30 MOSTLY OBSCURE 60s TV THEME INTROS 

A time where the family could watch TV together without cuss words or sexual innuendos. It help bind families.

East Side, West Side...Love It. My Dad liked this show, God was I young and this seems like a million years ago. Wish we could step into a time machine and go back.

Another magnificent collection of intros! Nothing can't be compared with the magic, charm and elegance of the '60s tv!

Edd Byrnes, not Fabian, was Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip, and had a novelty record hit "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" with Connie Stevens, also from the show. The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatres were later rerun as NBC summer replacement shows with game show hosts like Art Fleming replacing Hope's intros, then syndicated as Universal Star Time with...well, more commercials replacing the intros.

My mom was a big fan of "East Side, West Side". I'd love to see it.

It's wonderful to see how we've progressed - even the lesser quality programs of those days are light years ahead of the best drivel we haveke today

This is wonderful stuff! Thanks for posting this!

This was so much fun! Thank you for posting it. I love seeing everybody so young!

Wow! Did you bring back some memories. There was great television in the 50s and 60s, a time when actors of the big screen weren't so exclusive to make TV appearances. The quality of the picture may not have been very good, but there sure was substance in the acting and the writing. I sure do miss it.

I remembered most of them. The ones I missed were probably bc my folks didn't watch them. Love the nostalgia trip! Thanx for the great upload!

God I loved anthology shows how I wish we had even one today

No matter how obscure those shows were, the people who created those opening titles put a lot of work and love into them. With very few exceptions, you won't find such things on network TV anymore. (Kudos to the folks who gave us the beautiful Follow the Sun, the jazzy and gritty East Side West Side, and numerous westerns seen here. I wish my dad was alive to see and remember them.)

1959 was a peak year for the western genre when 26 different westerns aired, at least one on each network every night of the week.

Holy Hell!!! I am 59, and seeing these intro's, I now remember them...Thanks to you!! for putting these up!!!

Wow, just stumbled upon this site while surfing.....it's great! I turned 60 this week, and in between the whining and moaning about getting older, I can now peruse some neat stuff to remember, for those of us who were TV addicts as kids. Thanks for compiling these, and bringing back some old memories. (As an FYI, if you ever put together a "worst theme songs" site, be sure to include the one from the short-lived "Blondie" series in 1968, with Will Hutchins and Patricia Harty. That is surely one of the most vile compositions ever recorded---it went into my head nearly fifty years ago, and apparently nothing but surgery is going to get it out.....aaacck.)

Better than reality shows any day.

I did not even have to watch this entire video to list it as a favorite. Thanks for collecting these nostalgic memories.

5:01 on...INCREDIBLE array of extremely talented actors & actresses!

I'd buy a DVD of "The Great Adventure" in a heartbeat. At this point TV still believed in its responsibilty to do fine things for thinking people at least occasionally.

wow, you got some cool stuff here dude! your vids are great

I went for a long trip back to my childhood, thanks for the memories !

I'm from Australia and alot of these shows never made these shores except Destry. However it was interesting to see how many of the actors went onto great careers e.g. Wayne Rogers and Jack Lord. These shows were full of talent with a capital T not like the one hit wonders gracing our screen today. This was real talent. The talent today, if they make a name for themselves they are soon dead through drug use. No real loss there.

The worst of these shows would be better than 90% of what we have today. Interesting stories, well written and performed by people who could actually act.

Was Gary Lockwood the Ted McGinley of the 1960's? He's in so many of these short-lived series.

East Side West Side was easily 15 years ahead of its time.

Wow, I was quite the tv addict as a kid, but I only recognized a few of them. The only ones we watched were The Defernders and The Lieutenant. The Lieutenant was a pretty darn good show as I recall.

Scary the number of these I saw way back when. Live dramas, anthologies, major talents. We had three channels and you could almost always find something worth watching. Today with 300 channels it is difficult, if not impossible, to find quality entertainment.

That was his given name--his twin brother is Rex Reason, whom I had the honor of meeting.

Thank you very much for sharing this.

Fantastic I really enjoyed that.. The only one that was aired here in the UK was Stagecoach West ,that I can remember , could not believe how young Robert Redford and Richard Crenna looked..

East Side, West Side was truly ahead of its time.

I would love to watch that episode of the Richard Boone show, I noticed Warren Stevens and Lloyd Bochner 2 really great tv actors were standing on stage.

The television intros in the 1960s were so original ! Like someone who actually had a brain sat down and thought the process out in those days. Amazing!

I was very young but always liked Richard Boone (have gun will travel) ..... love the way they span the performers ...... nice thinking ..... unlike today ...... first performer you see ..... is a very young Robert Blake

What a treasure trove, to say the least!!! I am now in a dream world wondering if these shows would be chosen over the fake reality shows which is about the only fare one can choose from today. Thank you for posting.

Don't know how you found all these treasures but thanks!

