The Simpsons opening sequence couch gag is shown, before the credits are displayed on a new widescreen flat panel television. Sometimes, the flat panel television falls to the floor and breaks, but unlike "Bart Gets a Z", the episode will begin then anyway. In the 500th episode, the opening sequence was a montage of all previous couch gags. Creator Matt Groening developed a lengthy opening sequence for the first season of "The Simpsons", in order to cut down on the animation necessary for each episode, but devised the two gags as compensation for the repeated material each week. In the first of the original
Mad TV (season 7) theme song, which is performed by the hip-hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, begins. A voice announces "It's "Mad TV!" Starring...," and then alphabetically introduces each repertory cast member, followed by the featured cast. The screen splits into several different live-action clips of cast members performing recurring characters. When the last cast member is introduced, the music stops and the title sequence ends with the phrase "You are now watching "Mad TV"." <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Mad TV (season 7) The seventh season of "Mad TV", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between