Your favourite TV opening credits

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Go back as far as you want. What shows from now or yesteryear had openings that always excited you that the show was about to start?

I'll start with a few....

Adam & Joe

The intro was as low-budget and colourful as all their content was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lf2Pkxtivs

'Allo 'Allo

The music was brilliant and it would be great when Rene would start the show with a piece to camera, breaking the fourth wall in a far more fun way than a standard "Last time, on....." montage.

[Colly]

Is the Adam and Joe theme an actual piece of music or just a bit of a knockoff of Advert by Blur? Always wondered...

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Farscape

I love the way that Crichton's intro speaking changes as the seasons pass to show how his feelings towards those around him has changed, about enemies he's made, about Earth, about how his crewmates are now his friends....Nice touches.

This clip has a few of the season intros.

A-Team

Obviously. It's a classic.

[Skummy]

Interceptor.

[GoGo Yubari]

I swear you've started this topic before. But I'll bite and post a few times. First two are my two favorite sets of opening credits from shows currently on TV. In both cases, I actually don't skip the credits to get on with the rest of the episode if I'm watching it on DVR and I don't do that with other shows unless their credits are really short.

[ADG]

So many from my childhood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqekYM_rH1k

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

[apsham]

True Blood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8

I think watching the opening puts me in the proper frame of mind to watch an episode - not that I've done so in a while, but I still love the opening.

[Skummy]

I hate True Blood with a passion, but that song is bad-ass as all sin, even if it is a rip-off of a Chris Isaak song.

[King Ellis]

Didn't we just have this recently? I recall someone posted Sharky & George which is a good shout but it only made me realise how creepy I find that now.

[Dingle]

Most of my 'favourites' were short ones because I tend to watch TV shows en masse, but Game of Thrones is watchable every single week. Probably my favourite ever tv credits.

I also really like the Dexter intro, and especially liked how it was slotted into the first episode.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I think that was childhood favourites or something. Dunno if was intros either. Might have just been favourite programmes from childhood.

[Lint]

Jack of All Trades

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSAEwUp2AY

[ruderrocket]

Embedding isn't really working for me right now, so i'll just post links to videos.

Gun to my head, I'd have to choose between the openings of Freaks and Geeks (

), Cowboy Bebop (

) and Cheers (

).

Cheers is in there mainly on the strength of nostalgia. Some of my most vivid memories from when I was younger involve watching Cheers on VCR with my mom (I'm just guessing that it was on VCR, not really sure). I remember I memorizing the lyrics of the song, and always trying to copy the face of the kid in the last picture of the credits.

Edited June 1, 2012 by ruderrocket

[Josh]

Yeah, we've done this before, as I've previously mentioned these:

[Your Mom]

Fringe is by far my favorite opening of all time. I've actually mentioned it elsewhere that I actually catch a bit of a sexual thrill when the opening note hits.

[Josh]

Also, it might be the most obvious choice ever, but CSAMH is totally right about The A-Team. Here's a couple more in a similar vein that I've always loved:

[Summers]

Seconding Dexter. Entourage was alright too.

[=BK=]

[Summers]

Quite like The Walking Dead's, too.

[C-MIL]

Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air is my jam.