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[Forever8]

 

[victoria foxton]

Unaired opening sequences. I prefer the smooth jazz opening.

Edited May 10, 2022 by victoria foxton

[Chris 2]

Wow - those look like they cost about five dollars and were created on someone’s Vic-20.

Thanks for posting them.

[victoria foxton]

 Test opening credits Aug 13,1985 with Feb 1986 theme.

[Paul Raven]

Thanks for posting.

They were pretty awful, but what got to air wasn't much better.

They needed to incorporate the  traditional cloud visuals. With imagination, they could have been updated.

Any Search cast montage that doesn't build to Stu and Jo doesn't cut it for me.

[Forever8]

The theme is giving me "Fame" vibes while the opening titles itself is giving me "Star Search" 

[Chris 2]

I remember when they had the last opening theme prior to the show’s cancellation, one of the versions did not end with Jo, instead with the McCleary brothers. Which is an outrage

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[MichaelGL]

Wow. I've never seen something so 80's in my life. 

[NothinButAttitude]

Whoa! I share the same sentiments as others--I am glad P&G opted to not go that route and continue to keep the clouds in the intro in '86 as it was synonymous with the show for the most of its history. 

[DRW50]

That was so tinny I could taste the metal. Really bad stuff - the '8i0s no one is nostalgic for. 

[j swift]

100% agree, I mean read the room, the McCleary brothers were not lighting the audience on fire enough to devote that much time in the montage to their shenanigans.

However, let's give a little notice of the youthful hotness of one Mr Matt Ashford; smoking...

And how'd they get that circus horse into the studio?

[Khan]

Or, even better, "Love Connection."  You could just FEEL the audience scores tabulating with each change in the graphics.

[Spoon]

I'd rather jo and stu be at the start of the intro, being senior cast members, definitely  not lost in the middle.  For example,, Bob, Kim and Nancy usually were the first  shown in the 1999 ATWT intro. Then you have a modern fan fave like Lilly appear last.  That's how it should be done. 

First and last spots being the important people.

Edited May 11, 2022 by Spoon

[robbwolff]

What an amazing find! Thanks for sharing this. I had a few thoughts and observations about the opening. One was that, unless I missed it, I didn't see any sign of Louise Shaffer's Stephanie Wyatt in the opening. Also, the opening really illustrates Mary Stuart's comments about how the show shifted the role of the matriarch to Kate McCleary. Kate is definitely featured more prominently that Jo.

Also, based upon the date on the video, this was produced while Erwin Nicholson was executive producer. I wonder if he may have used whoever had created the final opening sequence for The Edge of Night. There are definite similarities between Edge's final opening and this one for Search.

[victoria foxton]