitched meow, and on the episode "Put on a Happy Face", Moore herself was shown stating the Looney Tunes end line, "That's All Folks!". In the series finale of St. Elsewhere, Mimsie is shown unconscious and dying on-screen, hooked up to an IV, a heart monitor and medical equipment; as the credits roll the heart monitor beeps and then flatlines at the end, marking the end of ‘’St. Elsewhere’’ and Mimsie’s death. Coincidentally, Mimsie died shortly after the airing of the episode. Syndicated prints of this episode replace this variant with the normal credits. An extended version of The White Shadow variant can be shown on rare prints of the pilot, featuring the logo animating and the cat watching the ball fall off-screen. In 2013, an episode of Hot in Cleveland, which starred Betty White and featured Georgia Engel, did an MTM reunion with Moore, Valerie Harper, and Cloris Leachman. At the end of the episode the camera pans to a cat in the window, presumably Mimsie, giving her final meow. Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTM_Enterprises#Mimsie_the_Cat
MTM also had a short lived record label in the 1980s based in Nashville. There was a good roster of Country Music artists that recorded for MTM Records at the time. 2 artists I can recall were Paul Overstreet and Holly Dunn
3:17 - 3:25 is probably my favorite one of these logos because this is what I'd do if I see this logo in a video; I'd keep watching it over and over. Thank you Mimsie for being a great cat!
So cute! There was a segment on Hot in Cleveland with all of the women from the Mary Tyler Moore show and at the very end had that cute kitten meow. In the 1980s, MTM Enterprise also had a recording label in Nashville, known as MTM Music Group from 1984 to 1988.
I agree about that variant not fitting in at this time. It shouldn't be scrubbed from history though, as it has been from the St. Elsewhere finale since its NBC broadcasts.
Aaawww, mimsie was soooo adorable!! Man, the Newhart variant of the MTM logo has stuck with me to this day, as it used to frighten me as a child! Something about a man's voice coming out if the kitty was just creepy & unsettling for me at the time.
Aaawww, mimsie was soooo adorable!! Man, the Newhart variant of the MTM logo has stuck with me to this day, as it used to frighten me as a child! Something about a man's voice coming out of the kitty was just creepy & unsettling for me at the time.
You're skipping the St. Elsewhere finale variant?! Awwww... 😭 I understand, but I like that one. Well, at least you kept the Newhart finale variant (2:58).
Felix Brown Glad to see I’m not the only one who likes the St. Elsewhere finale variant. I’ve been meaning to watch the show. From what I heard the variant is fitting for the show, yes?
@Win Server 2008 Mimsie died a few hours after the St. Elsewhere Finale. And they used a sleeping Mimsie and hooked her up to a life support system and water thing for the credits
Mimsie is the most adorable, beautiful cat ever, we would never forget this legendary cat and always love her meows, R.I.P. Mimsie the cat and the rest of the entire cast on The Mary Tyler Moore Show!!
RIP Mary. I have every reason to believe that her son and Mimsie were both waiting for her on the other side. (And thank you UHIA, for not including the St. Elsewhere variant.)
thebombymaster Xander Pascal I need to know something. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE NETWORK THINKING? I saw the ending to St. Elsewhere, not knowing that it existed and I saw a cat. I looked on Wikipedia to see if it was that same cat. What I saw horrified me. That ending, that cat in the ending...was Mimsie. I read on Wikipedia that the ending represented the death of the show and Mimsie cause 2 days after the show ended the cat died.
What about this: Also, according to Jacob Dennis-Oehling on RUclips, He describes another version of the finale variant, where it's the other variant except Mimsie is instead shot to death. However, these "mystery" variants could be hard to find, as usual.
I have some questions about the logo at 0:37: When composing the music, what did the composer (Al Kasha) call this piece? Was there an extended version of Al Kasha's composition?
Thanks for the 500,000 views.
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how did you find all of these.???? amazing.....
We would never forget Mimsie. Mimsie is the greatest kitty! Always loves her meows!
Mimsie was owned by one of Mary Tyler Moore’s colleagues.
She was definitely a cute little kitty
2:53....my favorite variation! That, and the "Quack!" 😁
2:54 Not QUACK/Yes QUIET
Mimsie the Cat (1968 - c. June 1988) was a live-action tabby cat seen in the MTM Enterprises logo, in an apparent spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's famed lion mascot, Leo.
