This unused footage would most likely have been discarded, but somehow these loops were saved. I cannot stress how much what should've been in a landfill has taken me magically back to 1973. Just the mundane ordinary of the era has reignited so many cherished memories of a time gone forever. Watching the scenes is a time machine & at once transported me back to the 4th grade in my parent's living room. Thanks for posting.
I get that same feeling with so many RUclips segments showing slices of real life from particular times. And 1973 is a favorite for me to return to. I was in the 9th grade in the spring of that year. The MTM Show was superb, and so relatable to my family. My older sister looked and sounded so much like Mary, and would soon go off into such a similar world of professions, offices and make friends like Rhoda.
"AMERICAS SWEETHEART" 50 years ago....... As I have so often said to friends, you had to have a REALLY good reason to go out on a Saturday night when such quality television was on...... MTM was and remains my favorite TV comedy show of all time! Mary was the epitome of class style beauty and comedic timing we as a nation have ever witnessed! Amazing human being!! Of course excellent writing helped propel this comedy show to the anals of history forever sealing its fate as the best comedy show of all time! God bless her heart now and forever!!! Byron Harkey
Uh, *no.* All (*ALL*) footage of these types of productions are kept along with all takes of a TV show. It is called a vault. You must not be part of the business.
As a child I thought her character was one of the coolest things on TV. I especially loved her apartment with the sunken living room and the huge windows looking out and I fantasized about living in one just like that when I grew up. What a lovely lady and gifted actress.
Yes, loved her apartment! Though if you see the house in the opening credits (later opening from a different year), which this apartment is supposedly in, it's incongruous. The apartment is very modern. But the house is a Victorian.
Both women are stunningly beautiful....producers tho were concerned that Valerie Harper was actually more attractive than Mary...so they had to plain Jane her down.....so that she didn't outshine the star of the MTM show!!!😊
I am a youngin, I am 56. I vividly remember the excitement the Mary Tyler Moore show brought to the world every week for those 7 magical years. The ensemble cast, the incredible writers and a show that was so incredible that it actually affected change for the better in how many women lived in the US. RIP to the entire main cast.❤
@@Josephv3848It debuted in 1970, last episode aired in 1977. CBS wanted the series to continue, but Mary was ready to move on (She had to be talked into doing a 7th season).
Almost everyone on the show had signed 7 year contracts which meant that almost everyone would have had to negotiate whether to keep going or not. I was very sad when the show ended but was glad that they left when the show was still good@@lisawilliams2013
One of the greatest things about this find is seeing how Mary and Valerie get along--how that must have fed into the magic between Mary and Rhoda on screen.
Even though there’s absolutely no continuity to these clips, they’re still such a gem! For those of us old enough to remember this classic sitcom, this is a treasure!
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Who can turn the world on with her smile Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worth while Well it’s you girl and you should know it Awesome theme song. This was the number 1 show in America on Saturday nights 8pm when families sat down together and watched TV
Second verse: "You are most likely to succeed. You have the looks and charm and girl, you know that's all you need. All the men around adore you, with each laugh and every little movement you make. Love is all around no need to fake it. You can have the town why don't you take it? You might just make it after all. You're gonna make it after all!'
Watching this is like a magic wand being waved around my brain. Even though this was shot in Minneapolis it may have swell have been in Chicago or any other City the scenery is pretty much Midwestern Americana Circa 1970. I was a young boy at this time and just watching them walk down the street past Burger King and all the different shops and all the cars and the way people were dressed immediately puts me back in my childhood because I really was there in a sense because those are shared memories with so many people who were around back then but sadly most of them are all gone now I am pushing 60 so I'm lucky to still have a few of them around but everything is different now and I remember when I was a kid older people telling me how different things were then in 1970 so now everything has come full circle now I am that older person telling younger people that same thing.. I don't know why but it makes my heart happy with sadness, maybe because everything just flew by so fast but I always had a great feeling back then because I had a great mother and that helped enormously and is probably why I miss being there so much and now they are all gone, so I wish I could just jump into this film and stay there forever and find everybody I knew and tell them how much I love them.
The Midwest back then looked so real compared to today. I was raised in Minneapolis and now, really want to visit and relocate to Chicago. The two cities are really close. About a six hour drive. 🌽🇺🇸
So fun to see the behind the scenes footage of some very iconic scenes. The walk by the lake, the washing of the car, the ride up the elevator in the mall... Wish we had seen the shoot of her disgusted look at the market when she tosses the steak into her shopping cart. This was fabulous.
