Were their any other Sitcoms besides Good Times, that had opening credits without any

[TVFactFan]

of the characters on the show? Good times, during the first 3 seasons there were shots of the city of chicago and that's it. None of the charcaters were seen. Did any other sitcom do the same thing?

[Brian Damage]

Cheers

[dlemond]

Welcome Back Kotter
(I think- correct me if I'm wrong)

Taxi

[Adamantium]

NewsRadio (Seasons 1-3)
Wings (Seasons 1-3)

[Brian]

Welcome Back, Kotter technically didn't. Each episode would begin with him telling a joke to someone and after the joke, the screen would say "Gabriel Kaplan in..." and then the shots of Brooklyn would proceed.

Most episodes of Chico and the Man had opening credits without the cast members.

Archie Bunker's Place.

Newhart

[The Modfather]

Originally posted by dlemond
Taxi

Tony Danza is actually the guy driving the taxi at the start!!

[Brad]

The WKRP opening didn't feature any of the cast members at first, did it?

[barwars]

"Frasier"


even though the end-theme is considered the "themesong"

[FamilyTiesGOP]

Growing Pains--Season 1

[Brad]

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
Growing Pains--Season 1

That's not true. The cast shows up at the end in a photograph.

[FamilyTiesGOP]

Originally posted by AKA
That's not true. The cast shows up at the end in a photograph.

I forgot about that, BUT it is still a cool opening with no characters for the vast majority of the opening song which makes it pretty unique.

[treky]

"The Honeymooners" "After MASH" (I'm not suprised that noone thought of that one, because it was so bad!), "The George Burns & Gracie Allen show", "Amos and Andy"-I'm not sure about this cause I've never seen it, but from what I've seen of the opening, I'm pretty sure

"The Jack Benny show"-that was only a sitcom sometimes, though

[The Obsolete Man]

How could we all forget I Love Lucy?

Granted, the current TV Land versions restored the "original" openings, but even then, they're only animated stick figure caricatures of Lucy and Desi.

[Brad]

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
I forgot about that, BUT it is still a cool opening with no characters for the vast majority of the opening song which makes it pretty unique.

No offense, but I think it's a ripoff of Cheers' opening sequence, and I'm glad they changed it as of the second season to reflect their own style.

[FamilyTiesGOP]

Originally posted by AKA
No offense, but I think it's a ripoff of Cheers' opening sequence, and I'm glad they changed it as of the second season to reflect their own style.

I thought the other styles were better too, but it is no big deal. I had no idea the Growing Pains introduction would spark such controversy. And you must admit, the other seasons were unique--showing age progression photos of all the stars. I can't think of any other shows that did that...

[Brad]

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
I thought the other styles were better too, but it is no big deal. I had no idea the Growing Pains introduction would spark such controversy. And you must admit, the other seasons were unique--showing age progression photos of all the stars. I can't think of any other shows that did that...

It's cool. I'm not stirring up any controversy. And as I said above:

I'm glad they changed it as of the second season to reflect their own style.

Which means I did think it was unique.

The age progression thing was ripped off by Full House, but that was in the long version of the theme, which I don't believe syndication or cable networks show.

[treky]

Originally posted by The Obsolete Man
How could we all forget I Love Lucy?

Granted, the current TV Land versions restored the "original" openings, but even then, they're only animated stick figure caricatures of Lucy and Desi. I DID think of that, but I wasn't going to post it because it's just animated stick figures. But, as long as you brought it up, there was also "Bewitched", "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas show" that also had animated characters in the credits.

[treky]

"Third Rock From the Sun"

[FamilyTiesGOP]

Originally posted by AKA
It's cool. I'm not stirring up any controversy. And as I said above:



Which means I did think it was unique.

The age progression thing was ripped off by Full House, but that was in the long version of the theme, which I don't believe syndication or cable networks show.

We are cool. I didn't know Full House copied that. I have never seen an episode like that on syndication. Growing Pains is one of my favorite introductions, although the show isn't quite as good as the introduction. I HATE it when networks cut the original introduction, to me that is a very important part of a show.

[treky]

"Wings" "Cheers"