Members All My Shadows Posted August 5, 2014 Members Share Posted August 5, 2014 Continuing a discussion on my status update, what are your favorite (and least favorite) moments and clips that were included in a show's opening title sequence? Can be stuff shot specifically for the opening or just clips that came from an episode. Some of my random faves: Flo playing cards and puffing on a cigar ("Alice") Willona coming through the front door several times and Michael dropping his pants and covering himself with a pillow ("Good Times") Phyllis gives the camera the SHADIEST look at the end of the opening ("Phyllis") Emily stops and poses on her way out the door ("The Bob Newhart Show") The girls prepare to attack an intruder with loaves of bread and the girls have a paint fight ("The Facts of Life") Mrs. Roper gets in bed and prepared to kiss Mr. Roper, who pretends he's asleep ("Three's Company") The Jeffersons and Willises dance in the Jeffersons' living room ("The Jeffersons") Arnold dances with enormous earphones on ("Diff'rent Strokes") Paul waves enthusiastically at the camera and runs down the street ("The Wonder Years") Vanessa side eyes Cliff then gets down ("The Cosby Show") Blance struts down the hallway ("The Golden Girls") Regine plays air trumpet ("Living Single") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted August 5, 2014 Members Share Posted August 5, 2014 Mary throwing her that up in the air, and that lady stops and looks, at the end credits for Mary Tyler Moore Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 5, 2014 Members Share Posted August 5, 2014 Here's one (at 0:24, approximately): Rhoda knocking down the turnstile at the subway station with her hips ("Rhoda"). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rgC7mejjqlQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 5, 2014 Members Share Posted August 5, 2014 Victoria Principal's famous walk in the opening credits of Dallas Susan Sullivan's turns in the opening credits of Falcon Crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted August 5, 2014 Members Share Posted August 5, 2014 Constance McCashin's dramatic turn (Knots Landing) Pamela Bellwood turning on the lights (Dynasty) Sherman Hemsley's strut into the church (Amen) Valerie Harper and Josh Taylor's embrace at the airport (Valerie/The Hogan Family) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Jessica Fletcher riding that bike all over Cabot Cove (Murder She Wrote) Rose, Dot, and Blanche leaning to see if Sophia is dead (The Golden Girls, long opening) Mr. Gaines getting down on the gurney (A Different World, final season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 "Space, the final frontier..." Zooming in to Jack Lord on the balcony (Hawaii 5-0) The Monkees doing their walk together The mama Partridge shaking the shell off her tail The big crescendo of Space:1999 just before Martin Landau's credit shows up The silhouette of Ironside getting shot. The Sonny & Cher toons in their opening credits Barnaby Jones' music The final shot of The Incredible Hulk opening with the split screen of David Banner and the Hulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 "Arnold raced out of the door, and started....". This partial sentence, seen up close on a page of what is presumably Miss Fletcher's manuscript, has haunted my sleep for a thousand nights. Who's Arnold? Why he runnin'? What was he fixin' to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Bonnie Franklin jumping up in the air at the beginning credits of One Day At A Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Laverne opening the closet door as Shirley opens the front door. Vera tap dancing. Mary Richards looking at the price of beef before disgustedly throwing it in her buggy. McMurphy sitting at the China Beach bar, lost in thought, as the sun sets. Phil Chandler (Denzel Washington) running down the hospital corridor in short-shorts. The look at Peter Scolari's absolutely perfect ass in shorts as he catches a ball behind his back. Bob Hartley walks to work. And pretty much...all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Bwhahaha...I always thought Peter was hot too...better looking than Tom Hanks. I liked his chest as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Peter was extremely hot, he just never was in roles which called for this to be pointed out. A few others: The sound and flash of swords during the Game of Thrones credits, along with the "aaaa-aaaa" operatics The "It's a Living" gals walking to the restaurant (and that random, baffling "starring Barrie Youngfellow"). Whitley greeting her mirror self in the ADW credits. Nell Carter doing the shimmy on Gimme a Break. Robert Hays, wearing an oh-so-late 70s leather coat, juggling apples and being foiled in the attempt, resulting in the stock sitcom husband, "Oh you silly woman," pose. Breathtakingly beautiful in a way that I don't even think they intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted August 6, 2014 Author Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 YASSSSSSSSS. There were so many beefcake shots of Scolari in that sequence. Some others: Tommy pouring a kettle of boiling water on Alice's feet. Jim Rockford grocery shopping. Luke Duke LOLing at the breakfast table and Uncle Jesse pointing a finger at him. That Girl flying her kite in Central Park. Louise Jefferson shedding a few tears in the taxicab. Sgt. Yemana looks up from his newspaper like "Dafuq just happened!" then goes back to reading. Carrie Ingalls falls flat on her face as she runs through the prairie. The Bradfords make a human pyramid (complete with Grant Goodeve's bulging biceps) Gunsmoke's Doc mean mugs the camera. Darlene Connor gets really pissed as the Connors play cards at the kitchen table. Veronica tends to Kevin's nosebleed (Shameless) Hazel and Manny provide support for a human pyramid for Paige, who gives her best HBIC glare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Soapsuds Posted August 6, 2014 Members Share Posted August 6, 2014 Here you go...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKyyHBy6JQ[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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