There was a local once a week half hour news show on WCCO TV I think called Moore On Sunday which was on hand to record this. The reason why they came to Minneapolis to film this was that the people behind the show felt that the way Mary Tyler Moore looked and dressed in 1970 and the way she looked and dressed in 1973 had changed dramatically so they decided to update the opening credits. Still one of the best filmed opening credit sequence of any show.
@@lemurianchick ..... OMG🤦♀️, that is the silliest question ever. 🙄 . Evidently it's you who's unable to differentiate between reality and a 1970s sitcom character's name.
I love Mary and Valerie so much. Watching them was the best part of the 70s for me. James L. Brooks and the writers along with the cast really did make magic.
This is GOLD! Thank you for sharing. Watching them and this like it were yesterday -- and realizing that it's now just a few months over 50 years ago, that's amazing. I loved Mary's show especially from its 3rd Season, including these shots taken for its new third-season opening credits -- that was when it seemed her short-hair look, the clothes, the characters, the ensemble interactions, the writing and the comedy cues all appeared to finally gel together in a seamless and magical way. :)
It was a great show. Seasons 1-3 were my favorites because of the pairing with Valerie Harper - they were the greatest pair of friends in TV history in my opinion. The show was so fresh and exuberant in those early years especially. I watched the whole series last year in order - after not having seen an episode in decades. I came away with new respect for the Lou Grant character. Ed Asner was nothing short of brilliant in that role. And MTM… a true one of a kind.
Every now and then ive gone down the the Nicolette mall and remember when my mom brought me down there to show me where she threw her beret up in the air and low and behold they have a statue of her doing that in the same spot. i lost my mom to liver cancer a year and a half later
After taking television production classes I can appreciate how much goes into making an intro to a television show. Especially seeing as how the viewer is only going to see probably just 30 seconds of the scene.
This is absolutely amazing footage. I had the pleasure of writing a few nice words in a tweet mentioning Ed Asner thanking him for all the laughs. I made the tweet during the pandemic before he died about a year afterwards. His Twitter account appeared to be operated by he himself. He liked my tweet. I'll remember that always.
It's almost surreal that these people that I watched as a child are now either passed away or over 80 years old, Mary and Val were both America sweethearts
My favorite show as a kid watched re-runs every summer very late at night in syndication while living in NY >>>> never new I'd one day live in Minnesota!!!! Mary will always be in my heart...
I had the pleasure of telling James L. Brooks how much I admired his work I was working check-in at a hotel in NorCal ten years ago that had gorgeous rustic cabins you could stay in... James was checking out. We had these Adirondack chairs out front painted a vibrant school bus yellow I told James I really loved his work... James (talking fast and friendly like he does): *"Oh, thanks, what's the name of the color of those chairs out front?"* And that was it 😅😅
Wow ... what priceless footage! I love seeing behind the scenes "how'd they do it" kinda stuff ... really gives you the perspective on all the hard work that goes into just a simple 5 second shot! Iconic show & actresses (& let's not forget Cloris Leachman!)
Ahhhh Mary Tyler Moore! True story...as a kid I was unable to swallow a pill and it drove my mom and dad crazy during times when I was sick or had a bad cold and my mom was forced to always crush the pill up with a pestle and mortar and then mix it with jelly before I would take it. One evening (while we were in the family room and the Mary Tyler Moore show was on) my mom wanted me to take a pill before bed (I was already 11 years old at that time with yet another bad cold) and she had had enough of the pill crushing game....and like all moms.....she KNEW me well enough to know my innermost secrets (including my childhood crush on MTM). I can remember this like it was yesterday...she got frustrated while getting ready to crush the decongestant pill and said, "I can't believe a young man like you can't swallow a tiny little pill! Do you think Mary Tyler Moore would ever date a man who couldn't swallow a pill?!!" BINGO!!! That was all a kid with a HUGE crush on Mary Tyler Moore needed to hear! GULP!!...I grabbed that pill and swallowed it down like a champ! I never looked back after that and decades later my parents joked about it and said they wish they had thought of that motivational push years prior! Thank you Mom and thank you Mary!
Wow, this is a hidden treasure...like when you find a long lost recording of the Beatles or something. RUclips has allowed us to see so many things that would have been buried in the vaults of time. Thanks!
So neat! I lived in a Victorian 3 blocks from the lake pictured, worked in downtown Minneapolis and walked through Crystal Court daily. My high school teacher purchased the house she lived in.
