Annerley South episode number cold open segments

A **Cold Open** is an industry term for the portion of a television show that occurs before the theme song and/or title sequence. Also sometimes called a "teaser", a cold open is intended to capture the interest of viewers so they will sit through the credits and commercials before the rest of the show begins.

From Season 1 to Season 4, Annerley South used cold open segments for episode identification. Each episode began with an animated cold open segment that ended with the show's episode number. The known segments were: *Season 1* (also called *Clay*), *Birds*, *Artist*, *Sign*, *Flowers*, *Gong*, *Spaghetti Kiss*, *Rocket*, (and from Season 3 to Season 4) *Mad Scientist*, *Bird Wires* and *Woodpecker*.

## Clay

A unicorn and abstract man form the words "ANNERLEY SOUTH," which is then placed on an arch. The episode number appears below as the two enter through the arch. The animation was done by Jim Henson.

* All of season 1 episodes used this sequence.
* A number of season 1 episodes of *Sesame Street* using this sequence can be found on YouTube.

## Birds

An egg cracks open, causing a bird to pop out, holding a box. A smaller bird holding an upside-down hat pops out of the box. From the hat, a pelican's head emerges and he opens his beak, revealing a little bird who sings some musical notes. The notes dissolve into the words "Annerley South" and then fade into the episode number.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 131, 138, 146, 150, 161, 171, 181, 190, 191, 201, 206, 211, 216, 221, 231, 256, 261, 289, 290, 295, 315, 441, 471, 501, 511

## Flowers

Flowers are planted that form into the words "Annerley South". Another flower produces the episode number.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 132, 147, 152, 157, 162, 172, 182, 187, 197, 202, 207, 232, 237, 276, 306, 316, 502, 512

## Artist

A artist paints the words, "Annerley South" on a yellow paper and proudly shows it off to the viewer. The letters then slide off the paper onto the ground and disappear, as the episode number appears. The painter walks away, disgusted, as the paper is left floating in midair.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 135, 145, 151, 155, 170, 175, 185, 186, 205, 235, 265, 287, 319, 331, 394, 405, 415, 425, 435, 505, 515

* This segment is most commonly seen on Friday episodes.
* It is also the only cold open segment without any background music.

## Spaghetti Kiss

    A boy and a girl have a spaghetti kiss at a table in a place near Tony's Restaurant (accompanied by the shortened instrumental version of *Lady and the Tramp* song "Bella Notte"), as the letters that spell out "Annerley" on the very top between the flats and the word "South" below it, are hanged into the clothesline, with letters shown in different colours. At the end of shortened version of "Bella Notte", the girl says "I love you" to the boy, it fades into a black background but with the words "Annerley South" shown, and the episode number appears after the "Annerley South" text switches to normal.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 137, 142, 156, 193, 212, 243, 255, 263, 312, 313, 333, 343, 355, 356, 469, 479, 489, 529, 535

* On episodes 137 and 163, the episode number is displayed in white instead (since the black colour has no contrast to the black background)
* This cold open segment is a parody of *Lady and the Tramp*.

## Sign

    Two people stand under a sign that says "Annerley South". Through gibberish, one of the characters asks how to get to Annerley Street, and his friend helps point him towards the right direction. The words on the sign then fade to the episode number.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 136, 141, 143, 148, 153, 158, 160, 163, 168, 173, 188, 198, 199, 203, 208, 218, 219, 233, 273, 275, 277, 307, 352, 353, 423, 453, 493, 513

## Gong

A man hits a gong, and it falls down, revealing the words "Annerley South". He strikes the words and once the episode number appears, he leaves, disgruntled.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 134, 139, 144, 149, 154, 159, 164, 169, 174, 178, 179, 180, 183, 189, 200, 204, 209, 214, 224, 229, 234, 244, 249, 254, 264, 274, 278, 323, 484, 504, 514, 524

* This segment is most commonly seen on Thursday episodes.
* Noggin utilised this animation for an interstitial, "Sesame Street Hits," as an introduction to a classic segment.

## Bird Wires

Two birds on a wire fly off, and the wire stretches into the "Annerley South" text. After the wire stretches down to normal, the two birds fly down again, holding a towel with the episode number.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 327, 338, 345, 348, 369, 410, 411, 413, 429, 462, 482, 492, 495, 500, 532

## Rocket

A spy takes everything out of a trash can and turns it into a rocket, then it zooms off with the words "Annerley South" in smoke.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 133, 140, 165, 184, 238, 339, 359, 400, 402, 407, 420, 430, 439, 440, 449, 450, 510, 534

## Mad Scientist

A mad scientist conducts a balloon-blowing experiment, then the balloon pops with the words that say "Annerley South" coming out.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 365, 396, 447, 457, 467, 477, 487, 517

* This segment is most commonly seen on Tuesday episodes.

## Woodpecker

A woodpecker pecks "Annerley South" on a tree. Afterwards, he catches a worm, who pecks the woodpecker back, causing the bird to faint.

**Episodes that used this cold open segment:** 326, 406, 446, 456, 466