Worst Cartoon Show opening ever?

[Der Captain]

Egad! No wonder people think cartoons are strictly for kids! Look at this thing! I can't help thinking what a contrast it is to the adult-minded humor of much of the cartoons themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyAUZCFszE

[cbrubaker]

Ah yes.

That was animated at Hal Seeger's studio in New York (Warners just closed their animation shop and DePatie-Freleng wasn't formed yet)

[That 70s Mom]

Aw, I used to love the Porky Pig Show openings and closings as a kid! (And then I wondered, why the heck did the cartoons themselves look so ancient?)

[Geezil]

Well, at least the Seeger crew kept most of the characters on model (apart from Yosemite Sam, who looked like he'd just been locked in a steam cabinet for a few hours) (no doubt by Bugs, of course). :tweety:

[J Lee]

Egad! No wonder people think cartoons are strictly for kids! Look at this thing! I can't help thinking what a contrast it is to the adult-minded humor of much of the cartoons themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyAUZCFszE

Target audience difference. Both "The Bugs Bunny Show" and "The Porky Pig Show" were commissioned by ABC, but Bugs was done with the 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time slot on Tuesday in mind, while Porky's opening was done for the Saturday morning block, and a year after ABC had a big Saturday morning success with the New Casper Cartoon Show, which had an even more juvenile opening (and new cartoons that made the Casper-Little Billy storylines of the 1950s look by comparison like a Noel Coward production).

[Brandon Panther]

Well, at least the Seeger crew kept most of the characters on model (apart from Yosemite Sam, who looked like he'd just been locked in a steam cabinet for a few hours) (no doubt by Bugs, of course). :tweety:
Also Sam looks way too enthusiastic (of coarse Sam was forced to look "up" for Bugs Bunny's birthday in the cartoon "Blooper Bunny").

And at the 15 second mark, the way Sam walks is.... odd and disturbing.

As for other bad cartoon show openings... The Scooby Doo Show intro always sucked IMO (whose idea was it to have Shaggy take part in the theme song?)

[Speedy Boris]

Worst opening? Garbage Pail Kids: The Animated Series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAVQpjLpMvw

Besides a completely uninspired theme song, they hold a single camera shot in front of the theater for, like, 15 seconds. That's boring. Intros are supposed to be the place where you be creative to hook your viewers' attentions, but they thought people would be content to watch things go in front of a static background image for a long time.

The gags suck, too.

[Jon Cooke]

I'd like to nominate the obnoxious opening to CBS' short-lived Sylvester & Tweety Show from the late '70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnJNalPCOs

[Studio Toledo]

Aw, I used to love the Porky Pig Show openings and closings as a kid! (And then I wondered, why the heck did the cartoons themselves look so ancient?)
Remembering seeing that as a young'un, I somehow remember weeping at the end of the show because the children were so sad they had to leave! Funny such cheap animation can do that to me! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWFhc9puVM

[Brandon Panther]

I'd like to nominate the obnoxious opening to CBS' short-lived Sylvester & Tweety Show from the late '70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnJNalPCOs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnJNalPCOs)

The best (worst?) part of that intro, is it's all a bunch of random clips of Sylvester chasing Tweety..... and amongst them is one clip of Sylvester chasing Hippity Hopper.

[Studio Toledo]

Also Sam looks way too enthusiastic (of coarse Sam was forced to look "up" for Bugs Bunny's birthday in the cartoon "Blooper Bunny").

And at the 15 second mark, the way Sam walks is.... odd and disturbing.
Just the whole dancing bit was disturbing!

As for other bad cartoon show openings... The Scooby Doo Show intro always sucked IMO (whose idea was it to have Shaggy take part in the theme song?)
Who knows.

Course if I had to think of a cheap opening sequence from the 60's, this takes the cake!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faOHCNFB6o
Basically spinning the logo/text around and looking cool is all you need!

[Studio Toledo]

Worst opening? Garbage Pail Kids: The Animated Series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAVQpjLpMvw

Besides a completely uninspired theme song, they hold a single camera shot in front of the theater for, like, 15 seconds. That's boring. Intros are supposed to be the place where you be creative to hook your viewers' attentions, but they thought people would be content to watch things go in front of a static background image for a long time.