What a treat! It was nice to see how Minneapolis looked in 1973 Loring Park - the ducks Mary and Rhoda walking around Dinkytown Lake of the Isle - Mary walking around the lake, James Brooks jogging IDS Crystal Court and Nicollet Mall The house on Kenwood Parkway Kowalski's on Hennepin Avenue (then Red Owl) Mary grocery shopping
So THAT'S where the supermarket scene was filmed. I recognize that red neon "Open Tonite" sign behind her as being in front of the old Dayton's (and how I miss Dayton's!) I'd pay $10,000 to be able to walk down Seventh Street and visit The Forum Cafeteria and the Nankin Restaurant. Going downtown was what we did as teenagers, because I could take the 5C or 5D Chicago Avenue bus by myself before I started driving.
MTM + Vaterire Harper =Carol Burnett+Vicki Lawrence+Lucille Ball+Vivian Vance. On the distaff side Jackie Gleason +Art Carney . All these great entertainers chose the talent which made them better .
The 'real life' scenes of Mary's character in the opening and closing credits were important because they were really the only depictions of her life outside of the newsroom, her apartment or other indoor locales. Even though they were brief, it was fun to see Mary in the park taking a walk, in the market briefly, or washing her beautiful Mustang!
This is golden and irreplaceable, just like the whole Moore on Sunday documentary. Whoever had the idea to record all of this deserves the keys to the City of Minneapolis. True history that helped put us on the modern map. Love MTM in the Tarkenton jersey.
This is astonishing. It looks like they are filming the short montage scenes of the later opening credits, Mary in the supermarket throwing beef into her cart, her walking along the lake and turning back to watch joggers. This is incredibly rare and amazing and thanks so much for sharing this!
Love the look back and realizing how the opening of MTM changed from 1970 to 1973. Loved the 1973 streets and older 1960s and 1970s cars. Also how old the old restaurants such as the Burger King looked and have changed. I am 58 and remember this era through the eyes of a kid. Always loved Mary and Rhoda and still do! Thanks! :)!
OMG.......I LOVE this! The MTM Show has forever been my FAVORITE TV show of all time, TIED #1 with the inimitable DVD Show!!!! All this footage should have been shown in the Documentary, "Being Mary Tyler Moore". Or, create a Part 2, using all this footage. I can tell every scene in the opening credits from what she is wearing in these various outakes. It was the greatest show on Earth, for all time, and brings back wonderful memories as well. Thank you for finding and posting this glorious footage. Please create a second documentary using ALL this footage.
Wow! So wonderful to see this. I was so lucky to have seen dozens of the shows filmed live. Cherished memories. I will be sharing this with the Facebook Group devoted to this series!
I recorded the MTM theme song go give it a listen its called love is all around. I was performimg it years ago in NYC and Marys personal assistant came back stage and told me that he loved my version and could he have a copy. Long story short MTM loved it too and sent me an autographed pic. Love is all around Mike Grella on youtube
I used to look forward to watching Mary Tyler Moore, and then the Bob Newhart shows, I think it was Friday night, when I was in junior high. This video is too cool, thank you.😀
I grew up in Minneapolis, and graduated from high school in 1973. It's fun to try to identify the locations where they were filming: Loring Park, Hennepin Avenue, Lake of the Isles, the Crystal Court of the IDS building (just built), The Nicollet Mall in front of Dayton's Department Store (where she throws her hat in the air. and where there was a statue of her for years). The blurry red neon sign behind her says "Open Tonite," back from the days when we worked and shopped downtown. You just don't realize at the time how you'll be thrilled by such mundane sights fifty years later.
If, if only we can all jump into a time machine, should wouldn't be into the future, it would be back in that time period, fashions, styles, music, cars, most things still made in America, no daily mass shootings, can get a decent wage job, less things made in china, housings costs weren't outragous.
This show was really something magical. I actually thought it was located in the Twin Cities, and the house where Mary had her apartment is gorgeous . And the statue of Mary, throwing her hat in the air. These were way better times.
As a huge Mary Tyler Moore fan, I soo loved this video, and i have never seen these clips before, it's so fun watching how they made this intro to the show, I think it's my favorite intro to a show I've seen ...and as a child I watched and sang along and loved it. Thank u for sharing this!! ❤❤
Do you know how wonderful this is? To have the footage that was used to make that unforgettable original opening for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Watching it and to see the interactions between co stars and crew is gold. That first season opening with the song and the 70's iconography makes me nostalgic especially when she's washing that cool car. She's a beloved icon ❤ Yes Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman and too many to mention from this great show.
Valerie and Mary are so young and beautiful. Seeing them laugh and just doing ordinary things is lovely. This show was a large part of my growing up with my parents sitting around the TV. Miss it so much.
This video is a joy. Mary is so beautiful--inside and out--you can just tell. And it really seems that her friendship with Valerie mirrored Mary & Rhoda's friendship. (And those gorgeous big cars, not like the indistinguishable jellybeans today).
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This unused footage would most likely have been discarded, but somehow these loops were saved. I cannot stress how much what should've been in a landfill has taken me magically back to 1973. Just the mundane ordinary of the era has reignited so many cherished memories of a time gone forever. Watching the scenes is a time machine & at once transported me back to the 4th grade in my parent's living room. Thanks for posting.
I get that same feeling with so many RUclips segments showing slices of real life from particular times. And 1973 is a favorite for me to return to. I was in the 9th grade in the spring of that year. The MTM Show was superb, and so relatable to my family. My older sister looked and sounded so much like Mary, and would soon go off into such a similar world of professions, offices and make friends like Rhoda.
"AMERICAS SWEETHEART" 50 years ago.......
As I have so often said to friends, you had to have a REALLY good reason to go out on a Saturday night when such quality television was on......
MTM was and remains my favorite TV comedy show of all time! Mary was the epitome of class style beauty and comedic timing we as a nation have ever witnessed!
Amazing human being!!
Of course excellent writing helped propel this comedy show to the anals of history forever sealing its fate as the best comedy show of all time!
God bless her heart now and forever!!!
Byron Harkey
I agree. So fun and warm to watch. I wanted to be like Mary.
Uh, *no.* All (*ALL*) footage of these types of productions are kept along with all takes of a TV show. It is called a vault. You must not be part of the business.
What a great time to be a kid!!!
As a child I thought her character was one of the coolest things on TV. I especially loved her apartment with the sunken living room and the huge windows looking out and I fantasized about living in one just like that when I grew up. What a lovely lady and gifted actress.
Yes, loved her apartment! Though if you see the house in the opening credits (later opening from a different year), which this apartment is supposedly in, it's incongruous. The apartment is very modern. But the house is a Victorian.
incongruous is more fun:)
I always wanted a kitchen that opens into the living room like hers. Now I have one. But it's a larger kitchen. I really like it that way.
Maybe because of this show, my uncle and aunt built a sunken living room in the 70's. With orange shag carpet. As kids we loved it.
I loved her clothes.
MTM looked incredible. Very personable and charming. Valerie Harper had a most infectious laugh. Miss them both.
Mary was gorgeous. So sad how the diabetes ravaged her later years. She aged tremendously at the end.
@@Josephv3848
HOW OLD HERE?
SHE WAS BORN IN 1936 AND THESE CLIPS ARE FROM 73 SO SHE IS LIKELY 36 OR 37 YEARS OLD!
Both women are stunningly beautiful....producers tho were concerned that Valerie Harper was actually more attractive than Mary...so they had to plain Jane her down.....so that she didn't outshine the star of the MTM show!!!😊
yeah she was like in early 20s when vandyke aired
Mary Tyler Moore had the best posture of anyone I have ever seen.
She was a dancer that's why ❤
She’s a stick insect
So wonderful to see this. The entire MTM team worked so hard to create this magical series. Bless Mary and Valerie for all that they gave us.
Valerie Harper was such a babe, playing with her hair! ❤⚡️
Yeah, Valerie was incredibly sexy.
I had a real crush on her when I was a boy
I am a youngin, I am 56. I vividly remember the excitement the Mary Tyler Moore show brought to the world every week for those 7 magical years. The ensemble cast, the incredible writers and a show that was so incredible that it actually affected change for the better in how many women lived in the US.
RIP to the entire main cast.❤
Wait. I thought they were on for 9 years?
@@Josephv3848It debuted in 1970, last episode aired in 1977. CBS wanted the series to continue, but Mary was ready to move on (She had to be talked into doing a 7th season).
Almost everyone on the show had signed 7 year contracts which meant that almost everyone would have had to negotiate whether to keep going or not. I was very sad when the show ended but was glad that they left when the show was still good@@lisawilliams2013
One of the greatest things about this find is seeing how Mary and Valerie get along--how that must have fed into the magic between Mary and Rhoda on screen.
Her name is not Val.
Incredible memories...thank you so very much for this opportunity to see Mary and Valerie once again. They are truly loved and missed.
Even though there’s absolutely no continuity to these clips, they’re still such a gem! For those of us old enough to remember this classic sitcom, this is a treasure!
So many scenes shot that didn’t get used. Fun seeing Val and Mary young and vivacious, being themselves.
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I want to go back to the 70's!!!!!!!!!
Cool cars towards the end.
This was my mom's favorite show in the 1970s. Rest in peace Mary.
