The 10 Most Delightfully Goofy Television Opening Credit Sequences Of All-Time
Automan (1983)
The producers of Automan had to think that Tron was going to do better at the box-office, because that's the only explanation for a show that's pretty much the exact same thing -- only the opposite. To wit: In this version the computer character lives in the outside world. Also different: A terrible, but delightfully cheesy theme song.
Punky Brewster (1984)
Maybe the world is blind. Or, just a little unkind. But in what world does a little girl, who seems quite well groomed, live on the streets with her puppy without child services being called? The best part comes at the 1:11 point when Henry catches Punky dancing and the scene uses still frames for dramatic effect. Speaking of dancing...
Blossom (1991)
The opening of Blossom's first season featured the title character filming herself dancing around in her bedroom. The subsequent season gave her dancing a more professional (and cringe inducing) look. Then, in perhaps the cheesiest montage of all time, the other actors in the cast joined her. It can only be assumed that Michael Stoyanov and Ted Wass wisely put a "no dancing" clause in their contracts. In contrast, Joey Lawrence had no apprehensions.
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Man, this list could be a 100 items long! All good choices, but i would have found a way to squeeze the opening from 'Sledge Hammer' onto this list!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6HIiWCh7k
Oh, c'mon, The Fall Guy theme was brilliant!
"Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell, / But I've been seen with Farrah."
How is that not all full of awesome?
What? I think everything on this list is full of awesome! Though, I prefer:
"I've never spent much time in school / but I've taught ladies plenty"
How could you miss this?
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/12/matt_houston_dvd.php
Because I am a moron. Yes, that is fantastic. I remember watching Matt Houston as a little kid and thinking that I wanted to be a Matt Houston.
Not even *CLOSE*:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMJRFGuXL0
Oh Mighty ISIS!
Disappointing to see that a certain band of scientific outcasts are even too much of misfits for this list.
YES!! That immediately came to mind when I saw the subject line of this article.
Even my hyperlink didn't fit! (Probably because I typed it incorrectly.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZWKfeN1u4
jesus, now that took me back. (i drew the line at '90210' and 'Blossom', though. hey, some things are just better left in the past where they belong.)
Loved those early seasons of 90210. The early 1990s... *sigh*
Put The Fall Guy down as the most awesome opening for me. As a boy in the early 1980s, seeing all those stunts was amazing... and still looks cool to this 36-year-old 🙂
Dear, Cargo-
If you're sarcastically referring to any one of the drunken sexual escapades I had in college with someone who was either: too fat, too drunk or too stupid...
Kudos to you for calling me on it.
Hands down "The Electric Company" had one of the best openings (and opening lines) ever. "HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUUYSS!!!!"
Hey everybody it's J.T. Lancer!!! / "The Big Chill"
The Fall Guy is one of the greatest tv openings ever!
Weird parallel shot Wrigley Field & Cubs tix joy for Punky Brewster and Perfect Strangers...
Ew.