Theme Song and Opening Title Sequence
In season one, viewers would only catch a glimpse of Ullman asleep in a bed, with a voice-over playing, reciting words or phrases related to that week's episode topic. Due to this title sequence, viewers were left virtually unaware that Ullman was playing every character, or for that matter, which characters. For the show's second season, a new title sequence was created, along with a new opening format. In season two, a scripted Ullman would appear in the beginning of each episode, performing a scripted monologue connected to that week's (episode) subject. An opening title sequence featuring Ullman and her cast of characters lipsyncing to her 1983 hit song, They Don't Know would follow. This signaled to viewers that she was indeed playing every character and which ones. Only characters featured in that week's episode sketches would appear in that week's opening lipsyncing title sequence. Season three and four featured Ullman in an impromptu sitdown interview delivering anecdotes related to the episode's subject at the start of the show.
The opening titles of season two featuring They Don't Know, do not appear on the DVD releases (except in the episode "Childhood"). In its place is the season one theme song, with only a black background stating the episode's title, series credits, with no character lipsynching.
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