My cut-off point is 1989. I’m not including any shows that premiered in 1990 or after. I’m going for the nostalgia factor here, and shows that premiered after 1989 seem too recent to qualify.
Suggestions for additions are welcome. A big thanks to Jared and BrianNYC for supplying me with many links!
This post has been getting a lot of traffic since Bill Simmons “The Sport’s Guy” linked to it this past week. These are the shows that have received consistently high visitor clicks (in no particular order): Cheers, Charles in Charge, The Jeffersons, The Greatest American Hero, A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, Airwolf, and Alf.
ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Movie Special,
ABC Weekend Specials,
Adam 12,
Addams Family, The,
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The,
Airwolf,
Alf,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
Alice,
All in the Family,
Alvin and the Chipmunks,
Amen,
Angel,
Ant and the Aardvark,
Archie Bunker’s Place (Fast Forward 55 Seconds),
Archies, The,
Are You Being Served?,
Astroboy,
A-Team, The,
Automan,
Avengers, The,
Banana Splits, The,
Barnaby Jones,
Barney Miller,
Batman,
Battle of the Planets,
Battlestar Galactica,
Baywatch,
Benny Hill Show, The,
Beretta,
Beverly Hillbillies, The,
Bewitched,
Bionic Woman,
BJ and the Bear,
Blackadder, The,
Bloodhound Gang, The,
Bonanza,
Bosom Buddies,
Brady Bunch,
Bring ‘Em Back Alive,
Buck Rogers,
Bugaloos, The,
Cagney and Lacey,
Candy Candy,
Cannon,
CBS Wednesday Night Movies,
Charles in Charge,
Charlies Angels,
Cheers,
Chico and the Man,
China Beach,
Chips,
Coach,
Combat,
COPS,
Cosby Show, The,
Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The,
Cover Up,
Crime Story,
Dallas,
Dark Shadows,
Day By Day,
Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, The,
Dennis the Menace,
Designing Women,
Dick Van Dyke Show, The,
Diff’rent Strokes,
Dobie Gillis,
Dr. Doolittle,
Doctor Who,
Doogie Howser, M.D.,
Dragnet,
Dr. Fad Show, The,
Ducktales,
Dukes of Hazzard,
Dynasty,
Eastenders,
Eight is Enough,
Electric Company, The,
Ellery Queen,
Empty Nest,
Equalizer, The,
Facts of Life,
Falcon Crest,
Fall Guy, The,
Fame,
Family Feud ,
Family Matters,
Family Ties,
Fantastic Journey, The,
Fantasy Island,
Fat Albert,
Father Dowling Mysteries,
Father Knows Best,
Fawlty Towers,
F.B.I., The,
Flintstones, The,
Flipper,
Flying Nun, The,
Fraggle Rock,
Fresh Prince of Bel Air,
Friday Night Videos,
Friendly Giant, The (Fast forward 40 seconds),
F. Troop,
Full House,
Future Cop,
Gemini Man,
Gentle Ben,
George Michael Sports Machine, The,
George of the Jungle,
Get Smart,
Gidget,
G.I. Joe,
Gilligan’s Island,
Gimme a Break,
Gobots, The,
Godzilla Power Hour, The,
Golden Girls, The,
Gomer Pyle,
Gong Show, The,
Good Times,
Grand,
Greatest American Hero,
Great Space Coaster, The,
Green Acres,
Green Hornet, The,
Growing Pains,
Gunsmoke,
Happy Days,
Hardcastle and McCormick,
Hardy Boys, The,
Hart to Hart,
Have Gun-Will Travel,
Hawaii Five-O,
HBO Movie Intro 1,
HBO Movie Intro 2,
Head of the Class,
Heathcliff,
Hello, Larry,
He-Man,
Here Come The Brides,
Highway to Heaven,
Hilarious House of Frightenstein, The,
Hill Street Blues,
Hogan Family, The, (Valerie, Valerie’s Family),
Hogan’s Heroes,
Honeymooners, The,
Hong Kong Phooey,
H.R. Pufnstuf,
Hunter,
I Dream of Jeannie,
Incredible Hulk, The,
Inspector Gadget,
In The Heat Of The Night,
Invisible Man, The,
Ironside,
I-Spy,
It’s a Living,
It’s Your Move,
It Takes a Thief,
Jake and the Fatman,
Jeffersons, The,
Jetsons, The,
Joanie Loves Chachi (Fast-forward 30 sec.),
Joker’s Wild,
Jonny Quest,
Josie and the Pussycats,
Kids Incorporated,
Kids In The Hall,
Knight Rider,
Knots Landing,
Kojak,
