Some weird old title sequences

Normally on a Friday, I like to look at old TV programme with a weird title sequence (“Weird old title sequences”) or sometimes just one that’s a bit hard to find these days and which I rather like (“Lost Gems”) – and then I cobble together a brief precis of it and its good points.

This week, I’m going for something slightly different. Someone’s put together a montage of 10 rare title sequences from the 1960s – so rare I’ve not heard of half them and which look like Lost Gems in some cases – so I thought I’d let the vid speak for itself.

The programmes, most of which have ridiculously cool title sequences and starred people who became famous later on, included are:

  • Johnny Staccato with John Cassavetes
  • Mr Broadway with Craig Stevens
  • 87th Precinct with Robert Lansing
  • Checkmate with Doug McClure
  • Suspense Theatre
  • Amos Burke Secret Agent with Gene Barry
  • Hawk with Burt Reynolds
  • T.H.E. Cat with Robert Loggia
  • The Baron with Steve Forrest
  • Man In A Suitcase with Richard Bradford

Enjoy!

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  • Rob Buckley

    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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