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Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 5:57:11 AM

Gimli The Dwarf

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Ok, I was bored and wanted to start a list and I've been thinking about this one for a while anyway. So this is my 100 favourite Tv intros and credit sequences, a few end titles thrown in as well. Not all of the shows are great but for whatever reason I love all of these openings.

100. Spider-Man
99. The Benny Hill Show
98. Bullseye
97. Fireball XL5
96. Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
95. Dinosaurs
94. The Tudors
93. Mister Ed
92. Zorro
91. Top Cat
90. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
89. The Shield
88. Sesame Street
87. Battlestar Galactica
86. The King Kong Show
85. Land Of The Giants
84. Hawaii Five-O
83. Knight Rider
82. The Phil Silvers Show
81. The Wire
80. The Sooty Show
79. Kingdom Hospital
78. True Blood
77. Sons Of Anarchy
76. Supergran
75. Thomas The tank Engine & Friends
74. Human Target
73. Dragnet
72. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
71. Chuck
70. The Adventures Of Robin Hood
69. Bertha
68. The Wombles
67. Mission: Impossible
66. The Addams Family
65. Frasier
64. The Magic Roundabout
63. One Foot In The Grave
62. The Sopranos
61. Around The World With Willy Fog
60. Only Fools and Horses
59. Shaun the Sheep
58. 24
57. Rubicon
56. Postman Pat
55. The Invaders
54. Hill Street Blues
53. Star Trek
52. Ironside
51. The West Wing
50. Poirot
49. St. Elsewhere
48. Lost
47. Supernatural
46. Due South
45. The Onedin Line
44. ER
43. Attack of The Killer Tomatoes
42. Dexter
41. Rainbow
40. The Outer limits (1963)
39. Fraggle Rock
38. Danger Mouse
37. Rawhide
36. Thunderbirds
35. The Twilight Zone
34. The Trap Door
33. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
32. Camberwick Green
31. Batman
30. Six Feet Under
29. Planet Earth
28. Mr. Benn
27. Muppet Babies
26. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
25. Tales From Fat Tulip's Garden
24. Mad Men
23. Trumpton
22. Bananaman
21. Button Moon
20. Tenko
19. Band Of Brothers
18. Homicide: Life On the Street
17. John Adams
16. Rome
15. The Munsters
14. Dick Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
13. Flight Of the Conchords
12. Fawlty Towers
11. Deadwood
10. Police Squad!
9. Monty Python's Flying Circus
8. Wacky Races
7. The X-Files
6. Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
5. The Pillars Of The Earth
4. Dad's Army
3. Mr. Men
2. Stoppit and Tidyup
1. The Muppet Show

And to begin, a rather apt opening sequence considering a current blockbuster...

100. Spider-Man (1967)

"Spider-Man, Spider-Man. Does whatever a spider can"

An amazingly naff cartoon but dammit if it hasn't got one of TV's catchiest songs. It should be made law that any and all screen versions of Spiderman use this song, in full, at every available opportunity. It would have made Spiderman 2 soooo much better.

Best bit - Apart from the song, it has to be wave he gives at 0.28 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk

See also - The Amazing Spiderman, the live action show from 1977. Sadly no song, but look at how ace that costume is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF7DPsVW8I

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 5:58:17 AM

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TOOO LOOOOOWWWWW

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 5:59:46 AM

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I'm surprised you like it

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 6:11:17 AM

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Any theme song awesome enough to get covered by The Ramones deserves a place here.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 6:36:28 AM

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99. The Benny Hill Show

I only have the most vague memories for watching this show when I was younger and I have no idea what I'd think of it if I saw it now. To me, Benny Hill is mainly the man who sang Ernie, The Fastest Milkman in the West (I wonder if I can get that into Rhubarb's music poll?). However, I've always loved the theme tune for the show, the absolutely brilliant Yakety Sax by teh late, great Boots Randolph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdpM1OkBYMs

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 6:45:50 AM

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98. Bullseye

"It's a bullseye!"

There won;t be many game shows on this list. There aren't that many that I've seen and even fewer that I like the credits for, but this was always a favourite. Playing darts isn't bad but watching darts is almost as bad as watching football, so why I liked this show puzzles me. Maybe it was Jim Bowen's poor jokes, Tony Green's "One Hundred and Eighty!" or the fact it was always fun when the supposed good darts player messed up. I think though it was possible due to the fact that I wanted a Bendy Bully. Great opening sequence and ace music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dW1wsHy1X0

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 6:57:08 AM

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97. Fireball XL5

"I wish I was a spaceman, the fast guy alive"

Perhaps not as well remembered as other Gerry Anderson shows, I always used to love Fireball XL5. A great song and wonderful-ish graphics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXGGuqXB8h4

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Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 7:02:56 AM

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Fireball should have been a single, it's that good.

