But not all of them are fully featured in the show - instead there are many that are just featured in brief moments during the short opening credits, which Daly told Vice was often an opportunity for the writing staff’s most random ideas to get a moment to shine. Over his short tenure as the world’s greatest critic of life on Comedy Central, Forrest MacNeil (Andy Daly) reviewed so many things. The blend of references to the show’s fictional entities, existing companies, and local industry issues is always changing based on the progress of the show and the progress of the industry it satirizes, and it adds wry dimension to the show’s ever-shifting developments.
The opening credits of “Silicon Valley” reflect a pixelated community caught up in technology, with plenty of tiny easter eggs packed into the corners of the frame to delight the nerdiest members of the audience. And coupled with the shifting visuals, each subtle shift proves to be a reminder that while things might change on the show, some things - like Jamie and Claire’s enduring love - never change. The lyrics of composer Bear McCreary’s theme song change to French a brief time in Paris, while their American adventures are introduced each episode by a banjo-infused variation on the music. And whenever the setting alters, so do the credits, especially in the music. Over the course of four seasons, the Starz historical time travel drama has spanned space and time, over the course of centuries and continents. Fierce debates have waged over which of the four sequences is the best (personally, “I’m Just a Girl In Love” is the most addictive earworm) but all of them represented the show’s unique point-of-view and lack of fear when it came to expressing our worst emotions… in a song. But “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” took it to a whole other extreme by creating a brand new opening title number each year - one deliberately designed to reflect the changes in Rebecca’s (Rachel Bloom) life, and the show’s investment in her personal growth.
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”īetween seasons, it’s not uncommon for a show to make some changes to the opening credits. The biggest one, which always appears moments before John Oliver’s signature “WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!” tends to reflect the most major cultural or political moment of the week: As of writing, the latest episode chose to spotlight Paas egg-dying kits, AKA “Paas Americana” - all too appropriate on a meta level, given it aired on Easter. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”īlink and you might miss why the HBO weekly talk show has made this list, but every episode packs a number of fresh Easter eggs into the opening credits, using fractured Latin to redefine the most chaotic elements of our world.
The modified title card approach, by the way, is one emulated by many of the Greg Berlanti-produced DC shows for the CW, with a special shout-out to our bonkers favorite “Legends of Tomorrow“, which has had more opportunity than most to have fun here, at the most random of times. But not only does the visual motif change every season to fit specific themes, special episodes switch things up, especially when the episode in question is riffing on a genre or pop culture staple, from westerns to classic sitcoms to “The X-Files” to “Scooby Doo.” Over the past 14 seasons, “Supernatural” (originating on the WB, now airing on the CW) keeps things relatively simple with its opening credits - really, just a title card. Classic examples include “The Erlenmeyer Flask”: “Trust No One,” baseball-themed “The Unnatural”: “In the Big Inning,” and “Trust No 1”: “They’re Watching.” The changes, especially in the early days, felt like secret messages from the show’s creator, which only amplified the show’s innate feeling of conspiracy. It’s not the big changes that make us always pay attention to the opening credits of “The X-Files” - it’s the little ones: Specifically the tagline, traditionally “The Truth is Out There,” but for special episodes or the occasional fun gag swapped for some other mysterious catchphrase.
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