The best part of this theme song is when Barbara Stanwyck throws open those double doors and is standing there in that flawless purple gown by Nolan Miller
100% I wish though they would of gave her more to do...she had the potential to be a BOSS, in the vein of Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) of "Falcon Crest " ! I read that Stanwyck had very little in the line of good things to say about "The Colbys"....but she's still a BOSS!
@@Jetlag003The Big Valley.... Barbara wasn't happy....she thought since The Colbys was a spin off of Dynasty that she'd be able to work with her former TV DAUGHTER Linda Evans.
@@rolandbaldwin It sure got that way. It had its moments. But I'm biased....I just loved Chuck Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, and Katherine Ross (The Stepford Wives anyone?), and then became a fan of Stephanie Beacham....who actually almost single handedly SAVED the last season of Dynasty. I would've written season 2 differently and if I were Spelling and the Shapiros, figured out how to merge the 2 shows better. When they cancelled THE COLBYS, they should've made Dynasty an hour and a HALF and had more of them....that last season of Dynasty, Jason Colby's name kept coming up but no Chuck.
Love the opening surprise, where it sounds like it's about to hit you with Dynasty, and then BAM, a whole new theme tune. I distinctly remember having thoughts about that as a kid when I first saw it.
I was a little kid when this show aired. I always remembered those vertical lines and thought it looked cool. The moment that intro was over, I knew it was bedtime for me and my sister so my parents could watch the show in peace.
Don’t worry they saved some cash by hiring really cheap and awful script writers. As a result the show flopped. Stanwyck walked after the first season saying the scripts were crap and she was right.
Chuck was not suited to this genre. His stiffness, and pedantic geriatric delivery were at odds with the energy of Dynasty's times. He probably only symbolized the desperation of the show's producers to retrieve their investment.
@@johnbenjaminmasilamoni3266 I agree totally. He was horribly miscast for a show like this. And the fact that such a cast of heavy hitters couldn't save it just goes to show how horrible the concept, writing and plots were. By the time "The Colbys" premiered, the "Dynasty" writing had already gone into the toilet, so basically the spinoff began when things were already terrible.
The Colbys Theme Song has always been one of my all time favorite TV Show Themes. It was EPIC. Absolutely EPIC. The best part is at 0:49 seconds-The part where you see Stephanie Beacham introduced as Sable. Between how amazing she looks & that part of the theme song combined with Sable throwing her fur coat like a boss, it's the absolute best part of the whole opening.
@ Karen, she toss her fur coat coat like, "Here, you have this this coat. I don't need it or Brown isn't my color. With a closet full of fur coats. 😂😂😂
Hands down the best tv show opening theme ever. The Colbys was even better than Dynasty the problem was these morons at ABC decided to pit it against the number one show on television at the time, Cheers. Not just Cheers but the entire Thursday night NBC line-up that dominated television in the 80s. If these corporate idiots had brains they would have placed The Colbys after Dynasty on Wednesday night and made Wednesday the powerhouse night for television in the 80s.
mahmoud a THIS. ABC made the same mistake on Tuesday nights by trying to kill off The A-Team and Riptide by throwing shows at them and nothing worked... until 'Moonlighting'. As one of the producers of 'Riptide' told my writing class in college, "Well...'Moonlighting' happened to us. It was as if our entire audience defected."
That means that people who didn't have 2 hours to spare in one night would have had to miss it. Keep them on separate nights - gives people something to look forward to on both nights, without giving up too much of their weeknight time.
In the 1987 Documentary Paris Is Burning about African American Gay & Trans Folks, they mentioned The Colbys, Dynasty, Another World & All My Children who the "Children" loved watching.
Arthur Bunsch Yes but let's not forget Henry Mancini (Y & R, Dragnet, as well as The Thorn Birds) as well as Michel Legrand (Lady Sings The Bliues and Summer of 42).
Also Maxwell Caulfield & Stephanie Beacham did well on UK Soaps. Maxwell on Emmerdale and Stephanie on Coronation Street. She also played Phylida Oswyn who specialized in Real Estate Ponzi Schemes on Bad Girls. Michael Praed (Ex-Prince Michael On Dynasty) acts on Emmerdale as a Character named Frank who has Two Daughters, Vanessa A Town Vet who is suspended and Tracy whose Sister Kimberley Walsh was in Girls Aloud the most successful Group in The UK to come out of Reality TV.
Watching Tracey Scoggins in this it's hard to believe that about just ten years later she would take the role of Captain Elizabeth Lockley, the no-nonsense commander of space station Babylon 5 in it's finale season. A role which quickly made her a massive fan favorite at science fiction conventions. Even twenty years after B5 aired she still draws major crowds.
Tracey was in one of the Dallas movies after it's original Run ended. She is the only "opening show credits" actor (there were 2 other "post show credits" actors) to be on both Dynasty and Dallas.
