What is the first TV show theme song that comes to your mind as you read this question?
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September 19th, 2009
It amazes me how those old TV show songs stick in my head. “Here’s a story, of a man named Brady….”. What show tunes come to your mind or even comercial jingles. “Two all beef patties….” After all these years – what comes to your mind?
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“Those Were the DAys” – All in the Family. When my son was a toddler, he used to stop what he was doing and stare at the TV when that came on.
The Doctor Who theme, of course!
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Three’s Company
I bet I still know all the words by heart.
Then, Law & Order: SVU. Cause I’m watching it.
“What ever happend to predictability?
The milk man, the paper boy, evening T.V…”
from Full House
“What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song,
And I’ll try not to sing out of key…”
“With A Little Help From My Friends” from The Wonder Years
Gilligan’s Island (I’m afraid). See ya….Gary/wtf
Sometimes, Recess gets stuck in my head. I blame my ringtone.
@J0E I love that show. I used to watch it all the time. (:
lurve @mramsey Full house has always been on the top 5 for my all-time favorite TV shows. (:
The Simpsons. Such an iconic theme song – for my generation, at least!
@johnpowell Good one! My volume wasn’t even on when I clicked on your link and the song is still stuck in my head. lol
@janbb There is a lady that sings specials all the time at my church that sounds just like the lady on All in the Family. It is not pretty. lol
Well we’re movin’ on up…to the East Side…to a deluxe apartment in the sky…
I think The Jeffersons is the best theme song ever!
Sunday, Monday, Happy Days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days.
Thursday, Friday, Happy Days. The Weekend comes, my cycle hums,
Ready to race to you.
These days are ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurs. Happy and free. (Oh Happy Days)
These days are ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurs. Share them with me. (Oh Baby)
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married with children
Because Al Bundy is the shit
Cheers!... Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see our troubles are all the same. you wanna go where everyone knows your name!
The theme from “Hill Street Blues” by Mike Post.
The BEST police show that EVER aired on television.
Star Trek, The Next Generation.
Gilligan’s Island
“Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale….”
All In The Family, Those were the days.. Oh Edith your sweet, melodic voice.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
I often find myself humming the theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless).
Also…
One banana, Two banana, Three banana, Four…
La, la laaa
La, la-la, laaa
La, la laaa
La, la-la, laaaaaa
Welcome Back Kotter
the opening baseline for Barney Miller
@all the Happy Days people: I don’t know why, but lately I’ve been singing, “I found my thrill, on blue berry hill…” in Richy Cunningham fashion. (my wife has no idea what’s wrong with me.)
You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.
Dance your cares away, worry’s for another day,
Let the music play, down at Fraggle Rock!
Sunny days
Sweeping the clouds away.
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
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I admit that it took a very long time to dredge up from memory. I hardly watch TV now.
A second one is..
It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere
I’m all alone, more or less
Take me far, far away from here
Fun, fun, fuuuuunnn
In the sun, sun, suuuunn
Then we have the annoying Powerpuff Girls Song which is so hard to forget…..
Well, it actually starts with a ukelele and then we hear Ron Howard say, “This is the story of the Bluth family.” Then a mini organ comes in and Mr. Howard tells us the lyrics to the theme song.
@previte: The Banana Splits theme song.. Yes. And it always reminds me of a particular Bach piece I can never remember the name of. The first 4 measures are the exact same notes. Like “Twist and Shout” vs. “La Bamba.”
This is a song that never ends yes it goes on and on my friends, some people started singing in not knowing what it was and still continued singing it forever just because it is the song that never ends…....(yeah, you know the rest) Lamb Chop
It’s peanut butter jelly time, peanut butter jelly time, peanut butter jelly time!
Where he at? Where he at? Where he at? Where he at?
There he go! There he go! There he go! The he go!
Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly!
Peanutbutterjellywithabaseballbat! Peanutbutterjellywithabaseballbat!
It’s peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly time!
Now freestyle freestyle freestle your style!
Now freedtyle freestyle freestyle your style!
Peanutbutter jelly! Peanut butter jelly! Peanut butter jelly!
Where be at? Where he at! Where he at? Where he at?
Now there he go! There he go! There he go! There he go!
believe it or not I didn’t even look at the lyrics!
@XOIIO that is great, I lurve that one! :)
Thanks! I’ll post the real lyrics sometime tomorrow.