LA Law,
Land of the Giants,
Land of the Lost,
Lassie,
Laverne and Shirley,
Lawrence Welk Show, The,
Leave it to Beaver,
Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The,
Life Goes On,
Linus the Lionhearted,
Little House on the Prairie,
Littlest Hobo, The,
Logan’s Run,
Lone Ranger, The,
Lost in Space,
Love American Style,
Love Boat,
MacGyver,
Magic Garden, The,
Magnum P.I.,
Major Dad,
Mama’s Family,
Man From Atlantis,
Man from U.N.C.L.E., The,
Manimal,
Mannix,
Married With Children,
Mary Tyler Moore,
MASH,
Masterpiece Theater,
Match Game,
Matlock,
Matt Houston,
Maude,
Maverick,
Max Headroom,
Mchales Navy,
McMillan & Wife,
Miami Vice,
Mike Hammer,
Milton the Monster,
Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, The,
Misfits of Science,
Mission Impossible,
Mission Impossible (198 
,
Mister Ed,
Mod Squad, The,
Monkies, The,
Monty Python’s Flying Circus,
Moonlighting,
Mork and Mindy,
Movin’ On,
Mr. Belvedere,
Mr. Wizard’s World,
Munsters, The,
Muppet Show, The,
Murder She Wrote,
My Favorite Martian,
My Mother The Car,
Mystery Science Theater 3000,
My Three Sons,
My Two Dads,
Nanny and the Professor,
NBC Sunday Night At The Movies,
New Zoo Review, The,
NFL Today, The,
Night Court,
Night Gallery,
Night Tracks,
Northern Exposure,
Not Necessarily The News,
Nova,
Odd Couple, The,
One Day At A Time,
Outer Limits, The,
Out of This World,
Partridge Family, The,
Patty Duke Show, The,
Paul Lynde Show, The,
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, The,
Pee Wee’s Playhouse,
Perfect Strangers,
Perry Mason,
Persuaders, The,
Petticoat Junction,
Phoenix, The,
Pink Panther Show, The,
Pinwheel,
Police Squad,
Powers of Matthew Star, The,
Price is Right, The,
Prisoner, The,
Professionals, The,
Punky Brewster,
Quantum Leap,
Quincy, M.E.,
Quinn Martin’s Tales of the Unexpected,
Rags to Riches,
Rat Patrol, The,
Rawhide,
Reading Rainbow,
Red Dwarf,
Remington Steele,
Rhoda,
Rifleman, The,
Riptide,
Rockford Files, The,
Roseanne,
Ryan’s Hope,
Saint, The,
Sanford and Son,
Saved By The Bell,
Scarecrow and Mrs. King,
Schoolhouse Rock,
Scooby Doo, Where Are You!,
SCTV,
Secrets of Isis, The,
Sesame Street,
Shazam!,
Sigmund the Sea Monster,
Silver Spoons,
Simon and Simon,
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings,
Simpsons, The,
Six Million Dollar Man, The,
Sledge Hammer,
Small Wonder,
Smurfs, The,
Snorks, The,
Solid Gold,
SOAP,
Space: 1999,
Spencer For Hire,
Spider-Man,
Spider-Man (Live action series),
Spider-Woman,
Square Pegs,
Star Hustler with Jack Horkheimer,
Starsky and Hutch,
Star Trek,
St. Elsewhere,
Stingray,
Strawberry Shortcake,
Streethawk,
Streets of San Francisco, The,
S.W.A.T.,
Tales From The Crypt,
Tales From The Darkside,
Tales Of The Gold Monkey,
Taxi,
Three’s Company,
Thundercats,
3-2-1 Contact,
Time Tunnel,
T.J. Hooker,
Today’s Special,
Too Close for Comfort,
Top Cat,
Tour of Duty,
Transformers, The,
Tranzor Z,
Trapper John, M.D.,
21 Jump Street,
Twilight Zone, The,
Twin Peaks,
227,
USA Up All Night,
V,
Vegas,
Voltron, Defender of the Universe,
Voyagers,
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,
Wacky Races,
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home,
Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser,
Waltons, The,
Webster,
Welcome Back Kotter,
What’s Happening,
Where’s Huddles?,
White Shadow, The,
Who’s The Boss,
Wild, Wild West, The,
Wiseguy,
WKRP,
Wonder Woman,
Wonder Years, The,
Woody Woodpecker Show, The,
You Can’t Do That On Television,
Young and the Restless,
X-Files,
Zoobilee Zoo,
ZOOM
What about three of my favorites. Simon and Simon, The A-Team and MacGyver. I don’t know your methodology, but to me Simon and Simon’s intro was an instrumental masterpiece.