I liked how the show had it's own theme but closely followed Dynasty's intro with the graphics. I watched this as a kid but wished it had lasted a couple more seasons.
Totally agree. I was bummed about how short it lasted. It was very underrated, and during the first season, was actually better than the series it spawned from.
I always loved the high drama of these titles, they threw everything at it. I think they dropped the Dynasty II heading in the second season. Love the continuity with the graphics and the shared opening bars.
This show was pretty much a copy of Dynasty rather than a spin off. Granted it had some great actors and characters mostly notably Stefanie Beecham it wasn’t very original. At least, Knots Landing was different than Dallas. That said, it had a awesome theme song which I always liked. Very powerful.
The Titans was the name of the two-hour episode of Dynasty that spun off The Colbys. The original title was much longer. It was going to be "Dynasty II: The Colbys of California"
Loved watching the Colbys growing up . It was very popular in school I remember, , many of us watched it & hardly anyone watched Dynasty . It was pure escapism & fun.
You're so Right! Maxwell Caulfield (Miles), was all THAT and a bag of Doritos!...& Claire Yarlett's (Bliss) boyfriend, Sean McCallister (Charles Van Eman) !
This show had so much potential, and I feel did start strong, but sadly faded fast. The theme however, my God, what a theme song! Maybe even more epic than Dynasty itself!
Well, I think that when you compare Dynasty II: The Colbys to the Dallas spin-off, Knots Landing, you can see why the Dallas spin-off succeeded and the Dynasty spin-off failed.
Dear Addicted ... let's stop saying things like that out loud before the whole world ends up being polarised ... but, yeah, we love Sable Colby too !!! And let's also keep it a secret that we love Constance Colby too !!! WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD !!!
God I miss good television. Remember when TV shows had great and memorable opening and closing theme music and credits? We didn't have networks showing commercials during squished closing credits. We didn't have channels full of fake, scripted, "reality" shows. We didn't have lame excuses for sitcoms that were so lacking in creativity that every other line had to be a raunchy sex joke. We didn't have in-depth character studies full of ultra-realistic disturbing violence masquerading as dramas.
There is still great television today. With streaming, TV has become a powerhouse again. Maybe not network television with all the ads and such, but there is still good television.
With all due respect to Hollywood legends Chuck and Babs, and established Dynasty stars James and Emma… this show was all about Stephanie. She stole this show right from under everyone’s noses. Her weird placement in the credits prove even the show runners had no idea what they had in her.
Neither John James nor Emma Samms was an established "star". As for Stephanie B, her status reminds me of Larry Hagman; when Dallas first began, his character started out as a side role, namely to Pam (Victoria Principal) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).
This show unfortunately had no identity of it's own. It was a second Dynasty in the sense that Charlton was Blake, Stephanie was Alexis and Katherine was Krystle. They should have made it like Knots Landing which had a strong loyal following who loved the show for what it wasn't..a Dallas copy.
Yeah but ABC/Spelling tried to create a franchise. Kind similar to how Law & Order, CSI, NCIS all spun off similar shows in their respective franchises
Such a shame that this show wasn't written as well as it was when it first started. I mean, seriously, look at this cast-Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Montablan, Joseph Campanella, Stephanie Beachman, John James, Ken Howard, Emma Samms, Maxwell Caufield, as well as Tracy Scoggins and Claire Yarlett. What an incredible cast this was. Really. Between the EPICNESS of the Theme Song combined with the cast and the writers of Dynasty itself-this show should've been so much better than it was. So much better. Such a shame.
+Karen Catizone The producers forgot to hire good writers, so that there would be some interesting plotlines. Such a waste of incredible stars. Great actors with nothing interesting to say.
I mentioned in a reply (below) how and when I started watching Dynasty, yet missed out on watching The Colbys; yet most people on different sites slagg off The Colbys: no clue why; I think it's pretty amazing!
I love(d) this show so much, I taped every show except ep 20 (because I forgot to program the VCR) but found it here on You Tube. Yay!....still have all the VHS tapes. Stephanie Beacham was totally cool. I loved the 80's.....TV, Music, Clothes...what a fun decade after all the crap that happened in the 70's. Aside from FM music (ok, disco, too), the 70's were a downer (the war, watergate, movies etc)...the '80's felt like a weight had been lifted and was all about fun!
I read that Barbara Stanwyck was not happy working with Charleton Heston, and was kind of upset that she had no screen time with Linda Evans. Also that her character wasn't strong enough.
Wish I could find full episodes of the entire two seasons. I just finished Dynasty including the reunion and I'm currently experiencing separation anxiety. Missing the camp glamour!
Love how they just come out and call it Dynasty 2, in case there's any viewers scared to take a chance on a Dynasty type show with unfamiliar characters.