@XOIIO that works, but for those who don’t know what you’re lyrics are to, it’s perfect But any who…you’re better at that one than me
@Bri_L those posts show your age…
I am now recalling, ”...let me tell ya about my best friend…” I don’t know the name of the show, starring Bill Bixby.?
Whistling the Andy Griffith Show
@cprevite beat me to it :) la la la la la la la
Also won’t you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street!
“Bad Things”, the theme song of True Blood. Just finished watching the first season…after I watched the second.
@valdasta….that would be The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. See ya….Gary/wtf
@whatthefluther Thank you! I bet you pulled that out of your head without batting an eyelash…or your talking bird told you.
@valdasta…..My younger sister loved that show so I remember being subjected to it on a regular basis. As for the bird, I’m only certain he cursed me repeatedly, today, as he does everyday, without fail. And as usual, I flipped him “the bird” in return, which to date, he has failed to replicate. See ya….Gary/wtf
Where everybody knows your nay-yame.
And then there is this one:
We chased lady luck, til we finally struck-
BONANZA
With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope,
We planted our family tree.
We got a hold of a pot full of gold,
BONANZA
With a horse and a saddle,
and a ring full of cattle,
How rich can a fellow be?
On this land we put our brand,
Cartwright is the name,
Fortune smiled,
the day we filed the Ponderosa claim.
Here in the west,
we’re livin’ in the best
BONANZA
If anyone fights anyone of us,
He’s got a fight with me
BONANZA
Hoss and Joe and Adam know every rock and pine,
No one works fights, or eats, Like those boys of mine
Here we stand in the middle of a grand
BONANZA
with a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope,
We planted our family tree,
We got a hold of a potful of gold
BONANZA
With a houseful of friends where the rainbow ends,
How rich can a fellow be?
On this land we put our brand Cartwright is the name,
Fortune smiled, the day we filed the Ponderosa claim
Here in the west we’re living in the best
BONANZA
With the friendliest, fightingist, lovingist band,
That ever set foot in the promised land
And we’re happier than them all.
That’s why we call it
Bonanza…bonanza.. bonanza..
I just love this one…
If you like to talk to tomatoes
If a squash can make you smile
If you like to waltz with potatoes
Up and down the produce aisle…
Have we got a show for you!
VeggieTales, VeggieTales, VeggieTales, VeggieTales,
VeggieTales, VeggieTales, VeggieTales, VeggieTales!
Broccoli! Celery! Gotta be
VeggieTales!
Lima beans! Collard greens! Peachy keen!
VeggieTales!
Cauliflower! Sweet and sour! Half and hour!
VeggieTales!
There’s never-ever-ever-ever-ever been a show like VeggieTales!
There’s never-ever-ever-ever-ever been a show like VeggieTales!
It’s time for VeggieTales!
three votes for the banana splits. yaay!
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers
You Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
I still watch the power rangers when I have time. (: and I’m 16!
I remember when I was like 7 or 8 when this came out. I used to watch it all the time!
@cyndihugs wow, I watched the Power Rangers everyday when I came home from school. I was in kindergarten when it came out in ‘92. But I’m glad that somebody it enjoying the “classics”
@brinibear I was born in 1992, but I didn’t watch it until later. (;
@Darwin I watched the adventures of Rin Tin Tin. I liked it. I was mainly into cartoons though. Like EEK the Cat, Earthworm Jim, AAAAAHHHHHHH! Real Monsters, Ren and Stimpy
@Darwin Now that’s a stroll down memory lane. I haven’t thought of Crusader Rabbit in years. Rocky and Bullwinkle was my favorite cartoon show; my brother and I still make references to it that my Egnlish husband can’t understand. (“Fanmail from some flounder?”)
In another thread, I listed Mr. Peabody as my main TV crush from years back.
@janbb – “Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.”
@janbb – “Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!”
Do-do-dah-dee-do-fresh air!
Do-do-dah-dee-do-I swear!
@Darwin “All on this itty, bitty card.” (I could go on all night with this.)
@janbb – Me, too, dollink, but how are we going to steal car from moose and squirrel?
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A.
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
But
I’ll be there for you (when the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you (like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you (because you’re there for me too)
From F.R.I.E.N.D.S. my all time favorite show
They’re cree-py and they’re koo-ky
my-ste-ri-ous and spoo-ky
they’re a-lto-gether oo-ky
the Addams Fam-i-ly.
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