Film and Television Opening Sequences - List of Jim Rockford's Answering Machine Gags, the Simpsons Opening Sequence, Gun Barrel Sequence (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: List of Jim Rockford's answering machine gags, The Simpsons opening sequence, Gun barrel sequence, Leo the Lion, Opening credits, Title sequence, Where no man has gone before, The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence, Opening and closing sequences of The Prisoner, Goldfinger pre-title sequence, Star Wars opening crawl, Matrix digital rain, Creative Capers Entertainment, Film title design, Format Films, Kurtz & Friends, Main title. Excerpt: At the start of every episode of The Rockford Files a message was left on Jim Rockford's answering machine before the beginning of the title sequence. The phone would ring two or three times before Rockford's answering machine began with the following greeting: The message would then begin. When it had ended, the show's theme music would start. The composers Mike Post and Pete Carpenter released "The Rockford Files" as a single in 1975. It went to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the chart for 44 weeks and won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement. The Simpsons opening sequence is an element that begins almost every episode of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Starting with the season 20 episode "Take My Life, Please," the opening sequence was redone to go with the high-definition format of the show, and replaced the previous one with numerous differences and alterations. It is the second permanent revision of the opening sequence in the show's history, the first of these occurring with the premiere of the show's second season. The first season opening sequence, starting with the second episode "Bart the Genius," features a number of differences from the later opening sequences. This includes a scene where, in place of Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers at the power plant, a co-worker is seen eating a sandwich with a pair of tongs. Other ...