My mom’s favorite too! I watched every episode with her (as long as I was quiet) 😂
My mom's too.....we would sit together every Sat. night and watch. Never another show like it since!
Who can turn the world on with her smile
Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worth while
Well it’s you girl and you should know it
Awesome theme song. This was the number 1 show in America on Saturday nights 8pm when families sat down together and watched TV
Second verse: "You are most likely to succeed. You have the looks and charm and girl, you know that's all you need. All the men around adore you, with each laugh and every little movement you make. Love is all around no need to fake it. You can have the town why don't you take it? You might just make it after all. You're gonna make it after all!'
Watching this is like a magic wand being waved around my brain. Even though this was shot in Minneapolis it may have swell have been in Chicago or any other City the scenery is pretty much Midwestern Americana Circa 1970. I was a young boy at this time and just watching them walk down the street past Burger King and all the different shops and all the cars and the way people were dressed immediately puts me back in my childhood because I really was there in a sense because those are shared memories with so many people who were around back then but sadly most of them are all gone now I am pushing 60 so I'm lucky to still have a few of them around but everything is different now and I remember when I was a kid older people telling me how different things were then in 1970 so now everything has come full circle now I am that older person telling younger people that same thing.. I don't know why but it makes my heart happy with sadness, maybe because everything just flew by so fast but I always had a great feeling back then because I had a great mother and that helped enormously and is probably why I miss being there so much and now they are all gone, so I wish I could just jump into this film and stay there forever and find everybody I knew and tell them how much I love them.
The Midwest back then looked so real compared to today. I was raised in Minneapolis and now, really want to visit and relocate to Chicago. The two cities are really close. About a six hour drive. 🌽🇺🇸
Me too friend!!
I know exactly how you feel. You put this so beautifully.
So fun to see the behind the scenes footage of some very iconic scenes.
The walk by the lake, the washing of the car, the ride up the elevator in the mall...
Wish we had seen the shoot of her disgusted look at the market when she tosses the steak into her shopping cart.
This was fabulous.
7:03 seemed to get close! Hugs!
Or her spinning around in the doorway. ✨
@@JavanHamiltonTV or her spinning around by the lake to look at the joggers.
Walking by the store with the Gleem toothpaste add 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you so much for uploading
There was a local once a week half hour news show on WCCO TV I think called Moore On Sunday which was on hand to record this. The reason why they came to Minneapolis to film this was that the people behind the show felt that the way Mary Tyler Moore looked and dressed in 1970 and the way she looked and dressed in 1973 had changed dramatically so they decided to update the opening credits. Still one of the best filmed opening credit sequence of any show.
Mary Richards had a Sunday show that she worked on in addition to her newsroom job. She had a few WJM TV side gigs going over the years.
@@msr1116You DO realize that Mary Richards is a fictional character, right?
@@msr1116 CAR TOO
Yeah man, the opener was quite iconic. I haven’t seen it for decades but you just reminded me. Crazy time capsule… thanks
@@lemurianchick ..... OMG🤦♀️, that is the silliest question ever. 🙄 . Evidently it's you who's unable to differentiate between reality and a 1970s sitcom character's name.
The interiors were filmed at the IDS Center and we were among the admiring locals!
Where was that park with all the ducks?? 😊😮
@@tca666possibly Lake of the Isles, but it looks smaller than that.
Oh Mary Tyler Moore is my all time favorite show and in fact I still watch it every night before going to sleep. 😊 This is a real treat. Thank you!
I love Mary and Valerie so much. Watching them was the best part of the 70s for me. James L. Brooks and the writers along with the cast really did make magic.
This is such a treasure to see them behind the scenes creating the MTM intro!
Wow - 1973, 50 years ago - I was only 24. Time just keeps marching on.
Love these. This show was a frequent presence in my Saturday evening background growing up. It is knit into my upbringing.
This is GOLD! Thank you for sharing. Watching them and this like it were yesterday -- and realizing that it's now just a few months over 50 years ago, that's amazing. I loved Mary's show especially from its 3rd Season, including these shots taken for its new third-season opening credits -- that was when it seemed her short-hair look, the clothes, the characters, the ensemble interactions, the writing and the comedy cues all appeared to finally gel together in a seamless and magical way. :)
It was a great show. Seasons 1-3 were my favorites because of the pairing with Valerie Harper - they were the greatest pair of friends in TV history in my opinion. The show was so fresh and exuberant in those early years especially. I watched the whole series last year in order - after not having seen an episode in decades. I came away with new respect for the Lou Grant character. Ed Asner was nothing short of brilliant in that role. And MTM… a true one of a kind.
The original Burger King! High school memories.
