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MichaelKeith · 02-24-2015, 06:24 PM

This may have been addressed in an earlier thread, but I've looked at several pages of the MTM thread and don't see it.

Does anyone know how he MTM production company came up with the kitten as their logo? Was it a play on the old MGM logo of the lion? If that's the case, it would make sense as both companies have three letters and two M's.

Whatever the reason, it was a brilliant logo.

Zoneboy · 02-24-2015, 09:26 PM

Probably Mary's idea. It was her kitten, Mimsy.

TV 123 · 02-27-2015, 10:20 PM

I like the last season 3 episode where, instead of the cute kitten, Mary does an imitation, Elmer Fudd, I think.

Schmoopie · 03-10-2015, 04:53 AM

I think that kitten logo is adorable! I didn't know that MTM came up with that on her own!

Babalu · 03-15-2015, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MichaelKeith

This may have been addressed in an earlier thread, but I've looked at several pages of the MTM thread and don't see it.

Does anyone know how he MTM production company came up with the kitten as their logo? Was it a play on the old MGM logo of the lion? If that's the case, it would make sense as both companies have three letters and two M's.

Whatever the reason, it was a brilliant logo.

Of course it was.

hch · 03-19-2015, 10:40 PM

According to one of the commentaries on the DVDs, the producers found the kitten in a litter and they had to get a good shot of it for the logo so they dabbed a little bit of milk on its paw so it would look down and lick it. They got the shot they needed and they reversed the film so that they would get the kittens tongue in the shot. The meow came from the sound files.

treky · 03-20-2015, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TV 123

I like the last season 3 episode where, instead of the cute kitten, Mary does an imitation, Elmer Fudd, I think.

it was Porky Pig

MichaelKeith · 03-26-2015, 03:57 PM

HCH, that's interesting. I don't have the DVDs so hadn't heard that. I like the "extras" they put on DVD releases.

king of comedy · 03-26-2015, 04:08 PM

Cute kitty.

jayman75 · 04-04-2015, 03:56 PM

Wasn't the kitten's name "Mimsie?"

And in the Hot in Cleveland episode where TMTMS ladies reunite, the kitten appears on a window sill at the end of the episode.

Edward216 · 07-22-2015, 02:41 AM

I assume it's a spoof on the MGM Leo the Lion logo. But I've always thought it was very cute.

Ed.

treky · 07-22-2015, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward216

I assume it's a spoof on the MGM Leo the Lion logo. But I've always thought it was very cute.

Ed.

that's what I always assumed too.

RetroTVNitekatt · 09-19-2017, 03:51 PM

Every time we watch an MTM episode, when the MTM productions logo comes up, my pug dog barks at the cat right after it meows...EVERY SINGLE TIME!

William Hogan Jr · 09-23-2017, 09:17 PM

On The White Shadow, another MTM production, instead of Mimsie at the end logo, they used a black and white kitten bouncing a basketball. The kitten looked like a cat we had at the time.

Bonniegirl · 09-23-2017, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVNitekatt

Every time we watch an MTM episode, when the MTM productions logo comes up, my pug dog barks at the cat right after it meows...EVERY SINGLE TIME!

That's cute!

I love that little kitten!

02-24-2015, 06:24 PM	#1
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	MTM kitten logo This may have been addressed in an earlier thread, but I've looked at several pages of the MTM thread and don't see it. Does anyone know how he MTM production company came up with the kitten as their logo? Was it a play on the old MGM logo of the lion? If that's the case, it would make sense as both companies have three letters and two M's. Whatever the reason, it was a brilliant logo.

02-24-2015, 09:26 PM	#2
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03-10-2015, 04:53 AM	#4
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03-19-2015, 10:40 PM	#6
hch Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 07, 2001 Location: Montross, VA 22520 Posts: 983	According to one of the commentaries on the DVDs, the producers found the kitten in a litter and they had to get a good shot of it for the logo so they dabbed a little bit of milk on its paw so it would look down and lick it. They got the shot they needed and they reversed the film so that they would get the kittens tongue in the shot. The meow came from the sound files.
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02-27-2015, 10:20 PM	#3
TV 123 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 18, 2015 Location: United States Posts: 28	I like the last season 3 episode where, instead of the cute kitten, Mary does an imitation, Elmer Fudd, I think.

03-26-2015, 03:57 PM	#8
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	HCH, that's interesting. I don't have the DVDs so hadn't heard that. I like the "extras" they put on DVD releases.

03-26-2015, 04:08 PM	#9
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Cute kitty.

07-22-2015, 02:41 AM	#11
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,648	I assume it's a spoof on the MGM Leo the Lion logo. But I've always thought it was very cute. Ed.

09-19-2017, 03:51 PM	#13
RetroTVNitekatt Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 09, 2003 Posts: 1,259	Every time we watch an MTM episode, when the MTM productions logo comes up, my pug dog barks at the cat right after it meows...EVERY SINGLE TIME!
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09-23-2017, 09:17 PM	#14
William Hogan Jr Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 28, 2008 Location: Mayodan, N.C. Posts: 324	On The White Shadow, another MTM production, instead of Mimsie at the end logo, they used a black and white kitten bouncing a basketball. The kitten looked like a cat we had at the time.