Allow me to be the first to say : AWESOME
I cant believe you left me off this list!
I concur…macgyver was the first one i looked for, you must have inadvertently omitted it!
Paul Smith: I just added those three to the post. I agree about A-Team and Simon and Simon. Those are great intros!
Marc: Thanks!
Barney Miller: You’ve just been added!
Murdoc: Just added MacGyver, although I think that intro is a wee bit overrated.
This is what makes YouTube so incredible. Being able to find all these great intros. Completely relived my childhood. But here’s one you missed - S.W.A.T. Probably my favorite theme as a kid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iwp1d7eKbA
Thanks for posting these!!!
Quincy with Jack Klugman was pretty good!!! And, Ellery Queen with the late great Jim Hutton. Two great openings that set the theme for the show.
Hey Mark! I just added S.W.A.T.
I see Tales from the Darkside up there, but what about Tales from the Crypt?
Hey TV Fan! I just added those.
You should replace the “Batman” link with one to “Batman The Animated Series”. One of the best series, and intros, around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk
Hey Jimmy and crummyjoel! Just added your great suggestions.
Land of the Lost….The Best intro EVER!
here’s another one… Sanford and Son. Couldn’t find it on US Youtube:
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=hsyT3FuKMpk
Hey Jah, great suggestion–that was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.
Thanks for the link kiran! I just added it.
WRKP in Cincinnati….another glaring omission
“As god is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly”
Airwolf
NYPD Blue
Punky Brewster
Streets of San Francisco
Tour of Duty with “Paint it Black” from the Rolling Stones is a good opening.
For some more obscure short lived 80’s series, but favorites of mine:
Streethawk
Automan
Stingray
Maybe you can start a “TV Openings Nobody Saw” post.
Wait!!! No “Three’s Company”????
OK, last one. This is a great list BTW.
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
http://youtube.com/watch?v=llLZXuUehvY
Gotta include Wonder Years on there. Also, I don’t think this qualifies as a classic for most, but the intro for The Adventures of Pete and Pete is one of my all time favorites.
So? I lied.
St. Elsewhere
The Bob Newhart Show (can’t find it)
Newhart (ditto)
Family Matters
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEJHrVey3yo)
Kate & Allie (can’t find it)
Maybe I should get back to work. Thanks for the memories!
head of the class, highly underrated
perfect strangers even more underrated.
Awesome!! Just wasted three hours at work! How about “Fantasy Island”?
What, no Simpsons or 3-2-1 Contact?? Very disappointing . . .
Maybe I’m just an old fogey, but I always loved “Mannix” and “Get Smart”.
Big Bri: I agree. WKRP is one of the best. If you can find a link to it I’ll post it. I can’t find anything on YouTube.
Jared: Thanks for all your suggestions. I was able to add all of them except NYPD Blue (which is post-80’s–my cutoff point for classic tv intros), Nancy Drew (which I couldn’t find–I don’t like that edited version), Bob Newhart, Newhart, and Kate and Allie (I love these last three but wasn’t able to find them).
Thanks again!
Matt: Just added Wonder Years, since the show debuted in the 80’s.
Kroz: Great suggestion! One of my all time favorites. I just added it.
BAWSman: Never heard of 3-2-1 Contact, but I just added it. Couldn’t find an intro for the Simpsons.
Leo: Great suggestions! I added them.
Excellent list! (I just found it courtesy of the Sports Guy.) Kudos for adding lesser-known shows like “Ellery Queen” that still had terrific themes.
How about “Peter Gunn”? That was the epitome of ’60s cool.
Ken: Thanks for the suggestion, only I can’t find a video of that intro anywhere.
There is no way this list can be complete without ‘Beverly Hills 90210′ or ‘NYPD Blue’.
Just a couple suggestions.
NYPD Blue debuted in 1993, and Beverly Hills 90210 debuted in 1990. My cutoff point is 1989. Shows that debuted in 1990 or later are too recent to be called classic just yet.
