I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Tyler Moore along with her then husband Grant Tinker at the Plaza Hotel in 1971. It was during the second season run of her show. Both she and her husband, as well as the other guests were very kind to us. A treasured moment in my life. I’m glad she found happiness again in her life. ❤
I was about 9 when the MTM Show first aired. The image of a single, professional woman living alone on her own terms was impactful. We weren't shown many ways of "womaning" before that time.
That Girl with Marlo Thomas as a independent single working girl was earlier than the MTM show. I loved them both & they inspired me to be able to experience being an independent working girl supporting myself & living in my own place. My daughter doing the same. I’m happily married 32 yrs without the regret of missing that experience.
You mention That Girl being in some ways a forerunner to MTM and the funny part about it is that while the writers of That Girl gave Ann Marie a steady boyfriend (played by Ted Bessell) from the very beginning of the series, the writers of MTM resisted doing that until near the end when they cast Bessell to be Mary's serious love interest.
Thank you so much for this moving interview🙏 I have shed tears upon receiving the saddening news about the demises of just two celebrities, Lucille Ball and Mary Tyler Moore😇😇
Yes, as if Mr. Grant is going to have a mini bar and fridge and all ingredients and utensils in the bottom drawer of his desk, ready to make the dessert cocktail of your choice, haha!
I met Mary Tyler Moore when she came to Macy's Herald Square, where I was working at the time. My friend called me downstairs, but didn't tell me WHY! We were backstage at the event where she was appearing and when it was over, I was introduced... I was so flustered that I said, "It's such a pleasure to meet you Miss Petrie!" Well, she just laughed and shook my hand... I was so embarrassed. But, that's just the type of person she was, always so kind... And that Smile!!! 💗
This woman got me in trouble as a kid. Watching reruns at 2 in the morning and school the next day. And when I was in school working for the cable company in New York City. Got a chance to meet her at her apartment. She “IS” an incredible woman.
3:31- Those tears when she broke down after telling the others 'Thank you for being my family'!' were for real! Perhaps one of the saddest ironies of her life was that her work family on 'MTM' seemed to have been much more loyal and supportive than her original family had been! Years later she admitted that, contrary to the media coverage at the time, she had NOT wanted to end the show but was essentially told to do it to better market the future syndication package by her then-husband Grant Tinker and the other MTM execs!
Reeeeeally? I’ve never heard that and I’m a HUGE MTM fan. Don’t believe it for a second and when you mention her “original” family, what exactly do you mean? Her parents, or which of her 3 Husbands? Or her Son who she basically ignored and shipped out to his father, her 1st husband, most of the time?
@@greeneyedwarlock882 Her parents. Her father was cold and critical towards her his entire life and her mother, among other things, accused her of lying about a family friend doing criminal actions to her. .when she was SIX!
@@wardarcade7452 I’ve never heard that about her father but I can believe it about her Mother because she was a stone cold Alcoholic. So much so that Mary had to be farmed out to her Grandparents and other family members on the weekends (I think) because she was literally incapable of taking care of her own children. Pathetic.
@@wardarcade7452 The "thank you for being my family" comment is very typical for these boards. Many people have no clue what the job of an actor is, why some people are expert at it, some are mediocre, and some can't do it at all.
While I love Mary ,that has been told over and over about wearing pants, having a loving relationship with husband, kissing etc. but Lucille Bal in I Love Lucy wore pants. In fact if you watch many of the family sitcoms of the 50's so did other moms...Donna Reed for one.
I love Mary Tyler Moore Show and she did do a lot for women but That Girl with Marlo Thomas was also revolutionary for women and it came first. I’m also pretty sure she wore pants.
No Jenna, Mary was not the first woman on TV to wear pants. Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, for example, many times wore pants on "I Love Lucy." Mary, however, probably was the first woman to wear pants regularly, and the first to wear *form-fitting* pants, which was a bit controversial at the time, and I believe there was some deal where she was only allowed to wear pants in one scene per episode.
