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
The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence in the opening credit sequence. No matter what other changes were made from year to year, however, the iconic final hat-tossing shot (which featured Hazel Frederick) was retained in every iteration of the theme. Other clips used in later versions of the theme: The theme song, "Love Is All Around", was written and performed by Sonny Curtis, but is often mistakenly attributed to Paul Williams; "Pat" Williams wrote the show's music. The first season's lyrics are words of encouragement directed to the character, referring to the end of a previous relationship and making a fresh start, beginning with "How will