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TMC · 11-23-2022, 08:48 PM

, based on music and the actual filmed content?

stevea · 11-23-2022, 10:08 PM

The Newhart opener is really nice, especially the longer version. A lot of great Vermont scenery, with a great Henry Mancini score.

howilu · 11-24-2022, 11:32 AM

I'll cast my vote for the opening of Get Smart. Maxwell Smart going through the doors before falling through the floor in a phone booth is a classic.

Duster76 · 11-24-2022, 12:17 PM

This is a tough one, I'll rank them in order of preference:

1. Family Ties

2. Newhart

3. Green Acres

4. WKRP

5. Taxi

6. Laverne & Shirley

7. The Big Bang Theory

Family Ties is my favorite, but the Taxi opening (music and film) is by far the most intriguing, a melancholy opening for a comedy series, one of a kind.

GentlemanJim · 11-24-2022, 03:49 PM

Back in the early 1960's there was this daytime soap opera that started with a closed pair of entry gates, similar to what was at the street entry at the Beverly Hillbillies mansion. The opening title sequence would roll, and then the gates would open.

Then at the end of the show, the closing credits would roll, the gates would swing shut.....fade to black.

I'r's been killing me trying to remember what show that was. (any help welcome)

As far as shows that I can recall....Cheers was always kinda energetic.

merlinjones · 11-26-2022, 11:27 AM

Bewitched
Mary Tyler Moore
The Munsters
Wonder Woman
Batman
The Wild Wild West
The Monkees
Green Acres
Gilligan's Island
The Love Boat
I Dream of Jeannie
The Brady Bunch
That Girl
HR Pufnstuf
The Jetsons
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
The Mickey Mouse Club
Zorro
Gidget
Cheers
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Josie and the Pussycats
Jonny Quest
The Flintstones
Hawaii Five-0
Mission Impossible
Hawaiian Eye
Get Smart
Lost in Space
Star Trek
Scooby Doo Where are You?
The Banana Splits
The Partridge Family
The Addams Family
The Pruitts of Southhampton
The Herculoids
Dallas
Knots Landing
Smallville
The Twilight Zone

principehomura · 11-27-2022, 03:01 PM

Twin Peaks
The X-Files
Hill Street Blues
Dawson's Creek
Miami Vice
Everwood
Friday Night Lights

GentlemanJim · 11-27-2022, 04:10 PM

Best ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3QAiVDL-A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rViF7V_oA

stevea · 11-27-2022, 07:13 PM

Of course, there's also Tom Slick

Wawwie · 11-27-2022, 07:40 PM

The Jeffersons
Amen
Alice
Maude
What's Happening
Good Times
227

Zoneboy · 11-27-2022, 08:23 PM

Babalu · 11-28-2022, 06:58 PM

Surprised no one said The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

MikeLutton · 11-28-2022, 07:14 PM

happy days 11th season intro

A-Team Season 5 intro

the Jeffersons 10th 11th intro

Knight rider

Incredible Hulk

Airwolf

AMackII · 11-29-2022, 09:07 AM

Knight Rider

Miami Vice

Newhart

WKRP in Cincinnati

space1999 · 11-29-2022, 10:31 PM

So many to choose from! Besides what you guys already wrote. I would say:

Vega$
CHiPs
Macgyver (season 1)
The Rockford Files (all)
Kojak season 5

11-23-2022, 08:48 PM	#1
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11-24-2022, 03:49 PM	#5
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11-27-2022, 03:01 PM	#7
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11-27-2022, 08:23 PM	#11
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11-28-2022, 06:58 PM	#12
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11-23-2022, 10:08 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,434	The Newhart opener is really nice, especially the longer version. A lot of great Vermont scenery, with a great Henry Mancini score.

11-24-2022, 11:32 AM	#3
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	I'll cast my vote for the opening of Get Smart. Maxwell Smart going through the doors before falling through the floor in a phone booth is a classic.

11-24-2022, 12:17 PM	#4
Duster76 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2008 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,641	This is a tough one, I'll rank them in order of preference: 1. Family Ties 2. Newhart 3. Green Acres 4. WKRP 5. Taxi 6. Laverne & Shirley 7. The Big Bang Theory Family Ties is my favorite, but the Taxi opening (music and film) is by far the most intriguing, a melancholy opening for a comedy series, one of a kind.

11-26-2022, 11:27 AM	#6
merlinjones Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2019 Location: los ángeles Posts: 931	Bewitched Mary Tyler Moore The Munsters Wonder Woman Batman The Wild Wild West The Monkees Green Acres Gilligan's Island The Love Boat I Dream of Jeannie The Brady Bunch That Girl HR Pufnstuf The Jetsons Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color The Mickey Mouse Club Zorro Gidget Cheers The Beverly Hillbillies Petticoat Junction Josie and the Pussycats Jonny Quest The Flintstones Hawaii Five-0 Mission Impossible Hawaiian Eye Get Smart Lost in Space Star Trek Scooby Doo Where are You? The Banana Splits The Partridge Family The Addams Family The Pruitts of Southhampton The Herculoids Dallas Knots Landing Smallville The Twilight Zone

11-27-2022, 04:10 PM	#8
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	Best ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3QAiVDL-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rViF7V_oA

11-27-2022, 07:13 PM	#9
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11-27-2022, 07:40 PM	#10
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11-28-2022, 07:14 PM	#13
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11-29-2022, 09:07 AM	#14
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11-29-2022, 10:31 PM	#15
space1999 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 02, 2021 Location: Lost in Space Posts: 317	So many to choose from! Besides what you guys already wrote. I would say: Vega$ CHiPs Macgyver (season 1) The Rockford Files (all) Kojak season 5