The gags suck, too.
Just be thankful CBS never aired it at all! I can remember when promos for this cartoon showed up, and then, NOTHING! Watching one of those episodes later on, I kinda saw a pre-90's thing going with it in the humor dept. but it didn't really catch on until shows like Tiny Toons and Animaniacs came on the tube.

[Studio Toledo]

I'd like to nominate the obnoxious opening to CBS' short-lived Sylvester & Tweety Show from the late '70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnJNalPCOs
Does seem like they blew their $1.98 on someone who knew how to play a recorder for that!

[Brandon Panther]

Even though I like Lupin the Third, the original 70s intro was a steaming pile of....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwoZ4qliEw

[cbrubaker]

Even though I like Lupin the Third, the original 70s intro was a steaming pile of....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwoZ4qliEw
The lyrics are easy to remember, at least.

[Dave Mackey]

I'm hard pressed to come up with bad main titles. Many of the Hanna-Barbera ones were directed by Bill Perez, and the majority of the DePatie-Freleng title sequences were done by Art Leonardi. Leonardi also did a few for Hanna-Barbera and he has such a recognizable style on title sequences.

But even though it wasn't entirely animated, the one that always made me hide from embarrassment was "Uncle Croc's Block". Poor Charles Nelson Reilly!

[larriva9/11]

But even though it wasn't entirely animated, the one that always made me hide from embarrassment was "Uncle Croc's Block". Poor Charles Nelson Reilly!

That's not bad, that's High Camp. And the fact that it made you hide from embarrassment proves the fact.

[larriva9/11]

And re the Porky Pig Show opening: funny how chintzy, small-time, and already-dated it seemed, like something concocted for syndication for the inbreds in flyover country where either nobody'd hear of the Beatles or they'd burn their records after John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" comment.

At least the Hot Wheels intro was, uh, "rock era".

[Nick]

In my opinion, the worst opening for any cartoon has got to be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0oiaCyhKs

Its normally typical of bad cartoon shows to have an interesting opening sequence with a catchy song, but this... It just makes any traditional Popeye fan stare at the screen in disbelief and cry, and you just know that the cartoon to follow is not going to improve. And having actually seen a few episodes from this horrible series, I think you only need to see the opening in order to have a valid opinion on it's quality.

[Studio Toledo]

The lyrics are easy to remember, at least.
I kinda like this opening personally. Another one during that same series however changed the lyrics and opted to show clips from the series itself I noticed. That opening came out as a result of the later involvement of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki who turned the direction of the series a little to the heroic side than the more adult-orientatation of the original comic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeMMKQhcxRQ

Course if you want to get a little more amused, here's the Italian version of that opening sync to an entirely different song they had!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPhPWGE3Rg

Hope we won't get into the discussion of the different color jackets of Lupin III as well (this of course being the Green one and the reputation that abides to).

[Marty26]

I don't know about worst opening. But the worst CLOSING would be the closing for this one Network Television Looney Tunes show from around 1984 that had an annoying (synthesized?) rendition of the Can Can playing over a series of random clips from classic WB cartoons like Ali Baba Bunny. It was linked on this board in a thread about two years ago.

[Geezil]

In my opinion, the worst opening for any cartoon has got to be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0oiaCyhKs

Its normally typical of bad cartoon shows to have an interesting opening sequence with a catchy song, but this... It just makes any traditional Popeye fan stare at the screen in disbelief and cry, and you just know that the cartoon to follow is not going to improve. And having actually seen a few episodes from this horrible series, I think you only need to see the opening in order to have a valid opinion on it's quality.

Hey, thanks. I was actually enjoying this afternoon for a while! :shame:

[Studio Toledo]

In my opinion, the worst opening for any cartoon has got to be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0oiaCyhKs
Uugh, let's not go there!

