Its no joke. Mew IS catchable in Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green!
Just Follow this and you can catch one without a gameshark! :!:
Restart your game and play until you get HM02 Fly from the house west of Celadon City. DO NOT fight the following trainers:
The Youngster with a Slowpoke (Level 17) on the road to Bill's house (Route 25). He is the fourth trainer after you cross Nugget Bridge, standing directly above a female trainer and facing north.
The Gambler with two Poliwags and a Poliwhirl (all Level 22) between Lavender Town and Saffron City (Route 8 ). He is standing just east of the entrance to Saffron City, facing north toward the door of the Underground Path.
Make sure you have a Pok?mon that knows Fly.
On Route 8, stand in front of the door of the Underground Path. Save your game, since saving after this point will disrupt the procedure
Walk down one step and immediately press Start. If you succeed, the menu will pop up before the Gambler "sees" you. Go to the Pok?mon list and fly to Cerulean City.
The Gambler will see you just before you fly away.
Your Start button will no longer function. Go north across Nugget Bridge and head east until you find the (he's the Youngster described above).
If you walk right up to the Youngster, the game will lock up, so you'll have to let him see you and walk up to you. Defeat his Slowpoke (afterwards, your Start button will work again), then fly to Lavender Town.
Head west into Route 8.
As soon as you enter the narrow path, the menu will pop up by itself. Press B to exit.
As soon as it closes you'll encounter Mew!Mew will be at Level 7 and its only attack will be Pound!