Ahhhhhh.........just like the ONE AND ONLY QUEEN OF ROCK N' ROLL Tina Turner who just died 2 days ago, the EQUALLY ONE AND ONLY Marty Tyler Moore was an ICON of American Television and a ground breaker of immeasurable proportions. How many of us WISH WISH WISH we had a friend like Mary Richards did in Rhoda Morgenstern! Eternal blessings on Moore's fabulous heart, soul, career and legacy!!!
I love Mary Tyler Moore, but Marlo Thomas never gets credit for actually being the first career driven woman on That Girl, which first aired in 1966, 4 years before The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Maybe because she had a steady boyfriend caused her not to appear independent, I don't know, just saying.
@@barbarawebb7185 he was very introverted and studious. Never dated. He was in the engineering dorm and was overweight. Years later I saw him in NYC w Mary and said “Shelley!” Mary laughed and said “what is he saying, Robert?!” And S looked embarrassed and told Mary it was just a nickname.
It's amusing that these younger women think Mary was groundbreaking. Her character was just reflecting the times. Wearing pants to work was no big deal. Many women had careers, certainly jobs anyway. Mary was a beloved person and seemed very genuine and kind. That's a much better legacy than being "groundbreaking", which she was not.
"First woman on television to wear pants!" 😂 Fact check! Start with Katherine Hepburn ....... there were others. Google it 😉 Love Mary Tyler Moore's story. ❤
MTM was not the first woman to wear pants on television. I distinctly remember Lucille Ball wearing pants on television before her. Lucille Ball was the biggest female force on television as a star and as an executive as she took over DesiLu after her divorce from Desi Arnaz.
Levine said that when he met Mary, he didn't know she was a big star. He had been so busy he hadn't seen her TV show... you know, the one that ran seven years. Why is it some of the most wonderful, beloved female entertainers have poor judgment and abysmal taste in men?
@@stevekay1925 Not you, schmuck. Not that you'll comprehend this, but relationships that start off with fibs or full-blown lies aren't the cat's pajamas. Cardiology is an honorable profession, but it doesn't get you a palatial estate and a guaranteed huge inheritance later. The guy just plain looks creepy and sleazy. Tough toenails if somebody doesn't see things your way.
I stopped watching TV in 1990. I watch when in a hotel room or someone's. Yes, I understood at 26 years old that it was poison. I was tired of being "programmed". I knew mary Tyler Moore and many others from watching too much before I stopped watching.
Notice he doesn’t post. If you want know about her multimillionaire life , I will treat you fans to a McDonald breakfast to listen to her life style! 😫😫😎
Ok I'm a guy with a set of balls & I'm going to commit a terrible sin & go against the accepted norm. But you're gonna hear it & you're not gonna like it because nobody & I mean nobody wants to hear the truth. Career driven women has very much helped with the erosion of the family unit without a doubt. Not an opinion but a FACT!!!!! By the way I'm a big fan of MTM & her fantastic iconic show!!!!!
I remember when Mary and Robert married in the early 80s and the uproar surrounding the age difference, which I think is about 18 years. Robert is just a couple of years older than Mary's late son Richie.
@@monichat Hey -- I was just recalling a memory of the tongue wagging that was going on in the media outlets and magazines when Mary and Robert married in the early 80s. 👅👅👅
I’m a Army veteran and a Father 😢 I’m proud to say she is one of my heroes growing up. She was always a warrior 🤙🏽
Thank You For Your Service!
Just like Mary's spirit and smile, this story warms my heart... ❤
I will forever love Mary Tyler Moore!
I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Tyler Moore along with her then husband Grant Tinker at the Plaza Hotel in 1971. It was during the second season run of her show. Both she and her husband, as well as the other guests were very kind to us. A treasured moment in my life. I’m glad she found happiness again in her life. ❤
What a wonderful husband god bless both of them
Because of her show, as a rural Indiana young female, I was inspired to dream of a career. Inspiration! dreams come true.. ❤ MTM you live on✨❤️
Yes, simple acts of kindness is what should be the foundation of all relationships
They were lucky enough to find each other ❤❤ what a nice piece 😊
I was about 9 when the MTM Show first aired. The image of a single, professional woman living alone on her own terms was impactful. We weren't shown many ways of "womaning" before that time.