[Matthew Hunter]

I never really warmed up to Nickelodeon's updated Looney Tunes opening. I think the Nostalgia Critic would call it a "mind-f---", I just think it's obnoxious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJYKgADPfo

And there was always a place to go for sub-par animated entertainment...the CARTOON EXPRESS! Lots of random Hanna-Barbera stuff, and Saturday Morning reruns like Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtEJhXXlYk

[Speedy Boris]

I never really warmed up to Nickelodeon's updated Looney Tunes opening. I think the Nostalgia Critic would call it a "mind-f---", I just think it's obnoxious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJYKgADPfo Seriously? I love that intro.

[Jack G.]

In my opinion, the worst opening for any cartoon has got to be this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0oiaCyhKs.
I remember that. Now who cooked up such a dreadful premise?
That might just be the nadir for the handling of Segar's characters.

[Marty26]

The less said about that Popeye And Son opening, the better.

I never really warmed up to Nickelodeon's updated Looney Tunes opening. I think the Nostalgia Critic would call it a "mind-f---", I just think it's obnoxious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJYKgADPfo

And there was always a place to go for sub-par animated entertainment...the CARTOON EXPRESS! Lots of random Hanna-Barbera stuff, and Saturday Morning reruns like Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtEJhXXlYk

I like that Looney Tunes opening. But as for Cartoon Express, let's not forget how it hosted one of the worst movie-licensed cartoons ever made: "Problem Child" (1993) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106105/). (full episodes included on this IMDB page - watch... if you dare...)

[cbrubaker]

Good god, that show sucked.

I noticed that Art Leonardi (WB, DFE, and Tiny Toons) was a producer on this. He must've have bills to pay.

[Marty26]

Good god, that show sucked.

I noticed that Art Leonardi (WB, DFE, and Tiny Toons) was a producer on this. He must've have bills to pay.

Which makes it all the more amazing that, next to perhaps the pilot episode of South Park, Problem Child had some of the cheapest-looking animation I've ever seen in a cartoon series. Let's not even get into how Junior went from being the destructive-yet-innocent character he was in the original film to being a smart-alecky brat you just want to smack alongside the face (an obvious by-product of the "Cool To Be Bad Generation", which lasted throughout pretty much the entire early-mid 90's).

[dandu]

In my opinion the Family Guy intro never grabbed me, IDK just having the family guy characters sing is enough to make me cringe.

I also never dug the intro for The Littles (1983), the singer sounds like a bad impersonator of Kate Bush. However I love the background music during the episodes especially the first series one with the combination synthesizer orchestra music. I would love to own an album of that music.

[J Lee]

And re the Porky Pig Show opening: funny how chintzy, small-time, and already-dated it seemed, like something concocted for syndication for the inbreds in flyover country where either nobody'd hear of the Beatles or they'd burn their records after John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" comment.

At least the Hot Wheels intro was, uh, "rock era".

Yea, but where else were we going to get Winston Sharples' take on "Merrily We Roll Along"? ;)

Actually, given the theatrical cartoon music composers' post-1964 efforts to keep up with the British Invasion and then the Summer of Love, I'll take the cheap opening music here -- it may be a little childish, but at least it's not painful in the same way trying to watch a long-standing character (animation or live action) stay current while being obviously clueless about how to do it.

[dendawg]

I never really warmed up to Nickelodeon's updated Looney Tunes opening. I think the Nostalgia Critic would call it a "mind-f---", I just think it's obnoxious!

It was okay, IMHO.

Now if you want a real mind fark, watch how Nick butchered the Pinky and the Brain intro. They managed to plaster their logo a grand total of 18 times! :eek: If that's not obnoxious, I don't know what is! :p

Edit: D'oh! A link to the intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTanPqZKamo) would be nice, wouldn't it? :o :p

[Studio Toledo]

It was okay, IMHO.

Now if you want a real mind fark, watch how Nick butchered the Pinky and the Brain intro. They managed to plaster their logo a grand total of 18 times! :eek: If that's not obnoxious, I don't know what is! :p

Edit: D'oh! A link to the intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTanPqZKamo) would be nice, wouldn't it? :o :p
Thinking more of the constant Nick pluggings on The Alvin Show personally!

