The Osbournes
2002–2005MTVDocumentary
Ozzy Osbourne singing Crazy Train as a lounge number over a title card done in gold leaf, which is the joke the whole series runs on.
The Osbournes opens with a main title sequence of 38 seconds.
It arrived on MTV in 2002, when The Real World, Clone High and Total Request Live were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
38sFan upload.
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