Related Clues:

• Lead-ins
• Musical opener
• Prefaces
• Emcee's openers, briefly
• Opening remarks, briefly
• Short opening speech
• Emcee's offering
• 'He-e-ere's Johnny!,' e.g.
• First paragraph
• Usher
• It may begin "And now ..."
• Emcee's lines
• Conclusion's opposite, briefly
• "SNL" host's monologue, e.g.
• Starter