The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence opening sequence, with Alexei Sayle dancing through the streets of London to the theme song 'Life's a Big Banana Sandwich'. In the "Saturdays of Thunder" episode of "The Simpsons" (also produced by "Mary Tyler Moore" creator James L. Brooks), Homer criticizes his sister-in-law Patty's Mary Tyler Moore style hairdo, to which her sister Selma insists he be ignored, retorting, "You can turn the world on with your smile," in reference to the theme song's opening lyric. A 1984 episode of "Saturday Night Live" included a sketch that quoted the theme. Guest-host Ed Asner (who had played Lou Grant on "Mary
Is That All There Is? in philosopher Charles Taylor's 2007 work, "A Secular Age". Immersive theater production "Sleep No More" features both the Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett versions of the song, lip-synced simultaneously by characters in different rooms. Lee's recording is also featured in the opening sequence and the last scene continuing over the closing titles of the TV series "Mad Men", season 7, episode 8, "Severance". Is That All There Is? "Is That All There Is?", a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s, became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee and an award winner