Miller-Boyett

There are some things that are never going to come back. One of those things is the Miller-Boyett main title, a minute and a half of newly-filmed (no clips) footage of the cast mugging, playing, running, and above all, doing a big awkward smile-and-shrug when it’s time for their credit. The only network that has that kind of time for a main title is HBO, and there has been no word of plans to hire Jesse Frederick or take their casts out to a grassy field for some on-camera frolicking.

Thanks to Muffin MacGuffin for pointing out these three YouTube videos representing three different main titles for a heartwarming family sitcom called Lost. The creator of these videos is understandably fascinated by the formula of TGIF/Miller-Boyett title sequences: an uplifting Jesse Frederick theme song set to footage of the entire cast horsing around, having fun doing stuff together, and smiling when it’s their turn for a credit. But he does it much better and more accurately than my re-tooled 30 Rock video.

Just to follow up on my last post with the most pointless YouTube video ever, here’s what I think 30 Rock might be like if it were taken over by new producers and re-tooled (including a more Urkel-like emphasis on Kenneth). The video mostly has clips from two episodes, “Sandwich Day” and the second season finale; if I’d gone through every episode I probably could have found more appropriate clips — what this kind of sequence really needs, apart from the Jesse Frederick theme song, is a scene where the whole cast goes on some outing and has fun together — but I didn’t wanna.