In the standard version of the logo, as first used on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mimsie appears in a crouched position, looks up at the camera, and meows once. Mimsie would not meow for the camera crew, so they eventually used footage of her yawning, run in reverse, with the sound effect added. By the 1980s, there were many different variants of the logo, with Mimsie often appearing in different painted "costumes" corresponding to the style and theme of the particular programs. For the detective series Remington Steele, a Sherlock Holmes-esque stalking cap and pipe (that fell out of Mimsie's mouth when she meowed) were added; Bay City Blues had an animated version of Mimsie wearing a baseball hat and baseball glove and catching a baseball; Lou Grant, Paris, and Just Between Friends showed a still image of Mimsie's footage; The White Shadow featured a different black-and-white cat bouncing an orange basketball; Hill Street Blues painted a police uniform hat onto Mimsie's head; St. Elsewhere used a surgical mask and scrubs; The Texas Wheelers had a full-screen black-and white kitten looking around and meowing and (for the final episode) had an animated version of the kitten staggering from behind a wagon wheel and dropping dead; Graham Kerr painted a chef's hat onto Mimsie's head; Carlton Your Doorman the logo is drawn animation-like and Carlton's cat Ringo is seen and says to him to meow but doesn't meow, Carlton mutters "Damn cat..."; Xuxa had Mimsie say "Tchau!" (which means "goodbye" in Portuguese); A Little Sex featured an animated gray cat joining an animated version of Mimsie after she meowed; in contrast, Newhart kept the original, unadorned footage, but replaced (except for the series pilot) the meowing sound effect with Bob Newhart's voice-over of "meow" in his trademark deadpan style, and in the series finale is saying "QUIET!", uttered by Darryl & Darryl (their first and only word). The Duck Factory had (right before the logo) an off-screen voice shout, "Where's the Cat?", and then used the original footage, replacing Mimsie's meow with a "Quack!". On The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode, "Today I am a Ma'am", Mimsie did a higher-pitched meow, and on the episode "Put on a Happy Face", Moore herself was shown stating the Looney Tunes end line, "That's All Folks!". In the series finale of St. Elsewhere, Mimsie is shown unconscious and dying on-screen, hooked up to an IV, a heart monitor and medical equipment; as the credits roll the heart monitor beeps and then flatlines at the end, marking the end of ‘’St. Elsewhere’’ and Mimsie’s death. Coincidentally, Mimsie died shortly after the airing of the episode. Syndicated prints of this episode replace this variant with the normal credits. An extended version of The White Shadow variant can be shown on rare prints of the pilot, featuring the logo animating and the cat watching the ball fall off-screen.
In 2013, an episode of Hot in Cleveland, which starred Betty White and featured Georgia Engel, did an MTM reunion with Moore, Valerie Harper, and Cloris Leachman. At the end of the episode the camera pans to a cat in the window, presumably Mimsie, giving her final meow.
Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTM_Enterprises#Mimsie_the_Cat
Thank you for telling us about mimsey. Very interesting.
That was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Mary always had a drawing of a lion in her apartment (on the TV shows anyway). Its all a bit like a reference to MGM and MTM.
Mary Tyler Moore Was Under Contract At MGM As A Dancer......🙂💯👍🏾
@@dlittle39dl Thanks for the feedback.
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I loved the ones that Bob Newhart did his "meow." :-)
I’ve been looking for this cat logo forever! I only remember it occasionally popping onscreen during my early childhood.
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R.I.P. Edward Asner. He will be missed.
In 2:26 Cats Meow is DEEP!
I always loved that little Cat. God Bless everyone
RIP Mimsie and Mary Tyler Moore. I also give you props for omitting the St. Elsewhere finale variant, I find that upsetting.
And Grant Tinker
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@@Jacob_was_here, no, she's dead.
@Demetri Little No, that was with capitol records.
Mimsie is the link to the description
MTM also had a short lived record label in the 1980s based in Nashville. There was a good roster of Country Music artists that recorded for MTM Records at the time. 2 artists I can recall were Paul Overstreet and Holly Dunn
3:17 - 3:25 is probably my favorite one of these logos because this is what I'd do if I see this logo in a video; I'd keep watching it over and over. Thank you Mimsie for being a great cat!
mimsie in the thumbnail looks cute
sleep tight mimsie :(
1:34 made me laugh "come on meow! Damn cat!" Lol and that cat scowled!
The fact that Lorezno Music (aka, the voice of Garfield) said that line made it even more perfect.
So cute! There was a segment on Hot in Cleveland with all of the women from the Mary Tyler Moore show and at the very end had that cute kitten meow. In the 1980s, MTM Enterprise also had a recording label in Nashville, known as MTM Music Group from 1984 to 1988.
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Thanks for remembering "WKRP in Cincinnati" occasionally using Les Nessman's "Oooh."
