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
Peep Show (TV series) "POV", as noted by David Mitchell on the DVD commentary for the first episode of the first series. Spike TV commissioned its own version in 2008, originally to be written and directed by Robert Weide, who is the executive producer of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". It was to be written by Armstrong and Bain, but it never went to series. A book entitled "Peep Show: The Scripts and More", which featured the scripts of every episode from the first five series as well as an introduction from Mitchell and Webb, was released in 2008. To celebrate the show, Channel 4 aired