The car wash and Mary carrying papers at 5:26 jump out as recognizable from the show's opening. Totally cool to see those.
Absolutely fabulous behind the scenes look at how MTM show was made!!...thx for posting...priceless look at a world that is long gone...sadly
Such beautiful ladies. This is a gem.
Every now and then ive gone down the the Nicolette mall and remember when my mom brought me down there to show me where she threw her beret up in the air and low and behold they have a statue of her doing that in the same spot. i lost my mom to liver cancer a year and a half later
thanks for sharing
🙏. What a sweet memory that is. ❤ 🌹
Such beautiful women, Mary and Rhoda.
Some of the pictures of Mary she's absolutely stunning I love her on Dick Van Dyke and here she was just gorgeous .......
I just want to cry. I feel like I'm watching old videos of my family.
This is pure GOLD. Thanks for posting
Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper were very talented actresses. Outstanding video for 1973 because video cameras were very expensive.
It's all film.
I thought that Mary and Rhonda would be great neighbors.
Who else is singing "Who can turn the world on with her smile..." while watching this?? :)
Listen to Joan Jett version of the theme song,just rocks it!
After taking television production classes I can appreciate how much goes into making an intro to a television show. Especially seeing as how the viewer is only going to see probably just 30 seconds of the scene.
Imaging that, two superstars with absolutely no ego. This is amazing. Thanks for posting.
This is absolutely amazing footage.
I had the pleasure of writing a few nice words in a tweet mentioning Ed Asner thanking him for all the laughs.
I made the tweet during the pandemic before he died about a year afterwards.
His Twitter account appeared to be operated by he himself.
He liked my tweet.
I'll remember that always.
It's almost surreal that these people that I watched as a child are now either passed away or over 80 years old, Mary and Val were both America sweethearts
The whole main character crew have passed except for I think Gordy( John Amos)
My favorite show as a kid watched re-runs every summer very late at night in syndication while living in NY >>>> never new I'd one day live in Minnesota!!!! Mary will always be in my heart...
Wow, Mary was so beautiful. And Valerie without her Bronx accent! Great footage. Thank you!
I always thought Valerie was even more beautiful than Mary.
i lived a couple of blocks away from loring park in the mid / late 90's... its absolutely surreal seeing it in this context o.O
My fave clip was seeing them feeding the ducks and the bridge in Loring Park. I lived in Loring Park from 1994-2021.
This is amazing! Thank you for posting this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had the pleasure of telling James L. Brooks how much I admired his work
I was working check-in at a hotel in NorCal ten years ago that had gorgeous rustic cabins you could stay in...
James was checking out. We had these Adirondack chairs out front painted a vibrant school bus yellow
I told James I really loved his work...
James (talking fast and friendly like he does):
*"Oh, thanks, what's the name of the color of those chairs out front?"*
And that was it 😅😅
I loved this! Felt as if I was there watching behind the scenes. Thank you for posting!! A+!!!
Doesn’t seem all that long ago, but can’t believe the entire cast has passed away. Amazing footage! All the cars looked like big boats!
It's half a Century ago! It flew right by!
Love the big ole Chryslers.
The cars really date stamp it. The bellbottoms are a hint, but the cars suddenly make the footage old
Only two cast memebers are still alive Joyce Bulifant who played Murrays (Gavin MacLeod) wife, and John Amos who played the black newscaster Gordy.
Also Lisa Gerrison who played Beth ( Phyliss’ daughter). She is still alive
I lived in minneapolis 20 years what a great trip down memory lane this is.
Ditto
So many wonderful memories of this show. And it still holds up well today.
I love seeing the fun relationship between Mary and Valerie!
This is so amazing. Whoever has these films I hope will post the rest of any footage they have. Thank you for sharing!!
My Favorite TV Show of All Time. Rest in Peace.
Some cool footage of the Old Town Minneapolis. My parents loved this show.
The Mary/Rhoda chemistry was incredible.
thank you so much for posting!! they’re both my favourite people in the world, so talented and so gorgeous. this video made my day
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
Golden! It's like the behind the scenes of my childhood, coming back to life. Sadly, Mary and Valerie are no longer with us...
It was 50 years ago...
Stunningly gorgeous. Mary was such a treasure and so talented.
Those vintage Vikings jerseys got me in the feels a little. Have been an unwavering fan since 1972.
Frans time ... Purple People Eaters !!
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@@lfader Alan Page - I used to see him jogging around Lake of the Isles
Wow ... what priceless footage! I love seeing behind the scenes "how'd they do it" kinda stuff ... really gives you the perspective on all the hard work that goes into just a simple 5 second shot! Iconic show & actresses (& let's not forget Cloris Leachman!)
