Wednesday, January 25, 2012

'The Walking Dead' Opening Credits: Recut to the 'Growing Pains' Theme Song

The internet has a long history of mixing up different video and audio clips for parody.  My all-time favorite is probably the re-cut trailer for 'The Shining' set to Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", and played as a romantic comedy.


Anyway, MovieWeb has decided to do the same thing with 'The Walking Dead'.  This time the opening credit sequence has been set to the theme song from 'Growing Pains', and shot in a way to make the show seem like a family program.  


The whole thing has a perfectly late 80's/ early 90's vibe, right down to the typeface and the starwipe title at the end.  And I love the guest stars they list.  And while this is a funny take on them, my favorite opening credits version of the show remains the animated fan-made version.  

The parody almost makes up for this crushing moment from the end of season 1:


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13 comments:

  1. InfinitePlansJanuary 25, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Please don't remind me of Darabont, it could have been so good. :(

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  2. TakerJanuary 25, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    Really funny video, thanks for the post man.

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  3. Zap McBlowfistJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    Man i lol'd btu checked out the fanmade one too, that is awesome eh :D Got me thinking about the alt (never gonna happen) season 2 real shame that... /sobs

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  4. Pat HattJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM

    Letting Darabont go was the most idiotic thing ever, but yeah that was great perectly 80's.

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  5. BragonDornJanuary 25, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    Me and my cousin put a bunch of clips from the walking dead together and played "Everything is food" by popeye over zombies eating people. Was hilarious.

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  6. dopdavidJanuary 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM

    oh sweet i can't wait for more walking dead what I've seen so far has me on the edge of my seat :D

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  7. DreadnaughtJanuary 26, 2012 at 12:25 AM

    hahaha nice. never seen these before

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  8. darpeeJanuary 26, 2012 at 4:18 AM

    Made me laugh hard

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  9. psychology-knowledgeJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    HAHA! Great video, mate!

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  10. HBragerJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:36 AM

    Last episode was very sad :(

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  11. Alex D.January 26, 2012 at 7:52 AM

    hah nice. This reminds me I need to go get issue 91 through whatever they are at the moment.

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  12. BerserculesJanuary 26, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    Looks great! Couldn't watch the end though cause I haven't see the last episodes yet!

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  13. BaurJanuary 26, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    Poor darabont

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