TV: Favorite Theme Song - Past and/or Present

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18 Nov 2015, 7:09 pm

There's SOOOO many----but, I think I'm gonna go with.....

"The Big Bang Theory"

and

"M*A*S*H"

Honorable Mention: "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Laverne and Shirley".

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19 Nov 2015, 5:24 am

The Addams Family
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Cheers
Firefly
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
M*A*S*H
The Sopranos
The Walking Dead

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19 Nov 2015, 8:07 am

Oh, I forgot "The Beverly Hillbillies"! ! I would say that I like that one WAAAAY better than MTM or L&S.

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19 Nov 2015, 8:43 am

Hawaii Five O
The original seventies show, with the rock instrumental theme by the Ventures.

Mannix
Looove that use of percussion by composer Lalo Scheferrin.

Starsky and Hutch
Kinda funky, kinda jazzy, kinda disco-y. Very Seventies, in a good way.

The Avengers
The Sixties UK import TV series starring Dianna Rigg.

Secret Agent Man

The vocal theme by Johnny Rivers still sounds great, but the show also had unique incidental uptempo harpsichord music running through the scenes that was also quite cool.

The revived version of "Dragnet"

The early 2000's attempt to revive show the didnt last long, but it had killer theme music: a hip club techno version of the old 'dum-dee-dum-dum' theme of the original show.

Barretta. "keep your eye on the Sparrow"

M.A.S.H.

The mellow guitar instrumental version is sometimes heard on store Muzak. Which is odd if you know the title of the song (which you would know if you had the seen the Movie, and saw Elliot Gould play guitar and sing it in a scene):"Suicide is Painless".

Doesnt mean that the instrumental is not a pretty song though.

The old "National Geographic" theme was quite exhiliratting to hear when I was a child.

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19 Nov 2015, 6:02 pm

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23 Nov 2015, 7:17 pm

I know I'll forget some...

Pokemon (Kanto and Johto)
TMNT TOS
Punky Brewster (season 1)
Family Ties
Disney's Gummi Bears
Lassie and New Lassie (instrumental only)
Friends
Perfect Strangers

Some series would start shortening the intro into the seasons and it would annoy me when I liked the theme.

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24 Nov 2015, 5:57 pm

"Roseanne" (instrumental; bluesy)

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03 Dec 2015, 2:32 pm

If something with lyrics, then I would say:

Happy Days ("Good bye gray skies, hello blue...")
The Greatest American Hero ("Believe it or not, I'm walking on air....")
The Big Bang Theory

For instrumentals or with narration:

The A-Team
Airwolf
LA Law
Battlestar Galactica (both the old 80's version and the reboot on Sci-Fi Channel)
Babylon 5 (it was different for each of its 5 seasons, but all five of them were great)

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03 Dec 2015, 4:54 pm

I'll fly away...

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03 Dec 2015, 8:33 pm

The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle

Just sit right back
And you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailin' lad,
The Skipper brave and sure,
Five passengers set sail that day,
For a three-hour tour,
A three-hour tour ...

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03 Dec 2015, 8:42 pm

The Simpsons
The Flintstones
Ren and Stimpy
1960's Spider-Man
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
Cleveland Rocks (The Drew Carey Show)
The Muppet Show
Classic Sesame Street
Fraggle Rock

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07 Dec 2015, 10:33 pm

Rocko's Modern Life (1st season)

Monk

Death Note

American Dad

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Pink Panther

Malcolm In The Middle

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08 Dec 2015, 3:34 am

I am going old school here. The theme songs to "Airwolf" and "A-Team"

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08 Dec 2015, 4:03 am

Top five list of shows not mentioned yet...
Wonder Woman (Get us Out from Under)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_blOQEu9ws
Angie (Different World)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roEOCNPeALA
Alice (New Girl in Town)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuWZnGuTbT0
Chico and the Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXdYrERzrWg
WKRP (In Cincinnati)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvCNLIVydM

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08 Dec 2015, 10:14 am

^ Oh, yeah----I forgot about WKRP; I liked that one, TOO!!

Also, Kyle mentioned "The Addams Family"----I really liked that one, as well.

Also, I forgot "The Golden Girls", "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "The Jeffersons", and "All in the Family".

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08 Dec 2015, 3:21 pm

Top five "forgotton" list...
Brothers & Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96TcPqSFqhI
SWEEPSTAKES (Don't be Afraid to Dream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YJD1Zo2Hw
The Good Guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEL5ZUzPqGw
Love American Style (God bless the Cowsills!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNHuI0Pw0m8
My Mother the Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kz3hfJweE0

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