Talk:Mary Tyler Moore

Article's biggest need

What the article needs worst that it doesn't yet have IMO is sourced material stating the reasons that MTM's series television work post-Mary Tyler Moore Show has failed so conspicuously. The generally-given (and apparently correct) reason is that these shows are not The Dick Van Dyke Show or The Mary Tyler Moore Show and that her characters are not Laura Petrie or Mary Richards and that this is what the public wants to see her as. (This seems just to apply to TV series; she has done great in other formats.) This, to me, is unfortunate, as some of these shows would probably have done well if not for constant comparison to truly superior previous work. (I think that the same applies to The New Dick Van Dyke Show with Dick and Hope Lange; it would have been thought to have been a fine program except for constant comparisons to his earlier one.) So, does anyone have a published source for this, and if so would you please add it to the article? Rlquall 21:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Assist in article reference

Watching "Me TV" tonight, a first-broadcast 1960 episode of Boris Karloff's "Thriller" aired, with Mary Tyler Moore as the star, unwittingly carrying a demented person's bomb.

I found the article "Thriller_(U.S._TV_series)" and put it in using same syntax as other links but it doesn't show up as a link. Perhaps it has to be "approved" or something? WardXmodem (talk) 03:24, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey, this has been messed with

Under theater, someone has erased Mary Tyler's biography and replaced it with the phrase "stupid retard." I would fix this, but I know nothing about Mary Tyler Moore's history in theater.

Silly_sad_machine —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Silly sad machine (talk • contribs) 21:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

brother

On biogrphy it said she tried to assist her terminally ill brother with a sucicide attempt but it failed and he died soon after of cancer. Anyone now what they tried? How she avoided legal trouble? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.206.165.1 (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC).Bold text--69.213.175.150 (talk) 00:25, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Brunette-headed

"Brunette-headed" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.122.32.180 (talk) 18:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Mtm show 1.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Ordinary99.jpg

Image:Ordinary99.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Poor formatting

I think that we probably ought to post the Wikify template. I notice some serious problems with the formatting of this page, but I unfortunately don't know enough MediaWiki formatting code to be able to fix it. On my wide screen (1280*800), the page has a horizontal scroll bar because the image formatting within the Filmography section. For instance, the image MTM_and_IDS.jpg is obscuring the Films column of the Filmography section. Like I said earlier, I'm not too familiar with MediaWiki formatting to be able to fix it. Mandanthe1 (talk) 01:38, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Personal life

This is missing a great deal about her personal life, including her struggle with alcoholism and the death of her son. I'll have to see if I can snag a copy of her memoirs. 66.243.23.36 (talk) 16:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Fornicate is an editorial term

Fornicate is an editorial term —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.58.100.21 (talk) 03:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

No, it's not. Look it up.75.42.156.120 (talk) 23:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Hotpoint

Found these videos on Youtube (here's one, there are more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X0XCnzIl4U) that claim to be public domain examples of HH work. I thought they were hilarious. How do we know if they really are public domain/OK for use?Rkaufman13 (talk) 22:44, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Who visited the pope?

They met when her mother was treated by him in New York on a weekend housecall after returning from a visit to the Pope at the Vatican. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.5.206.229 (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

also

She also adopted a Golden Retriever puppy from Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue in Hudson, Massachusetts.[28] She also is an animal rights activist and promoted her cause on the Ellen DeGeneres sitcom Ellen.[29] She has worked for animal rights for many years.[30] On the subject of fur, she has said, "Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story." She is also a co-founder of Broadway Barks, an annual animal adopt-a-thon held in New York City. Moore and friend Bernadette Peters work to make New York City a no-kill city and to promote adopting animals from shelters.[31] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.5.206.229 (talk) 16:16, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

God Bless Darling!

Her surgery went well. Hopefuly, she'll recover slowly, but fully.Dcrasno (talk) 04:30, 14 May 2011 (UTC)