THE COLBYS Opening Credits: Season 1

[SoapDude2010]

This theme kills! However, the show was just okay, needed more "oomph" at times, and ending it with a UFO abduction solidified it as beyond camp, which is too bad

[wheninrome345]

I remember this show vividly. I was 18-years-old. I could never get into it. It was TOO glitzy. The great Barbra Stanwyck, Charleston Heston, and Stephanie Beecham were added incentives, but it wasn't enough to keep my attention. There was no originality like "Knots Landing". And it failed with me, attempting to be entertaining. And with the theme song every week, I was always anticipating Christopher Reeves or George Reeves to be resurrected from the grave and fly over the Colbys' mansion.

[MegaAlin27]

Stany is the BEST!!!!!!!

[YvanJules]

the best theme song EVER

[TheMasterNo6]

The music would have been more suited to some kind of superhero show-something like Superman....I wouldn't have been surprised if the reason 1 it didn't do well is because of the music, does a lot for a fan base. Nice theme, but totally ridiculous show, as was Dynasty BUT it had Adam and Alexis who we all hated but liked. Also, in Dynasty there'd been no mention of 'other' Colbys save Cecil....

[TRUMPER007]

Always thought this theme a bit 'Superman' ish!

[poonkey111]

boy,people and their negative feedback....anyway love dynasty 2 the colby's.....GREAT SPIN OFF TO THE ORIGINAL..."WOW" THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE FIRST.........

[rchris36]

It's silly not to release The Colbys on DVD. The first series of Dynasty is on DVD and is that really better than the first series of The Colbys? All a matter of opinion ofcourse. The Colbys only problem was it wasn't original. Without Dynasty ever being made and with the addition of Joan Collins it would no doubt have been a massive success. Thank God The Colbys are on UK TV again now!

[JohnBlack2345]

If the new Dallas is a hit, you'll start seeing continuations out the backside.

[jmjfanss]

@JohnBlack2345

Except for dynasty, you gonna see a prequel of this in movie screens.

[purecorkboy06]

The problem with the Colbys was it never lived up to its promise after the credits ended. I always just wanted Fallon and Jeff to board a plane back to Denver and never look back. Once Barbara Stanwyck left I think it sank fast. I never did think however Fallon would board a spaceship back to Denver. But hey there we go!!

[jwatwater]

... wht kind of Dynasty rip off is this?

[LBColby]

@jwatwater A spin-off.

[jwatwater]

@LBColby OH. well that makes it ok. Lol. at first I was like... "wtf? no." but thts cool. I was born in 91 so... yeah...

[sdh74]

@jwatwater At the height of DYNASTY'S popularity, ABC thought it would be a good idea to do a spin-off of this show. Originally it was called DYNASTY II: The Colby's, then either in the middle of the season or the beginning of the second season (as it only lasted 2 seasons), They just changed the name to THE COLBY'S. The fat and the skinny of the matter is, this show SUCKED!!! I MEAN - IT WAS BAD!!!

[jmjfanss]

@sdh74

But it was better than the stuff they have today which is even worse.

[sdh74]

They thought they would cast the WHO WAS of Hollywood and cast them as the Carrington's California counterparts. Since this show aired when I was in JR High School, I didnt remember much about it. So about 10 years ago when they re-ran all the episodes on SOAP NET, I thought I might watch it from an adult perspective. I was right as a teenager . . . THIS SHOW SUCKED!!! The best part of it to me was THE THEME MUSIC!

[dwood37]

Can ANYONE be more beautiful and lovely than Claire Yarlett? Simply stunning.

[dannybex]

@dwood37 Thanks, that was funny. I needed the laugh...

[RaskoValjean]

God! Talk about throwing everything and the kitchen sink into the opening credits! They must have cost a bloody fortune. Brilliant the way Steph tosses her fur coat away and how Emma Samms turns to the camera startled and sexy-pure 80s excess and how we all loved it. Montalban also looks like he's in the middle of stealing some naff objet d'art off the mantlepiece and then pretending he's only looking at it! WILL WHOEVER OWNS THE RIGHTS, PLEASE LET THIS GLORIOUS SHOW COME ON DVD?

[qwertyrobmaiden]

@RaskoValjean thats one of the reasons why the show ended it was too expensive to make,paramount who are releasing dynasty on dvd(here in the uk anyway) said to me when i contacted them that they've no plans to release the colbys on dvd. sorry

[MrLogoman007]

0:48- Yes, Michael, you traded in Michelle Pfeiffer for this!

[chrispatyna]

I love the music!

[mjguz]

I used to love watching this show so many years ago. I was young too. What I don't remember is the theme music sounding like an opening to Superman LOL. Still love it.

