# Best series intros **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354 "2009-04-08T03:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/21 "2009-04-08T17:23:20Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > The über-trippy mid-70s opening for [Doctor Who](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVivT0ShC4), with psychedelic swirls and intensely trippy music (with a kickass bass lick). The Dr. Who intro is great. I really dig the new one. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/22 "2009-04-08T17:33:08Z")
Wow, didn’t think I’d be the first to mention [Twin Peaks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDuGN6K3VQ)… I was also going to say something along the lines of Drum God…Star Trek: Enterprise’s visuals were awesome but they ruined it with the choice of music. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/23 "2009-04-08T18:00:39Z")
I may have been young at the time, but I loved watching the Cosby Show intros throughout the 80s. Were they one of the first shows to do something different every season? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/24 "2009-04-08T18:02:24Z")
The Prisoner. Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/25 "2009-04-08T18:05:01Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Battlestar Galactica’s were pretty darned good too. Agreed. If someone was in the room when an episode started and was curious, you could basically recap the premise of the series by talking over the opening. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/26 "2009-04-08T18:15:57Z")
I always liked the Invader Zim intro, personally. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/27 "2009-04-08T18:51:13Z")
The only show I watch regularly whose credits I don’t always just skip through is **Big Love**. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/28 "2009-04-08T19:00:51Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > The only correct answer to this question is _The Wire_. Fourth season in particular. Agreed. There was something haunting about the kids version of that song, which made it perfect for season 4. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/29 "2009-04-08T19:26:45Z")
I’ll second Dead Like Me…the music was just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/30 "2009-04-08T19:33:23Z")
I’ll third Dead Like Me. I just started watching, I’m about half way through season 1 (thank you Netflix instant view). Not only is the music great, but the images of grim reapers going about their daily lives makes me chuckle everytime I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/31 "2009-04-08T19:44:14Z")
I like the JAG intros, partially because of the nonsequiter bit about Harm using his Top Gun aviator skills in the courtroom (from the earlier seasons), but also because of the kickass marching tune with cool footage of jets and such. Really, it was at its best when something really bad happened at the end of the teaser, like in the episode with the NATO ships colliding in the Med. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/32 "2009-04-08T19:52:54Z")
I like a bunch of these but also need to mention [Cowboy Bebop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqvsUs-iQvg) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/33 "2009-04-08T20:06:16Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > I like a bunch of these but also need to mention [Cowboy Bebop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqvsUs-iQvg) Just beat me! Curse you, BurnMeUp! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/34 "2009-04-08T20:09:42Z")
I’ll nominate [Hustle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyIDtBX7f0&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/35 "2009-04-08T20:18:32Z")
Despite the number of people who hate it, the opening to \*Firefly \*always gives me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/36 "2009-04-08T20:51:31Z")
I like the season 1 intro of [Red dwarf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzjee-Ugqc). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/37 "2009-04-08T22:05:40Z")
Nerd sing along! > [@](#): > > In the not too distant future > Next Sunday, A.D… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/38 "2009-04-08T22:16:15Z")
The original Star Trek is pretty classic if only for the monologue. ---
**Author:** ![cinehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@cinehead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cinehead)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/39 "2009-04-08T22:25:14Z")
Homicide: Life on the Streets; The Sopranos; Six Feet Under; Entourage. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354/40 "2009-04-08T22:38:53Z")
[The Simpsons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZGz1Ajg7QU), which owes more than a little to [The](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQYeT8om5E&feature=related) [Flintstones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YArUNXG9jbE&feature=related). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-series-intros/492354.md?page=3)