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An Opening Theme With ONLY Pictures Of One Person

Markxxx

Markxxx

I've been watching reruns of Maude on WCIU 26.2 and I noticed that in the opening theme, Maude, or rather Bea Arthur is the only person in shown.

I am about halfway through and I don't know if this is the same throughout the whole show, but so far it is. Unless they substantially re-did the theme pictures.

What I mean is like on the Mary Tyler Moore Show there's no credits on the opening theme, but we still see pictures of Rhoda, Ted, Murray, Phyllis and Lou (depending on season)

Of course on Maude you get the credits in the opening theme, the cast is listed but you don't see photos of them

What makes it even more odd is you ONLY see Maude. There is no other person in the shots they use. Only one time do you come close, you see about 1/4 of someone going in a closet.

So is there any other show like this?

I'm thinking the first opening of Rhoda was like this for half a season while the show was using the "My name is Rhoda...." opening.
 
I keep thinking that in the later years of "The Lucy Show"
they used just a montage of her in various costumes,
ending with a shot of Ms. Ball looking formally dressed and
quite gorgeous.

Likewise, did "The Carol Burnett Show" ever use anything
other than her animated cleaning-lady character?
 
Seasons 4 and 5 of The Doris Day Show come to mind except for the very brief shots about a couple of seconds of John Dehner and Jackie Joseph in the credits, Doris is seen all the time in the credits, walking down the spiral staircase in her apartment in season 4 which changed to running down the spiral staircase as she was late for work in season 5, driving her car in San Francisco, stepping off a trolley and hopping off to work and Doris wearing a bunch of beautiful gowns and some eye popping dresses and she was beautiful in them as well. 8)

Chuck Connors in The Rifleman.

James Arness in Gunsmoke.

Mike Connors in Mannix.
 
Don Adams in Get Smart

Edward Woodward in The Equalizer
 
Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971)
Ironside
Mary Tyler Moore (the first two seasons)
Rhoda (first season)
Phyllis
Bob Newhart (first three seasons)
Cannon
Bat Masterson
Have Gun Will Travel
 
If you're talking about the '70s Bob Newhart show, I thought
Suzanne Pleshette was always there to greet him when he got
home.
 
bpatrick said:
If you're talking about the '70s Bob Newhart show, I thought
Suzanne Pleshette was always there to greet him when he got
home.
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If I remember correctly, the opening titles for Newhart didn't include people at all. Just a car driving through the bucolic Vermont (or was it New Hampshire?) countryside.

Speaking of which: I pay attention to cars, so what always bugged me about the Maude opening were the cheap file-footage sequences of cars driving over the New York bridges...presumably toward the Long Island suburb where Maude lived. Even when the show was new in the 70s, that footage was about a decade out of date - a lot of the cars on the road in the title sequence were already in the junk yards. I always thought Norman Lear must have done that opening on the cheap.
 
Braves2005 said:
Cannon
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Being a Quinn Martin production, I assume it does not count the guest stars that follow William Conrad in the credits.

Lkeller said:
If I remember correctly, the opening titles for Newhart didn't include people at all. Just a car driving through the bucolic Vermont (or was it New Hampshire?) countryside.
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Neither does Cheers -- while it does show many people, they're mainly just generic drawings or photos from years gone by, not the cast themselves.

Lkeller said:
Speaking of which: I pay attention to cars, so what always bugged me about the Maude opening were the cheap file-footage sequences of cars driving over the New York bridges...presumably toward the Long Island suburb where Maude lived. Even when the show was new in the 70s, that footage was about a decade out of date - a lot of the cars on the road in the title sequence were already in the junk yards. I always thought Norman Lear must have done that opening on the cheap.
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On the same token, I think the street film in the "All In The Family" intro looked older than it should, as well.
 
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