TV theme songs – part 2 of 4

wordpress ^ | October 11, 2010 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

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Batman

When I was very young, I was almost scared of this one.

Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour

This takes a bunch of theatrical shorts, and surrounds them with new, made-for-TV footage. I guess it’s OK to count it as a TV show. The opening itself was made-for-TV.

Scooby Doo Where Are You? (two versions)

This first one here is rarely heard. I like it – perhaps even more than the familiar version.

Hawaii Five-O

Of course this one has to be included.

All in the Family

I think it’s safe to say that we have definitely entered into the 70s.

H.R. Pufnstuf

This is a brilliantly done, live-action fantasy opening, made on a low budget, decades before CGI. If they were to do this today, they’d spent far more money using CGI, and get far less interesting results.

Bob Newhart Show

One of the best TV songs of all time.

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Although it seems obvious now, when I was a child, I did not know that Bill Cosby did the voice for Mushmouth.

Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood

My dog and I met Mr. Rogers in real life – twice. He remembered us the second time.

Sanford and Son

A fantastic opening song for a pretty funny show.

Sesame Street

This was a wonderful show in the 70s. Later on, the switch from Grover to Elmo as host was a big letdown. It also sucked that they got rid of the guy who used to bang his head on the piano. And it’s absurd that Cookie Monster started eating vegetables. Old school rules!

Good Times

Another funny yet serious show from Norman Lear, whose shows had this wonderful habit of having excellent theme songs.

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Wow - thanks for the link!

[humblegunner]

You can’t embed videos here

You can sure as hell post the links to the videos you steal.

But no, you want to send folks to your dirty little blog to see what you have stolen.

You suck, did you know that?

[Paine in the Neck]

The Peter Gunn theme was hugely influential and you can hear it in lots of stuff.

[Dante3]

I still recall the theme from TV series “Strike Force” with Robert Stack.