PBS Mystery! Intro 1984 Vincent Price

[timothylegg]

I was too young to get into the show, but I always thought the cartoon was funny.

[mari66101]

Thanks so much for uploading this clip....I remember seeing this for the first time.

[ronssexybikerbae]

I grew up with this show. I miss this show Vincent Price was the best

[2011Local51]

Vincent Price was definitely own of the greatest actors of the 20th century and a perfect host for Mystery! A true gentleman. Also, Jeremy Brett was ten times better as Sherlock Holmes than Robert Downey Jr.

[crmfghtr]

We so much need Vincent Price today, he is severely missed

[thEannoyingE]

I swear to God Edward Gorey must have had some involvement or inspiration with this animation.

[mintghost]

@thEannoyingE Edward Gorey was the animator :) a good interview with Gorey is on the PBS page :) about mystery! and other things.

[vengeance1701]

@thEannoyingE He did;)

[C3P0meetsData]

I acutally just found out that he's the same guy who did the voice at the end of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." You know, the one that says, "The foulest stench is in the air, the funk of 40,000 years."

[MADMAD2002]

I loved Vincent Price and I loved this series. Absolutely perfect!!!

[Jm4steam]

That was the best opening for Mystery.

[captainh321]

Now, this was a Sherlock Holmes story! Jeremy Brett was so excellent in the role as Holmes. Unlike that ghastly version that came out this past year with a completely miscast Robert Downey and Jude Law. And no one better to introduce this series than Vincent Price. A classic intro to a class mystery.

[Tyrannozero82]

Now that's Mystery!

Mysterious Theater is a nothing but a ripoff.

[rachelmack13]

Was that Vincent Price as Professor Jesse Ziegler as ''Adventures of Connor Mclaughlin''?

[Dravenswraith]

it seemed like vincents voice got better in this age range , wonder if hed quit the smoking i love him

[frightfan1]

Loved Vincent Price as the host. Diana Rigg,too. Masterpiece Mystery's intro pales by comparison.

[rickw1100]

I used to look for Mystery just to hear Mr. Price speak. Man-thats CLASS!!!!

[ChiChiFargo]

How wonderful to see this again. I worked on 'Mystery!' at WGBH and wrote Vincent Price's material for his intros and outtros (and then wrote Diana Rigg's for her first season.) It was so good to watch my old friend VP saying these words again. And I remember being on the set for this shoot. By the way, Jeremy Brett was married to 'Mystery!' producer, Joan Wilson, so we were extra careful to get everything right on this "very special" occasion.

[MrSinantra]

wow you met Vincent Price. Was he the kind of star that was easy going.

[cubsrule2040]

did wGBH have the full seven-second jingle at the time of this episode or did they shorten it?

[dedeman1]

Wow, I watched this show with my parents. I was about 10 or 11, and this intro always intrigued me, especially the cries of the tied woman. It's wonderful to see it again. Thank you retrontario.

[victorianlulu]

I love this dear man, Mr. Vincent Price.His voice was so beautiful. I really miss him. I have loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a child.I like Jeremy Brett, but Basil Rathbone was my favorite! Edward Gorey's artwork is wonderful. Does PBS still show the Sherlock Holmes series?

[Renagade70]

@victorianlulu Last season Masterpiece/ Mystery aired a new Sherlock Holmes. My local network WLIW Channel 21 airs The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( Jeremy Brett) about 4 times a week. Tuesday 5 & 7 pm, Saturday 7 pm and early Monday morning at 1:30.

[victorianlulu]

@Renagade70 Thank you, dear.

[Renagade70]

This is indeed a classic clip. Vincent Price has been on my mind all week.

[creolelady182]

The Best Mystery host by far.

[Thecoldwaterfall]

I SSSOOO miss the onld PBS mystrey ;-((

not to mention the 1980s!

[humbleradio]

@Thecoldwaterfall YOU SAID IT! We all do.

[Timelord90]

@Thecoldwaterfall I miss the old PBS mystery also. And the !980s, that was when tv was tv and less depression from the tube. Then the 1990s came and it was abruptly over. As for today it's nothing more than reality shows and remakes of things such as V here in the United States. My country's entertainment industry sucks and I don't know why the oscars and emmys have such high value.

[JacobWeinberg]

my childhood memories of growing up in Buffalo come flooding back...I miss the '80's : (

[hugh0221]

It's Vincent "Ratigan" Price! =)

& I love Jeremy Brett, too! XD

[kaijuman]

03:58 I'd luv to find the original music to that show.

[austinitesince1979]

Sherlock Holmes: The Series; composed by Patrick Gowers. I saw it was on a demonoid torrent after doing a Blackle search.

[kaijuman]

Hey thanks. That's given me something to go on now.

(Looks like there was actually an album released of the music for this series at one time)

Thanks again! :)

[austinitesince1979]

No problem, glad to help. I was looking into the artwork of Edward Gorey (his art was animated by Derek Lamb for the Mystery! intro.) and I saw this one and got nostalgic listening to that fiddle intro., so I did a little research. It also goes by the name of Sherlock Holmes original soundtrack. The composers daughter Katherine Gowers plays the fiddle in the intro.

[thegreatactor]

Thank for posting. I wish when the rerun the Mystery! shows which are now on dvd and PBS the intros are in it too....Well what can be done?

