Perfect Strangers - Season 1 - Intro

The intro to Perfect Strangers - Season 1 Episode 1

[@PubliusAfricanus]

Best part is Balki on the bus then cut to Larry driving with determination into Chicago. "Nothing's gonna stop me now." So great.

[@michaelfilmbuff3309]

#1

[@user-di6de8wh3p]

Yellow

[@cityhawk]

Am I the only one who thinks that Bronson Pinchot is an insanely underrated comedic actor?

[@PubliusAfricanus]

Brian OSullivan Dramatic, too. That scene in season 1 where he gets his heart broken is insane.

[@jedijones]

Yeah, looking back on this, it's clear this performance went beyond standard '80s sitcom acting.

[@graphicdesigner5188]

Loved the show since childhood and I'm 31.

[@EddieKoz81]

They just don't make sitcom intro's like this anymore. Hell...they just dont't make sitcom's like this anymore!! Miss those days....

[@jwsu2003]

I miss when sitcom intros/openings gave you the premise of the show.

[@YouCanCallMeAl1022]

Every time I drive to Chicago from Detroit and ride up on the Dan Ryan expressway, I blast this song at full volume from my speakers. :-)

[@robanah]

*tear I loved this show when I was little. If someone made a show like this now, it would be so contoversial

[@zshaw7549]

Takes me back to watching this as a child. My sister and I still crack up at this show.

[@heartofzorro]

Balki's the best. Great memories. Nostalgia. Thank you Simpsons.

[@MikeLutton]

wish they had a full version of this song love it

[@ultimateterrorgaming8440]

They do😀

[@MikeLutton]

@@ultimateterrorgaming8440 where at

[@K9KANAP1]

Balky was the original Borat. PG version.

[@MsChick-hn1qo]

Except Balki was actually HOT.

[@camelnat]

I wish I had a time machine

[@charles1203]

We all do. One thing something I know I want to do is go back say 30 years and see the difference from then and now.

[@domirules28]

of all the seasons this was the best intro ever...

[@e22378]

thank you so much for posting this!!!

[@DorvellTStewart]

If it is an actual song, that would be so awesome! The words are so inspirational! and if there's more to that song than we hear in the show (which there is if this is an actual song,) I'd love to know how much inspiration the song has to offer in its entirety!

[@XXSomeDudeXX]

[@MikeLutton]

love this song so realxing to listen to

[@weareclouds]

I have no idea why this show is so underrated. It's like. It'll get picked up by a network in reruns and then be off by like 2 months time. Not to mention the fact that I have seasons 1/2 since on DVD since they came out in 08 and they still haven't added the other seasons (Which, I want to see Pipe Dreams from season 3 again and they took it off YT)

[@Irishness0117]

I miss my childhood awwww

[@tarbis]

Loved this show. One of the great shows of the 80's. Gotta love Balky's smile. XD

[@howardsmith327]

Do they reair this? I really miss this show!

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

I'm old too I'm 32

[@zshaw7549]

I've got you by a year

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

abd boji I know I'm still young but feeling older

[@FrauKaulitz1]

I love this show with all my heart

[@Jeff_Thomas]

brings back memories

[@advancedraymondology2914]

I don't remember, did the guy with the sunglasses from Larry's hometown become a part of the show? He's clearly hamming it up like we should be focusing on him.

[@TonguePunch]

When they changed the intro for Season 3, I'm pretty sure that same guy is on the boat with Larry and Balki at the beginning.

[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

It’s hard to believe that Bronson Pinchot at first didn’t want to do the show because he thought it was too much of his character in Beverly Hills cop. However in my childhood that show is golden and everybody was wonderful they don’t make shows like this anymore that’s for sure

[@DeathCharge2007]

I love an miss thia show since I was a kid

[@lavalampluva55401]

Ugh! Makes me miss living in Chicago!

[@noahlsmith2488]

Did anyone else notice that the front door changes in later seasons? The apartment looks almost the same except the front door in later seasons is where the closet is in the first few seasons. I just noticed that. Strange. They are obvious in the same apartment. And I don't remember them saying they remodelled. But I guess they did.

[@MsChick-hn1qo]

In season 3 they moved.

[@-Pawuloniasty-]

I love it

[@magicbiped]

Thumbs up if you know that Family Matters was spin-off of this!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Do not forget _Full House_ !

[@philipmclaughlin9636]

Yes Carl was on a few episodes of Perfect Strangers

[@markasflood8196]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X I don't Think Full House was a Spin off Perfect Strangers

[@youcanquoteme2]

Both Larry and Balki have played criminals on Law and Order. Oh how careers can change. My old band also covered the theme song and it was the best decision ever made. CLASSIC.

[@lavalampluva55401]

The theme was written by Jesse Frederick and Bennett Salvay. David Pomeranz is who sang it.

[@Markb2477]

@kalebparham It was a spin off. The mother in Family Matters was the elevator operator were Larry worked. Also on a side note Steve Urkel was only suppose to be in one episode.

[@jeepthing98]

Ahh the good ol days when TV shows had a theme song and a story told through the opening credits. And this full PS version is a minute and a half. Non-existent for years now...

[@BVictor21]

@MovieMaker5087 Well guess what, the John Hancock Center and Sears Tower, the big black buildings you see in that skyline shot are in Chicago. Yes the Statue of Liberty is in NYC Harbor, but after that image, the skyline is Chicago, and the negative is reversed. And no, it's Lake Michigan. I think I'd know,,,

[@dkupke]

The best shows of the TGIF lineup: Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Step By Step, and Boy Meets World (the early season). The rest are all just wannabees.