My parents were not big TV watchers so we never were exposed to most of these shows. I used to leave my bedroom door open slightly so I could listen after I went to bed.

I definitely remember The New Breed. When Leslie Nielsen was a serious actor. And Robert Redford played in an episode.

Thanks for putting this up,I`d totally forgotten most of them and it`s great to hear them again.

What I find most amazing about this is the number of familiar actors from more popular shows and movies!

Cain was a federal investigator hunting down one hundred different, dangerous criminals. Hence, Cain's Hundred. Freiberger was alo chief script editor on one of the best- and least known- TV shows ever, the superb Slattery's People

Caught a young and handsome ROBERT BLAKE as "ONE OF THE PLAYERS" OF "The Richard Boone Show". My folks loved watching "The Dick Powell Show" and "Hollywood and The Stars" . I also caught an even younger Ryan O'Neal in "Empire" from 1962 before he made it big in 1964 with "Peyton Place".

I remember these from my early childhood watching tv with my parents. Great memories.

Fabulous! I applaud your hard work in assembling these intros. It's the analog audio processing that's been lost. Digital has no balls. Love that theme to Hollywood and the Stars. It may be a production library cue.

Fantastic collection. I listen to radio classics and see a lot of the radio stars had their own TV shows. Thanks for putting this together, I'm now a subscriber. Keep'em coming!!!!

She was a real professional--as were all of these guest stars--they were professionals--today's kids can't hold a candle to them.

Surprised me how many of those shows I remember. I AM old. Stoney Burke - Jack Lord was such a hunk. Great stuff.

I am so ashamed that I am old enough to remember most of these shows. I had forgotten them all.

2:06 - 2:22 I love that theme song! It's like East Side, West Side, it's powerful!

Back when tv was truly worth watching. Even some of the stinkers surpass the crud that's on today. I watched most of these as a teenager. The Defenders, Great Adventure, and East Side, West Side were some favorites. George C. Scott in ESWS was really ahead of its time. Great memories.

Just like others are saying, these "lesser quality" shows sure would be better than the reality shows of today's TV.

I do remember a few of the shows listed as I was a grade school kid at the time. My Dad liked the westerns and my sister like Mr. Novak.

Obscure is right! I'm 59 & I can only remember a few of these! Great to se some of the old time movie stars who ventured into TV and some of new tv actors who went on to have their own hit series... such as Chuck Connors. thanks for uploading this.

Wow! That Richard Boone show! A who's who of stars. Robert Blake, Harry Morgan, and a half dozen others who either starred on Star Trek or Twilight Zone - - or both.

Those are rare title sequences, indeed! Thanks ever so much for keeping the memories of old TV alive & well.

Brings back memories and surprises.

I watched a LOT of television in the 1960's and I had never heard of half of these shows. Don't know how I missed so many of them. In northern NJ, we received TV tranmission from NYC and we got 7 VHF channels.

forgot to add that a lot of the music is so serious sounding like in film Noir music . I like that feel give you an eerie feel sometimes watching intros thanks again for posting these appreciated thank you

Just great to see all the actors and casts that appeared on so many of the TV shows some new stars we grew up watching sometimes to stay up a little later even if we knew the shows or not . The casts and supporting roles always bring a smile the old 12 inch Dumont TV in the parlor and the neighbors who didn't have a set brought a treat and the kids had their pillows and Mom made the coffee and Dad was always moving the rabbit ears what a great time and at 65 I realize how lucky I am!

I grew up in the 60's with a good memory of all the programs well so I thought until I saw this video. Good job and finding this RwDtol.

Some I remember some i don't. It brings back great memories. Thanks

Today's tv is such dreck compared to the great shows of the 50s-60s. Too bad most TV people today are too young to know what they missed. Great gritty dramas, epic westerns (I still watch Gunsmoke daily!), classic sitcoms...not one "REALITY" show in sight except for "Candid Camera". Thanks for posting these.

These are just great with a lot of creativity matching the music to the opening sequences. I love 'The Chrysler Theater' can you imagine that today? The Hyundai Theater - featuring the i10 the i20 and let's not forget the i30

That really brought back memories of my wasted childhood. Thanks.

Wow. Did the producers ever overdo it in the early 60s! Thanks for the video.

The Great Adventure and Profiles in Courage were good shows in that they also taught Americans about their history.

i only remembered a small handful of these ... fascinating little time capsule you've put together

The "BUS STOP" opening at 2:21 is the one that introduced one of the series' most violent episodes: "A Lion Walks Among Us" [December 3, 1961], guest starring Fabian {Forte} as a psychotic drifter who commits murder, blackmails the district attroney's wife into getting him off, only to end up being killed by her {in self defense}. A congressional committee investigating TV violence in February 1962 declared it to be THE most offensive show they viewed. Not too long after that, the series ended.

I didnt remember Arrest and trial but went back and looked at some old clips on youTube and it all came back like it was yesterday.

