<P> The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence is an element of the American television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show . In 1999, Entertainment Weekly picked Mary Richards' hat toss at the end of the sequence as the 1970s' second - greatest television moment . The theme song, "Love Is All Around", was written and performed by Sonny Curtis . </P> <P> The original opening title sequence for the show begins with the name of its star across the screen in Peignot font, which then multiplies both upward and downward vertically in a number of colors, followed by a montage of Mary driving towards Minneapolis towards her new home, and walking in her new neighborhood . In the final shot, she gleefully tosses her Tam o' Shanter in the air in the middle of the street; a freeze - frame captures her smiling face and the hat in mid-air . </P>

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