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Hi everyone,
When I go over my memories of shows I used to watch, it is inevitably the intros with their catchy theme tunes that first come to mind. And thinking about it, there were a number of shows for me that didn't live up to the way in which they began, not necessarily because they were bad but because the intro was so good.
Here's just few of mine to kick things off:
Babar - beautiful opening sequence with equally elegant music but, all too often, I got bored by the storylines.
Round the Twist - the intro music rocked and I was always kind of taken by the idea of living in a lighthouse but, as for the rest of the show, something never sat well with me.
Byker Grove ("Byker, Byker...Byker...Grove!") - a catchy, lively intro for a programme I never like because, having grown up on a steady diet of animation, the storylines were too real-to-life and gritty for me.
Grange Hill - fabulous comic strip intro and distinctive theme tune but, as for the rest of it, had the same problems with it as Byker Grove.
Sharky and George - a superb jazz-themed intro for an animation with a unique look and feel to it as the iconic images of detectives, mobsters and dark, smoke-filled rooms was animated and transported underwater. However, as for the storylines, this cartoon sometimes got a bit slow and boring.
Anyways, I will be interested to see what others come up with.
All the best,
Matthew
When I go over my memories of shows I used to watch, it is inevitably the intros with their catchy theme tunes that first come to mind. And thinking about it, there were a number of shows for me that didn't live up to the way in which they began, not necessarily because they were bad but because the intro was so good.
Here's just few of mine to kick things off:
Babar - beautiful opening sequence with equally elegant music but, all too often, I got bored by the storylines.
Round the Twist - the intro music rocked and I was always kind of taken by the idea of living in a lighthouse but, as for the rest of the show, something never sat well with me.
Byker Grove ("Byker, Byker...Byker...Grove!") - a catchy, lively intro for a programme I never like because, having grown up on a steady diet of animation, the storylines were too real-to-life and gritty for me.
Grange Hill - fabulous comic strip intro and distinctive theme tune but, as for the rest of it, had the same problems with it as Byker Grove.
Sharky and George - a superb jazz-themed intro for an animation with a unique look and feel to it as the iconic images of detectives, mobsters and dark, smoke-filled rooms was animated and transported underwater. However, as for the storylines, this cartoon sometimes got a bit slow and boring.
Anyways, I will be interested to see what others come up with.
All the best,
Matthew
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