# Favorite TV opening Title Credits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329 "2010-04-16T11:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/41 "2010-04-16T18:57:08Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > [Garry Shandling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWbkWTYwTw&feature=related) keepin’ in simple. Not as simple as _Murphy Brown_. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/42 "2010-04-16T18:58:48Z")
The Addams Family was pretty good too. Also good: Twilight Zone. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/43 "2010-04-16T19:40:13Z")
If by favorite you mean the one that would send me running out of the room with my hands over my ears, that would be [Night Gallery](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pToHSFdwk) I think [Mad Men](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRr-Fb5xQo)has a nifty combination of graphics and music. For singing along purposes you can’t beat[The Love Boat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=559899), sung in your best cheesy lounge singer style. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/44 "2010-04-16T19:55:50Z")
The _Chuck_ opening is pretty simple, but snappy. Especially if you’re a _Cake_ fan. The _Psych_ opening song is very catchy, and I like how they’ve played alternate versions of it for some episodes. Like a Spanish version of it for the epsiode where Shawn gets a gig in a Spanish soap opera. And a Hindi version for the Bollywood episode. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/45 "2010-04-16T20:10:05Z")
If Digital Kitchen did it, I probably love it. Six Feet Under, Dexter, House, and the one I think is probably the best of all,[True Blood](http://www.d-kitchen.com/projects/True-Blood-Main-Title#). Especially if the standard you’re using is how well the credits convey the mood and energy of the show itself. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/46 "2010-04-16T20:15:10Z")
They also did Nip/Tuck, Ghost Whisperer, which I only just now saw and it’s cool, as well as The Company, which is terrific. Go here to watch: [http://www.d-kitchen.com/projects/main-titles#](http://www.d-kitchen.com/projects/main-titles#) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/47 "2010-04-16T20:17:43Z")
Since the OP mentioned my favorite, **UFO** , I’ll mention my second favorite: [The Avengers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYKMnTADbxY) And my third favorite: [The Inspector](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGbaAWq12Tw) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/48 "2010-04-16T20:23:08Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > Seems to me like everyone in the US would recognize the theme to The Andy Griffith Show. I came in here to post this one. The combination of Andy and little Opie strolling along a dirt road to the fishing spot (then Opie skipping the rock), and the use of the whistle/whistler as a signal of leisurely activity but spiffed up into a structured and melodic tune, along with the pared down drums-with-brushes and bass accompaniment was perfect. No, I haven’t really thought about this at all, why do you ask? I also liked the original _Goods Times’_ opening credits and the theme song, although it was only a couple of years ago that I got the “standing in a chow line” lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/49 "2010-04-16T20:26:54Z")
I’ve quickly grown to really enjoy the title sequence to the new show [Treme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWaFD4S00mc). It’s a great song, and I love the archival parade footage. The credits themselves are mostly over static backgrounds, which seems very simple, but you quickly realize that the images are actually walls with water damage, showing how high the levels got during the Katrina flooding. Very effective. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/50 "2010-04-16T20:45:58Z")
[The Gummi Bears!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUNoy0Qub0) now, in all seriousness. [Knight Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo) has to at least get an honorable mention ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/51 "2010-04-16T20:58:04Z")
I agree with all of the choices made so far (especially Hawaii Five-O) but how can this have gone onto a second page without someone mentioning: [Police Squad!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGY1zLoh-s0) In Color ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/52 "2010-04-16T21:01:50Z")
**HEY YOU GUYS!** We’re going to turn it with [The Electric Company](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFYMijdQ_sA) (US kid’s language arts show, kin to _Sesame Street_). Opening credits with no… um, cast credits? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/53 "2010-04-16T21:42:55Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Seconded! > > How about: > **Simon & Simon** > **The A-Team** > and of course **The Dukes of Hazzard** > no links at work either. For instantly recognizable, the A-Team, Mission Impossible and Hawaii 5-0 for me. Sneaking through a hotel to crash a party? Hum Mission Impossible Driving my truck at Ludicrous Speed on a back country road? A-Team Kayaking or canoeing down a river? Hawaii 5-0 Sheer story telling that lets us know exactly what this is about? That is The Duke Boys theme. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/54 "2010-04-16T23:53:54Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Battlestar: Galactica, the new series. I love that opening song and then it goes into those drums. I watched the entire series on DVD and never once fast forwarded through the credits. Bleh. Give me [this one](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1821019/battlestar_galactica_show_opening_circa_1978/) over that one any day. Dumping that awesome theme was the biggest sin they could’ve ever possibly committed when remaking it. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/55 "2010-04-17T00:28:13Z")
Another vote for UFO. [The Tomorrow People](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI&NR=1) (The orginal 70’s series). [The Banana Splits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81LQnWPVqSI&feature=related) “TRA-la-laa-LA-la-la-laaaa…” ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/56 "2010-04-17T00:31:20Z")
Guys, come on! Nobody remembers the opening of [_Dinosaurs_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series))? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/57 "2010-04-17T00:58:27Z")
Seconding Hawaii Five-0, the Avengers, Mad Men, Sanford and Son (the only TV theme I have in my iPod), and Mission: Impossible. Adding Babylon 5, particularly the season three version. “It failed.” ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/58 "2010-04-17T10:22:00Z")
[Batman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDc-1zfffMw) [Spiderman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk) ---
**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 17, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/59 "2010-04-17T13:16:20Z")
[Doctor Who](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhPM2wMzH8&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329/60 "2010-04-19T13:00:41Z")
> [@TPWombat](#): > > [The Banana Splits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81LQnWPVqSI&feature=related) “TRA-la-laa-LA-la-la-laaaa…” ``` Thanks to Retro-Toon my kids are addicted to this one! It was one of my favorites as a kid but it's painful to watch now! ``` I bought the DVDs of Land of the Lost Seasons 1 and 2. Catchy theme but again almost unwatchable acting and special effects.Of course my kids love it and sing the theme song as if it is a nursery rhyme! > [@](#): > > Marshall, Will, and Holly > On a routine expedition > Met the greatest earthquake ever known. > High on the rapids > It struck their tiny raft. > And plunged them down a thousand feet below. > > To the Land of the Lost. > To the Land of the Lost. > To the Land of the Lost. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-opening-title-credits/536329.md?page=4)