This is fabulous. MTM was an absolute star.
So incredible that not only do these still exist but that we get to see them! Thank you!
Ahhhh Mary Tyler Moore! True story...as a kid I was unable to swallow a pill and it drove my mom and dad crazy during times when I was sick or had a bad cold and my mom was forced to always crush the pill up with a pestle and mortar and then mix it with jelly before I would take it.
One evening (while we were in the family room and the Mary Tyler Moore show was on) my mom wanted me to take a pill before bed (I was already 11 years old at that time with yet another bad cold) and she had had enough of the pill crushing game....and like all moms.....she KNEW me well enough to know my innermost secrets (including my childhood crush on MTM).
I can remember this like it was yesterday...she got frustrated while getting ready to crush the decongestant pill and said, "I can't believe a young man like you can't swallow a tiny little pill! Do you think Mary Tyler Moore would ever date a man who couldn't swallow a pill?!!"
BINGO!!! That was all a kid with a HUGE crush on Mary Tyler Moore needed to hear! GULP!!...I grabbed that pill and swallowed it down like a champ! I never looked back after that and decades later my parents joked about it and said they wish they had thought of that motivational push years prior!
Thank you Mom and thank you Mary!
She was a good-looking woman back then. No one had teeth like her. RIP.
Wow, this is a hidden treasure...like when you find a long lost recording of the Beatles or something. RUclips has allowed us to see so many things that would have been buried in the vaults of time. Thanks!
So neat! I lived in a Victorian 3 blocks from the lake pictured, worked in downtown Minneapolis and walked through Crystal Court daily. My high school teacher purchased the house she lived in.
Can I ask where you live now? Please don't reply if you feel uncomfortable.
What a treat! It was nice to see how Minneapolis looked in 1973
Loring Park - the ducks
Mary and Rhoda walking around Dinkytown
Lake of the Isle - Mary walking around the lake, James Brooks jogging
IDS Crystal Court and Nicollet Mall
The house on Kenwood Parkway
Kowalski's on Hennepin Avenue (then Red Owl) Mary grocery shopping
my 1st paycheck job was in that Red Owl. My mom is the same age as Mary Tyler Moore - I grew up in the oldest house on Lake of the Isles.
So THAT'S where the supermarket scene was filmed. I recognize that red neon "Open Tonite" sign behind her as being in front of the old Dayton's (and how I miss Dayton's!) I'd pay $10,000 to be able to walk down Seventh Street and visit The Forum Cafeteria and the Nankin Restaurant. Going downtown was what we did as teenagers, because I could take the 5C or 5D Chicago Avenue bus by myself before I started driving.
@@Gail1Marie the red neon sign was the old Donaldsons store which burned down with the Northwestern Bank building on Thanksgiving 1982.
Thank You for sharing.
MTM + Vaterire Harper =Carol Burnett+Vicki Lawrence+Lucille Ball+Vivian Vance. On the distaff side Jackie Gleason +Art Carney . All these great entertainers chose the talent which made them better .
The 'real life' scenes of Mary's character in the opening and closing credits were important because they were really the only depictions of her life outside of the newsroom, her apartment or other indoor locales. Even though they were brief, it was fun to see Mary in the park taking a walk, in the market briefly, or washing her beautiful Mustang!
This is golden and irreplaceable, just like the whole Moore on Sunday documentary. Whoever had the idea to record all of this deserves the keys to the City of Minneapolis. True history that helped put us on the modern map.
Love MTM in the Tarkenton jersey.
This is astonishing. It looks like they are filming the short montage scenes of the later opening credits, Mary in the supermarket throwing beef into her cart, her walking along the lake and turning back to watch joggers. This is incredibly rare and amazing and thanks so much for sharing this!
Thank you so much for this! One of my favorite shows from my childhood!
Love the look back and realizing how the opening of MTM changed from 1970 to 1973. Loved the 1973 streets and older 1960s and 1970s cars. Also how old the old restaurants such as the Burger King looked and have changed. I am 58 and remember this era through the eyes of a kid. Always loved Mary and Rhoda and still do! Thanks! :)!
RUclips just randomly recommended this out of the blue...Wow... so cool to see them creating the opening
Mary was so beautiful and stylish . She was at her prime then.
It's amazing how they were able to organize all that random footage into the show's intro. Wonderful post!
OMG.......I LOVE this! The MTM Show has forever been my FAVORITE TV show of all time, TIED #1 with the inimitable DVD Show!!!! All this footage should have been shown in the Documentary, "Being Mary Tyler Moore". Or, create a Part 2, using all this footage. I can tell every scene in the opening credits from what she is wearing in these various outakes.