[larriva9/11]

Yea, but where else were we going to get Winston Sharples' take on "Merrily We Roll Along"? ;)

Actually, given the theatrical cartoon music composers' post-1964 efforts to keep up with the British Invasion and then the Summer of Love, I'll take the cheap opening music here -- it may be a little childish, but at least it's not painful in the same way trying to watch a long-standing character (animation or live action) stay current while being obviously clueless about how to do it.

I don't know if this counts as "begging to differ", but here's something that's just about the ultimate outcome of all that the British Invasion and Summer of Love entailed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dHhItVDvzk

And it's just about the most orgasmic cartoon show opening ever. IMO it absolutely pummels and pulverizes the PPS opening.

You can just tell that the kids raised on this mind-blowing fare would grow up to be Courtney Love or whomever.

[Matthew Hunter]

Watch this, unless you have a weak stomach, then don't! They did a "Baby Felix the Cat" show in Japan. And yes, it sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ivsOE45j4

[Der Captain]

Remembering seeing that as a young'un, I somehow remember weeping at the end of the show because the children were so sad they had to leave! Funny such cheap animation can do that to me! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWFhc9puVM


You think THAT closing was sad! This one will have you bawling buckets!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEm7dEpykg&feature=PlayList&p=F0CC1AC5D3CE9298&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15

[Matthew Hunter]

It was okay, IMHO.

Now if you want a real mind fark, watch how Nick butchered the Pinky and the Brain intro. They managed to plaster their logo a grand total of 18 times! :eek: If that's not obnoxious, I don't know what is! :p

Edit: D'oh! A link to the intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTanPqZKamo) would be nice, wouldn't it? :o :p

Yeah, that was kind of annoying. The Nick logo just didn't belong...sort of like that variation they did with the "Larry" episode. "They're Pinky and the Brain (and Larry!)" Except the "Larry" thing was a joke. The Nick thing, sadly, wasn't. I seem to recall them doing a similar graffiti job on "Animaniacs".

[Matthew Hunter]

You think THAT closing was sad! This one will have you bawling buckets!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEm7dEpykg&feature=PlayList&p=F0CC1AC5D3CE9298&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15

Geez, it sounds like somebody died or something!

[Der Captain]

Geez, it sounds like somebody died or something!

I think they're just feeling great remorse over their sugar-coated cereals giving kids tooth decay and diabetes.

[Glowworm]

As I mentioned in the best cartoon show openings ever-there were actually THREE different openings to "Garfield and Friends" Matt Hunter remarked that the "Friends" one was slow and boring-but wait until he sees this atrocity. This is the rare and final opening to "Garfield and Friends"-makes "Friends" look good-huh?:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0jvoAefp8

[Studio Toledo]

Watch this, unless you have a weak stomach, then don't! They did a "Baby Felix the Cat" show in Japan. And yes, it sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ivsOE45j4
Damn, surprised that was made at all!

Noticed this episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBYNg296geQ) was up too, giving me a better understanding of it's badness (and why am I reminded of Calimero watching this?).

[Studio Toledo]

You think THAT closing was sad! This one will have you bawling buckets!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEm7dEpykg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XEm7dEpykg&feature=PlayList&p=F0CC1AC5D3CE9298&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15)
Seen it already.

[Matthew Hunter]

As I mentioned in the best cartoon show openings ever-there were actually THREE different openings to "Garfield and Friends" Matt Hunter remarked that the "Friends" one was slow and boring-but wait until he sees this atrocity. This is the rare and final opening to "Garfield and Friends"-makes "Friends" look good-huh?:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0jvoAefp8

Someone had shown me that video before, a long time ago. I forgot how awful it was! Hip-hop I can take, but BAD hip-hop is a crime worse than disco!

[The Silver Fox]

for me the worst openings

A pup named Schooby Doo ( Not a fav but the opening
was poorly done )

80's opening of the Jetsons ( the Sythesized music with the
disco puter drum beat was horable).

The Tom and Jerry comedy hour from CBS (79 to 81)
poorly recorded, bad sound, and blurry picture.

