I watched the Colbert Report's opening credits the other day - I've somehow managed to watch the programme before without ever catching the beginning - and it seemed like they're a bit of a rip off of the Have I Got New For You opening sequence. Has anyone else thought the same thing? It's hard to find clips of the Colbert Report sequence online, but here's an old Have I Got News For You sequence from 2001-2005 (it's been running since 1990):
And this is some kid playing the Colbert report theme song:
The Colbert Report theme song, according to Wikipedia, is composed by Cheap Trick but I couldn't find any information on how or by whom the Have I Got News For You song and opening credits are put together.
I think it's the cartoon elements of the sequence, coupled with that whiiiiiiiizzzzzz noise on the guitar signaling the start of both main themes that make them seem so similar, but something the other night got me coming over all conspiracy theorist and wondering if there's more to it...
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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I watch the Colbert Reporrr almost every night and never saw that...and I'm still not sure there's much of a similarity when you watch the introduction as opposed to just listening to it. The screech on TV sounds much more like an eagle screech and less of a guitar sound, but if there are 13 consecutive notes that are copied, someone may have a big fat legal claim.
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