The Simpsons opening sequence in the first episode to use the new opening sequence, "Take My Life, Please", where the family chases their couch on a tour across the world. Another long couch gag was in the show's 500th episode "At Long Last Leave," showing a montage of previous couch gags. In 2006, the British television channel Sky 1 began advertising "The Simpsons" using a live-action recreation of the series' opening sequence directed by Chris Palmer. Except for the very first shot in which the logo appears out of the clouds, every piece of the opening is present in this version, with even multiple
The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence with the same result, down to Rebecca giving the same advice to Lucy that her boss DJ gave to her during her first week on the job after the hat toss mishap. The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence "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. The original opening title sequence for