I wish MTM Productions would continue after Mary's death
@Demetri Little no it's not.
@Windows 98 no it's not gredey.
@tconlon251 Funny. The 🐱is now owned by the 🐭.
@@sillygoose635 no disney is kinda greedy
This is confusing...
I agree about that variant not fitting in at this time. It shouldn't be scrubbed from history though, as it has been from the St. Elsewhere finale since its NBC broadcasts.
James Fabiano
It's So Sad To See MTM Gone :(
@Kai Keebler, that's bullshit.
@Purple Buttons the Changeling but it was still cute though
When he said QUIET!
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2:59
1:38 the hill street blues theme makes me cry thinking of mimsie's death
I hope Disney should revive this studio
I hoped Disney would go away
@@surferbri5346i hope that surferbri5346 was banned
I didn’t realize I needed this in my life until I found it. Thank you for making it!
Aaawww, mimsie was soooo adorable!! Man, the Newhart variant of the MTM logo has stuck with me to this day, as it used to frighten me as a child! Something about a man's voice coming out if the kitty was just creepy & unsettling for me at the time.
HE DIED IN 1988 AND MARY TOO IN 2017!!!!!!!! WHY JESUS WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!?????????!!!!!!!!! *cries really loud*
Aaawww, mimsie was soooo adorable!! Man, the Newhart variant of the MTM logo has stuck with me to this day, as it used to frighten me as a child! Something about a man's voice coming out of the kitty was just creepy & unsettling for me at the time.
I thought it sounded like Zabuza from Naruto Shippuden, but okay
I didn't think if watch the whole thing but did. It took me back, I enjoyed it. Thanks
We Will Never Forget You..............And Your Cat
Vladimir Teh Object Thingy 😭
Mary Tyler Moore was sweet.So was her baby Mimsie.
It's so sad that Mary Tyler Moore is gone 😢. Anyway, great video!
And Mimsie
Those MTM logos are so Cute!
I LIKE THA CAT DRIBBLIN THA BALL JUS SO U KNOW THAT WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW AT THA TIME THE WHITE SHADOW
God Bless You To Jesus Christ R.I.P Mary Tyler Moore
And Mimsie the cat
wow this logo history is marvelous
1:29 scared the crap out of me the first time
Mtm logo : mimsie ?
Where da hell is mimsie?!?!
@@JontyMasterJONTY???
3:00 when that kid never stop crying
Yeah, make them cry more.
Relatable! I couldn't stop having meltdowns when babies or little kids cry but that doesn't happen anymore.
2:59
0:55 I’m Gonna be Late for Work
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2:06 is the most wholesome
The cat now has a freind
R.I.P.
MTM
Thanks for that! Did not realize that they had so many variants!
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2:10 My personal favorite!
1:18 ayo Mimsie was BALLIN
Mimsie the cat died in 1988. This makes me cry. 😢
Nooooo
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1:56
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I saw Mimsie the cat appear in an episode of Hot In Cleavend.
Her spirit really lives on the wind. R.I.P., Mary Tyler Moore.
You're skipping the St. Elsewhere finale variant?! Awwww... 😭
I understand, but I like that one. Well, at least you kept the Newhart finale variant (2:58).
QUIET!!!!!!!
Felix Brown Glad to see I’m not the only one who likes the St. Elsewhere finale variant. I’ve been meaning to watch the show. From what I heard the variant is fitting for the show, yes?
@@gothtarrare that's the one I want to see...
@@gothtarrare yes but that was actually mimsie's death...
@Win Server 2008 Mimsie died a few hours after the St. Elsewhere Finale. And they used a sleeping Mimsie and hooked her up to a life support system and water thing for the credits
Mimsie is the most adorable, beautiful cat ever, we would never forget this legendary cat and always love her meows, R.I.P. Mimsie the cat and the rest of the entire cast on The Mary Tyler Moore Show!!
RIP Mary Tyler Moore. I'm your hero
1:14 DAmn I lOSt My BalL
I think 2:10 was Bay City Blues and just after ("Where's the cat?") from The Duck Factory.
I Like Those Variations......🙂💯👍🏾
Oh wow!!!!!
Mtm stands for:
Mary
Tyler
Moore
I knew that, too.
I just the St. Elsewhere finale and I now understand why you didn't include it. Granted it wasn't meant to be taken seriously but it was upsetting.
Good job! Keep up the videos.
2:52 Meow synthesiser girl!
Love this cat it’s beautiful
RIP Mary. I have every reason to believe that her son and Mimsie were both waiting for her on the other side.
(And thank you UHIA, for not including the St. Elsewhere variant.)
