Spooky/Psychedelic 1960s TV Show Openings

I didn't realize it, but there were some TV shows out there in the 1960s with real trippy/unintentionally REALLY scary title sequences. At least they were scary to me when I was a tot.

Look at the kaleidoscope effects here on WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR. Wow, man!

Even the NBC peacock is trippy. This clip has the peacock, then a short preview for ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Of course!), then the DISNEY titles and then we get to see that the show is sponsored by Eastman Kodak. It runs under 2 minutes:

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Disney's Wonderful World of Color Intro - 1960s!!

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I was a little, little kid when TIME TUNNEL was on and the titles scared me very much:

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The Time Tunnel (STEREO)

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The Lucy puppet was creepy. Here's the opening and the first ten minutes of this HERE'S LUCY episode, which guest stars Joan Rivers. Part two (if you get caught up in this episode) is here.

Hat tip to Randy Glasbergen for this.

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"Here's Lucy" Season 6, Episode 9: Lucy and Joan Rivers Do Jury Duty (Part 1)

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And here's JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN a relatively unknown, short-lived anthology TV show that was a coproduction between 20th Century Fox and Hammer Films from 1968.

Hat tip to Rod McKie for this one:

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Journey to The Unknown Intro 1968

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