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Old 03-22-01 | 10:33 AM
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It has to be Hawaii Five-O. The wave, the fast edits/cuts and zoom in on Jack Lord at the top of the building, hula girls, and the theme music. Nothing can top that.
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Old 03-22-01 | 12:12 PM
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All in the Family
Miami Vice
the original Friends opening
Sandford & Son
Cupid
CSI

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Old 03-22-01 | 12:15 PM
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Baretta and/or Starsky and Hutch.
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Old 03-22-01 | 12:20 PM
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Night Gallery gets my vote!
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Old 03-22-01 | 02:08 PM
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Babylon 5, Season 4.
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Old 03-22-01 | 03:11 PM
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Baywatch? The girls running?
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Old 03-22-01 | 03:57 PM
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Another vote for Sanford and Son.
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Old 03-22-01 | 04:51 PM
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Manimal
Thundarr the Barbarian
Land of the Lost
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Old 03-22-01 | 05:23 PM
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The Gary Shandling Show
Get a Life
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Old 03-22-01 | 05:35 PM
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I can't believe no one has mentioned The Sopranos yet.
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Old 03-22-01 | 10:01 PM
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I can't believe no one has mentioned The Simpsons yet.

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Old 03-22-01 | 10:21 PM
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I still love Voyager's opening.
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Old 03-22-01 | 10:25 PM
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Home Improvement
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Old 03-22-01 | 10:41 PM
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Frank's Place (does anyone else out there remember this gem?) Best theme song ever.
Iron Chef, 'cause I love the way Chairman Kaga bites that pepper.
Blackadder, especially Blackadder the Third
And of course MST3K
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Old 03-23-01 | 07:32 AM
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The way they edit the first scene into the opening of Third Watch is always exciting.

IIRC, Tales From the Darkside
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Old 03-23-01 | 07:36 AM
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Originally posted by RobCA
I can't believe no one has mentioned The Simpsons yet.

[Edited by RobCA on 03-22-01 at 09:09 PM]
agree with you there, love to see what Bart is writing.
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Old 03-23-01 | 08:41 AM
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"Space--the final frontier... Whoooooooosh!
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations...to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
Whooooooooooooosh!!
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Old 03-23-01 | 09:19 AM
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Another vote for Sanford and Son.
Lamont, ya big dummy!
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Old 03-23-01 | 10:32 AM
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Babylon 5, season 5.
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Old 03-23-01 | 12:54 PM
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Iron Chef, 'cause I love the way Chairman Kaga bites that pepper.
Every time he does that, without fail, i go into my best bad Asian dub voice and say, "It is gooood.", and Kaga smiles with approval over the Culinary Empire he has created.
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Old 03-23-01 | 02:14 PM
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Twin Peaks - of course.

Or The Prisoner.

And definitely the original Star Trek. (Especially as done by Leonard Nimoy at the opening fo Star Trek III:Search for Spock).
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Old 03-23-01 | 07:25 PM
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I can't believe no one has mentioned The Simpsons yet.
agree with you there, love to see what Bart is writing.
..And The sofa entrance. The original X-Files opening was pretty good also.
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Old 03-24-01 | 08:18 PM
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Cartoons:
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Simpsons
Batman: The Animated Series

TV Shows:
#1 BEST --- GET SMART !
Charmings (Season 2 opening)
Weird Science
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Old 03-24-01 | 09:05 PM
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Great song and great images, esspecially the last one of Buffy with the big axe in her hand slowly looking up.
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Old 03-24-01 | 10:03 PM
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The Buffy intro is definitely cool. For some reason I like the Freaks and Geeks intro too.
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