I definitely liked the opening sequence. The start with the laugh track had me reaching for the remote ready to turn the show off and never mention the post Dan Harmon period. So much relief was felt when it was just a dream sequence.
On that note, apparently someone from Reddit predicted it quite a while ago. I wonder if it was a homage to Reddit.
http://imgur.com/dBUyxWX
According to Megan Ganz it was coincidental
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[–]MeganGanzwriter 34 points 2 hours ago
Yep! You freaked out a room of writers who thought they finally had a good premiere idea. Nicely done. (That sounds sarcastic, but it's not. We're such a jumpy bunch.) Actually, I remember that the multi-cam idea was tossed around at the end of season 3. During our hiatus, when Andy and I were meeting with the new showrunners, we went out to lunch together and I brought up the idea of making the premiere a multi-cam, so we could cold open with a laugh track and maybe even trick a few people into thinking all of their worst fears had come true. He and I had so much fun talking about the idea that we thought, "Let's sit in a room and do this again, but let's make Sony pay for it." The multi-cam as happy place arc fit so naturally with all of the crap (both narratively and Deadline Hollywood-y) we had to deal with during the premiere. Plus, Fred Willard? Come on.
So, krevency, does this mean if you come out of the ground during winter and see your shadow, we'll have another paintball?
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