Call me crazy, but the theme song for Golden Girls will stay in my head for the rest of my life.
Here’s quite a few that shouldn’t be overlooked:
Day By Day
Dear John
The Equalizer
Emergency Room/ER (sitcom w/ Elliot Gould)
Growing Pains
Highway to Heaven
Jake and the Fatman
Kate and Allie
Mr. Belvedere
Out of This World
Wings
Tim: Tx, just added it.
Brian_NYC: Tx, added most of them, other I couldn’t find.
No Simpsons or King of the Hill, but you have The Jetsons? That’s just not right.
Dude, where’s Chico & The Man? Classic riff.
Neal: Just added it. Tx!
Very cool list. I got one for you to add as well. Fat ALbert cartoon intro. Gotta have that for Cosby’s “Hey, Hey, Hey” near the end.
Cosby Show, ALF, Family Ties, Full House, Smurfs, He Man, Who’s the Boss, Mr. Belvedere, Kate & Ally, 21 Jump St., Quantum Leap, Empty Nest, SOAP, WKRP in Cincinnati, Crazy Like a Fox, Matlock, Square Pegs, and Police Squad
GOOD WORK!
calvinballer: Good choice, I added it.
sean: lots of good choices, some i couldn’t find.
Very cool site. I added to my favorites as 140 Classic TV Intros, emailed the link out, and came back. Now it is 160. Keep up the work. Its a great trip to see these again. Streethawk, man I loved that show as a kid.
Might also mention that I found this via the Sports Guy as well.
Thanks Jeff F! Simmons’ blurb about this post has sent me a lot of traffic. He must have a very large readership. I’ll keep adding shows as I think up new ones or new ones are suggested.
How did we all forget Hunter?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzESuy4XR98
The Police show post:
TJ Hooker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlIu05rdOf4&feature=related
COPS (premiered 1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsalH0hVk4&feature=related
Adam-12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHeYep96G50
Ironside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDa1C4rH10
I think you need “Saved By the Bell” on there. It’s an absolute must-have.
Oh man… and “Full House.” Need to update immediately.
Jared: Thanks! I added all your suggestions, and thanks for the links.
David: I added both. Tx!
Saved By The Bell and COPS debuted in 1989, so I included them.
More Quinn Martin!!!! Cannon, Barnaby Jones, etc.
Frank Cannon: You, and many of your friends, have been added.
I’d like to put in a plug for the White Shadow.
KJ: Sorry, couldn’t find White Shadow.
I’m almost positive that the “Batman the animated series” intro is post 1990.
Brendan: You’re right! I just checked. It premiered in 1992, so I deleted it.
Thanks for checking…great job on the list!
Tx!
retrojunk.com is pretty comprehensive
John: You’re right. I’m going to go through that site and find some more links.
A quick search didn’t yield a non-goofy video version of the intro, but “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” has my favorite theme song:
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Garry_Shandling_Show_1.html
Where’s F Troop??
Where’s G.I. Joe??
Fantastic list but you gotta put Hard Castle & McCormick in there…that was early 80’s cheese to a T.
Trumpet post (listen to the music)…
Amazing Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQka7PyoAY
Coach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkFPq3LixKs
Major Dad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoiNgI2zmXI
A lot of good shows debuted in 1989 (Coach and Major Dad here).
Jon-Erik Hexum Memorial Post
Voyagers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZJX6vxsCIM
Cover Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPoqjpAqbA
The late 80’s post…
Roseanne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOtBO9IxckU
A Different World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJZBwfSzLHE
Amen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcqKy259qM
Designing Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7A_91wVU0w
Unfortunately, Murphy Brown didn’t have an intro. They did their credits during the opening scene. So to take her place, we’ll use Mary Tyler Moore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-zpGtVtqQk
Found short version of Mr. Belvedere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnNMiEkYJjQ
hey i followed the link from sportsguy’s page. very nice list of links. i only see 1 omission. can you find the closing theme for WKRP? it was the cool rockin’ one.
luvrhino: Thanks for suggestion, but I couldn’t find an intro.
Added all of them.
Jess: Tx! Added both F. Troop and G.I. Joe (theanimated series–is that what you were referring to?)
Dan: You took the words right out of my mouth. Hardcastle was one of my favorites growing up. Added it.
Jared: 11 links! Thanks! Maybe I should pay you a commission.
