The Simpsons opening sequence chalkboard and couch gags filmed. Attached to the end of this sequence is the message "Come home to "The Simpsons" on Sky One." The recreation was used instead of the regular opening titles in the season 17 episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", first broadcast on the Fox network on March 26, 2006. The live-action opening had also become an Internet hit before it was aired in front of "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife", and it was Groening's decision to use it. Al Jean commented in a press statement that he was "just amazed there are people who
The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence of Mary driving towards Minneapolis towards her new home, and walking in her new neighborhood. In the final shot, she gleefully tosses her Tam o' Shanter in the air in the middle of the street; a freeze-frame captures her smiling face and the hat in mid-air. The sequence was created by Reza Badiyi who had also done the opening sequence for "Hawaii Five-O". Badiyi came up with the idea for the final shot, which "Entertainment Weekly" ranked as the second greatest moment in 1970s television. An older woman can be seen in the background, obviously puzzled by the sight of