Editing You Can't Do That on Television (section)

=== Opening animation: the Children's Television Sausage Factory ===
Originally created by Rand MacIvor (under art director John C. Galt), who was inspired by [[Terry Gilliam]]'s "gilliamations," the opening animation sequence was a sequence of surreal images set to [[Rossini]]'s "[[William Tell Overture]]" performed in a [[Dixieland]] jazz arrangement by the National Press Club and Allied Workers Jazz Band. Though the arrangement of the theme music stayed the same throughout the entire series run (although there are subtle differences between the themes in various seasons – especially the closing themes – and ''Whatever Turns You On'' used a completely different theme song), the opening animation itself changed in different ways.
* The [[Centre Block]] of the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] complex was used in the first season and in the original hour-long versions of the 1981 season episodes. In this animation sequence, a person pulls the roof off one side of the building, releasing three balloons bearing the likenesses of the three party leaders at the time: [[Pierre Trudeau]] ([[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]), [[Joe Clark]] ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]) and [[Ed Broadbent]] ([[New Democratic Party|NDP]]). A hand from off-screen then ignites the bottom of the [[Peace Tower]] with a match and it launches like a rocket. The start of the animation features a likeness of 1979 cast member David Helpin.
* There are two versions of the "Children's Television Sausage Factory" animation. In this sequence, children are "processed" in the "sausage factory" and deposited onto a [[school bus]] at the bottom of the [[factory]] that transports them to the [[TV studio]] (a likeness of the CJOH studios on Merivale Road in [[Nepean, Ontario]]). The first version was created for the half-hour, internationally syndicated versions of the 1981 episodes. The second version, which featured larger images and cleaner (albeit less fluid) scene animation than the first version, was introduced in the 1982 season and was used for both the U.S. and Canadian broadcasts of ''You Can't Do That on Television'' until the end of the show in 1990.
* Both versions of the "Children's Television Sausage Factory" animation feature likenesses of Jonothan Gebert, Kevin Somers, Marc Baillon and Christine McGlade exiting the school bus, as well as a likeness of Les Lye as the security guard at the door of the TV studio. This footage was reused from the opening sequence of 1979's short-lived ''Whatever Turns You On''.
* The ending of the introduction shows Lye's face with his mouth opening, and his face is stamped "You Can't Do That on Television." The screen is then cracked and splits, and the show begins.