Slugo: This list is just for opening themes. I added the intro for WKRP.
Good call sending this to the sports guy’s attention. That is how I found it and I have to say “great work”. One suggestion though: if you’re gonna have G.I. Joe on here (which is great) you gotta have the Transformers.
Tx, I posted it.
I thought there’d be a pretty good chance Bill Simmons would link to this post because he loves this kind of pop culture/nostalgic stuff.
More!
One Day at a Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82CUd6isyY
The Andy Griffith Show
(can’t find it)
Baywatch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcGhW0mDWmI
(Premiered 1989)
Fraggle Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0
Gidget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3CWACel4c
Lost in Space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ3sQQMDL6I
Beverly Hillbillies
(Can’t find the classic theme)
Max Headroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5MZtYDbCQ
Mister Ed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wetRcl6ZBjk
Dobie Gillis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsfFf8KFELo
My Three Sons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-PbwJ0VXhs
Sledge Hammer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBAbz6isTsI
(and his brother…)
Mike Hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqA3b3nXcE
Spencer for Hire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY3xEJ4RxcA
I’ll keep looking. I’ll let you know where you can send the commissions.
Jared: Tx again! I added all of them, including Beverly Hillbillies, which I found the classic theme for on RetroJunk. Can’t find Andy Griffith.
What about Webster and Night Court? They would be ones to add for sure!
Thanks for the memories!
Remington Steele, Life Goes On, Thirtysomething,
Columbo, Degrassi, Family Affair, In the Heat of The Night, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Powers of Matthew Star, Vegas, Wiseguy, V…
These are some other show missing from that era.
A Different World
China Beach, Father Dowling Mysteries.
Ella: I already had Webster, A Different World, and Night Court. I added the rest of your suggestions except Degrassi (which I couldn’t find an early intro for), Marcus Welby, Thirtysomething, Columbo, and Family Affair (none of which I could find).
tx!
What about the classic Baywatch theme song (”I’ll be there..”)? The one posted is an ancient one from Season 1 or the pilot only.
Andy: I posted an early 1989 version of the intro because I’m going for a nostalgiac feel, and the more recent intros don’t have that.
Here’s plenty more. Happy 2008!
Day By Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7IymHKQnEU
Grand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6rzlHT7Bg&NR=1
Matt Houston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0q318sgQQ4
Land of the Giants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTpkYVUv1D4
Hello, Larry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXroB-yhtfU
Rawhide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFnvLC83ew
Today’s Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTlW0g_W4Eo
Zoobilee Zoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgUR_X0HADs
The Flash (premiered in 1990, but couldn’t resist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH7-kn_qVAE
I see you have The Hogan Family, but CBS had a total of 3 versions of the Valerie show. Here are the other openings…
Valerie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca0R6qOwS7Y
Valerie’s Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrschcCNBg
Two programs I used to watch on Friday nights were “Love American Style” and “Rowan and Martins Laugh In”. LAS had a decent theme tune…?
By the way, I enjoyed hearing these tunes again- really brings back good feelings from the past.
Brian NYC: Happy New Years to you too! Tx for the links! I added all of them except for “Flash” (sorry). That’s so freaky about all those Hogan Family name changes. I added those links parenthetically beside the Hogan Family.
Jeff MacDonald: I’m glad you like the links, and that they bring back good memories. I was able to find Love American Style, but wasn’t so lucky with Laugh In. There are a lot of clips of Laugh In skits circulating on YouTube, but no intro.
New Years Eve post!
I wanted to find American Bandstand intros in honor of Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve, but no luck. Some other late night / music shows…
Solid Gold
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RoSoFAwjWwU
Night Tracks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wfJz70mUzQ8
USA UP! All Night
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BSqqrpjWNrQ
Friday Night Videos
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1179364
(bad rip, but you get the idea)
Movies! When I was a kid, these clips always meant to get ready with that “Record” button on the VCR.
ABC Movie Special (From Russia With Love)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FhdAb5LxwNc
CBS Wednesday Night Movies
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nKmpcaI7NQY
NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qCvBY2OT01s
HBO Movie Intro 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JP_ON1G3cf8
HBO Movie Intro 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sgP1G2mGc-o
The Dr. Fad Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIICndD1OY
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVz4TaddTA
Mr. Wizard’s World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wv0wM8Ht2w
Spider-Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcCt2Ag4Sg
The Invisible Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L4H5JlPf1M
The Fantastic Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBhOm1yxag
Logan’s Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNi60LLK1c
The Phoenix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SASkqWyn40
Shazam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv3q5iw3mk
The Secrets of Isis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMJRFGuXL0
Gemini Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWLDa5DnpQ
Future Cop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZdLuz9SKGU
The Powers of Matthew Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwSZeYDRd08
Manimal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZrR6bft-0
Man From Atlantis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLpM7HQ8SU
Tales of the Gold Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdFN6agkNnQ
Jared: Tx! USA Up All Night and those old HBO intros bring back memories. I added all of your links.
