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Remember when shows had a recognizable theme, sometimes they were even played on the radio.

I've been watching The Streets of San Francisco lately and enjoy the funky theme music. 

What are some of your favorite TV theme songs.

Some of my favorites:

Leave it To Beaver
Happy Days
Welcome Back Kotter
The Addams Family
The Munsters
Saved by The Bell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The BEVERLY HILLBILLYS!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_uE40RTXwQ

BATMAN! dadadadadaddadad BATMAN! dadadadada-

  [youtube=425,350] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBobrCBTNI



HAWAII 5-0 !!!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbIGDWQvCk


  LOST in SPACE! (this video has all of the various themes used...)

[youtube=425,350] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeBUMYG-iP4

Gilligan's Island
Get Smart
Green Acres
Beverly Hillbillies
The Muppet Show
Barney Miller
Bewitched
The Love Boat (c'mon, everybody loves this one! Okay, everybody=me and a guy in Sheboygan)

Barney Miller
The Rockford Files
The Odd Couple
Peter Gunn
The Greatest American Hero
Hardcastle and McCormick - might find it cheesy now
Night Court
Due South (bought the soundtracks, great music on that show)
S.W.A.T.
Starsky and Hutch (the funky version)
The Prisoner
Taxi
Hill Street Blues
Wild, Wild West
Magnum PI
Mannix
The Saint
The Bill Cosby Show (The 70s show where he was high school coach Chet Kinkaid, the theme was by Cosby and Quincy Jones. I'd breakdown and get a cell phone with real ringtones if I could find one of this theme.)
WKRP in Cincinnati (opening and closing theme, wouldn't mind the closing theme as a ringtone either)
Bosom Buddies, just becasue I already liked that Billy Joel song.
and The Joey Bishop Show, just because it screams "typical 60s sitcom theme song" to me.

I sued to like themes like:

Airwolf
Miami Vice
Black Sheep Squadron
The Fall Guy

But they haven't aged well for me.

Mission Impossible
The Protectors
WKRP in Cincinatti - I'm pretty sure the lyrics are complete nonsense, but it sure rocked!
Melrose Place
Dark Shadows - "Quentin's Theme" actually was a minor hit, I just heard it on the easy listening station the other day.
The Monkees - Hey hey we're the Monkey's, kid's say we're messing around.  We're too busy singing, to pull anybody down.
Star Trek - great music throughout that whole show.
Space 1999

One of my favorite is PETTICOAT JUNCTION.

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=m-0YBr-6IxE

Mod Squad

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e0-XrZoHj2k (http://youtube.com/watch?v=e0-XrZoHj2k)

Wild Wild West

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0XL9JtX-91w (http://youtube.com/watch?v=0XL9JtX-91w)

Battlestar Galactica (Great original opening)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EPj1Mz-T7zo (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EPj1Mz-T7zo)

Space 1999

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8LounQ9_Sx4 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8LounQ9_Sx4)

The Odd Couple

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2be6jGwLoJ0 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2be6jGwLoJ0)

Green Acres (One of the greatest)

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

Get Smart

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cscedJQ3PFU (http://youtube.com/watch?v=cscedJQ3PFU)

The Honeymooners

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8wtG1zIt5o (http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8wtG1zIt5o)

Beverly Hillbillies (Use to sing the lyrics)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7P8X2Ytf_wU (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7P8X2Ytf_wU)

Baa Baa Black Sheep Squadran (Sounds like the A-Team theme a bit.)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GQCYG0C89uk (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GQCYG0C89uk)

The Avengers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tvmgrnsaE1U&mode=related&search= (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tvmgrnsaE1U&mode=related&search=)

Fantasy Island

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GX-pVhTZg0U&mode=related&search= (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GX-pVhTZg0U&mode=related&search=)

Dukes Of Hazard

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A (http://youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A)

Alice
http://bigbob.com/alice/alice1.wav (http://bigbob.com/alice/alice1.wav)

I have been known to launch into a full torchsong version of this at the drop of a hat.

Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Good Times are more of my 70's musical favorites.

To me, The Dick Van Dyke Show had the most typical 60's theme.

THE WORST TV SHOW THEME MUSIC EVER:
My old nemesis Small Wonder. Curse you, Small Wonder!

The Avengers
The New Avengers (really love this one)
Star Trek
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Doctor Who
Red Dwarf
The Incredible Hulk (esp. the closing piano tune)

Dick Van Dyke was one of my favorites. There were a couple versions of the shows intro. One where he would trip over the automan and the other when he skips around it avoiding the fall.

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=QqIyjLxwk-s

Moonlighting
The Patty Duke Show
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir
Baretta
Family Ties
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliLnQmaEOA
Welcome Back Kotter
I Love Lucy
The Andy Griffith Show
Leave It To Beaver
Hawaii 5-0

I include the Family Ties youtube link because it's the only hard one to remember (and one of my very favorite TV themes).  I think a few of my choices were charting singles, but I can hear all of them in my head. 

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, 1st season (with En Vogue)
Different World, last season
N.Y.P.D. Blue
A-Team, the funkier version
Good Times
Moonlighting
Greatest American Hero
G.I. Joe
Thundercats
Silverhawks (you can't get anymore 80's than that)
Family Ties (even the episode with the song "At This Moment")
Amen

MASH
Magnum PI
Hawaii 5-0
Rockford Files
A-team
Mission Impossible
Tailspin

I liked a lot of the ones already listed, but for some reason, I kinda liked this one as well:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meKFEX5n3o4

Yeah D-man, you can't beat Leon Redbone.

I don't know if it's still there, but I had posted the entire lyrics to the theme song to Tiny Toon Adventures (another one of my faves) some years ago.

Dangerman
The Persuaders
Thunderbirds
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

Dr. Demento used to play a song called "the TV Tunes Master Mix" that had a bunch of good ones in it. 

It opened with George Jetson yelling "Jane!  Stop this crazy thing!"

A lot of the ones already mentioned and:
Rawhide
Bonanza
Pinky and The Brain (I know; not so old, but catchy!)

I know this is an old thread but I came across this while surfing Youtube and couldn't resist.

P.S. Your co-workers will love you if you turn it up really loud during an important conference call! :thumbup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRa9uhiAPBs

Quote from: Rob Connolly on November 20, 2007, 07:07:48 PM
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea

Music by Alexander Courage, who went on to do the Star Trek themesong in the 60's.
Good call, sir!   :cheers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XBwWAu2a5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqs_0SBbPD0

The Invaders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2TEdOAldQ

The Time Tunnel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRlbmV39Zhw

The Saint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9KjPy0P5kY

UFO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w

Hawaii Five-O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8fsRLRtfM8

"Spiderman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk  

"Nanny and The Professor"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWIsUUVIHmE 

"Please Don't Eat The Daisies" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aizp6dzeIKE

We need this youtube:  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilAVamn1xU&NR=1  

We need this youtube too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKvJq-bAzQ&feature=related

A lot of my picks are from 80's stuff I liked as a kid, so they're not terribly old I guess.  I like some cheesy ones.

The Twilight Zone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny7uGEPgoXk

The Equalizer - Not only is the music cool, but the intro as a whole is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14C9hySGfWw

Pee-wee's Playhouse - Kinda obnoxious but I like it.  The ending theme is especially nice, and always made me feel a little sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7J-o4oSy_E

In the Heat of the Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wweC8uoWDbY

Matlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7VhP0Yr7c

Perfect Strangers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbnLYROCj8

Tales from the Crypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae5XwkSguNI

Others I like that've been mentioned:

Batman
The Munsters
The Adams Family
The Andy Griffith Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
WKRP in Cincinnati

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Rw5xbGa_g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E8AZ8bsdOY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGcdWbEcLU

The Rockford Files
Baretta
One Day aAt A Time
Hawaii 5-0
Barney Miller
The Bob Newhart Show
Mary Tyler Moore
SWAT
The Rookies
High Chapparel