Fat Albert ( after 83) the openings were pretty Generic.

btw, someone mentioned Garbage Pail Kids, it was going to come out in
orginally fall of 84 or 5, then pulled from CBS line up, I remember seeing the previews of the title page on CBS's preview of the shows coming.
The it was going to run in 87 but was pulled because of complaints in test markets when it ran, plus the Lawsuit Coleco put against the ones who created the series (cards). The Show never did show up on NEtwork that i remember.

TBS Openings for there BB airings in the mid (86 to 88) was pretty bad to.

[Studio Toledo]

for me the worst openings

A pup named Schooby Doo ( Not a fav but the opening
was poorly done )

80's opening of the Jetsons ( the Sythesized music with the
disco puter drum beat was horable).

The Tom and Jerry comedy hour from CBS (79 to 81)
poorly recorded, bad sound, and blurry picture.

Fat Albert ( after 83) the openings were pretty Generic.

btw, someone mentioned Garbage Pail Kids, it was going to come out in
orginally fall of 84 or 5, then pulled from CBS line up, I remember seeing the previews of the title page on CBS's preview of the shows coming.
The it was going to run in 87 but was pulled because of complaints in test markets when it ran, plus the Lawsuit Coleco put against the ones who created the series (cards). The Show never did show up on NEtwork that i remember.
I believe it was the 87-88 season when they were going to release the show in, the cards were already been out for some years prior to that.

[MarkTheShark]

Egad! No wonder people think cartoons are strictly for kids! Look at this thing! I can't help thinking what a contrast it is to the adult-minded humor of much of the cartoons themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyAUZCFszE

And another example of the happy intro and sad closing, with the characters practically to the point of tears because the show is over. The "New Casper Cartoon Show" closing is downright depressing.

I wonder how many shows used that formula...wasn't "Linus The Lionhearted" one of them?

[Geezil]

I wonder how many shows used that formula...wasn't "Linus The Lionhearted" one of them?

You're a bit late there ... check post #36 in this thread, and you'll discover that "Linus" was the mother of 'em all when it came to the craft of the tearful ending! (Gawd!)

[Marty26]

As I mentioned in the best cartoon show openings ever-there were actually THREE different openings to "Garfield and Friends" Matt Hunter remarked that the "Friends" one was slow and boring-but wait until he sees this atrocity. This is the rare and final opening to "Garfield and Friends"-makes "Friends" look good-huh?:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0jvoAefp8

IMHO, that is the worst "rapping" I have ever heard. :rolleyes:

[That 70s Mom]

And another example of the happy intro and sad closing, with the characters practically to the point of tears because the show is over. The "New Casper Cartoon Show" closing is downright depressing.

I wonder how many shows used that formula...wasn't "Linus The Lionhearted" one of them?

It goes back to the Mickey Mouse Club at least..their ending kind of creeped me out. It seemed almost cultlike.

[Debbie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w68jbGnyxZ8

Here's my nominee for "Worst Cartoon Show Opening Ever" (and for "Worst Looking Animation Ever" as well).

[StillHowardFein]

The best (worst?) part of that intro, is it's all a bunch of random clips of Sylvester chasing Tweety..... and amongst them is one clip of Sylvester chasing Hippity Hopper.

And mostly from TWEET TWEET TWEETY, with the Hanna-Barbera pitter-patter running effect dubbed in. The inclusion of Hoppity must have been to tell viewers that :sylvester did more than just chase :tweety: around. Like most Saturday AM half-hour, three-segment WB theatrical compliations, the middle segment would be a short without the nominal 'star' characters.:daffy: :speedy: :lepew: :foggy: The 1966 CBS :beepbeep: series worked the same way.

At the time I dug the instrumental recorder theme, but seeing it on Youtube 30 years later makes one realize how cheesy it was compared to "This is It" or even the truncated Barbara Cameron:beepbeep: theme.

