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
Taxi (TV series) its ABC time slot of Thursday 9:30 p.m following the first season of "Cheers". An NBC promo for "Taxi"s move to the network featured Danny DeVito in character as Louie saying "Same time, better station!" The opening titles show a cab driving east across the Queensboro Bridge. The footage originally was intended as a "bridge" between scenes and is only about fifteen seconds long; parts of it are repeated to fill the opening. The closing version consisted of a cab driving into the night. Bob James wrote the opening theme, "Angela", which had been intended for a sequence in episode