Little orange kitty cat seen on the closing logo of the MTM Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises, Inc. TV Productions. A parody of the roaring Leo the Lion mascot (who appeared at the beginning and ending of the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer films) the "MTM" kitty concluded each episode with a sweet but timid "Meow." According to her biography After All (Dell Publishing, 1995) Mary Tyler Moore recalled how MTM was very similar to MGM Studios corporate name. With that in mind, producer Allan Burns said "MTM's a small company so we could have an orange kitten meow in the same setting as their lion. A few days later, a visit to the local animal shelter produced the kitten that would roar. After her foray into show business, the kitten lived the remainder of its life in the San Fernando Valley home of an MTM staffer." Mimsey was born in 1968 and died in 1988. The Mimsey logo has appeared at the end of many MTM productions and with a number of variations.

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Loved Mimsie!! May she always :rip:!

Mimsie rocked!!! :cat: :kitties:

Anybody have a favorite Mimsie MTM closing sequence?

Didn't the Bob Newhart closing have Bob's voice drolly saying "meow" from Mimsie's body? :lol:

Yes, indeedy!!!! :cool: :D

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Here are some more fun variants on Mimsie from various MTM productions. I enjoyed Mimsie wearing a cop's hat (Hill Street Blues), dressed in scrubs (St. Elsewhere), etc. But I think my favorite is the Newhart finale, with the two Darryls finally shouting their only line: "QUIET!!" It's used again with Mimsie. :D

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Here are some more fun variants on Mimsie from various MTM productions.


I love it!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Me, too. Glad you liked them. :D