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Mimsie the Cat (1968 - c. June 1988) was a live-action tabby cat seen in the company's logo, in a spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's long-running Leo the Lion mascot. Mimsie was borrowed from a local shelter and then owned by one of the MTM staff (not by Moore and Tinker, who named the cat).
Mimsie (1968-June 1988) was an orange tabby cat who appeared at the end of most episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and its spinoffs in the MTM Enterprises logo, which itself was a spoof of the MGM Logo, which over the years has featured multiple lions, including most famously Leo.
When the company adopted a logo in 1970, it featured a parody of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo, with an orange tabby cat named Mimsie in the center. In June 1988, Mimsie passed away at the age of twenty.
Mimsie the Cat is the mascot for the television studio MTM Enterprises, precursor to 20th Century Fox Television. Since 1970, there is a parody of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's current lion, which was also first used in 1970.
The cat's name was "Mimsie", though nicknames such as "Dick Turpin" and "Dick Marino" have also been used in naming the cat. The logo (with just the cat meowing) made an appearance within the Family Guy S7 episode "420".
Jun 30, 2024 · Carlton Your Doorman: Carlton's cat Ringo is seen in the MTM logo instead of Mimsie, and the circle surrounding him is redrawn in a cartoon style. As Ringo turns his head to face the camera, Carlton says off-screen, "C'mon, 'Meow!'"
The cat used in the logo is actually a replacement cat, since the real Mimsie died when the last episode of the television program aired, it can unsettle young children, animal lovers, or Necrophobes too, since they don't like seeing animals dying.
Aug 13, 1995 · Since MTM Enterprises’ mewing kitten popped on the scene in the early 1970s, tweaking the pretentious trademark ritual embodied by MGM’s roaring lion, the number of clever TV logos has...
The cat's name was "Mimsie", though nicknames such as "Dick Turpin" and "Dick Marino" have also been used in naming the cat. This logo is a spoof/parody of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The logo (with just the cat meowing) made an appearance within the Family Guy S7 episode "420".
MTM Enterprises was founded in 1969. The logo featured "Mimsie the Cat", which would be a logo for MTM for the past 30 years. It is also a parody of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