You forgot That Girl and the Doris Day romcoms of the late 50’s/early 60’s like Teacher’s Pet, Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back.
@@barbarawebb7185 Still very few. You can count them on one hand.
That Girl with Marlo Thomas as a independent single working girl was earlier than the MTM show. I loved them both & they inspired me to be able to experience being an independent working girl supporting myself & living in my own place. My daughter doing the same. I’m happily married 32 yrs without the regret of missing that experience.
You mention That Girl being in some ways a forerunner to MTM and the funny part about it is that while the writers of That Girl gave Ann Marie a steady boyfriend (played by Ted Bessell) from the very beginning of the series, the writers of MTM resisted doing that until near the end when they cast Bessell to be Mary's serious love interest.
What a fabulous woman
a perfect love story their home is beautiful all the little touches she was admired by so many her memory lives on in all the amazing acting she did
Late,but that home was smoking hot. 🔥 I think they stole my plans. Lol
Thank you so much for this moving interview🙏 I have shed tears upon receiving the saddening news about the demises of just two celebrities, Lucille Ball and Mary Tyler Moore😇😇
How kind a man - fitting that he would be married to such a lovely fine lady -- MTM was total class.
What a beautiful iconic woman, sure miss Mary!
Love is All around, no need to waste it"
I will always love Mary!
MTM First episode first season - Mr Grant offers a drink, she said
Yes, as if Mr. Grant is going to have a mini bar and fridge and all ingredients and utensils in the bottom drawer of his desk, ready to make the dessert cocktail of your choice, haha!
@@bluecollarlit The writers of MTM show were very talented, made me laugh often
I met Mary Tyler Moore when she came to Macy's Herald Square, where I was working at the time. My friend called me downstairs, but didn't tell me WHY! We were backstage at the event where she was appearing and when it was over, I was introduced... I was so flustered that I said, "It's such a pleasure to meet you Miss Petrie!"
Well, she just laughed and shook my hand... I was so embarrassed.
But, that's just the type of person she was, always so kind... And that Smile!!! 💗
SHE WAS AMAZING N TO LOSE A CHILD..SO SORRY... WHAT A MAN... BEAUTIFUL FAMILY N STORY...
I understand the pants thing, but Lucy wore pants occasionally too
What a great guy.
Gosh I miss Mary popping up in interviews and award shows every now and then. This piece was nice to see :)
Her Husband is Very Handsome.
That is rare , that is cool over 30 years! That is too bad they never adopted.
May she RIP
Wonderful Video. Wonderful Documentary.
This woman got me in trouble as a kid. Watching reruns at 2 in the morning and school the next day. And when I was in school working for the cable company in New York City. Got a chance to meet her at her apartment. She “IS” an incredible woman.
How hard must it be to have all her thing’s surrounding the house every day, which is true for anyone who loses their partner - kills me
I love Mary and this was very sweet. However, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance regularly wore pants on I Love Lucy a decade before Mary did.
Great interview! Thank You 😊
Lucy wore the pants!!!!
3:31- Those tears when she broke down after telling the others 'Thank you for being my family'!' were for real! Perhaps one of the saddest ironies of her life was that her work family on 'MTM' seemed to have been much more loyal and supportive than her original family had been! Years later she admitted that, contrary to the media coverage at the time, she had NOT wanted to end the show but was essentially told to do it to better market the future syndication package by her then-husband Grant Tinker and the other MTM execs!
Reeeeeally? I’ve never heard that and I’m a HUGE MTM fan. Don’t believe it for a second and when you mention her “original” family, what exactly do you mean? Her parents, or which of her 3 Husbands? Or her Son who she basically ignored and shipped out to his father, her 1st husband, most of the time?
@@greeneyedwarlock882 Her parents. Her father was cold and critical towards her his entire life and her mother, among other things, accused her of lying about a family friend doing criminal actions to her. .when she was SIX!
@@wardarcade7452 I’ve never heard that about her father but I can believe it about her Mother because she was a stone cold Alcoholic. So much so that Mary had to be farmed out to her Grandparents and other family members on the weekends (I think) because she was literally incapable of taking care of her own children. Pathetic.
@@wardarcade7452 The "thank you for being my family" comment is very typical for these boards. Many people have no clue what the job of an actor is, why some people are expert at it, some are mediocre, and some can't do it at all.
I loved the Mary Tyler Moore Show , but That Girl with Marlo Thomas was the first show with a career driven women.
While I love Mary ,that has been told over and over about wearing pants, having a loving relationship with husband, kissing etc. but Lucille Bal in I Love Lucy wore pants. In fact if you watch many of the family sitcoms of the 50's so did other moms...Donna Reed for one.
As a parent of a type 1 child, I cannot share my gratitude enough for making diabetes as important focus.
Nice home.
Lucille Ball wore pants on I love Lucy which was before Mary’s time -
An icon and inspiration. Although Lucille Ball wore pants on TV before her on I Love Lucy.
MTM. Great show!
❤❤ MARY
I love Mary Tyler Moore Show and she did do a lot for women but That Girl with Marlo Thomas was also revolutionary for women and it came first. I’m also pretty sure she wore pants.
I believe Lucille Ball occasionally wore pants in I Love Lucy too
No Jenna, Mary was not the first woman on TV to wear pants. Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, for example, many times wore pants on "I Love Lucy." Mary, however, probably was the first woman to wear pants regularly, and the first to wear *form-fitting* pants, which was a bit controversial at the time, and I believe there was some deal where she was only allowed to wear pants in one scene per episode.
Loved MTM ❤️
Ahhhhhh.........just like the ONE AND ONLY QUEEN OF ROCK N' ROLL Tina Turner who just died 2 days ago, the EQUALLY ONE AND ONLY Marty Tyler Moore was an ICON of American Television and a ground breaker of immeasurable proportions. How many of us WISH WISH WISH we had a friend like Mary Richards did in Rhoda Morgenstern! Eternal blessings on Moore's fabulous heart, soul, career and legacy!!!
❤❤❤ rip,era molto molto bello questo show
Actually, Lucille Ball was the first woman to wear pants on television.
I don't think Mary was the first woman to wear pants on TV. Didn't Lucille Ball wear pants on I Love Lucy before Mary Tyler Moore was on TV?
No not true Lucille Ball was the first woman to wear pants on. Needed to clear that up but Mary Tyoler Moore was amazing!
Pants? Look at I Love Lucy. She wore pants.
I love Mary Tyler Moore, but Marlo Thomas never gets credit for actually being the first career driven woman on That Girl, which first aired in 1966, 4 years before The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Maybe because she had a steady boyfriend caused her not to appear independent, I don't know, just saying.
Lucy wore pants in the 50s
I wish they would reissue some of her cable and TV movies, like Finnigan, Begin Again.
Nice of Robert Levine to do this.. Seems like a nice man.
Robert was known as Shelley in college (Cornell), because his middle name is Sheldon.
@@DiegoRamirez-zc7fswhat was he like?
@@barbarawebb7185 he was very introverted and studious. Never dated. He was in the engineering dorm and was overweight. Years later I saw him in NYC w Mary and said “Shelley!” Mary laughed and said “what is he saying, Robert?!” And S looked embarrassed and told Mary it was just a nickname.
@@DiegoRamirez-zc7fs he majored in engineering? I’m not surprised he was an introvert and a little different.
@@DiegoRamirez-zc7fs he does seem a bit unusual. You would think Mary was more extroverted and cool in her own way. Was he an engineering major?
Romans 10:9-10🙏
Those of us were there watching know all about her wearing pants. Capri’s I think, lol
when is the documentary?
Love Mary. But I remember Lucy wearing pants, too.
