ABC Wide World of Sports Opening 1996

[Freezer818]

WTF was that? The original tagline was longer than that!

[bakerandbaker1]

Okay visuals, but the the theme goes too quickly towards the end.

[starbase121]

The 1974 theme was better!

[pannoni1]

@starbase121 Clearly there was a strong nostalgia for the '70s in the '90s, and there was reason. The '90s (and still today) are all about minimalism- showing what's important rather than show what's exciting and fun.

[petewkro]

JEEZE! Could you have cut that intro any shorter! Jim McKay sounded like John Mochitta here! SLOW DOWN!

[MVboys2]

@petewkro i think he sounded more like Allan Bestwick.

[jhnmatrix]

Boooooo! They should have dropped the intro altogether.

[GenericUser19xx]

I wonder how many repeat viewers ABC was able to snag for over two decades simply on the back of that skier getting ruined on the slope while the narrator rattled off "agony of defeat" over top. Granted you can't see that clip much anymore in this intro, but the fact that it outlasted all the other clips they use seems to say something...