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
Every Man a King Hotel in New Orleans brought to LSU by Long himself. An arrangement of the song was recorded by Randy Newman for his 1974 album "Good Old Boys". The song was featured in the opening credits of the 1983 movie "The Survivors", starring Walter Matthau, Robin Williams and Jerry Reed. Every Man a King "Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Pierce Long Jr. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth