uh our first guest is uh certainly one of the most talented and beloved women in television
history uh she has a brand new movie uh the title of which is uh stolen babies now this
thing airs Thursday at 9 p.m on the Lifetime network ladies and gentlemen here she is Mary
Tyler Moore [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]
you look wonderful that's a that's a beautiful dress thank you lovely time well thank you
thanks for being here I I'm going to try in here and for a fashion here a compliment for
you I've been watching you know all about this the the Nick at night yes now at a certain
part of the day well not a certain part specifically 2 30 The Mary Tyler Moore Show comes on which
2 30 A.M 2 30 a.m that's right about the nine o'clock and 9 30. I get to see it at 2 30
a.m I see my special Arrangement well no that's that's when I'm done crying myself to sleep
after that comes the Dick Van Dyke Show and you'd think it think it's ordered wouldn't
you well I I know no you wouldn't no it's the way it ought to be as far as I'm concerned
because the Van Dyke Show came first chronologically chronologically historically but my point
is uh you're great in that show you're great in both shows and it's a really nice thing
to be able to watch every week that's really nice [Applause] there's a whole new generation
of people young kids who are watching it and and they'll recognize me in the street and
and at first they oh Mary Tyler Moore and then I can see they're looking at the wrinkles
and they know no it's changed a lot yeah no that's not that's not necessarily true I I
I'm looking at you and your legs are still the same better than ever
uh
but you know what's also great those two shows we're talking about half hour situation comedies
those two shows are just the best they really were beautifully written everyone is funny
everyone is smart everyone is silly but they're all really very nicely crafted you know what
and it's one of the things I love about you that nobody gets away with being or saying
cliches and you know and that show had no cliches everything was a little bit of a surprise
they're very very entertaining anyway um um um I understand because you were hurrying
to be here that there was some some kind of a police scene a Chase or a high-speed chase
or something almost ended up in the slammer no kidding yes yes what happened what you
know when I was a kid growing up when you looked at a car you knew a Ford was a Ford
and a Cadillac was a Cadillac and they always had a very definitive look today I can't tell
one car from the other so I was in Los Angeles I was there for a tribute for Dick Van Dyke
and um I had a rental car it was a Lexus which is a you know it's a very nice Park oh yeah
but I can't tell I don't know I have to be shown where the steering wheel is and the
the brake and all the things and where to put the key in sometimes how to get the key
out which is something I don't understand anyway I went I put it in with a valet parking
I went to do some some business I came back they gave me a white car I got in it I drove
away and it wasn't until three hours later after going through various stores coming
in and out that I realized this was not the same car that I came in with I finally went
back to the hotel where I was swooped down upon by three or four people who worked there
including the people who had rented me the car telling me that there was an all points
police bullets for me because I had had this car for so long and it was a Chrysler it was
a very nice car but it's not Alexis you know and I didn't know the difference yeah I can't
even work the dial on the radio in a car anymore now this is not a dial a couple of a couple
oh that's right everything is odd now but a couple of things you mentioned there interest
me one you said somebody actually has to show you where the steering wheel is that that's
a little frightening well you know just for certain kinds of turns that need to be shown
and then the other thing you're saying this happened in Los Angeles in Los Angeles yeah
my gosh I think this is a true story they were looking for me they thought I had stolen
a car yeah oh man have you ever been arrested in your life or anything no come on Mary no
I never have I'm one of the few people I know who never stole anything yeah because I stole
a Tootsie Roll when I was five and my mother made me walk right back to the store and tell
the lady what I had done yep see now that's the way things ought to be taken care of I
know I think that's what we're getting away from it right am I right about this foreign
oh my gosh and I understand you have a joke you've prepared for us is that true do you
have a joke I have a joke I don't know how well prepared I am all right I'll tell you
what we'll we'll pause here give you a second time re-prepare yourself and then when we
come back we'll hear the joke all right he played that song for you you know ZZ Top always
been one of my favorite legs us out yes um now I was thinking about this uh uh uh Carl
Runner I guess was the creator of the Dick Van Dyke Show one of the creators are the
creators well he was the creator yeah and we know his son Rob Reiner has come into his
own first as an actor and now as a a director of major Motion Pictures was was he there
when you were doing those shows Rob running used to hang around the steps how was he well
about 12 years old when a particular incident happened that comes to mind um and that was
one day I was walking down the the in the studio and and I was wearing a pair of those
capri pants very tight that I used to wear yes all right I love those capris 12 years
old walks by me and gives me a little SWAT on the butt and so I being the righteous young
actress that I was went straight to Carl Reiner and told him what his son had done and so
he took uh Rob aside and really uh laid into him pretty good which is why you will never
see me in a
it's the same kind of thing it needs it was a lesson that the kid needed to learn exactly
unless of course it was part of a 4-H project or something was that a bovine so I it was
it was it was no no it was you know uh all right you want to tell the joke or not all
right sure I'll tell this joke the time is 1950 and it's an agent's office and a young
man comes in who auditions and is spectacular he can sing he can dance he can do sleight
of hand he plays the piano he's brilliant the agent is ecstatic he says you are going
to be such a big star what is your name and he says penis Von lesbian says we're going
to have to change that and I don't know what we're going to come up with but I think I
have it Dick Van Dyke [Applause] you're very you're very proud of yourself aren't you [Applause]
how's your dog doing which one I got two but I got the little one here oh yeah where is
he [Applause] what's the dog's name his name is Dudley Dudley Dudley come on Dudley
hey Dudley how are you what kind of dog is Dudley get up here he's a good tea basket
Griffin Van Dien
they were bred in France in the 16th century for hunting rabbits oh you're new to the United
States but they've just been accepted by the American Kennel Club how old is Dudley he's
six yeah does Dudley do any any little tricks well as a matter of fact David he does join
me in song oh boy patient enough and you want to go through this um eventually he will join
in so we'll give it a try now when you say eventually you're talking about within the
the calendar year
all right do you need music no I don't think so all right Dudley knock us out here we go
if I loved you words wouldn't come in an easy way round in circles
foreign [Applause]
[Music]
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[Music]
he's no Dick Van Dyke [Applause] [Music] off to the toe in the midst of days
babe I tell you what maybe you go do you and the dog go off and have a little chat and
if we have time letting you come back and try it again
[Applause] [Music] [Applause]
Mary Tyler Moore and Dudley ladies and gentlemen it was fun to hear the song though uh we have
to pause for a station that navigation we'll be right back