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Contents 1 Title 2 References 3 Re-animated 4 Merge 5 A source 6 source for Maggie's 847.63 $ 7 Screeching sound 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Simpsons chalkboard gag.jpg 9 Opening Sequence Clip

[edit] Title

Shouldn't the title be The Simpsons' opening sequence ? NorwegianMarcus 11:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Why is there no mention of the Flintstone's undertones/references in the opening sequence? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.227.243.16 (talk) 21:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Re-animated

I have a sneaky feeling the title sequence has been reanimated at least once at some point. A lot of the characters looks incredibly off-model (compared to the excellent continuity now), but I'm sure it looks better on some episodes. Does anybody know any better? Has it ever been re-animated at all? I know the chalkboard and couch-gag are new for each episode, though!

I saw a Season 1 episode earlier today, and it does seem like it has been reanimated. KingDaveRa 18:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

It was re-animated, but very very early on into the show's run to start the second season in 1990. It hasn't changed since then (save for the obvious couch/chalkboard) as far as I know. BillyH 00:26, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I've suggested that the chalkboard gag, saxaphone gag and couch gag articles be merged here. Comments? Dalejenkins 13:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

OK for Saxophone gag and Couch gag, but the chalkboard gag should have a separate article. The first aren't so famous detached frome the opening sequence, while the chalkboard gag is (see the numerous parodies for instance) talking Cherry 10:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I've suggested the The Simpsons Theme Song article be merged here as well. Input? Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The Simpsons theme was recently covered by Green Day and hit #19 on the UK singles charts. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Why can't that be mentioned here? Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:34, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Because the page is cluttered enough. And, the proposed song guidelines say that a charted song meets notability requirements. Please find a notability guideline that denies the song a page. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see why you can't unclutter it. Was the song part a single that was high on the charts? That could also be mentioned here. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:42, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Again, please find a guideline that says the song can't have its own page, other than WP:IDONTLIKEIT. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The argument is that it can easily be merged here. I don't see the point in making it it's own page since most of the info is redundant. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the fact that it is a charted single done by a group that has little to do with The Simpsons is enough. After all, having a link here from the Green Day page makes little sense. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:54, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The fact that Greenday had a song about it doesn't mean it needs it's own separate page. There are many theme songs that were charted by bands but don't have their own pages. The info in that page doesn't even deal exclusively with the Greenday single. Much of the info is redundant. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 21:57, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The argument that a similar page doesn't exist isn't an argument. The page deals with the theme song as a whole, and when I have more time and more sources, I'll improve it. And, how is it redundant? There are only 3 lines about the theme on this page! -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:59, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll let the frequenters of this board provide some input regarding it. I've notified some of the folks at the WikiProject The Simpsons and maybe they can provide some input. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Note, aside from Scorpion, I'm pretty much the only active member of the Wikiproject that actually does anything related to The Simpsons on a regular basis. And I agree with Scorpion, it meets notablity guidelines (in my view), and is probably one of the most famous theme songs of all time. Gran² 22:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Well if no one else comes along and no consensus is made, you guys can just take the tag down in a few days. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 22:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I say keep. Darrenhusted 14:03, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A source

Here's a source for the page, but I currently don't have time to add it. [1] -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 14:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] source for Maggie's 847.63 $

The next shot shows Marge and Maggie checking out at a supermarket, with Maggie inadvertently being scanned along with the groceries. The cashier rings her up at $847.63 (which was the monthly cost of raising a baby in 1989)[citation needed] and Maggie is mistakenly packaged. Source: http://www.snpp.com/other/papers/dk.paper.html But it's not where the original statistic. 22:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Screeching sound

Has anyone noticed that in the early episodes there was a horrible screeching sound as Bart was writing on the blackboard, and there was an episode where the blackboard gag said something like "I won't screech chalk anymore". After that episode these horrible screeches seem to have stopped. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.54.189 (talk) 16:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Simpsons chalkboard gag.jpg

Image:Simpsons chalkboard gag.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opening Sequence Clip

The clip is kind of off sync, just to let you know —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.218.86.97 (talk) 09:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)