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The Carol Burnett Show

1967–1978CBSComedy

Twenty-three seconds and a Bob Mackie gown, from the variety show that taught American television how a sketch ensemble should work.

1 sequence28th most looked up of 99 in the 1960sIMDb ↗

The opening titles

Season 1

23s

The 1967 opening.

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Still from the opening titles of Sesame Street2 sequences

Sesame Street

1969–PBS / HBOComedy

Children running through a New York street to a song asking how to get there — an opening that has been remade every decade for over fifty years.

  • Season 1
  • Seasons 24–25
Still from the opening titles of The Addams Family1 sequence

The Addams Family

1964–1966ABCComedy

Harpsichord, bass clarinet, and two finger snaps that half a century of television has never managed to shake off. The family assemble for a portrait while Lurch supplies the only three adjectives the song needs.

  • Seasons 1–2
Still from the opening titles of The Brady Bunch1 sequence

The Brady Bunch

1969–1974ABCComedy

A three-by-three grid of faces all looking at each other — a title sequence so structurally famous that the grid alone is the reference.

  • Season 1
Still from the opening titles of Bewitched1 sequence

Bewitched

1964–1972ABCComedy

Animated witches and a swing arrangement — a live-action sitcom that opens as a cartoon, which was the only way to show the magic on a 1964 budget.

  • Season 1
Still from the opening titles of Gilligan's Island1 sequence

Gilligan's Island

1964–1967CBSComedy

A theme song that narrates the entire premise, names every castaway, and was rewritten after the first season to stop leaving two of them out.

  • Season 3
Still from the opening titles of The Andy Griffith Show1 sequence

The Andy Griffith Show

1960–1968CBSComedy

A father and son walking to a fishing hole while somebody whistles — twenty-three seconds, and one of the most quoted pieces of music in American television.

  • Season 1