SNL opening montage&theme music
bodi...@my-dejanews.com
SNL. Is this the fourth or fifth new opening for the 1990's? Was a new
opening introduced for the 1994-95 season? When did SNL abandon the
traditional theme (the one introduced in 1985)? I know the same one was used
from 1990 until 1993. The same theme and a similar opening was used for both
1995-96 and 1996-97. A new opening and theme were introduced for 1997-98,
and this season a new opening and theme have been introduced.
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Joel Navaroli
was still photos of each cast member at what appeared to be an after-show
party. In 96-97, it was the same thing, only this time each photo had only
the named person in it (not with other cast members). In 97-98, it was the
big change of style with moving bars of blue, red, orange, green, etc over
still blue-tinted photos of each cast member.
Roxbury106
Actually, I remember that in last year's season premiere with Sylvester
Stallone, they used the same theme as now. Then probably starting with the
Brendan Fraser episode in October, they switched to the other theme.
GJiggy1
>Actually, I remember that in last year's season premiere with Sylvester
>Stallone, they used the same theme as now. Then probably starting with the
>Brendan Fraser episode in October, they switched to the other theme.
Didn't they slow that theme down in the Matt Perry episode
Mr Sean 2
If "SNL" really wants a theme song to catch on (like the one in the late '80s /
early '90s did), they should stick to one for a few years. I was happy with
"SNL's" 1995-96 theme song, and their only slightly-modified 1996-97 theme
song. But these past two seasons it seems the song is different every week, and
not nearly as catchy as it used to be.
I also wish they'd go back to the live-action theme song montage, as opposed to
the lazy still shots they've done since 1994 which used to be reserved only for
featured players.
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Lizlynn999
>the lazy still shots they've done since 1994 which used to be reserved only
>for
>featured players.
Yes, I agree, it gave you more of a clue as to the players' personalities, even
though it was staged - it was fun.
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Larchman
1975-76: Pans and zooms of still photos of NYC scenes, including the Statue
of Liberty. Each still's colours were in Edie Baskin's
traditional style, and there were no pictures of the host, musical guest, or
castmembers. Pictures of the castmembers were added in for all of the
castmembers on March 13, 1976, which I believe is also the first show to be
known as "Saturday Night" instead of "NBC's Saturday Night"
1976-77: The same opening as 1975-76, except Chevy Chase's picture was taken
out after the Oct. 30 broadcast. Bill Murray joined the cast on Jan. 15,
1977, but his picture wasn't added to the montage until the following week.
The title also went from "Saturday Night" to "Saturday Night Live" on the
March 26 and April 9 broadcasts, the went back to the former for the
remainder of the season (the bumper cards still used "Saturday Night Live")
1977-78: The show's montage was live-action footage of that big screen in
Times Square. This is the year that FOUR different montages were used. The
fist one was just simply of the screen with the names on it for host,
musical guest, and special guests, followed by each castmembers name beside
a cartoon likeness of said entity, while a still of their head materialized
on screen. The second one involved the same titles for host et al., but the
castmembers' parts involved them standing near the screen around sunset,
while the name/cartoon combo was shown. The third one involved new
animations on the screen, and the text was noticably bigger. The
castmembers portion had no cartoon, and they appeared by their names in the
nighttime. The fourth one removed the names for everyone except Radner and
Aykroyd. Also, the host and musical guest titles were one of three colours:
Black (Sept 77-Jan 78), Light Blue (Feb 78-Mar 78), or Red (Apr-May 78)
1978-79: Pans and zooms of more Baskinized stills. For the first time,
there were pictures of the host and muscial guest, and each castmember got
two Baskinized stills each, which would change from one to another as Pardo
said each name. The players were in front of pastel backgrounds.
1979-80: This season's first montage was very similar to 1978-79 except
that the host and musical guests stills were now in front of pastel
backgrounds, rather than (mostly) real life). There were many new shots,
and the castmember shots were the same, except the background had squiggly
lines in it. The second one first aired in Feb. 1980, and it was a whole
bunch of still shots (which looked as if they were coloured by marker) put
together to give the illusion of moving.
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