Does anyone remember when NBC abrupty debuted THE DAFFY DUCK SHOW on its Saturday AM schedule in October 1978 to replace some failed H-B series or other? (This was the American TV debut of the DFE and Lovy :daffy: :speedy: shorts.) The obviously hastily-assembled intro featured voice-over by NBC house announcer Casey Kasem a horrible 'disco' theme "On With The Show" sung by a female chorus. The lyrics are transcribed from Kevin McCorry's wonderful article on WB cartoons on TV. http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/others.html

"Here is the star of our show.
The cool, calm Daffy Duck."
"Yeeehaaaaw!"
"Come, let's go now. On with the show now.
Here's your chance to have some fun.
Come on and laugh with Speedy and Daffy.
You will be the happy one.
You said you want to see a super show.
Yes, you did! You said you did. Yes, you did!
And so, let's go now. On with the show now.
It's time to have a real good time.
Real good time!"

The clip of "Yeehaaaaw!" was from THE DUCKSTERS; the remainder of the intro featured clips from GO AWAY STOWAWAY and HERE TODAY GONE TAMALE, the latter of which wasn't even in this compilation but part of the post-'48 syndie package! In fall 1979, a new intro was used that was slightly better: a heavily synthesized instrumental that acknowledged :foggy: as a regular along with :daffy: :speedy: :sylvester . For fall 1981 was yet another opening that vocally introduced all of the stars while played under a Rob Walsh or Harper McKay rendition of "The Merry Go-Round Broke Down". From what I can see, none of these are available on Youtube.

Daffy's next starring Saturday AM vehicle on the WB circa 1996-97 was no better. "Anybody wanna see a duck jam?":p

[Bugsy-Kun]

Except for the cartoons himself, Garfield and Friends have some of the most awkward theme songs, the Party is just a montage of existing cartoons from season 1 and 2 and also the later seasons and the Rap/Hip-hop theme is really bad that it's a luck they don't included it on DVD.

Other cartoon opening song i absolutely hate (with the TV show) is from Mega Babies. Probably the most obnoxious cartoon i ever watched in my entire life. It's so bad that they canned it quickly.

[StillHowardFein]

I may be in the minority, but I loved the 1984-85 "It's Cartoon Gold" theme. A cassette tape recording I made of it was lost many years ago, but the opening and closing (in its entirety without the usual 1980s CBS voiceover obliteration) are thankfully on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPFhSTyek38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZ66bU3R-I&feature=related

When the WB franchise went to ABC, there were a couple of pretty unimaginative openings: just old clips with a bored-sounding announcer introducing each character. The 1985 intro used the 1946-54 LT theme underneath; the 1986 intro the "What's Up, Doc?" theme.

Here's the 1985 BUGS BUNNY ROADRUNNER COMEDY HOUR intro. Couldn't find the 1986-87 intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIOFX3r82nM

ABC calling it a "Comedy Hour" somehow seemed patronizing, as if the classic characters were second-rate failed sitcom stars in a summer replacement variety show.

When the classic "This is It" returned in 1988, it was a breath of fresh air, despite some distracting recoloring and digitization. The new animation added around 1992- one character morphing into another- was a bit distracting.

[MarkTheShark]

When the classic "This is It" returned in 1988, it was a breath of fresh air, despite some distracting recoloring and digitization. The new animation added around 1992- one character morphing into another- was a bit distracting.

The redrawn "This Is It" (which appeared on the BB&T show starting in 1988) actually was introduced in 1983 on CBS showings of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show -- including the part with Bugs Bunny segueing to the Road Runner theme (the RR part itself was left alone). Then the following year they ditched it altogether and replaced it with the "Cartoon Gold" theme.

[J. B. Warner]

Yeah, that was kind of annoying. The Nick logo just didn't belong...sort of like that variation they did with the "Larry" episode. "They're Pinky and the Brain (and Larry!)" Except the "Larry" thing was a joke. The Nick thing, sadly, wasn't. I seem to recall them doing a similar graffiti job on "Animaniacs".

Oh, believe me, Nickelodeon's "Animaniacs" intro was even worse - at least with "Pinky and the Brain", they still kept the whole song. Whereas the original "Animaniacs" theme song was a minute and a half of comedy brilliance, Nick cut it down to 15 seconds, replaced the Warner Bros. logo with the Nickelodeon logo, and redubbed Dot's line "Here's the show's name-y" to "Nickel-aney" (which was just downright gratuitous). I have my suspicions that they were trying to make it look like a Nicktoon.

