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There are plenty of tv shows or movies that have animated intros (featuring the title card and maybe director or producer or whatever), but otherwise feature live action.  A couple examples I can think of right off the bat:
I DREAM OF JEANNIE (1965-70)
This intro features an astronaut landing his craft in the ocean near a beach.  He knocks over a lamp and a sexy genie pops out, dancing a giving him a kiss.  She gets sucked back into her bottle and her eyes blink at the viewer form inside-- this part rather creeped me out as a kid!
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BATMAN (1966-68)
The intro featured Batman and Robin beating up various thugs with the spoken lyrics simply saying "Batman" over and over, ending with "da da da da da da da da da da da.. BATMAN!".
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Offer up your own examples!

Fractured Flickers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOlInenLe0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOlInenLe0)

BEWITCHED (1964-72)
Shows Samantha first on a broom flying around and then in domestic bliss with Darren, turning into a cat and then back.
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WHEW! (1979-80)
Cool, clever and humorous game show hosted by Tom Kennedy and announced by Rod Roddy.  The animated opening (done by Hanna-Barbera!) depicts a contestant trying to pass the Gauntlet of Villains (the bonus game of the show, featuring ten famous monsters/villains) and collapsing in a pot of gold worth $25,000, and then cue to the title card and the show's beginning.
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Knightmare, a sort of live action session of D&D for kids.

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the PINK PANTHER series of films.
the old LOST IN SPACE TV series features the Robinson family floating on a life-line in space.
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN has the boys (as skeletons!) being chased by Frank, Drac, and Wolfie.

I recall many of AIP's films had an animated intro- including BLACULA

http://youtu.be/fEBqJaQtCsY (http://youtu.be/fEBqJaQtCsY)

Would The Honeymooners' intro count?

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I Love Lucy had one when originally broadcast.

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Oh, look! The Luci-Desi Comedy Hour:

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Gah!!!  Lucy and Desi need to eat something!

Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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Moon Zero Two

 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f-ULb1AvG0#)


Brain Donors

 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROd6VF1em4#)

The funny intro to the film SUPER (2010).
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Ultraman.

Would the Twilight Zone's intro count?

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No character animation, but the 1st intro was created by UPA, the same company which made Mr. Magoo!

THE NANNY (1993-99)
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the GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)

http://youtu.be/kccafOf4O6Q (http://youtu.be/kccafOf4O6Q)

The satan bug. https://youtu.be/ogZ7PhFFkXk

The dunwhich horror 1970.

Ah, now I see the thread title includes movies too. Animated intros were fairly popular in the 50's & 60's; here's the one which probably started the craze:

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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=roBEhCkwvAE (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=roBEhCkwvAE)

Goodbye Charlie has a fairly nice animated intro.

CATALINA CAPER (1967)
The clean, non MST3K version:
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