[jakemiller5000]

What a boring opening. God this show sucked ass.

[jPod07]

@jakemiller5000 I think this opening theme was much better than Dynasty's opening theme. This is more up upbeat than Dynasty's. The Colbys is more about the character's stories and their purpose. Dynasty didn't make sense with its plots as The Colbys did.

[dwood37]

I agree. This theme song is the best! The only one that comes in at a VERY close second is Bill Conti's other theme: Falcon Crest. Listen to the Opening for season 8, version 1 and at :41, it sounds EXACTLY like the opening of The Colbys and Dynasty. Conti wrote all three.

[aavauxhall]

The GREATEST theme tune EVER! Superman with more trumpets!

[TheBigValley]

Wow wonderful series and music!!

[MrDuggie1968]

Bliss Colby (Claire Yarlett) was very pretty.

[nzchloe1979]

Maxwell Caulfield was such a dream boat back in day

[vinylrecord68]

I absolutely LOVE this opening theme! Personally it was the best thing about the show...well, that and Stephanie Beacham and Barbara Stanwyck...

[ferre77]

I really wish they would bring The Colbys & Dynasty back and update it with a modern flair. If they got some great actors and some old characters and some great writers I'm sure it would be a hit!!!!

[supes78]

The opening was completely lifted from the John Williams Superman theme.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! What a STIRRING theme! The use of lines reminds me very much of the opening credits of the 1960 Hitchcock classic "Psycho". I never watched an episode of this show (or of "Dynasty' itself) but remember it's brief run. As far as I know, it was the only TV series that the late Charlton Heston starred in. THANK YOU very much for posting this! CHEERS! :-)

[JONROSE44]

look at my girl STANWYCK.....she brought the "class" to this short lived series....without her it failed and floppped.....of course Maxwell Caulfield wasn't too bad either....reputed to be a hunk and hung .....I guess Juliet Mills didn't hang onto him for 30+ years for nothing....LOL....!!!

[gastronomist]

This music always reminds me of the theme from Superman. Am I just crazy or does anyone else notice a similarity?

[memoir4you]

bring back the Colbys or Dynasty, the box is sadly lacking in glamour and escapism..

[Oreon207]

0:50 What an entrance! You knew right of the bat that Sable was a class act all the way, quite the lady, intelligent and with an exquisite taste for art.

[sussexpenguin]

Always liked this theme tune, good old Bill Conti .. did Dynasty, Falcon Crest & North and South tunes too IIRC amongst other stuff.

[eternia75]

0.47- Maxwell Caulfield was soooooooooooooooooooo dreamy!

I remember him being in Grease 2 with Michelle Pfeiffer!

[egllanderas]

It is incredible since listening to this music makes me re-live through many moments that i lived when i used to see this series... it seems to me as if i were there in my living room again watching it...it is such a strange and touching feeling of well being... and im not high lol

[ExNausea]

Bill Conti ftw

[fep70]

Which makes Jeff and Fallon second cousins!

It's odd how Frankie is from the U.S. yet her sister and cousins are English.

[KellyGreen5555]

Who played "Caress?" She reminds me of Angelina Jolie...both look like a haughty, evil blowfish!

[fep70]

@KellyGreen5555

Kate O'Mara, that was Dynasty.

[KellyGreen5555]

Thank you! Wasn't Caress Sable's sister?

[LBColby]

No, Caress was Alexis' sister. And Alexis was Sable's cousin. So, they are related, but they are not sisters. Sable's sister was Frankie, played by Katharine Ross.

[40yvan]

well love it or hate it

people still talk about the Colbys 20 years after it first aired!.

That's telling something!

:-)

[njdh]

I agree , an updated version of dynasty/colbys with all the kids , little Blake must be 27, 28 now, and kristina 25 , we need some glamour back on our screens , I loved them all from dynasty , colbys , falcon crest, Dallas, knots landing, even Aussie import return to Eden . Camp tv escapism , can't beat it.

[Bostonclubkid]

@njdh Hell yes! I would love a NextGen Dynasty! That would rule, and I'd def tune in, or at least Tivo. I miss these grandiose bitchfests; sorry but Hellcats doesn't cut it. Not one of these so called "bitches" would last five seconds against Alexis Colby!

[njdh]

I agree an updated version of dynasty/ colbys, wiv the kids from the show , little blake would be bout

[J00P74]

there must be some saddos on here if my comment of wondering if the Colby's mansion is the same as the one in the Blind Date movie is deemed as a poor comment.

[DerDenverClan]

The Mansion was used in the mini series "Scruples" (1980) with Lindsay Wagner too. "Scruples" was written by Judith Krantz.