[J Lee]

The original redrawn "Bugs Bunny Show" opening was done by DePatie-Freleng in 1977, when CBS decided to use the show as a prime-time summer replacement series. The design was suppose to imitate the stage designs of the TV variety shows of the period. The opening was then reanimated in 1992 for the ABC Saturday morning show.

[Marty26]

Oh, believe me, Nickelodeon's "Animaniacs" intro was even worse - at least with "Pinky and the Brain", they still kept the whole song. Whereas the original "Animaniacs" theme song was a minute and a half of comedy brilliance, Nick cut it down to 15 seconds, replaced the Warner Bros. logo with the Nickelodeon logo, and redubbed Dot's line "Here's the show's name-y" to "Nickel-aney" (which was just downright gratuitous). I have my suspicions that they were trying to make it look like a Nicktoon.

I think that trend more-or-less started when Nickelodeon began airing The Bullwinkle Show around the Spring of 1992. For a few months, they showed the original opening. But then, from Summer 1992 until its cancellation, they gave it this really weird new intro with "Nickelodeon" plastered on just about every sky, wall, etc. and the title changed to "Nickelodeon's Moose-O-Rama."

[Matthew Hunter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w68jbGnyxZ8

Here's my nominee for "Worst Cartoon Show Opening Ever" (and for "Worst Looking Animation Ever" as well).

Oh, the Tom and Jerry opening! That was originally used for the Filmation show. I remember the local syndicated package in Dallas/Fort Worth when I was a kid making a sort of "MGM sandwich", using that opening and showing a mix of both the Filmation and classic T&J/Droopy stuff, plus Barney Bear and just about everything else. The Filmation cartoons were pretty bad, but they were easier to swallow when followed by a classic! Too bad local networks don't "syndicate" cartoons anymore at all. That T&J/MGM hour was heaven for a little kid like me! Part of "Club 27" on Channel 27 as I recall.

[Der Captain]

Anybody remember the cutesy fruitsy opening to "The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show"? Not only did that wretched tune get stuck in my head (it's still there and DFE is getting my therapy bills), but the title gave the idea that in the entire ninety minutes all you would get is one laugh and half of one.

[Glowworm]

I think that trend more-or-less started when Nickelodeon began airing The Bullwinkle Show around the Spring of 1992. For a few months, they showed the original opening. But then, from Summer 1992 until its cancellation, they gave it this really weird new intro with "Nickelodeon" plastered on just about every sky, wall, etc. and the title changed to "Nickelodeon's Moose-O-Rama."

I clearly remember first being introduced to "Rocky and Bullwinkle" on Nickelodeon under the title of "Moose-O-Rama" At least they kept that really catchy opening music that I hardly hear on the DVDs.

[Jon Cooke]

I clearly remember first being introduced to "Rocky and Bullwinkle" on Nickelodeon under the title of "Moose-O-Rama" At least they kept that really catchy opening music that I hardly hear on the DVDs.

Oh man, I'd actually like to see the Moose-o-Rama opening again. Has it surfaced on YouTube? All I really remember is a clip of Dudley Do-Right popping up to say, "If it's in the paper, it must be true!"

[larriva9/11]

Course if I had to think of a cheap opening sequence from the 60's, this takes the cake!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faOHCNFB6o
Basically spinning the logo/text around and looking cool is all you need!

Going back to this, what I find interesting is that it's a different logo from the Mattel Hot Wheels logo--either the producers were pussyfooting around the "advertorial" aspect in the hopes that Peggy Charren would lay off; or else the show was produced before the Hot Wheels product "imaging" was finalized. (It does seem like a crude mock-up of a logo.)

[Marty26]

Oh man, I'd actually like to see the Moose-o-Rama opening again. Has it surfaced on YouTube? All I really remember is a clip of Dudley Do-Right popping up to say, "If it's in the paper, it must be true!"

I can't find it on Youtube, but I liked the part where Rocky and Bullwinkle run into an alley and then Boris and Natasha (looking for the two) carelessly walk right past it.

