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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get the impression that it's super-obscure these days, but the Perfect Strangers theme is great!

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

If like me, you’re old enough to remember Cousin Balki - then it’s probably time to book in a prostate exam. 🥴

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I loves the intro of "dead like me" also that show so perfectly captures the early 2000s soft/smooth aesthetic without even trying.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Nanananananana Nananananananana BatMAN!!!!!!!!

[–] DeadPixel@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many great classics already mentioned in this thread.

Some newer ones for me…

White Lotus Season 1 (2 & 3 are also good, but I just love the first theme tune): https://youtu.be/l2wj6lJtg_8

Severance: https://youtu.be/NmS3m0OG-Ug

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The S1 intro of White Lotus is so good that I did not like the S3 intro because it was so different. But it really grew on me and now it's my favorite. I'm incredibly bummed that Cristobal won't be back for next season. Apparently Mike White is not a fan of the music and they fought a lot.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Firefly. It's not a great song, but its theme suits the show very well.

Also, although it eludes me now, the opening theme to the Sweden/Denmark Bridge TV series with Sofia Helin. Loved the show, loved the intro, but forget it now.

Edit: https://youtu.be/0A1r9Jk9UC8 'hollow talk'

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

141 comments and no one's said Futurama? That song slaps.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

king of the hill is the best

i also like how fun the peacemaker intros are. protagonists, antagonists, and 1 line characters all dancing together. some you dont even meet until halfway through the season

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I saw darkwing duck and duck tales, count duckula completes the duck trilogy intro songs of greatness

https://youtu.be/g9ZVWMPuZ2c

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

hands down and without a doubt; m.a.s.k.

runner up? ds9 specifically season 1 - especially the premiere pre wormhole reveal.

third runner up? adventures of little koala - especially the japanese version

fourth runner up is david the gnome

worst? TURBO TEEN

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Best intro? Too Many Cooks. No questions.

Not sure about worst, though. Some are just… uninteresting, I guess

Related: The Lost Art of TV Theme Songs

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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Best: The Sopranos

Worst: The Sopranos

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Best: Psych, The Adventures of Pete and Pete

[–] memfree@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy

Welcome Back, Kotter

Yeah. we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot, Welcome back

[–] londos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Best intro song is The Littlest Hobo.

Worst is the Young Sheldon intro.

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[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I really like the theme song to ALF

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like this question is invalid with anime not being explicitly included or excluded.

Included, it's simply not fair to anything not anime. I could take the ten, hell, the 25 best anime openings, exclude them, and still be able to post examples that utterly destroy any TV series you could name. It's not hard.

Excluded, it's a lot more fair.

Say what you want about anime animation, but the animators put their best work into the opening. And the music? Anime is to Japanese pop and rock what MTV was to American pop and rock in the 1980s, the hit maker. These songs are reaching international audiences and getting people to check out the rest of their music. Some Japanese bands refuse to use anime for exposure, but a lot of them live and die from it. I think ONE OK ROCK finally relented just to shut people up (and they went with a children's programme, Beyblade X), but a lot of other bands are known because of the anime series people first heard them in.

It's been 16 years, but one of anime's top-rated series still has an outstanding first opening. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP 1 "Again" by YUI

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