I love Tracey and Claire, Mr. Spellins allways had great and beautiful actresses! Claire only take part as guest in several t.v. series, you found her in IMDB
In the opening, there's a Hawaii Five-O style background credit Charleton Heston and a Secret Storm background credit Emma Samms. Besides Emma, Tracy Scoggins & Claire Yarlett were two of the hottest looking ladies on the show. It's ashame it lasted only 2 years. Should've kept it on for another year.
Fantastic opening and the music is brilliant for the very rich, loved the background of each cast member to somewhat match there personality 3 favorites.... Charlton Heston - Powerful
Ooops ! Charlton Heston - Powerful Pacific Ocean wave. Barbara Stanwyck- Beautiful Rose Garden And Clare Yarnett - Very popular 80's trendy Dance Club. Too bad it did not quite reach an audience like Dynasty, probably because of the bad choice of casting Emma Samms as Fallon, Lol !! (nothing against Emma) but, dont insult the audience, Pamela Sue Martin had Blue eyes and a sexy raspy voice not a British accent. Maxwell Caulfield was delicious eye candy though... Thank you for uploading this timeless piece.
Dear Colbys ... dear Colbys ... Uncle loveth thee beyond even the ensnaring opening theme music. Uncle hath transported thee from his childhood and adolescence into adulthood. UNCLE LOVETH THEE !!! Dear publisher 'JoanCollins2009' of the Alexis kind ... Loveth we thee still !!!
The Colbys had potential but it tried to hard to imitate Dynasty. They should have taken a few more risks with the characters and introduced more Hollywood-based storylines. Jackie Collins Hollywood Wives miniseries would have been a better show to copy. I loved Stephanie Beacham, Emma Samms and Max Caulfield. All it needed was Sammy Jo Carrington in LA trying to sleep her way to stardom.
Yes, in Europe a French Comedian made a joke about The Opening Sequence Of The Young & The Restless (With The White Backdrop). They never have Opening Sequences like that on UK Soaps. Eastenders has a Map, while Coronation Street always shows a Cat while Emmerdale has you looking at The Village from an aerial point of view.
I love all all the nighttime soaps from the eighties, but I have come to recognize and respect Dallas for being the King of the Hill. Knots Landing is a definite second, Dynasty third, and the rest fall thereafter. Knots Landing probably had the best and most believable stories. Knots Landing also ran the longest, fourteen years; Dallas ran thirteen; Falcon Crest nine; Dynasty eight; The Colbys two; Flamingo Road two; The Yellow Rose one. I love them all! But the Big Four: Dallas, Knots Landing, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest were the best, no doubt.
True Peter, but it ran for only eight years, from 1981 to 1989. Its first season began as a mid-season replacement in January 1981 and had only 13 episodes. So, yes, it did have nine seasons, but was only on the air for eight years.
+Peter Patzig Still counts as a season, many classics shows fall under this category as a mid season replacement, including perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time, All in the Family, which premiered in Jan 1971, but was still classified as a 1970-71 show. DALLAS will always be king of the hill, which ALSO started as a 5 episode miniseries, Warner Bros mistakenly named it as season 1 when they released the DVD's.
A radio show I like has a lost tv themes item and this was this week’s. I couldn’t believe this a theme tune for a soap, sounds more like Superman! Did John Williams compose it? It also has a hint of Star Trek: the Next Generation, I know it was earlier though.
I dont remember Ken Howard being on The Colbys. I know he was on Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux lover and the father of her daughter, Jackie. Was his character spinned-off to The Colbys??
Dynasty was the no.1 show in the US at this time so introducing this spin off series might have seemed a good idea but in reality it hastened it's demise. The schedule became over saturated with soaps about rich people and the formula ran out of steam.
I'd have to say Dynasty is my favorite, then Knots Landing and Dallas in second, with Falcon Crest in third. I think The Colbys would've done better had it came two years earlier when Dynasty was rising to the top. They both could have went to the top 5 together, just like Dallas and Knots Landing. Its just a shame that waited such a while to have a Dynasty II.
There are only two exceptions in that cast: Charlton Heston had gained quite a lot of experience in waddling through sht, and Barbara Stanwyck had learned to walk over sht decades before the Colbys ever got in her way.
BlytheWorld1972 Don't get me wrong... I loved Emma Samms in the role.... It just seemed like Tracy was a much closer physical resemblance to Pamela Sue Martin... height, voice, cheek bones.... and Emma and Stephanie could have done an awesome mother/ daughter combo... I would have liked to seen the two of them plot and scheme together.... might have helped the show last longer.
Gordon Piercey ... and even though Emma's chemistry with John James was OK.... when she ended up back on Dynasty in '87, Emma didn't seem to blend in and gel with any of the other characters. A bit sad considering the intense dynamics PSM had with Alexis, Krystal, Adam and her dear father... and that frienemy thing she had with Sammy Jo was just lame!
