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Brett Ferino
03-02-2001, 04:10 PM
From:
http://www.theonion.com

RYE, NY-- Following a WKRP In Cincinnati rerun Monday, 6-year-old Megan Connor was devastated to learn that the mewling orange kitten in the MTM Productions logo has almost certainly been dead for years. "All I said was that that kitten was around back when I was a kid, so it probably died 15 or 20 years ago," said father Bruce Connor, 39. "Now she won't come out of her room." Megan's parents plan to forbid Megan from watching Family Ties reruns for fear of having to explain the whereabouts of Ubu.
D-Dey
04-19-2001, 01:55 PM
Wow. Y'know Gary David Goldberg admitted in a 1984 interview that UBU's famous picture was taken in 1972, and that he had died long ago. Mind you, I AM paraphrasing here, but you get the idea.
Brett Ferino
04-21-2001, 08:22 PM
They did not even have UBU Productions in 1972. UBU started when FT started.
Brett Ferino
04-25-2001, 03:40 PM
I did not ask about UBU. I asked about the MTM Kitten.
theshark8777
04-29-2001, 06:46 PM
Does anyone really care when the MTM kitten died?!
The Obsolete Man
05-15-2001, 02:24 PM
Originally posted by theshark8777:
Does anyone really care when the MTM kitten died?!

Yes!

That kitten ruled, and should be immortalized in statue! If Ralph Kramden gets a statue, so too should the MTM kitten?

Who else brightened our day with just one phrase, week in and week out from 1970 to at least 1990 (and ever since in reruns), by looking cute and saying "Meow"?

Surely not Bob Denver!

Poor little kitty....
Brett Ferino
05-18-2001, 10:24 PM
Anyone remember when he died on the last ep of St. Elsewhere?
Attmay
05-22-2001, 10:31 AM
Originally posted by Brett Ferino:
Anyone remember when he died on the last ep of St. Elsewhere?

Yes. It was hooked up to a heart monitor throughout the end credits, then at the end the kitty (named Mimsie, BTW) died.

Now this is just a theory, but that scene has something to do with what happened to MTM Productions. After Grant Tinker left to head NBC, the studio produced no more successful shows after Newhart, St. E, and Remington Steele.

In 1988, Mary Tyler Moore sold her company to the British broadcaster TVS. In the 1990s, MTM Productions was bought out by Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment, the same company that owned the Family Channel.

In 1997, News Corporation, parent company of 20th Century Fox studios, bought IFE and with it the entire MTM Productions library and the Family Channel (the latter they are selling). News Corp. put the struggling MTM to sleep, and new prints of reruns of the shows (struck in 1999 or later) no longer have the classic logo. It still appears on the Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart shows on TVLand and Newhart and WKRP on TNN as these were the same tapes used on N@N, made before Fox dismantled the company. Reruns of White Shadow on ESPN Classic and St. Elsewhere on Bravo have the 20th Century Fox logo instead. :-( Very sad. Hopefully if/when the shows come out on DVD the classic logo will be intact.
ClassicTVGal
08-31-2005, 04:16 PM
From:
http://www.theonion.com

RYE, NY-- Following a WKRP In Cincinnati rerun Monday, 6-year-old Megan Connor was devastated to learn that the mewling orange kitten in the MTM Productions logo has almost certainly been dead for years. "All I said was that that kitten was around back when I was a kid, so it probably died 15 or 20 years ago," said father Bruce Connor, 39. "Now she won't come out of her room." Megan's parents plan to forbid Megan from watching Family Ties reruns for fear of having to explain the whereabouts of Ubu.

WOW.... now when did this happen the girl crying? And I'm still a little confused.

OH BTW..... this is sooo off subject, but....

Rye, New York is where the Bower/Micelli House is located. (The "Who's The Boss?" House)
TheHappyBurgerMeister
08-31-2005, 04:43 PM
:lol: That's good and cute too!

btw, this article is from "The Onion"! it's not supposed to be taken serious. Everything in that newspaper is fake and not supposed to be taken seriously!
TheHappyBurgerMeister
08-31-2005, 05:09 PM
Unless of course it's over four years old, then it's all fact.

What do you mean over 4 years old? I'm confused.
Dean Winchester
08-31-2005, 05:29 PM
What do you mean over 4 years old? I'm confused.

the thread was started in March 2001, lol
Dean Winchester
08-31-2005, 05:30 PM
speaking of, is Brett ever coming back? he's been suspended for two years
Riff
09-01-2005, 05:36 PM
Every time you don't get a joke from The Onion, God kills a kitten.
Brent88
09-01-2005, 06:51 PM
:rofl:
TheHappyBurgerMeister
09-02-2005, 03:26 AM
the thread was started in March 2001, lol

oh, wow I didn't even notice that!
The Obsolete Man
09-04-2005, 09:49 PM
Every time you don't get a joke from The Onion, God kills a kitten.
Mikado
09-05-2005, 01:27 AM
This thread makes me think of the time ( When he was 3 ) that I told my nephew that all the dinosaurs had been dead for millions of years!! BOY was he upset with me over that! :blush: