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after looking at the knight rider car thread,i was wondering what you think deserves the title of best intro to a series.

i cannot make my mind up at the moment tbh (so many cool ones from 80's especially) but am interested in your choices (i will cast my own vote in due time,just testing the waters first 😉


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:08 pm
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Poirot.

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http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/agatha-christies-poirot/


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:10 pm
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Always loved the A-Team intro.

...and if you can find them...


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:16 pm
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And not forgetting "Jamie and the Magic [s]photoshop[/s] Torch"


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:16 pm
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I'll never forget Jamie's magic torch. He let me feel it blindfolded.


 
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You can close the thread now Drac 🙂


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:19 pm
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Another vote for A-team. (from memory) In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit....da,da,daa.....etc


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:21 pm
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Forgot the sexy lady is-she-dancing-naked-? silhouette from Tales of the Unexpected.

Early fapping material (there was no hedge pron in Ireland - we had to make the best out of tenuous enough concepts).


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:22 pm
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:24 pm
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just watched this intro,by the gods it's fantastic (and also has to be one of the longest too 😀


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:26 pm
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:27 pm
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This tune is going to get into your head


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:29 pm
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Might be disqualified there as it was late 70s but not sure when it hit the UK.


 
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Cagney and Lacey


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:31 pm
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drac can be any year you like. i'll shut up now but great choices everyone/deffo classics those 8)


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:35 pm
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Banana Splits is way before the 80s.

Stil good though.


 
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!


 
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Banana splits by a country mile. I always wanted one of those buggys as a kid.


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 7:49 pm
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Who needs James Cameron and his 'Avatar' malarkey when you've got 3D like this...


 
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Haiwai five 0

The Onedin Line, proper stirring stuff for blokes of a certain age !!


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:58 pm
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Sopranos.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 7:59 pm
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Oh, how about Ewar Woowoo's finest moment?


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 8:00 pm
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Speak the words - you know you want to

And a bit more up to date

And this, I like this


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 8:27 pm
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'Still hum this when ever I have to demonstrate 'progressive driving' on short cuts - or choosing a cable knit cardigan.
[s]-Prize for funkiest- [/s] too funky/cool for prizes 🙂


 
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Anyone I mention this to never remembers it, Star Fleet. Weird, Japanese and people died in it, and this was all on a Saturday morning


 
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Top Cat

Cholton and the Wheelies

And...

Mary, Mungo and Midge


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 9:01 pm
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Some corkers here. I loved Star Fleet and Battle of the Planets. But also the Six Million Dollar Man...


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 9:04 pm
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Anyone I mention this to never remembers it, Star Fleet.

I remember it very well. Was going to post it here myself but figured, the outro music was way cooler.

Maybe we need a "best outro" thread, then I can nominate Terrahawks too.


 
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Always liked the end credits to Terrahawks.

Anyone I mention this to never remembers it, Star Fleet. Weird, Japanese and people died in it, and this was all on a Saturday morning

I remember it. It's not a badge of honour.


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 9:10 pm
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Actually, the Terrahawks intro is pretty good, in an 80s kind of way.

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Posted : 10/09/2013 9:11 pm
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and


 
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Posted : 10/09/2013 9:39 pm
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Loads of ace stuff here (Dungeons & Dragons, Ulysses 31, Star Fleet, Terrahawks, etc). But this is one of the finest intros ever (not to mention it still being an ace MTB anthem. Not that I ride to 80s cartoon themes or anything...):


 
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A major part of my youth.....


 
Posted : 10/09/2013 11:11 pm

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