+Gordon Piercey Great idea. I think Emma Samms as Monica would have been good except I'm not quite sure if she could pull off the whole lawyer thing. Hmmm. But Tracy as Fallon - no way. Fallon is tough to cast though.
I always thought The Colby’s theme sounded like it had been lifted from Superman. At least, the beginning part. Awesome theme but the show was DOA. They had all movie stars & beautiful young actors but nothing to show for it. I don’t even think Claire Yarlett had a storyline (Did she?). Her character should have been a Lucy Ewing type. Spoiled & Rich. I was too big of a Pamela Sue Martin fan to ever become interested in her as Fallon. She was all wrong for the part on both shows. I did like John James though. Good looking guy & he could act.
ABC programming totally wasted the show by scheduling The Colby’s opposite the powerful NBC Thursday night lineup. The smart thing would have been right after Dynasty the first season on Wednesdays, then move the show to its own night the second year.
Stanwyck jumps out of the helicopter and some bozo guards take her hand an leads her away...WHAT???!!!! Barbara Stanwyck needs help, after jumping out of a helicopter....epic fail!
The best part of this theme song is when Barbara Stanwyck throws open those double doors and is standing there in that flawless purple gown by Nolan Miller
100% I wish though they would of gave her more to do...she had the potential to be a BOSS, in the vein of Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) of "Falcon Crest " ! I read that Stanwyck had very little in the line of good things to say about "The Colbys"....but she's still a BOSS!
it was a recreation of a scene when she starred in The Big Country in the 60s
@@Jetlag003The Big Valley.... Barbara wasn't happy....she thought since The Colbys was a spin off of Dynasty that she'd be able to work with her former TV DAUGHTER Linda Evans.
It just a shame it didn't live up to this incredible title sequence. It was a bland and empty show for the most part.
@@rolandbaldwin It sure got that way. It had its moments. But I'm biased....I just loved Chuck Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, and Katherine Ross (The Stepford Wives anyone?), and then became a fan of Stephanie Beacham....who actually almost single handedly SAVED the last season of Dynasty. I would've written season 2 differently and if I were Spelling and the Shapiros, figured out how to merge the 2 shows better. When they cancelled THE COLBYS, they should've made Dynasty an hour and a HALF and had more of them....that last season of Dynasty, Jason Colby's name kept coming up but no Chuck.
The thing about 80's theme songs nighttime soaps it actually made you feel that these characters were insanely rich and powerful.
True word, dear Audie !!!
Yes the characters are rice
Yes
Love the opening surprise, where it sounds like it's about to hit you with Dynasty, and then BAM, a whole new theme tune. I distinctly remember having thoughts about that as a kid when I first saw it.
I was a little kid when this show aired. I always remembered those vertical lines and thought it looked cool. The moment that intro was over, I knew it was bedtime for me and my sister so my parents could watch the show in peace.
Charlton Heston! Barbara Stanwyck! Ricardo Montalban! Man.....ABC was writing some big checks to get names on that show.
Don’t worry they saved some cash by hiring really cheap and awful script writers. As a result the show flopped. Stanwyck walked after the first season saying the scripts were crap and she was right.
They didnt give Stanwyck nothing juicy to say, Sable was telling Connie off all the time !
John Forsythe did better for Dynasty than Chuck Heston did for this spinoff.
Chuck was not suited to this genre. His stiffness, and pedantic geriatric delivery were at odds with the energy of Dynasty's times. He probably only symbolized the desperation of the show's producers to retrieve their investment.
@@johnbenjaminmasilamoni3266 I agree totally. He was horribly miscast for a show like this. And the fact that such a cast of heavy hitters couldn't save it just goes to show how horrible the concept, writing and plots were. By the time "The Colbys" premiered, the "Dynasty" writing had already gone into the toilet, so basically the spinoff began when things were already terrible.
Was there ANYONE more handsome than Maxwell Caulfied in his younger years?!?!?!
Nope.
The theme to the Colbys sounds like it could be a national anthem.
Constance “I don’t give a flying f**k” Colby. What a legend she was.
Sounds like John Williams' Superman.
When I was a kid I use to stay up late at night to wait for The Colbys to come on TV on only to dance to this theme. My goodness I miss the 80s.
I liked how the beginning of it was like the Dynasty intro.
The most majestic Opening in TV history. On par with Dallas !!
The Colbys Theme Song has always been one of my all time favorite TV Show Themes. It was EPIC. Absolutely EPIC. The best part is at 0:49 seconds-The part where you see Stephanie Beacham introduced as Sable. Between how amazing she looks & that part of the theme song combined with Sable throwing her fur coat like a boss, it's the absolute best part of the whole opening.
it was epic
And he she was approaching 40, and looking better than some women half her age.
