# What's the deal with opening credits going on and on and on and on and on?

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**Created:** [June 15, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-opening-credits-going-on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on/543232 "2010-06-15T01:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-opening-credits-going-on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on/543232/21 "2010-06-17T22:50:53Z")

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I think a raw count, rather than just a time table, would be more useful for comparison. We could see if more people were getting credited, if the credits themselves were lasting longer, or if they were just being spaced out a lot.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-opening-credits-going-on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on/543232/22 "2010-06-18T01:12:48Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I think a raw count, rather than just a time table, would be more useful for comparison.

I disagree. Having credits still popping up half way into the program is distracting & annoying. Show the credits, quickly, at the beginning and/or end of the show, during the theme music, and be done with it.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-opening-credits-going-on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on/543232/23 "2010-06-18T04:38:22Z")

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> [@MrSquishy](#):
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> That’s funny, I hate seeing the opening credits of that show because I always notice the name “Cobie Smulders” and then can’t stop thinking about how awful it is.
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> Cobie Smulders. Ugh.

Don’t worry. She’s getting married, and changing her last name…

… to Halpern-Fingerhut-Smulders

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-opening-credits-going-on-and-on-and-on-and-on-and-on/543232/24 "2010-06-18T17:50:42Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> Neither does he!

For the win! 😃

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