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Young Adult 4/5
21 Jump Street 4/5
The Apartment 5/5

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 7:11:31 AM

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quote:

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97. Fireball XL5

"I wish I was a spaceman, the fast guy alive"

Perhaps not as well remembered as other Gerry Anderson shows, I always used to love Fireball XL5. A great song and wonderful-ish graphics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXGGuqXB8h4

It's not bad, but I can think of 3 better Gerry Anderson intros.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 9:26:51 AM

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Great idea for a list

Hope to see Pugwall in there and the best intro of all time, Funny Bones

( special big up to James the Cat and the super sad song from Button Moon

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 9:42:21 AM

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Brasseye must be in there.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 10:43:41 AM

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I should say that I am only including intros from shows that I have seen. As such, at least one mentioned so far won't be included.

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:00:14 PM

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quote:

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As such, at least one mentioned so far won't be included.

Brasseye?

Bullseye was such an awful show.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:11:55 PM

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I subtitled a couple of repeats of Bullseye a few months ago - casual racism was so in vogue back then.

And my friend's wife appeared on it once.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:13:17 PM

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The one you hate?

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:15:09 PM

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Ha, no, she's not that old.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:30:20 PM

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quote:

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quote:

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As such, at least one mentioned so far won't be included.

Brasseye?

Yep. Don't think I've ever seen a single second of it.

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:31:20 PM

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It's a great show, the intro wouldn't make my list though.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:33:24 PM

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A lot of what's to come probably wouldn't make your list

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 1:38:32 PM

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Spiderman would be in it.

If I pm you a gif, would you av it for me, please?

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 2:38:26 PM

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There are certain intros that I loved, but after watching the series 7 or 8 times through, I have grown to kind of hate and skip (X-Files is a big one), but then, there are a couple I have never gotten sick off no matter how many times I watch (Firefly, X-Men: TAS).

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 7:04:02 PM

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If I pm you a gif, would you av it for me, please?

Yup.

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 12/7/2012 7:30:02 PM

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Sent.

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 8:04:29 AM

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96. Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

"One for one and all for one, Muskehounds are always ready"

My hope is that everyone now has that song stuck in their head for the rest of the day.

I rewatched some episode of this a few years back and it hadn't aged as well as I hoped but it still beats most kids shows from today. It's the insanely annoying yet undeniably memorable song that's the reason Dogtanian makes this list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xO72s5EBY

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 8:12:31 AM

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95. Dinosaurs

"Honey, I'm home"

Certainly not the greatest show to feature work from The Jim Henson Comany (The Hoobs, for instance, was way better) I always had a soft spot for the opening titles. Or at least, the first of the opening titles featuring the ominous drumbeats as Earl Sneed makes his way home, scaring other animals as he barges through the jungle. That was ace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NzzzcOWPH0

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 10:35:05 AM

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94. The Tudors

The first grown-up show on the list. The Tudors might not be a history teacher's favourite show but the titles are just about as good as any actual episode. Sure, Trevor Morris' ace main theme is a tad out of place but the imagery is a great mood-setter and expresses the concept with ease. The intros changed for each season but S2 is my favourite, helped along by Peter O'Toole's sneering glare at the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYVQ1xvnuI

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Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 10:38:22 AM

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93. Mister Ed

"Hello, I'm Mr. Ed"

It's a talking horse introducing his own show. If that doesn't qualify as great I don't know what does!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

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Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 11:46:36 AM

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Dogtanian and Mr. Ed

Speaking of insanely addictive theme songs, will Willy Fog and Cities of Gold make an appearance?

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 11:50:17 AM

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Dogtanian and Mr. Ed Speaking of insanely addictive theme songs, will Willy Fog and Cities of Gold make an appearance?

If Cities of Gold pops up I'll be dismayed if Ulysses 31 doesn't make an appearance as well

.

I used to love Dogtanian

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RE: Top TV Intros! - 13/7/2012 1:26:47 PM

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quote:

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Dogtanian and Mr. Ed Speaking of insanely addictive theme songs, will Willy Fog and Cities of Gold make an appearance?

If�Cities of Gold pops up I'll be dismayed if Ulysses 31 doesn't make an appearance as well .

I used to love Dogtanian .

That is a great show. i scored it a while back and pretty much watched it all it in two days with my 3 year old son, who thought it was class. In your face Mr. Tumble

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