Karen Catizone her little part gave me everything I needed
@ Karen, she toss her fur coat coat like, "Here, you have this this coat. I don't need it or Brown isn't my color. With a closet full of fur coats. 😂😂😂
So rena mero copied her
I love the theme when Claire Yarlett enters the screen 1:02
Hands down the best tv show opening theme ever. The Colbys was even better than Dynasty the problem was these morons at ABC decided to pit it against the number one show on television at the time, Cheers. Not just Cheers but the entire Thursday night NBC line-up that dominated television in the 80s. If these corporate idiots had brains they would have placed The Colbys after Dynasty on Wednesday night and made Wednesday the powerhouse night for television in the 80s.
mahmoud a THIS. ABC made the same mistake on Tuesday nights by trying to kill off The A-Team and Riptide by throwing shows at them and nothing worked... until 'Moonlighting'. As one of the producers of 'Riptide' told my writing class in college, "Well...'Moonlighting' happened to us. It was as if our entire audience defected."
You know what, that definitely would have been a good idea. The Colby's should have been right after Dynasty, duh. Makes total sense now!
That means that people who didn't have 2 hours to spare in one night would have had to miss it. Keep them on separate nights - gives people something to look forward to on both nights, without giving up too much of their weeknight time.
The openung was better but the show not so much. It mostly used plots that we already saw on Dynasty, brouht nothing new to the table.
@@briantw and then tuned to ABC on 2 nights where they might watch ABC shows before and after.
i love charlton heston After taming the planet of the apes, he goes straight into dealing with other apes and villains in the series. RIP
I absolutely loved Stephanie Beacham as Sable. She was the vixen such as her cousin Alexis on “Dynasty” was… however a different vixen.
Ms. Beacham was the first MILF crush of my life!
The theme is very good at Tracy scoggins appears and love the moment of Claire yarlet …
Touch by the hand of Bill Conti, as many other soap operas of the 80s, Falcon Crest, North & South, Dynasty...
Don't forget Henry Mancini. The Young & The Restless as well and The Thorn Birds.
Best opening credits of any TV show in the last 50 years. Bill Conti - where are you today?
In the 1987 Documentary Paris Is Burning about African American Gay & Trans Folks, they mentioned The Colbys, Dynasty, Another World & All My Children who the "Children" loved watching.
Youngstown529 he died i think.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Conti
Bill Conti is a legend,loved his great hits and the cheesy ones too.
Arthur Bunsch Yes but let's not forget Henry Mancini (Y & R, Dragnet, as well as The Thorn Birds) as well as Michel Legrand (Lady Sings The Bliues and Summer of 42).
Also Maxwell Caulfield & Stephanie Beacham did well on UK Soaps. Maxwell on Emmerdale and Stephanie on Coronation Street. She also played Phylida Oswyn who specialized in Real Estate Ponzi Schemes on Bad Girls. Michael Praed (Ex-Prince Michael On Dynasty) acts on Emmerdale as a Character named Frank who has Two Daughters, Vanessa A Town Vet who is suspended and Tracy whose Sister Kimberley Walsh was in Girls Aloud the most successful Group in The UK to come out of Reality TV.
Watching Tracey Scoggins in this it's hard to believe that about just ten years later she would take the role of Captain Elizabeth Lockley, the no-nonsense commander of space station Babylon 5 in it's finale season.
A role which quickly made her a massive fan favorite at science fiction conventions. Even twenty years after B5 aired she still draws major crowds.
Tracey was in one of the Dallas movies after it's original Run ended. She is the only "opening show credits" actor (there were 2 other "post show credits" actors) to be on both Dynasty and Dallas.
I liked how the show had it's own theme but closely followed Dynasty's intro with the graphics. I watched this as a kid but wished it had lasted a couple more seasons.
Agreed. They looked like they had some good cliffhangers when it was cancelled.
Totally agree. I was bummed about how short it lasted. It was very underrated, and during the first season, was actually better than the series it spawned from.
you cant beat a tv show that has Ricardo Montalban and Charlton Heston in the same series..............
After loving Ricardo as Mr Roark, it was kind of fun to see him play a smooth, articulate, but still handsome villain.
I always loved the high drama of these titles, they threw everything at it. I think they dropped the Dynasty II heading in the second season. Love the continuity with the graphics and the shared opening bars.
It was only used 4 about episodes in the first season than it was dropped from the title.
The Grandest of all 80s nightime soap themes!!!!
The theme song sounds like Dynasty, then Superman the Movie, then Back to the Future.
This show was pretty much a copy of Dynasty rather than a spin off. Granted it had some great actors and characters mostly notably Stefanie Beecham it wasn’t very original. At least, Knots Landing was different than Dallas. That said, it had a awesome theme song which I always liked. Very powerful.
God I miss TV like this.
The epic scale of the theme makes even more sense when you learn they originally were going to name the series "The Titans".
The Titans was the name of the two-hour episode of Dynasty that spun off The Colbys. The original title was much longer. It was going to be "Dynasty II: The Colbys of California"
Loved watching the Colbys growing up . It was very popular in school I remember, , many of us watched it & hardly anyone watched Dynasty . It was pure escapism & fun.