It's amusing that these younger women think Mary was groundbreaking. Her character was just reflecting the times. Wearing pants to work was no big deal. Many women had careers, certainly jobs anyway. Mary was a beloved person and seemed very genuine and kind. That's a much better legacy than being "groundbreaking", which she was not.
❤
Lucille ball was wearing slacks on television ten years before MTM.
Wrong, Lucy wore pants in the 40's or 50's. Mary wasn't on tv till the 60's. Fake newscasters still lie.
But, I loved MTM, she was incredible.
"First woman on television to wear pants!" 😂 Fact check!
Start with Katherine Hepburn ....... there were others. Google it 😉
Love Mary Tyler Moore's story. ❤
MTM was not the first woman to wear pants on television. I distinctly remember Lucille Ball wearing pants on television before her. Lucille Ball was the biggest female force on television as a star and as an executive as she took over DesiLu after her divorce from Desi Arnaz.
Where can you watch the documentary now?
Lucille Ball wore slacks on TV before MTM
Levine said that when he met Mary, he didn't know she was a big star. He had been so busy he hadn't seen her TV show... you know, the one that ran seven years. Why is it some of the most wonderful, beloved female entertainers have poor judgment and abysmal taste in men?
Alot of people don't watch tv, believe it or not. They seemed to have a wonderful marriage tho and he seems like a good man. I'm glad Mary was happy.
Who hurt you?
@@stevekay1925 Not you, schmuck. Not that you'll comprehend this, but relationships that start off with fibs or full-blown lies aren't the cat's pajamas. Cardiology is an honorable profession, but it doesn't get you a palatial estate and a guaranteed huge inheritance later. The guy just plain looks creepy and sleazy. Tough toenails if somebody doesn't see things your way.
I stopped watching TV in 1990. I watch when in a hotel room or someone's. Yes, I understood at 26 years old that it was poison. I was tired of being "programmed". I knew mary Tyler Moore and many others from watching too much before I stopped watching.
Gary Morton, Lucille Ball's second husband knew who she was, but had never saw "I Love Lucy" either.
Lucy of "I Love Lucy" wore PANTS a generation before Mary wore them on her shows. Look it up. 🤔🤔👍👍❤❤
Hardly any mention of the loss of her son …
Anybody know how to describe the layout and type of windows at 1:52?
Clerestory windows.
What was their age difference??
Wasn't Lucy the first woman to wear pants on a sitcom?
First to wear pants...........Gee, how groundbreaking.
Love MTM but she was not the first woman to wear pants on TV.
Notice he doesn’t post. If you want know about her multimillionaire life , I will treat you fans to a McDonald breakfast to listen to her life style! 😫😫😎
Jenna Bush ruins everything. Like father/grandfather...
He looks like Mary's son?
Mary Tyler More did fail at everything she tried except for acting she was the most self serving person that destroyed every family member.
What are you talking about ??? 🙄
Ok I'm a guy with a set of balls & I'm going to commit a terrible sin & go against the accepted norm. But you're gonna hear it & you're not gonna like it because nobody & I mean nobody wants to hear the truth. Career driven women has very much helped with the erosion of the family unit without a doubt. Not an opinion but a FACT!!!!! By the way I'm a big fan of MTM & her fantastic iconic show!!!!!
Beautiful
I remember when Mary and Robert married in the early 80s and the uproar surrounding the age difference, which I think is about 18 years. Robert is just a couple of years older than Mary's late son Richie.
They said a 16 year age difference.
@@davisholman8149 Robert was born in 1954, Mary in 1936. Do the math.
Why should the man be older, who made that rule ? Age is only a calendar thing.
@@monichat Hey -- I was just recalling a memory of the tongue wagging that was going on in the media outlets and magazines when Mary and Robert married in the early 80s. 👅👅👅
Really? Who cares.
Clearly you cared enough to waste your time and make a stupid comment. No one’s forcing you to watch
Why be mean
@@katiel1979 Some people thrive on being mean. They must have sad souls.
I just checked out your UA-cam history. Every single post you make is negative.
I feel incredibly sorry for you.