The Simpsons opening sequence couch drinking beer and watching the sequence on a TV. The crossover episode "Simpsorama" (season 26, episode 6) begins with a parody of the "Futurama" title sequence, which includes the "Futurama" theme music and a text reading "A show out of ideas teams up with a show out of episodes." It ends with a couch gag with the Simpsons sitting on the couch, only to find out the couch is actually Hedonismbot. Used as an opening sequence for "Dad Behavior". The sequence opens as usual, until Bart skateboards out of the school and lands on the pile of leaves. He
The Jerry Springer Show and other tabloid talk programs from being shown on television during daytime hours on school holidays in response to numerous parental complaints and concerns about children's potential exposure to the salacious content (there was a short-running British version of the show made for ITV called "The Springer Show" that was lighter and more tongue-in-cheek). The show also topped "TV Guide" magazine's 2002 list of "The Worst TV Shows Ever"; for a time, the show itself would even frequently boast about this ranking in its opening credits as a form of self-deprecation. The phrase "Jerry Springer Nation" began to be used