You're so Right! Maxwell Caulfield (Miles), was all THAT and a bag of Doritos!...& Claire Yarlett's (Bliss) boyfriend, Sean McCallister (Charles Van Eman) !
This show had so much potential, and I feel did start strong, but sadly faded fast. The theme however, my God, what a theme song! Maybe even more epic than Dynasty itself!
Well, I think that when you compare Dynasty II: The Colbys to the Dallas spin-off, Knots Landing, you can see why the Dallas spin-off succeeded and the Dynasty spin-off failed.
Kinda sounds a bit like the 1978 Superman theme
It's like the Superman theme and the Dynasty theme had a baby.
Stephanie Beacham is awesome.
Dear Addicted ... let's stop saying things like that out loud before the whole world ends up being polarised ... but, yeah, we love Sable Colby too !!! And let's also keep it a secret that we love Constance Colby too !!! WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD !!!
Loved the Colby’s...
God I miss good television. Remember when TV shows had great and memorable opening and closing theme music and credits? We didn't have networks showing commercials during squished closing credits. We didn't have channels full of fake, scripted, "reality" shows. We didn't have lame excuses for sitcoms that were so lacking in creativity that every other line had to be a raunchy sex joke. We didn't have in-depth character studies full of ultra-realistic disturbing violence masquerading as dramas.
There is still great television today. With streaming, TV has become a powerhouse again. Maybe not network television with all the ads and such, but there is still good television.
They all look shocked then pose lol you got to love the camp of the colbys lol
With all due respect to Hollywood legends Chuck and Babs, and established Dynasty stars James and Emma… this show was all about Stephanie. She stole this show right from under everyone’s noses. Her weird placement in the credits prove even the show runners had no idea what they had in her.
Neither John James nor Emma Samms was an established "star". As for Stephanie B, her status reminds me of Larry Hagman; when Dallas first began, his character started out as a side role, namely to Pam (Victoria Principal) and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).
This show along with Hotel were my favorites!
That intro music was always so... Superman-esque. lol.
Tracy Scoggins is only a few years younger than Stephanie Beacham who played her mum!
Eighties music and theme songs were so intentional. It changed the tone of the whole show.
This show unfortunately had no identity of it's own. It was a second Dynasty in the sense that Charlton was Blake, Stephanie was Alexis and Katherine was Krystle. They should have made it like Knots Landing which had a strong loyal following who loved the show for what it wasn't..a Dallas copy.
Yeah but ABC/Spelling tried to create a franchise. Kind similar to how Law & Order, CSI, NCIS all spun off similar shows in their respective franchises
Such a shame that this show wasn't written as well as it was when it first started. I mean, seriously, look at this cast-Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Montablan, Joseph Campanella, Stephanie Beachman, John James, Ken Howard, Emma Samms, Maxwell Caufield, as well as Tracy Scoggins and Claire Yarlett. What an incredible cast this was. Really. Between the EPICNESS of the Theme Song combined with the cast and the writers of Dynasty itself-this show should've been so much better than it was. So much better. Such a shame.
The show was lacking in storyline after a few episodes. The best part was the opening credits unfortunately and I do prefer this theme Dynasty.
+Karen Catizone The producers forgot to hire good writers, so that there would be some interesting plotlines. Such a waste of incredible stars. Great actors with nothing interesting to say.
Barbara Stanwyck and Linda Evans starred together in Big Valley in the 60s
I mentioned in a reply (below) how and when I started watching Dynasty, yet missed out on watching The Colbys; yet most people on different sites slagg off The Colbys: no clue why; I think it's pretty amazing!
splendida melodia quella dei colby grandissimi attori eccellente serial!!!
This show was great television! I loved the music, and the cast.. Hard to figure that the show only lasted 2 seasons.
Not that hard. The writing sucked. That's why Barbara Stanwyck left after 1 season. Also the prime time soaps declining as a genre.
I love(d) this show so much, I taped every show except ep 20 (because I forgot to program the VCR) but found it here on You Tube. Yay!....still have all the VHS tapes. Stephanie Beacham was totally cool. I loved the 80's.....TV, Music, Clothes...what a fun decade after all the crap that happened in the 70's. Aside from FM music (ok, disco, too), the 70's were a downer (the war, watergate, movies etc)...the '80's felt like a weight had been lifted and was all about fun!
Loved the 80s!
Shame Barbara Stanwyck only did one season,she as excellent
Right next to her real life best friend Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck is a Hollywood Goddess!
I read that Barbara Stanwyck was not happy working with Charleton Heston, and was kind of upset that she had no screen time with Linda Evans. Also that her character wasn't strong enough.
Wow great cast
Wish I could find full episodes of the entire two seasons. I just finished Dynasty including the reunion and I'm currently experiencing separation anxiety. Missing the camp glamour!
it might be on Amazon or Video Dailymotion or Vimeo
You can always purchase the entire series on amazon.com or walmart.com!!