[Cats4693]

wot an amazing show -and an amazing man !!! Cud listen to him 4ever ---- wot a voice - doh his breathing seems a bad between words he seems to b gasping 4 air .... yet stil went on for another good few years after ---- legend of a man !!!

[ACcountryFan]

hmm...his voice sounds as sharp and crisp then as it did in years past. by the early '90s his voice went a little higher and he did sound a bit winded between sentences but that was mostly due to his illness. he had developed lung cancer at some point in the early '90s and then Parkinson's Disease on top of that. But to my ears, this 1984 clip, he sounds perfectly fine and in command of his voice...doesn't sound weak to me. Vincent continued with this show until 1989. He began hosting it in 1981

[mijikle]

Price, Gorey, and Brett....oh how my heart throbs.... I have a "thing" for dashing gentelmen.

[Pandaro2]

I always thought that Vincent Price hosted the Show better than Diana Rigg did . Though she still explained or introduced the stories well it just did not have the same sense of Mystery inn her intros mainly due to the voice that Vincent had and the fact that Vincent Price practically oozed mystery and suspense

[schizoidboy]

Interestingly both actors were in the movie Theater of Blood which was a horror movie that was based on the murder scenes in Shakespeare's plays. Rigg played Price's daughter in that one.

[MyViddyWatchee]

I could listen to Vincent Price talk all day.

I love watching Tim Burtons short film "vincent", mr.Price's voice just suites that deliciously :D

I wish I had of been alive to see this show! :D

[bichaneca1]

Thank you for posting.

[cubsrule2040]

was the full 7-second wgbh used at the time?

[merrywrath]

How I wish these episodes with the Edward Gorey animation and Vincent Price's introductions were available on DVD.

[TheMikester307]

The Great Vincent Price and the great Jeremy Brett!

Thank you for posting!

[BlackieGirl]

I had the honor of meeting Mr. Price when I was just five years old. From what I remember, he had a very high fever but like the pro that he was, the show went on. He was VERY tall and a perfect gentleman. Now, THAT was special!

[mhrkara]

he had the best voice ever.

thanks for posting this old PBS intro. :D

[BigTMan1]

Vincent. Friggin. Price!

[sarahboat]

The incomparable Vincent Price.

[kingstwestb]

OH MY GOD I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOOOREEEVVER thank you for posting!

[nowherenowhere]

Vincent Price was such a class act. An excellent actor and host.

[Cancrizans]

@nowherenowhere I was just thinking the same thing that he was such a class act, then I scrolled down and read your comment. :) He was from an age when horror was literate and not based on special effects and splattering blood and guts. I am afraid we won't see anything of this quality come from our society again sadly.

[thEannoyingE]

@nowherenowhere Very true, It's ironic that he is hosting Mystery about Holmes since he played a fictitious version of Holmes' arch nemesis in The Great Mouse Detective.

[inbetweentics]

it was vincent price that was my reason for watching this back in the day. he was perfectly fit for host of this mystery program. i wish pbs would air them again.

[Bondish21095]

Just so you all know this show although not introduced by vincent price is still on on sunday night at 9:00

[BBDB]

This isn't scary. The Sesame Street version unfortunately, does :S

[GirlintheWater]

there was a sesame street one?

[wiley207]

Yes, it was a parody of "Mystery!" shown on Sesame Street in 1989-1999. It was called "Mysterious Theater," featuring Sherlock Hemlock. The intro parodied the scene at :10, and it was hosted by Vincent Twice, a parody of Vincent Price that resembled Guy Smiley. I saw a couple of them when I was little, but I didn't find them really scary. I actually kinda liked Vincent Twice.

[xXxequisxXx]

Rockin'...I <3 all of the above. It's a pity I was too young to remember all this stuff, Vincent Price was da man. :)

[Lazygreek07]

I totally forgot about this show, my Mother used to watch it frequently back in the day!!! Vincent Price was an awesome person, and perfect host for this show; Thanks for posting my friend!!!

[number1kinksfan]

Absolutely delicious!!!!

A hero introducing another hero, played by another hero.

love.

[detectivelover]

Wow! I'm speechless...

Great into! Something for every mystery and Holmes lover.

[JudeMaris]

Gads, I watched these when they were new...

[bcbdrums]

*faves* i hadn't seen this version of the 'mystery!' program. i wasn't born til after they changed it XD

[lafemdilletante]

i commented before...but it gone

shared out to the jeremy brett group thank you!

[molierejeborec]

Thanks for upload! I like this animation very interisting and funny... Really nice intro!

Thanks Lafem:-)

[adelfred]

The master of Hammer horror introducing Sherlock Holmes, it could not be better.

[KCSRL2008]

*snicker* Good heavens, that beginning animation...

[lafemdilletante]

isnt it lovely...? my fav. mystery intro

reminds me of an artist... (off to look him up)

[blue0moonsong]

The artwork is by Edward Gorey  :)

[Tracebebo]

actually it was Derek Lamb's work

[blue0moonsong]

As mentioned below, the art was Gorey's.

Derek Lamb adapted and animated it.

:)

[lafemdilletante]

isnt it lovely- best mystery opener ever!

this animation is by edward gorey - also designed the sets and costumes when JB was Dracula "this is 1978- whats a little blood between friends?"