The Simpsons opening sequence in the first episode to use the new opening sequence, "Take My Life, Please", where the family chases their couch on a tour across the world. Another long couch gag was in the show's 500th episode "At Long Last Leave," showing a montage of previous couch gags. In 2006, the British television channel Sky 1 began advertising "The Simpsons" using a live-action recreation of the series' opening sequence directed by Chris Palmer. Except for the very first shot in which the logo appears out of the clouds, every piece of the opening is present in this version, with even multiple
The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence a young woman tossing her hat in the air. This unwitting "extra" was Hazel Frederick, a lifelong Minnesota resident who happened to be out shopping the day the sequence was shot. Mrs. Frederick finally met Moore in 1996 when she was on a book tour for her autobiography, "After All". Moore introduced Frederick as "my co-star". Even though many people thought that the scowling woman in the opening sequence was grumpy-looking, she actually had just been concerned for Mary's safety. In 2002, on Good Morning America, Mary said, "It was so cold, I couldn't protest. The words weren't forming," she