Brian_NYC: Tx! I already had Powers of Matthew Star. I added the rest. Mr. Wizard’s World! I remember having a crush on that girl who played his sidekick.
Not sure if the link will work, but I didn’t see Mystery Science Theatre 3000 on the list. Hope you add it.
Just (1/2/200
saw your list via “The Sports Guy” and wanted to suggest “The Wild Wild West”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYCgq8q9Ofw
This site is worth a million bucks if it would add the theme for the Million Dollar Movie, Peter Gunn and I-Spy. I love it!
Eric: Great suggestion! I just added it. tx!
Oppy: Tx, cool intro! Just added it.
Michael Axelrod: Tx! I was able to find I-Spy, but had no such luck with Peter Gunn. And I checked YouTube and there are many “Million Dollar Movie” intros for particular cities. Was there a nationally broadcast version of the Million Dollar Movie?
AWESOME. But we need “Bring ‘Em Back Alive” and “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”. And no, I’m not Bruce Boxleitner.
Also, the 1980s Mission Impossible had a great intro…
Whoops. “Scarecrow”’s there. Sorry.
MISFITS OF SCIENCE, WHERE ARE YOU!!!
johnnyd: Tx for the suggestions! I added them.
Awesome, you rock!! How about Have Gun Will Travel? Lots of laughs & memories on the board!!
Patty Duke ( Identical Cousins?)
Frank Lakat: You rock too, dude! Have Gun-Will Travel? Got it! Patty Duke Show? Got it!
Patty Duke Show, I forgot all about this one. I must have seen every episode of this series twice when I was a wee lad.
A few more for you. Enjoy!
Sigmund the Sea Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmoYJogmieY
The New Zoo Revue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18_KL8PUYM
The Great Space Coaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddm5bQeKvg
The Banana Splits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbU5CzPi0zM
The Bugaloos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvUvC2dDKWA
My Mother the Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__xQl55xVzo
Would I be dating myself if I mentioned Twelve O’Clock High and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
BrianNYC: Muchos gracias! My Mother the Car, what a concept!
Flemmj: I don’t know, would you? Couldn’t find Twelve O’Clock High, but added Voyage.
I remember a couple, don’t know if they were specific to the Michigan area….The Friendly Giant, and the Bozo Show
James: I added The Friendly Giant, but couldn’t find Bozo the Clown, although Letterman did a pretty fuuny skit with him here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4bHPIRbak
GREAT idea.
What about Benson?
Thundercats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qd_IsxgAf8
Ducktales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Sb0hGUNIQ
Gobots
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXB4wvqCPBU
Tranzor Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVkueSuO-GU
Misfits of Science (pilot)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4hUUBEuks
The Wild World Of Animals on PBS???
A Classic fo-sho!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDlKaG24CPU
bloodhound gang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wznNueki03o
allanadale: I’ve been looking for the intro to Benson for ages but haven’t been able to find it.
neil: Added both. tx!
D: Added Tranzor Z and Gobots, and I like the original version of Misfits of Science so I changed the link. tx!
Hipster: Yeah, this is a great intro. I remember it, but the video isn’t working.
todd: Added it. tx!
I am sure you have this one, but I can’t think of the name of the show.
The song is “Hero”, or “I Need a Hero”.
It’s the show where that character shot himself in the head with a gun loaded with blanks and died on the set.
DDI: That’s Cover Up, which I have above, and the actor who shot himself is Jon Erik Hexum, who also starred in Voyagers, which I also have above.
A suggestion from a former 12 year old who loved this show:
Here Come the Brides
uh…where’s The Snorks?
mechugena: Added it.
rainbow: Found it, but somebody recorded it off their TV. Still, the quality isn’t that bad.