If you're looking for the dvds try Amazon or eBay.
A soundtrack fit for Majesties....
The Colby's still an amazing opening theme...bombastic and over the top...Falcon Crest theme was lovely but more subtle...not as forte as TC.
So Dynasty had an expanded universe like the MCU.Interesting.
I heard that Joan Collins was really bothered by this show and asked her Dynasty co stars to not have anything to do with it
True she felt the spin-off was cheapening the Dynasty brand and refused to appear on it.
Love how they just come out and call it Dynasty 2, in case there's any viewers scared to take a chance on a Dynasty type show with unfamiliar characters.
Yeah but they dropped the Dynasty II after 4 episodes and it just became The Colbys
I love Tracey and Claire, Mr. Spellins allways had great and beautiful actresses! Claire only take part as guest in several t.v. series, you found her in IMDB
To me the theme music seems more suited to a superhero movie or series
@HnHBlkM
Yes,Garret went back and forth between shows, as did Dominique
In the opening, there's a Hawaii Five-O style background credit Charleton Heston and a Secret Storm background credit Emma Samms. Besides Emma, Tracy Scoggins & Claire Yarlett were two of the hottest looking ladies on the show. It's ashame it lasted only 2 years. Should've kept it on for another year.
Fantastic opening and the music is brilliant for the very rich, loved the background of each cast member to somewhat match there personality 3 favorites....
Charlton Heston - Powerful
Ooops !
Charlton Heston - Powerful Pacific Ocean wave.
Barbara Stanwyck- Beautiful Rose Garden
And Clare Yarnett - Very popular 80's trendy Dance Club.
Too bad it did not quite reach an audience like Dynasty, probably because of the bad choice of casting Emma Samms as Fallon, Lol !! (nothing against Emma) but, dont insult the audience, Pamela Sue Martin had Blue eyes and a sexy raspy voice not a British accent.
Maxwell Caulfield was delicious eye candy though...
Thank you for uploading this timeless piece.
It was cool that we thought for a few seconds that it was the same Dynasty theme!
Dear Colbys ... dear Colbys ... Uncle loveth thee beyond even the ensnaring opening theme music. Uncle hath transported thee from his childhood and adolescence into adulthood. UNCLE LOVETH THEE !!!
Dear publisher 'JoanCollins2009' of the Alexis kind ... Loveth we thee still !!!
They should have put the Colby on a different day n time it would have last.longer
I like this show as well....Yes, power and money being seen all the time..Heheehe
Barbara Stanwyck was the best part of this show!
When Stanwyck left, that was it, finished like the thornbirds !
@@lisaaugustin5400 I don't agree Season 2 was still very entertaining without Connie. Stephanie carried this show as Sable.
The Colbys had potential but it tried to hard to imitate Dynasty. They should have taken a few more risks with the characters and introduced more Hollywood-based storylines.
Jackie Collins Hollywood Wives miniseries would have been a better show to copy. I loved Stephanie Beacham, Emma Samms and Max Caulfield. All it needed was Sammy Jo Carrington in LA trying to sleep her way to stardom.
The key to a great 1980s tv drama intro- act surprised when u see the camera and pose.
+pumbaaj and how many of us have imitated that! :D
Yes, in Europe a French Comedian made a joke about The Opening Sequence Of The Young & The Restless (With The White Backdrop). They never have Opening Sequences like that on UK Soaps. Eastenders has a Map, while Coronation Street always shows a Cat while Emmerdale has you looking at The Village from an aerial point of view.
pumbaaj or sitcoms
YES
California was wonderful in the 80s.
Superb 😇
why do i get the feeling that this theme kinda sounds like "Dynasty" meets "Indiana Jones" or "Superman"??
I love all all the nighttime soaps from the eighties, but I have come to recognize and respect Dallas for being the King of the Hill. Knots Landing is a definite second, Dynasty third, and the rest fall thereafter. Knots Landing probably had the best and most believable stories. Knots Landing also ran the longest, fourteen years; Dallas ran thirteen; Falcon Crest nine; Dynasty eight; The Colbys two; Flamingo Road two; The Yellow Rose one. I love them all! But the Big Four: Dallas, Knots Landing, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest were the best, no doubt.
Dynasty has nine seasons.
True Peter, but it ran for only eight years, from 1981 to 1989. Its first season began as a mid-season replacement in January 1981 and had only 13 episodes. So, yes, it did have nine seasons, but was only on the air for eight years.
Knots Landing starts in December 1979, Falcon Crest in December 1981. Are these "full" years??? Two mid-season shows more for you...
