# Your favorite TV program opening sequence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890 "2013-02-10T17:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/41 "2013-02-10T21:33:22Z")
[Deadwood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B909njPoX7k) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/42 "2013-02-10T21:38:56Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > The show was crap, but the [Star Trek: Voyager opening credits](http://youtu.be/GRW8mv3GnDA) were awesome. Yes. We periodically dial up another one on Netflix, only to swear never-again, again… that show hugged and loved and treasured everything intolerable about earlier Trek franchises. (Mostly the totally encapsulated episodes; NOTHING ever ended up changed.) But I could watch the title sequence over and over. Magnificent music, so much more understated than TOS or TNG, and such lovely, inspiring images. About the only better moment is in the DS9 title sequence, where the station first comes into view - tiny, overwhelmed, even “all alone in the night.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/43 "2013-02-10T21:43:08Z")
The Prisoner, with Jonny Quest a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/44 "2013-02-10T21:49:55Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > The original Hawaii Five-O is my favorite. Cool visuals, great music- perhaps the best TV theme song ever. Someone beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/45 "2013-02-10T21:53:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Am I the first to mention [Game of Thrones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8)? This is the first season opener. I don’t know how many versions there are. I like how you can tell where we are going to visit during the episode by which city unwinds. This is the first thing that occurred to me as well. The tribal chanting of the [Survivor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyb2HYSne3E) theme has always seemed appropriate to me. On the lighter side, I’ve always liked Craig Ferguson’s [Late Late Show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZkQIWh14yU) theme, which I’ve just now discovered is actually _much_ longer than what is actually shown on air. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/46 "2013-02-10T21:56:01Z")
I don’t particularly care for the show Weeds, but ‘Little Boxes’ has always played in my head whenever I drove through any particularly garish housing development before I ever saw one episode. And then there is Airwolf. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/47 "2013-02-10T22:00:30Z")
The various G. I. Joe opening sequences are among my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/48 "2013-02-10T22:03:32Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > The various G. I. Joe opening sequences are among my favorites. Remember the one from _G.I. Joe- The Movie_? Best of them all, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/49 "2013-02-10T22:09:12Z")
[Dilbert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk0ujsHLPMM) was extremely good. You can find more clever stuff on repeated viewings. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/50 "2013-02-10T22:17:07Z")
[_In the not too distant future…_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUkKltAidM) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/51 "2013-02-10T22:31:30Z")
[Cleopatra 2525](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbHqcPE9pM) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/52 "2013-02-10T22:37:49Z")
The genius of the Game of Thrones opening is this: You have a TV show based on a epic fantasy doorstopper series. What do they always put at the beginning of a volume? A map. What do they put at the start of each episode of the series based on the books? Also a map. Watching the opening sequence is exactly like leafing to the map every hundred pages or so, just to keep track of where the characters are. It’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/53 "2013-02-10T23:22:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Remember the one from _G.I. Joe- The Movie_? Best of them all, in my opinion. That’s technically a movie intro, but yeah… No other intro comes close. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/54 "2013-02-10T23:25:41Z")
_Barney Miller_, too. I liked the opening theme, and my dad would always jump up and go to the TV and point to his office building when the showed the New York skyline. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/55 "2013-02-10T23:34:49Z")
**The Sopranos** opening, with Tony driving past various Jersey sites while “Woke Up This Morning” plays - utterly perfect. I’ve seen hundreds of times and it still gives me a little thrill. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/56 "2013-02-11T00:01:02Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Cleopatra 2525](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbHqcPE9pM) Ooh, that reminds me. [Jack Of All Trades](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/57 "2013-02-11T00:11:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Star Trek TOS was effective, imho. All it showed was space and an odd looking spaceship. Viewers knew it wasn’t going to be a western, a cop show, or a soap (although we could argue that ST:TOS was indeed all of those things), but rather something to do with space and that funny looking spaceship. That’s interesting. I was about to mention all the ST series . . . except TOS. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/58 "2013-02-11T00:24:31Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Cleopatra 2525](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbHqcPE9pM) Oh, man, I totally forgot about that show! Thanks for the reminder… ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/59 "2013-02-11T05:45:33Z")
Hardly qualifies as an opening sequence, but seeing the word “LOST” coming spinning out of my screen always gave me chills. No one’s mentioned any anime so far. I’ve watched certain shows long past the point where they were actually interesting just because I enjoyed the opening sequence so much. [Bleach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt4r932kYvM) [Samurai Champloo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OuRajFzMYI) [Chobits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXNJ-6qpU6c) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890/60 "2013-02-11T15:48:02Z")
Also, For sheer fun, [Monty Python](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rutX0I6NxU). For silly camp, [UFO](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQj_WajKgDY). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-program-opening-sequence/649890.md?page=4)