Didn't know any of the themes but recognized quite a few of the programs with National Velvet bringing back a lot of good memories. Don't know that I want to see any of them again based on how butchered Antennatv, Metv, Grit and others edit them before broadcast. Back then programs had only a couple of minutes of commercials where now an hour long program might have only 40 minutes of program.

I was really amazed to see 'The Great Adventure' which I loved to watch as a child because it told stories about different periods of American History.

Kind of a stunning reminder of how few dramatic shows actually headlined women.

How on earth do you find these gems? I truly would like to know. As I child of the sixties this was great fun and fascinating watching and listening to these long forgotten T.V. programs. Television had a lot of class and distinction back then.

I remember the Lieutenant but I didn't realize the now late Robert Vaughn was in the series. I remember the episode where there was a "mock" Vietnam military operation. How prescient and somewhat ominous that the would have such a show in 1963-64 series. Ominous!

This is a special posting to this “channel”. Old films and early television must be saved and rebroadcasted to newer generations.’ As always, thanks’ for taking the time to support these films! And I support this site. ~M~ Thank you!!!

The 50s and 60s were the coolest 2 decades of the 20th century.

Didn't remember any of these, though I did nail Chrysler from the visuals, and certainly recognized many of the stars.

THE LIEUTENANT--I saw this episode on TNT years ago. In a supporting role, Leonard Nimoy played a movie director who wanted to film the heroic war story of Andrew Duggan's character...who was hiding a painful secret. STAGECOACH WEST--fans of BEVERLY HILLS 90210 (the original) will be shocked to learn Wayne Rogers' character was named....Luke Perry. (part 4)

Thanks for putting this together--brought back a lot of memories of great action/adventure series where a lot of young actors got their start. (Jack Lord became well known because of Stoney Burke--produced by Daystar, which also did The Outer Limits). FYI, back then one season was 30-32 episodes long, which is double that of your typical season today of 14-16 episodes.

Fabian's guest appearance on Bus Stop, as a violent psychopath, was so shocking at the time (1961-62) that it helped lead to a congressional investigation into violence on tv.

Thanks for the great posting. I was a child in the 1960s, so I never watched any of these shows, (they were on past my bed time). I love old TV shows though. The themes alone were terrific.

This has probably been pointed out, but Leslie Neilson starred with Ann Frances in the Sci-Fi classic 'Forbidden Planet' before this show...

Yes, "EMPIRE" (1962-'63) was filmed and telecast in color on NBC, primarily because Chrysler was the series' sponsor, and they wanted their commercials to be seen in "Living Color". They dropped the series to sponsor "BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER" the following season, and Richard Egan appeared in a half-hour "follow-up" series, "REDIGO", in black and white (Screen Gems/Columbia was too cheap to film most of their series in color back then; "HAZEL" was a rare excception).

That Destry theme has been in my brain all these years.

To the one who posted this---Thank you a million times a million. I guess listening to them gives away my age.

Surely you cant include The Defenders: 35 greatest show of all time : TV Guide, 25 greatest show of all time: People, Star, And Rolling Stone and Vibe. Wow this is impressive.

I've an affinity for shows that make you think and there seemed to be more of them back then. The Defenders, Slattery's People, Dr. Kildare, and Ben Casey, Mr. Novak, The Lieutenant, Naked City, Arrest and Trial, etc.

I didn't think they were all obscure but then a lot of the shows I liked even as a kid were not that popular and got canceled after one season

Anyone who has seen Sybil will remember Martine Bartlett. An unforgettable performance! It was also her last -- she quit acting after that.

I remember a lot of these. My parents had a talent for liking TV shows that never lasted long. I remember my Mom and Dad talking, "This is a really good show!" "Don't say that! It will get cancelled!"

I remembered Profiles in Courage, Hollywood and the Stars, Mr. Novak, and The Defenders. I had the biggest crush on pre-Brady Bunch, Robert Reed. Of course, I was only five years old.

Thanks for posting these. I remember many of these intros, though not necessarily the episodes themselves. Usually when you see 60s TV intros and revivals, it's the same dozen or so shows over and over. A lot of good stuff falls by the wayside. It's great to see some of these again.

Without David L. Wolper, there would not be a Ken Burns.

The TV themes were better than the shows themselves!

Out of all these I only remember East Side West Side, Stoney Burke, Mr. Novak, The Defenders

it's 1am rn and i'm watching this, i'm 14. i love this stuff

National Velvet starring Lori Martin. She was cast as Gregory Peck's daughter in Cape Fear(1962).

they don't have shows like this anymore.

I remember some of those westerns. I love TV westerns the most. I love Jack Lord,didn't know he had a western, except for a guest role on Bananza. He was so Sexy!!! RIP Jack!!

I remember some of these but I don't think all these shows were shown in the UK. My mum used to love "Bus Stop" which was based on the Marilyn Monroe movie I believe. I also remember "The Detectives" and "The Defenders" - great memories!