# Favorite TV Show Opening/Closing Title Sequences **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325 "2005-05-24T20:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 25, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/21 "2005-05-25T00:00:53Z")
Wow 18 postings before someone mentioned **“Hawaii Five-O”**? I definitely second that. By the way, great choices everybody. **Candid Gamera** - you remember Jack of All Trades? Great show !!! “In Eighteen Hundred One the Revolution had been won and Uncle Sam’s favorite son had a job that needed done, which brought Jack to a lady both beautiful and smart…” ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/22 "2005-05-25T00:16:56Z")
I liked the sappy **Cheers** theme. **Life Goes On** Theme by the same name. Can we pick a talk show? I love the opening music and first 2 minutes of Late Night with Conan. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/23 "2005-05-25T00:43:49Z")
I liked, but at the same time was frightened by the **Ironside** theme. Those swooping strings, those full stops at the beginning. That hard-hitting brass. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/24 "2005-05-25T01:03:13Z")
_Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex_ _Sonic the Hedgehog_ (ABC version) _New Adventures of Johhny Quest_ (I _think_ that was the name…) _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ _Cybersix_ _Bonanza_ _Escaflowne_ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/25 "2005-05-25T01:04:12Z")
Miami Vice SWAT ---
**Author:** ![docandjean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@docandjean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/docandjean)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/26 "2005-05-25T01:12:44Z")
The closing credits from **Red Dwarf**. “Goldfish oh, nibbling on my toes, Fun, Fun, Fun in the sun, sun, sun” ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/27 "2005-05-25T01:18:00Z")
> [@GLWasteful](#): > > I liked, but at the same time was frightened by the **Ironside** theme. Those swooping strings, those full stops at the beginning. That hard-hitting brass. That opening actually spooked me as a kid; something about all those silhouettes scared me. Oh, and nobody’s mentioned **Monty Python’s Flying Circus**. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/28 "2005-05-25T01:38:42Z")
**RancidYakButterTeaParty** _Life Goes On Theme by the same name._ The show was called “Life Goes On”. However the correct title of the song is: **Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da** by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/29 "2005-05-25T01:54:25Z")
Quantum Leap. Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (anime) Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio show, for some of the throwaway gags they included) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/30 "2005-05-25T01:56:18Z")
Opening sequence has zillions of details. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/31 "2005-05-25T02:16:26Z")
Secret Agent Man The Prisoner Home Team Sports out of Baltimore had a lively ditty they played over the credits at the end of Orioles’ broadcasts. If we can count live sports, the Phillies used to end their games with Goodnight, Sweetheart. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/32 "2005-05-25T02:31:02Z")
In addition to many already mentioned… **Mission: Impossible** (amazing the sense of tension you can generate with a burning fuse and a 5/4 beat.) **Star Cops** (an obscure, 80’s (?) BBC sci-fi/gumshoe shoe, with a nicely melancholy theme by Justin Hayward.) ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/33 "2005-05-25T02:43:26Z")
\*\*The Prisoner That Girl Mission Impossible The Fugitive Bonanza The Munsters Mystery! The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/34 "2005-05-25T02:53:49Z")
**Millenium** , the TV show that starred Lance Henrikson. Great mix of haunting and atmospheric music. **Battlestar Galactica** , the new series, although I’ll admit to a certain fondness for the old series’ opening credits. Pity the opening credits in the 1970s version of series was usually far better than what followed. **Law & Order**. I favor the slightly longer version from when Michael Moriarity was the Assistant D.A. **Farscape** , especially the one from the third and fourth season. “Look upwards, and share in the wonders that I have seen.” **The Dukes of Hazzard**. I _loved_ this as a kid. Caught the opening credits again on CMT recently, and found to my surprise that I still like how the opening credits are done, including the song. **Miami Vice**. For some bizarre reason, I’ve always appreciated that little quick shot of the jai alai player during the opening credits. This coming from a person who has never even seen jai alai in person. I remember really, really liking the song heard over the opening credits of **The Greatest American Hero**. **Iron Chef**. The whole bit, from the Chairman biting in to the pepper, to the voiceover describing the upcoming challenger, to the sweeping camera showing the kitchen stadium packed full o’ chefs. And great music, too. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/35 "2005-05-25T02:55:31Z")
\*\*Space: 1999 X-Files Avengers\*\* ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/36 "2005-05-25T03:06:13Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _New Adventures of Johhny Quest_ (I _think_ that was the name…) Actually, it was _The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest_. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/37 "2005-05-25T03:29:14Z")
> [@F. U. Shakespeare](#): > > **The Beverly Hillbillies** Then you gotta also like _ **Green Acres** _ and _ **Gilligan’s Island** _. I do. They fall into the category of openings that tell the entire background story to new viewers. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/38 "2005-05-25T05:43:10Z")
I really like Six Feet Under’s opening. And the Northern Exposure opening makes feel feel like all is right with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/39 "2005-05-25T06:16:54Z")
Well, my one favorite opening would have to be: (the scifi show) **Doctor Who** , even though it doesn’t really count as “one”, and as for closings, Well, I love ending/title sequences from anime series where the cast does out of canon things, such as how the cast of **Pretty Cure** does an odd, herky-jerky dance, **including the villians.** That is the only one that springs to mind right now. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325/40 "2005-05-25T06:34:27Z")
**Cowboy Bebop** – I kinda like the show, but so far I’ve never seen an episode that was better than it’s own opening credits. And I second **The Avengers** – particularly from the color episodes with Diana Rigg. You know, the one where she shoots the cork out of the champagne bottle. Coolest opening _ever_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-show-opening-closing-title-sequences/305325.md?page=3)