[@siddadnan]

Good old times...

[@PGMEagle]

This was the best version of the song

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

This theme song is the epitome of '80s cheese: synth drums and electric piano provide the core of it all. That, and the fact Lionel Richie "stole" the melody to rework into "Dancing on the Ceiling." 1986 was such a cheese-tastic year for many legacy stars.

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

yup the singer is David Pomeranz

[@city12chania]

that's perfect for "Perfect Strangers".... 0 dislikes!!!!!!!!

[@jimj1525]

Difference is: nowadays many Americans are looking for that pastoral idyllic existence that Balki has on his island with his family instead of the reverse

[@Zoomer30]

That's the hardest thing about "fish out of water" shows. Limited shelf life. They got 6 seasons but almsot got canceled after 5 with ratings going down. The Same thing happened to Northern Exposure. Sure, Rob Morrows contract disputes after Season 2 did not help, but after a few seasons thw "fish out of water" is not "out of water" anymore and gags that work well on Season 1 fall flat on Season 3.

[@blacksultan85]

I LOVE THIS INTRO SO MUCH I HOPE I DON'T SUFFER FROM HYPERTENSION!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-uo9em8dw7s]

It Came From Beyond January 1, 1983

[@LogoMan7777]

0:23 - Looks like Bob Saget, but isn't his hair supposed to be darker? It looks brown to me.

[@matzarubaa]

@BVictor21 At 1:10, that's the Statue of Liberty. You do know that that's located in the New York Harbor and not in Chicago, right? And that the lake you say should be on the left is actually the "Atlantic Ocean"?

[@abinashmishra329]

Balki took a transatlantic boat from Mypos or Greece to New York. Then he took the bus to Wisconsin and then to Chicago.

[@shehonbrother53]

@kalebparham o thats because the same guy made the intro for it and i think he made the intro to step by step to

[@DorvellTStewart]

I've been wondering for quite a while now, was the song written specifically for this show? Or was the theme song to this show just a sample of an actual song? I hope that makes sense, LOL!

[@epp6681]

The cool guy with the sunglasses stole the show

[@amberpeters9674]

epp6681 is that Bob Saget?

[@anatotitan]

I need to know more about that cool guy!

[@xxoxia]

I think there's a bit more feeling in the re recorded version of the song. I like the shots of this theme, though.

[@BVictor21]

The Chicago skyline has been flipped in the imagery. Must have gotten the framing reversed somehow. 1:10 the lake should be on the left

[@markasflood8196]

1:10

[@jumpinjax2]

@Markb2477 And Carl the cop was a cop....again, on Perfect Strangers.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Coincidentally, both events happened in 1986.

[@littlesongbird1]

I think it may have been written for the show...

[@solmonhut]

@ShearaCamacho I got my episodes from netflix.

[@domirules28]

@Markb2477: for a few seasons they ran back to back on friday nights on abc...

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

David Pomeranz also sounds like John Hiatt.

[@stdamon]

Is Saget the guy in the glasses?

[@BigRain101]

Whats the name of this song

[@DSMTheEditor]

Scaring the little GIRL?!?! LADY!

[@user-uo9em8dw7s]

Purple Fish May 8, 1995

[@theartanthologist7794]

Is it weird that I'm crying?

[@kenny38606]

I really liked this intro, but did anyone ever think it was a little too long, as well as too dramatic?

[@user-of3jy2ce6z]

Purple Fish Green Fish Red Fish Pal Arthur

[@kalebparham]

I heard Family Matters was aspin-off from this. Even though the music is simlilar, I can't believe it. It's completely different.

[@jeepthing98]

of course it was a spin off. Harriet's character is the elevator operator at the Chronicle and Carl was in 1 or 2 episodes as the cop that he plays.

[@davidthechupacabra6191]

in todays economy u see guy going back to his country instead and other back to suburbs.... Song played in reverse too

[@dbeatham]

30 seconds in the guy with the sun glasses, im sure that's bob saget

[@libertubey2199]

You could be right. The guy does favor him.

[@LogoMan7777]

@@libertubey2199 Clearer shot at 0:23.

[@dbeatham]

@Biology Discussions Ive still not seen any confermation that that was him. but im sure it was

[@drummingdanny84]

Lionel Richie would have done as good, if not, a better job than David Pomeranz because the theme sounds a lot like "Dancing On The Ceiling", which also came out in 1986.

[@helium396]

nah not the * happy dance*

[@michaelbusciacco9965]

To anyone who can locate the Location of The Appleton house I will be forever grateful

[@solmonhut]

The cute chick at 0:20 ill bet is Leah Remini.

[@markasflood8196]

0:20

[@Zoomer30]

That's the hardest thing about "fish out of water" shows. Limited shelf life. They got 6 seasons but almsot got canceled after 5 with ratings going down. The Same thing happened to Northern Exposure. Sure, Rob Morrows contract disputes after Season 2 did not help, but after a few seasons thw "fish out of water" is not "out of water" anymore and gags that work well on Season 1 fall flat on Season 3.

[@VaultMasterDBT]

Perfect Strangers ran 8 seasons, with a year-long hiatus taking place between seasons 7 and 8, but no near-cancellation to speak of before the end of season 7.

[@myyoutubepage199]

Balkys move to Step by step is like hulk hogan jumping ship from WWF to WCW .lol