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''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' opening sequence is an element of the American television series ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. In 1999, ''Entertainment Weekly'' picked Mary Richards' hat toss at the end of the sequence as the 1970s' second-greatest television moment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Top 100 Moments In Television )〕 The theme song, "Love Is All Around", was written and performed by Sonny Curtis. == Scenes == The original opening title sequence for the show begins with the name of its star across the screen in Peignot font, which then multiplies both upward and downward vertically in a number of colors, followed by a montage of Mary driving towards Minneapolis towards her new home, and walking in her new neighborhood. In the final shot, she cheerfully tosses her Tam o' Shanter in the air in the middle of the street; a freeze-frame captures her smiling face and the hat in mid-air. The sequence was created by Reza Badiyi who had also done the opening sequence for ''Hawaii Five-O''. Badiyi came up with the idea for the final shot, which ''Entertainment Weekly'' ranked as the second greatest moment in 1970s television.〔 An older woman can be seen in the background, obviously puzzled by the sight of a young woman tossing her hat in the air. This unwitting "extra" was Hazel Frederick, a lifelong Minnesota resident who happened to be out shopping the day the sequence was shot. Mrs. Frederick finally met Moore in 1994 when she was on a book tour for her autobiography, ''After All''. Moore introduced Frederick as "my co-star". The theme visuals were changed significantly after season 1, and were usually 'tweaked' every season thereafter (In later seasons, David Davis is given a credit for "Title Visualization"). The "driving to Minneapolis" sequence was dropped, and the theme now featured brief shots of Mary, mostly engaging in everyday activities around Minneapolis as well as interacting with the newsroom staff. In a brief sequence set in the newsroom, Mary hugged Lou, Murray and Ted, accidentally crushing Ted's fedora in the process, before straightening it out. (This was a scene from the end of the 1970 episode "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid", although the producers eventually re-shot this sequence for use in the opening credits from the fourth season onward.) Also seen during early seasons were shots featuring Mary and Rhoda in Mary's apartment, as well as a shot of Mary and Phyllis, which was inserted into episodes in which Phyllis appeared (her portrayor, Cloris Leachman was a semi-regular, and did not appear in every episode). During seasons 4 and 5, the interior shot of Mary and Rhoda was replaced with a brief shot of Mary and Rhoda walking down a Minneapolis street, laughing. This shot remained until Valerie Harper left the series in late 1974, although it also appeared in two 1975 episodes. The characters of Sue Ann and Georgette, both semi-regular characters after season 4, never appeared in the opening credit sequence. No matter what other changes were made from year to year, however, the iconic final hat-tossing shot (which featured Hazel Frederick) was retained in every iteration of the theme. Other clips used in later versions of the theme: *From 1973 to the end of the show's run in 1977, Mary is shown washing her car while wearing the #10 home jersey of Minnesota Vikings' quarterback Fran Tarkenton. *Some of the scenes show Mary interacting with crew members. In one, the camera zooms in on Mary eating at a cafe in the upstairs lobby of the Minneapolis IDS building with an older man, Moore's then-husband, Grant Tinker, who served as president of MTM Enterprises until 1981. Another scene shows Mary walking in the park, where she is passed by two joggers: co-creator James L. Brooks and producer David Davis.〔''Moore on Sunday'' The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Second Season (Disc Three Side B), ()〕 *In later seasons, Mary is shown looking at a package of meat at a supermarket, then rolling her eyes as she throws it into her shopping cart. This is a reference to the high consumer inflation during the mid-70s.〔 In 2009, CBS's Nancy Giles, commenting on the high cost of small packages of food, showed this clip and said that it seems only she and Mary Richards buy them.〔CBS Sunday Morning, Nov. 20, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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