+Peter Patzig Still counts as a season, many classics shows fall under this category as a mid season replacement, including perhaps the greatest sitcom of all time, All in the Family, which premiered in Jan 1971, but was still classified as a 1970-71 show. DALLAS will always be king of the hill, which ALSO started as a 5 episode miniseries, Warner Bros mistakenly named it as season 1 when they released the DVD's.
@@TheEwing69 well thats because its still part of Dallas
Beginning reminds me of Super Man.
A radio show I like has a lost tv themes item and this was this week’s. I couldn’t believe this a theme tune for a soap, sounds more like Superman! Did John Williams compose it? It also has a hint of Star Trek: the Next Generation, I know it was earlier though.
Bill Conti composed this, Dynasty, & Falcon Crest. Fantastic composer!
This is so awesome. I post this on my wife's facebook once a week, reminding her that I have my own show :) My name is Colby :)
Why is it so amazing? The music?
EXCELLENT!!!!!! This has got to be the BEST opening, with Falcon Crest's 5th season opening coming in a close second.
Amazing Indeed!!!! ❤
Wow. Saturday night revisited …
Very nice.
The opening really is spectacular, but the show itself never came together, despite the big names in the cast.
Like Dynasty theme meets superman theme
Wow!
I dont remember Ken Howard being on The Colbys. I know he was on Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux lover and the father of her daughter, Jackie. Was his character spinned-off to The Colbys??
yeah
He was Jason Colby's lawyer, but he did some crossing over to Dynasty b/c of Garret and Dominique's relationship.
BARBARA STANWYK!!!!
amazing
+wizz wizzingshire you left out a c
wit
stanwyck
aka victoria Barkley
Dynasty was the no.1 show in the US at this time so introducing this spin off series might have seemed a good idea but in reality it hastened it's demise. The schedule became over saturated with soaps about rich people and the formula ran out of steam.
I'd have to say Dynasty is my favorite, then Knots Landing and Dallas in second, with Falcon Crest in third. I think The Colbys would've done better had it came two years earlier when Dynasty was rising to the top. They both could have went to the top 5 together, just like Dallas and Knots Landing. Its just a shame that waited such a while to have a Dynasty II.
There are only two exceptions in that cast: Charlton Heston had gained quite a lot of experience in waddling through sht, and Barbara Stanwyck had learned to walk over sht decades before the Colbys ever got in her way.
anyone else think that Emma Samms should have been cast as Monica and Tracy Scoggins should have been Fallon!!
in a word no
BlytheWorld1972 Don't get me wrong... I loved Emma Samms in the role.... It just seemed like Tracy was a much closer physical resemblance to Pamela Sue Martin... height, voice, cheek bones.... and Emma and Stephanie could have done an awesome mother/ daughter combo... I would have liked to seen the two of them plot and scheme together.... might have helped the show last longer.
Gordon Piercey ... and even though Emma's chemistry with John James was OK.... when she ended up back on Dynasty in '87, Emma didn't seem to blend in and gel with any of the other characters. A bit sad considering the intense dynamics PSM had with Alexis, Krystal, Adam and her dear father... and that frienemy thing she had with Sammy Jo was just lame!
Gordon Piercey Sooo on the money!
+Gordon Piercey Great idea. I think Emma Samms as Monica would have been good except I'm not quite sure if she could pull off the whole lawyer thing. Hmmm. But Tracy as Fallon - no way. Fallon is tough to cast though.
classic tv theme when tv shows had themes
I always thought The Colby’s theme sounded like it had been lifted from Superman. At least, the beginning part. Awesome theme but the show was DOA. They had all movie stars & beautiful young actors but nothing to show for it. I don’t even think Claire Yarlett had a storyline (Did she?). Her character should have been a Lucy Ewing type. Spoiled & Rich. I was too big of a Pamela Sue Martin fan to ever become interested in her as Fallon. She was all wrong for the part on both shows. I did like John James though. Good looking guy & he could act.
Sounds like indy Jones or star wars.
1’13” KHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
ABC programming totally wasted the show by scheduling The Colby’s opposite the powerful NBC Thursday night lineup. The smart thing would have been right after Dynasty the first season on Wednesdays, then move the show to its own night the second year.
BARBARA STANWYCK!!!! 👍👍👍
Bring back Soap with Billy Crystal
SUPERMAN!
I was (and still am tbh) so upset that there wasn't a Season 3. I'd have rather had a Colbys Season 3 than a Dynasty Season 8 anyday.
Stanwyck jumps out of the helicopter and some bozo guards take her hand an leads her away...WHAT???!!!! Barbara Stanwyck needs help, after jumping out of a helicopter....epic fail!
Well, she was old, you have to help the old ladies to get safely away from helecopters and help old ladies to cross the street !
If you pay attention, in every scene she walks from furniture to furniture. She couldn't stand up at the era
ALEXIS ultimately ran Colbyco in Denver. Hehe
i know and when their characters did start out on Dynasty they didnt visit Colbyco like they did DenverCarrington.isnt that something?