[NaughtyKrissy4u]

@J00P74 The Colby Mansion is actually The Hilton Estate in Bel Aire, CA

[J00P74]

i'm sure the colby's mansion is the same as the one used in Blind Date movie (Brusce Willis) love that house!

[cpw4ever]

I dont know if it was used in that movie but the house itself is (or was at the time) owned by Barron Hilton of the Hilton hotel dynasty. The set for the back exterior of the house was actually a remodelled version of the mansion set from the movie Mommy Dearest.

[J00P74]

its good to see maxwell caulfield in emmerdale, still going!

[jksonny]

Tracy Scoggins was hot. I know she made an apperance in one of the 'Dallas' reunion movies but other than that, she seems to have disappeared.

[jimothylove]

Tracy Scoggins was in the first Season of Lois and Clark, the last season of Bbaylon 5, and currently stars in Supernarural Gay Drama Dante's Cove

[ballebanan]

I remember the opening theme reminded me a lot of the Superman one. Hey, maybe they could have put him in there. I mean, the last season finale had a UFO in it so what the hell...

[jmsweat]

I liked The Colbys just as much as Dynasty and watched it every week. Why did Barbara Stanwyk leave after the first season? I think it hurt the show.

[Youngstown529]

Also a fan here. I remember reading that she was disappointed in her character's limited role, disliked some of the weak and silly lines she delivered and was disappointed by the unprofessionalism of the younger actors. The article also read, if I remember correctly, that she had hoped that being in the "Dynasty" family meant that she could see Linda Evans (her co-star from The Big Valley) more often, but the sets were very much apart and that never happened.

[jmsweat]

They say The Colbys failed because it was too close a copy to Dynasty--I guess in looking closely it was from the start of the opening theme, to the showing of a mansion like Blake's--Jason was Blake, Frankie was Krystle, Sable was Alexis, Miles was kind of like Adam, Zach was like Cecil Colby...the only thing different was Constance Colby--there was no one on Dynasty quite like her!

[dramaticguy]

Also Fallon in The Colbys was a big let down crying all the timre,nothing like the fiesty Pamela Sue Martin version.

In fairness to Emma Sammsthe character was written stronger when she went back to Dynasty.

[gun15509]

Exactly!!! The Colbys first several episodes was like what Dynasty use to be when it first debut in 1980. Once Miss Barbra Stanwyck left after the first season the storylines on the Colbys just got too confusing, unrealistic and just plain stupid! Both The Colbys & Dynasty, just got ridiculous with all these guest appearances, jumping back & forth with characters on both shows adding too many new characters that seem out of place.

[dramaticguy]

I thought Stephanle Beacham was great as Sable,in the UK they showed Duynasty and The Colbys on alternate Fridays which got very confusing,the biggest let down was no Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon but a wimpy Fallon played by Emma Samms.

[nickelwindow53]

Do you think Primetime soaps will get back popular like in the 80s

[GETOSUPASTAR]

i heard partly it was due to health reasons (she passed away a year or so after the show ended) but word on the street was also that she was unhappy with the quality of the show, as far as writing/plot..but hey it was prime time soap in the 80's, maybe she didnt realize it would be as camp! (but im so glad it was! :)

[dramaticguy]

Maxwell Caulfield was late one day and she chewed him out,don't think relations were too great on The Colbys set,after that.

[GETOSUPASTAR]

oh really? well you know Miss. Stanwyck was from the old school and in those days you didnt have any of that, so i can understand her not having much patience for Max being tardy for the party...he was fine though (have you seen him lately? My God he did NOT age well...and you know hes married in real life to Tabitha from "Passions"??? Thats random...)

[dramaticguy]

He's back here in the UK ,he was in the hospiatl drama Casualty for a few years is now in the long running UK soap Emmerdale,

Think hes aged better than John James whose put on a bit weight.

[GETOSUPASTAR]

Yea thats true. Well glad to hear hes still working. It be nice now that they have remade "90210" and "Melrose Place" if somebody would be smart enough to do a updated version of "Dynasty" and they could build it around all the Carrington/Colby kids...i would LOVE that! as long as they did it right!

[purecorkboy06]

The writing was atrocious I remember watching and wishing every minute that geoff and fallon would pack up and go back to denver and take sable with them

[cassie1234533]

hi barbara stanwyck left the colbys after the 1st season because of ill health, sadly she passed away not long after leaveing the show. if i remeber rightly.

[fep70]

She died in 1990!

[hullabaloo250]

Who died in 1990?

[fep70]

Barbara Stanwick, that should of been a reply to cassie1234533

[dramaticguy]

I think so they way they're bringing out the Dynasty DVDs

[eci4r]

I wonder if the colbys will ever released

out on dvd

[YvanJules]

@eci4r oo that's a very good question. I also hope that they release Dynasty season 7 --> 9