6-Year-Old Cries When Told MTM Productions Kitten Dead By Now - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brett Ferino · 03-02-2001, 05:10 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

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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

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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

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Originally Posted by Brett Ferino

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

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

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Originally Posted by barwars

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

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Originally Posted by TheHappyBurgerMeister

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

Brent88 · 09-01-2005, 06:51 PM

TheHappyBurgerMeister · 09-02-2005, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BuffySlayer79

the thread was started in March 2001, lol

oh, wow I didn't even notice that!

03-02-2001, 05:10 PM	#1
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	6-Year-Old Cries When Told MTM Productions Kitten Dead By Now 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.

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TheHappyBurgerMeister Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 23, 2002 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 2,209	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!
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04-19-2001, 01:55 PM	#2
D-Dey Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 5,510	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.

04-21-2001, 08:22 PM	#3
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	They did not even have UBU Productions in 1972. UBU started when FT started.

04-25-2001, 03:40 PM	#4
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	I did not ask about UBU. I asked about the MTM Kitten.

04-29-2001, 06:46 PM	#5
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	Does anyone really care when the MTM kitten died?!

05-18-2001, 10:24 PM	#7
Brett Ferino Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,782	Anyone remember when he died on the last ep of St. Elsewhere?

08-31-2005, 05:30 PM	#13
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