It was the greatest show on Earth, for all time, and brings back wonderful memories as well. Thank you for finding and posting this glorious footage. Please create a second documentary using ALL this footage.
MTM was my childhood crush for years back then. Beauty and class in one phenomenal person. My wife of 38 years reminds me of her to this day.
Wow! So wonderful to see this. I was so lucky to have seen dozens of the shows filmed live. Cherished memories. I will be sharing this with the Facebook Group devoted to this series!
I recorded the MTM theme song go give it a listen its called love is all around. I was performimg it years ago in NYC and Marys personal assistant came back stage and told me that he loved my version and could he have a copy. Long story short MTM loved it too and sent me an autographed pic. Love is all around Mike Grella on youtube
Awesome moment for you!
They would never spend this kind of money and time on a sitcom today.
And no sitcom today has this kind of quality.
I used to look forward to watching Mary Tyler Moore, and then the Bob Newhart shows, I think it was Friday night, when I was in junior high. This video is too cool, thank you.😀
Me too. Yeah fri or sat night. I think I remember bob newhart sat nights into the carol burnett show. Great times
Saturday night
I grew up in Minneapolis, and graduated from high school in 1973. It's fun to try to identify the locations where they were filming: Loring Park, Hennepin Avenue, Lake of the Isles, the Crystal Court of the IDS building (just built), The Nicollet Mall in front of Dayton's Department Store (where she throws her hat in the air. and where there was a statue of her for years). The blurry red neon sign behind her says "Open Tonite," back from the days when we worked and shopped downtown. You just don't realize at the time how you'll be thrilled by such mundane sights fifty years later.
Really enjoyed seeing this. Thank you for sharing!
This is such a rare "slice of life" snapshot of 1970. I really enjoyed seeing new behind-the-scenes clips of a montage that is so familiar to me.
1973.
I was a little kid during this time. I remember watching this show on Saturday nights along with other quality sitcoms that don't really exist today.
that's amazing!!
Wow I miss the 70s
Me to my friend.
@@brianwilson415 Yeah, join the club, me too. 🤗🎉👏👏👏
If, if only we can all jump into a time machine, should wouldn't be into the future, it would be back in that time period, fashions, styles, music, cars, most things still made in America, no daily mass shootings, can get a decent wage job, less things made in china, housings costs weren't outragous.
So true Lynn well said!
Me too.
They should have kept the moment where Valerie bumped into something on the sidewalk, and Mary helped her. 11:28
This show was really something magical. I actually thought it was located in the Twin Cities, and the house where Mary had her apartment is gorgeous . And the statue of Mary, throwing her hat in the air. These were way better times.
That is what I all ways needed to see cars with rust on the streets where they were filming.
As a huge Mary Tyler Moore fan, I soo loved this video, and i have never seen these clips before, it's so fun watching how they made this intro to the show, I think it's my favorite intro to a show I've seen ...and as a child I watched and sang along and loved it. Thank u for sharing this!! ❤❤
Do you know how wonderful this is? To have the footage that was used to make that unforgettable original opening for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Watching it and to see the interactions between co stars and crew is gold. That first season opening with the song and the 70's iconography makes me nostalgic especially when she's washing that cool car. She's a beloved icon ❤
Yes Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman and too many to mention from this great show.
Valerie and Mary are so young and beautiful. Seeing them laugh and just doing ordinary things is lovely. This show was a large part of my growing up with my parents sitting around the TV. Miss it so much.
This video is a joy. Mary is so beautiful--inside and out--you can just tell. And it really seems that her friendship with Valerie mirrored Mary & Rhoda's friendship. (And those gorgeous big cars, not like the indistinguishable jellybeans today).
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I wish these two remarkable women were still here. I still admire and look up to them. May they rest in peace ❤
I was in college in Minnesota in the 1970s. This brings back fond memories. We all loved Mary.
Valerie Harper looking just stunning at 2:40.
So beautiful. They both were.
Fabulous reels….a walk back into yesteryear. So exciting…..priceless. Clothes, cars, everything.
This is awesome 👏🏻 I love this behind the scenes footage!
So amazing to see over fifty years later!!! ❤
Back when MPLS was a cool,safe town☮️
That's what I was thinking the vibe today is just not any of this ......
less wealth inequality back then
@@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885oh, please. stop making excuses for inept leadership and declining moral standards.
Ahh, the times when actors could walk the streets and not get attacked or harassed. People had common sense and courtesy. 👍🙂
I agreed a trillion %