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From: goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Titles
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 18:26:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 18:26:46 1985
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Reply-To: goodrum@unc.UUCP (Cloyd Goodrum)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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	This is probably going to ruin my reputation, but I used to enjoy
the occasional episodes of "Green Acres" when the characters would actually
talk about the opening titles. You know, the opening scene would be in
the Douglas's bedroom, "Produced By Paul Henning" would flash on the screen,
and Lisa would sit up and shriek "Oleever, there's a name in the dark!"
In another episode, Sam Drucker was trying to print the Hooterville paper
and kept getting the opening credits instead. For instance, "Written By _____" 
would come rolling off the press and he'd look puzzled and say "but he
don't write this paper!!"
	"Cagney And Lacey" has a great theme song. It's so good that
the show itself (which is pretty good) often pales by comparison. If you
don't have a lot of time to watch television, you can get 35 minutes worth
of great entertainment on Monday nights by watching "Newhart" and not
turning your set off until the theme song for C&L is over.
	The closing credits for the cartoon show "George Of The Jungle" ,with
live action shots of various disasters, (car crashes,etc.) being shown
while "WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!!!" is being sung in the background is
rather amusing.

>By the way, think carefully before you followup on this topic.
>Let's try to !!AVOID!! the syndrome whereby twelve different people
>post Rod Serling's opening narration for Twilight Zone (complete
>with the different versions from different seasons), or whatever.
>-- 
 This is the only reason I didn't mention the theme from "Hill Street Blues".