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Mary Tyler Moore wasn’t supposed to make this shot (table sports) - C C - Jun 30, 2026
Their reactions are real, and give them credit for staying in script, for not being so shocked that they blundered out of the fourth wall and ruined the perfect footage. Even the live audience had to have been amazed, if the staff had coached them ahead of time to pretend that Moore had made the shot and that a professional player's routine feat would be inserted into the actual episode edited for broadcast.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1487223/mary-tyler-moore-pulled-off-a-tricky-first-take-dick-van-dyke-show/
DID YOU CATCH THIS?
https://youtu.be/loZqWSCZIMo
INTRO: In a 1962 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore delivered one of those rare, magical moments completely by accident...