A recent
WCCO story describes New York-based author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s book,
Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted, which centers on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
The 1970s TV show was set in Minneapolis.
In researching the book, Armstrong looked at a handful of places seen in the show. For example, Kowalski’s on Hennepin Avenue is where Mary shops for groceries. “The neighborhood overall also made sense for Mary, a young and single urbanite, as the Uptown area developed into an artsy enclave,” the book states.
When Moore tossed her beret into the air at 7th and Nicollet, which is marked by a statue of her character, “director Reza Badiyi captured the moment for what would become one of the most indelible TV credit sequences of all time.”