[Studio Toledo]

Except for the cartoons himself, Garfield and Friends have some of the most awkward theme songs, the Party is just a montage of existing cartoons from season 1 and 2 and also the later seasons and the Rap/Hip-hop theme is really bad that it's a luck they don't included it on DVD.
Just be thankful!

I personally find it annoying to see cartoon openings that are just clip montages set to music, as I often think they could've done better than that if they had animated one suitable for an opening. Too often this is the case for Japanese cartoons when adapted in other countries where often the original openings are never kept as well.

Other cartoon opening song i absolutely hate (with the TV show) is from Mega Babies. Probably the most obnoxious cartoon i ever watched in my entire life. It's so bad that they canned it quickly.
I'm only stunned it was created by the same people who brought us SWAT Kats: the Radical Squadron, which was a MUCH BETTER show IMO. It's just too bad they had to go on to that.

[Studio Toledo]

The redrawn "This Is It" (which appeared on the BB&T show starting in 1988) actually was introduced in 1983 on CBS showings of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show -- including the part with Bugs Bunny segueing to the Road Runner theme (the RR part itself was left alone). Then the following year they ditched it altogether and replaced it with the "Cartoon Gold" theme.
I remember first seeing it there too.

[Studio Toledo]

The original redrawn "Bugs Bunny Show" opening was done by DePatie-Freleng in 1977, when CBS decided to use the show as a prime-time summer replacement series. The design was suppose to imitate the stage designs of the TV variety shows of the period. The opening was then reanimated in 1992 for the ABC Saturday morning show.
Now that makes perfect sense. Interesting it was done around the time I was born!

[Studio Toledo]

I clearly remember first being introduced to "Rocky and Bullwinkle" on Nickelodeon under the title of "Moose-O-Rama" At least they kept that really catchy opening music that I hardly hear on the DVDs.
For me, it was either "The Bullwinkle Show" or the "Rocky & His Friends" syndie packages in the 80's when I was introduced to R&B.

[jonmayo15]

For Moose-A-Rama, all I can find is this.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gluh_bullwinkles-moosearama-1991-commerc_ads

[Jon Cooke]

Does anyone remember when NBC abrupty debuted THE DAFFY DUCK SHOW on its Saturday AM schedule in October 1978 to replace some failed H-B series or other? (This was the American TV debut of the DFE and Lovy :daffy: :speedy: shorts.) The obviously hastily-assembled intro featured voice-over by NBC house announcer Casey Kasem a horrible 'disco' theme "On With The Show" sung by a female chorus.

I posted this opening on the Misce-Looney-ous Blog awhile ago: http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2007/03/nbcs-daffy-duck-show.html

I didn't realize there were OTHER openings to the NBC Daffy Show. I'd like to see those someday.

[larriva9/11]

Also Sam looks way too enthusiastic (of coarse Sam was forced to look "up" for Bugs Bunny's birthday in the cartoon "Blooper Bunny").

And at the 15 second mark, the way Sam walks is.... odd and disturbing.

I find it interesting that it was a solo Sam in the PPS opening, given that his only non-Bugs appearance was in "Honey's Money" (and, arguably, "Along Came Daffy").

[Nick]

I've never seen this show, but I can't let this opening escape this thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WYh8uz3pQ

Really, this has got to one of the most stupid premises for a cartoon show ever.

[Studio Toledo]

I've never seen this show, but I can't let this opening escape this thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WYh8uz3pQ

Really, this has got to one of the most stupid premises for a cartoon show ever.
I took one look at the subject heading itself to know I don't need to see anymore! Really, let's not beat the dead horse around on this one, it just exemplifies everything that made DIC go so wrong in the 90's. Tservo2049 also stated elsewhere about the way these cartoon openings deceive you into thinking the show will be like this but they aren't, as this opening apparently got sent to an entirely different studio (Lapiz Azul Animation I believe worked on this opening) from the one that did the series regularly. The rest of the show was like Clutch Cargo-level insanity for the next 20 minutes, topped off with the usual live-action morality-based message by Hammer himself. There's nothing more to say about it.

I made a cool mock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQ35rHo7X4) of it though people should check out! (anime fans will definitely get this no doubt) :cool: