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* [[Reality Subtext]]: One of the episodes from the final season is about Murray's frustration at being the only person in the group who hasn't won a Teddy Award. In real life, Gavin MacLeod was the only major cast member who never won an Emmy (he was never even nominated) and he later admitted his disappointment about this.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: One of the episodes from the final season is about Murray's frustration at being the only person in the group who hasn't won a Teddy Award. In real life, Gavin MacLeod was the only major cast member who never won an Emmy (he was never even nominated) and he later admitted his disappointment about this.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Pretty much everyone in the cast ''other'' than Mary Tyler Moore herself (and perhaps [[Betty White]]) can thank this show for first making them a household name.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Pretty much everyone in the cast ''other'' than Mary Tyler Moore herself (and perhaps [[Betty White]]) can thank this show for first making them a household name.
* [[Throw It In]]: When Moore filmed her famous hat-tossing scene in downtown Minneapolis, the camera caught an elderly woman scowling at her in the background. The woman was [http://jyanet.com/mtm/020514.shtml a local resident named Hazel Frederick], who happened to be walking down the street after shopping in the area and couldn't understand what this young woman was doing in the middle of a busy intersection. The producers decided the shot was too good not to use, and Frederick's face became an unintentionally iconic part of the show's opening.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Mary was originally going to be divorced, but the writers feared people would think she'd divorced [[The Dick Van Dyke Show|Rob]] Crosses with a bit of [[I Am Not Spock]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Mary was originally going to be divorced, but the writers feared people would think she'd divorced [[The Dick Van Dyke Show|Rob]] Crosses with a bit of [[I Am Not Spock]].


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