The actors now have screen shots accompanying their names:Īl motionless on the couch, holding a remote control with his other hand in his pants Peggy tossing salad and smoking in a pink top Steve at the Bundy's door holding an icepack to his head and a baseball in the other hand Marcy at the Bundy's kitchen table finding a cigarette in her salad Kelly sneaking in through the door in a red outfit, then smiling at the camera Bud (with a mullet) reading a magazine called "Boudoir" and nodding his head enthusiastically.Īnd a brand new couch sequence: Al again gives out money to the family in the same order just a new shooting of this sequence as the actors are now nearly two years older. Season three saw a brand new set of credits: Season two had the exact same credits, except that the Bundy house is now the 'real' color it should be. The first of four couch sequences can be seen, consisting of a very young Bundy family, including Al in a red shirt, Peg in a pinkish outfit, Kelly with short bleached hair and Bud looking. In season one, the opening credits consisted of solely the actors' names in the style of the WITH CHILDREN stamp.
Throughout the eleven seasons, the credits have changed as the show progressed and the actors grew older: The total time for these credits is approximately 35 seconds. In season 11, a much shorter sequence is used: The MARRIED title pops up earlier, therefore the actors' credits are sooner, more crew credits are seen over the shot of the Bundy house and there is no couch sequence at all, with the EXECUTIVE PRODUCER stamp appearing over a shot of Buckingham Fountain dying back down. (Happens after the logo, over the actor credits.)* *In the recent Mill Creek DVD releases of the show, the original music has been put back, BUT IT IS RIPPED FROM SEASON 1, so the 'clang' of the MWC logo doesn't happen where it should from seasons 4 onwards. In seasons 4-10, the stamp appears before Sinatra starts singing, and the two shots of Chicago have been eliminated. The total time of the opening credits is 1 minute, 11 seconds.įor seasons 1-3, the WITH CHILDREN stamp appears just after Sinatra sings "Love" for the second time. The only episode that slime doesn't happen is (the first spinoff attempt) "Top of the Heap" (0525) The opening credits end with a bang with the EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/S stamp, and that gets slimed too. (This is probably what sticks in people's minds most - the fact that Al spends money on everyone, including the dog.) Then the dog leaps up from behind and Al gives him money. Then the couch sequence: (see pics below) Al, sitting on the couch, gives out money to Bud, then Kelly, then Peggy sits next to him and Al gives money to her. Then an outside shot of the Bundy house while some of the production crew credits are displayed. The actors are then introduced, credited in this order: starring Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Garrison (seasons 1-4 only), Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, David Faustino, and Ted McGinley (seasons 6-11 only). Seasons 4-11 just have the shot of Buckingham Fountain and then straight in to the MWC logo. Moments later, WITH CHILDREN stamps onto the screen with a "prison cell clank", forming the MWC logo. Then the blue MARRIED word leaps out onto a black screen and proceeds to be covered in dark green slime. These shots are from National Lampoon's Vacation - you can see the Griswold station wagon driving, from a birdseye view. Then, if it is seasons 1, 2 or 3, two shots of Chicago will be seen. The standard opening credit sequence is as follows:īuckingham Fountain springs into action and the first note of "Love and Marriage" begins. Lyrics can be found at the bottom of this page. "Love and Marriage" was written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, and sung by Frank Sinatra.
#KATEY SAGAL SOONER OR LATER SONG FULL#
The full length Love and Marriage is heard here: syndication shots) from the entire 11-year run. Read more about the DVDs here.įull information below, but this is a video compilation of all the actors' credits (incl. The first MWC DVD releases from season three onwards contained a replacement theme music.