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Yeah I was dreading to see that last one. That's sad.
Yeah that scared the Frick out of me! It's the only logo im actually scared of!
thebombymaster Xander Pascal I need to know something. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE NETWORK THINKING? I saw the ending to St. Elsewhere, not knowing that it existed and I saw a cat. I looked on Wikipedia to see if it was that same cat. What I saw horrified me. That ending, that cat in the ending...was Mimsie. I read on Wikipedia that the ending represented the death of the show and Mimsie cause 2 days after the show ended the cat died.
My favorite mtm logo was with Mimsie the cat playing with t.v. remote control for the t.v. lol
I like the 2 animated kitties purring!
I like the MTM logo when it has Mimsie bouncing a basketball....this was after they rolled the credits from The White Shadow episodes
Rest In Peace Mary Tyler Moore
What about this: Also, according to Jacob Dennis-Oehling on RUclips, He describes another version of the finale variant, where it's the other variant except Mimsie is instead shot to death. However, these "mystery" variants could be hard to find, as usual.
It's so bad I miss Mary Tyler Moore she died in 2017
2:04 lol. how cute.
Mary Tyler Moore created one of the earlier meme cats for tv! 🐈 📺
Don't call Mimsie a meme Cat
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Great video :). MTM was always my favorite and Mary Tyler Moore was too. Does anyone know what show the singing meow was from?
Eisenhower and Lutz (1988)
Synthesiser meow girl!
i was four after mtm passed away thank you mary
she had two cats! wow
watchmojo make a top 5 mtm shows
Sorry if I'm late talking about this, but thanks for the quarter of a million views.
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Xuxa’s closing logo is where mimsie says goodbye in portuguese
Ciao!
Do you mean Brazilian Portuguese? Yeah. Tchau is a Brazilian localisation of Ciao, which is an Italian word for Hello!
Mimsie:Meow~ Kennadi:Awww!
1:59 Mimsie at her finest 2:59 3:02 2:10 0:15 1:56 meow 0:43
This logo is really good....
mary tyler more died on my 51st birthday RIP MTM
R.I.P. MARY TYLER MORE DIED ON MY 51st BIRTHDAY
Very sorry to hear that :(
I noticed 20th Television's logo for a split second
Yeah, they distributed some of the MTM shows back in the 90's.
This is about to become my most-viewed RUclips video.
3:04 Bye!
RIP Marry
I didn't realize she died last month
2:58
QUUUIIEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!
3:38 At the end of Shopping Spree
The st elsewhere variant isnt bad it's just kinda unnerving
Damn! 30,000 views! Holy shit this is really popular.
The first MTM appeared
2:59 quiet
Think you 500 000 000 000$
1:45 What show did this logo came from ?
Remington Steele
Also, Sherlock Mimsie
1:55 for one second you can see 20th television
R.I.P the Mary Tyler Moore Cat
I mean, you could've just put a warning and then played it at the end.
awesome.!!!! i ❤that kitten.!!!!!!!!
0:41 (music)
MEOW
whats your opinion on courage the cowardly dog and meow
R.i.p Mimsie the Cat 1968 - 1988 😢😢😢😢😢
I'd watch a whole episode of WKRP in Cincinnati just to see this..once...You are God!
70,000 views? Holy shit. This might get 100,000 eventually.
UriahHeepIsAwesome You should be ashamed of yourself for using profanity on RUclips!
UriahHeepIsAwesome I will report you to the authorities for your hate speech against a Christian woman!
UriahHeepIsAwesome By the way, you're a psycho-path!
UriahHeepIsAwesome You can't stand the fact that I'm speaking God's truth!
UriahHeepIsAwesome So you have the nerve and gall to use (gender, racial, sexual) slurs against a Christian woman!
I have some questions about the logo at 0:37:
When composing the music, what did the composer (Al Kasha) call this piece?
Was there an extended version of Al Kasha's composition?
8/20/17: Thank you so much for the 50,000 views.
So cute!!!
It's been a year since I uploaded this and I already have over 120,000 views on this video.
@Iris Taveras iiioo
This is also a tribute to Mimsie the Cat. MTM Enterprises isn't alive now.
MTM Was Killed By Fox Studios In The late 90
@@kidtomme actually no
MTM Enterprises went defunct in 1998
The logo obviously plajerizes the MGM logo. Wonder if they had issues with it?
I think it was meant as a parody of the MGM logo
0:58 End of Jazz
Which series had the cartoon of Mimsie finding a gray kitty to rub against at about 1:58 ?
From a little sex
It was from an MTM vhs release.
A little (Seggs)