GREAT LIST. heres a couple more i remember as a kid:
here come the brides
Topcat
can’t remember the name of the show, but it was astronauts in caveman times and started with “its about time, its about space, about two men in the strangest place..”
milton the monster
the archies
jackie gleason show
mr. magoo (saturday nights)
wheres huddles ( a flintstone ripoff with football players that basically was the flintstones and the rubbles. the men were football players and the ladies cheerleaders)
linus the lionheared
tennesee tuxedo
astro boy
time tunnel
green hornet
im sure the list could go on and on…thanks for the memories!
How about “Moonlighting” and “Masterpiece Theater”?
Here is a good oldies song as the intro to the short-lived show “Crime Story” which came on after “Miami Vice” on Friday’s for a brief stint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is5ofSHZWTM
By the way, awesome job of compiling all of these songs in one place.
kevin: Tx for all the suggestions! I added most of them. I couldn’t find an appropriate Mr. Magoo intro, or for Jackie Gleason Show and Tennessee Tuxedo. The show you’re referring to about astronauts is “It’s About TIme” which was created by Sherwood Shwartz of Brady Bunch infamy. I couldn’t find an intro for it.
Meg: Tx! I already had Moonlighting, but I found an old intro of Masterpiece Theater.
Steve: Tx! I kept reminding myself to add that one and kept forgetting. Great intro!
Another:
Movin On:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX127VE9vVs
May I suggest adding “The Persuaders”?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bgLEdvRKAYI
Jay: Tx! I added it. Great intro, by the way.
Marcell: Tx! I added it.
thanks!! as i was walking down the street, i thought of two other ones:
NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR (”phobe figalilly is a silly name”…)
and COURTSHIP OF EDDIES FATHER.
keep up the good work!
ps….did you realize that the LOVE AMERICAN STYLE intro you have is the pilot that introduced HAPPY DAYS????
i remember watching that exact show at my great grandparents house in the late sixties..
whoops, thought of another:
WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME.
you can tell i was into cartoons!
kevin: Tx for your suggestions and comments! Courtship is a terrific intro that I had never seen. I added all of them. Isn’t You Tube the best?
Very cool list. We are infatuated with TV show intros over here at Detour. We just did a guide to 1970s TV Detectives. Check it here: http://detour-mag.com/assets/2008/01/15/1970s-tv-detectives/
does anybody remember a tv show (didn’t last long) but the “hero” was a guy who was followed around by a cursor that would create a car or motorcycle - the vehicles would make 90 degree turns at high speed, like Tron (the video game)???
Can’t remember the name of that show for the life of me.
Schoolhouse Rock: I’m just a Bill
Schoolhouse Rock: Conjunction Function!
Schoolhouse Rock: The Preamble!!
I love this stuff. Kids today miss out on so much!!
Schoolhouse Rock: Elbow Room.
Schoolhouse Rock: Fireworks
Schoolhouse Rock: Interjections
Schoolhouse Rock: Adverbs
Schoolhouse Rock: Verbs
Schoolhouse Rock: The Shot Heard Round the World
Schoolhouse Rock: A noun is a person, place or thing
Great find on the White Shadow….thanks!
Thanks kj!
BK, if you haven’t found it yet, the show you’re thinking of is “Automan.”
Jared - thanks that’s the one.
Completely enjoying the ‘old school’ intro’s BUT theres one that is ‘MISSING and Nick Adams is rolling over yelling ‘THE REBLE”
This is still a wild ride down memory lane.
And would be more fun if Then Came Bronson was
along for the ride too.
I can’t believe nobody nominated “Mr. Bean” yet.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cWZ-gDxkvRc
Sorry, I banked on one site that said “1989 - 2005″, but it seems like that means production years as the first episode indeed aired on 1/1/1990. So no Mr. Bean for this list
PLEASE DELETE ALL OF MY COMMENTS (including this one).
They would only confuse people, as there is another problem with the specified dates: 2005 was NOT a production year, instead an episode produced in 1995 aired for the first time then.
How about the title sequences for “Hazel?” There are about nine or ten of them, as they changed each season.
In fact, one title sequence was used for only one episode, varies slightly from the other one used that season in that “Harold” (called “Sport” by “Hazel”) runs off to the right off the patio, instead of skipping backwards when he smells the cookies “Hazel” has just baked & taken out of the oven.
I have all of the episodes from all five years of the show, so thus all the title sequences I could copy ten episodes to a disc, but I would have to include the complete episodes, as I don;t know how to edit for just the intro sequences. But if you know how to edit them before uploading, then let me know.