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Delvin
Favorite TV show theme
May 28, 2008 11:02AM
Reno's obituary post for Earle Hagan made me think of this: What's your pick for all-time best TV show theme song?

My vote would have to go to Lalo Schriffen's Mission: Impossible theme.
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erikalbany
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 28, 2008 12:49PM
1) Hawaii Five-0 (Ventures, baby)

3) Batman (another timeless r&r instro)

2) and of course: "Chiicoooooo, don't be discouraged...."
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satchmykels
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 28, 2008 12:58PM
Don't go to bed, with no price on your head
No, no, don't do it.

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time,
Yeah, don't do it.

And keep your eye on the sparrow.
When the going gets narrow.

Don't do it, don't do it.
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breno
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 28, 2008 02:10PM
The Munsters.

Especially the episode with the Standells.
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erikalbany
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 28, 2008 03:18PM
Yes! Yes! Dang right! [cue "dirty water"]
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nosepail
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 05:53AM
I find the theme song to Taxi combined with the looping image of the Brooklyn Bridge incredibly beautiful, but this is perhaps just because it is my favorite show in history.

Good Times is a classic even though nobody seems to actually know the lyrics:

Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
?????? - Good Times.
Scratchin’ and surviving. - Good Times.
?????? - Good Times.

Isnt there some cop drama which uses Wont Get Fooled Again as the theme song? Even though, I loathe this kind of commercial co-opting of music in general, and the endless hijacking of Roger Daltrey's transcendent scream, I would have to say that this is the theme I would most like to hear again and again.
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erikalbany
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 08:56AM
"Isnt there some cop drama which uses Wont Get Fooled Again as the theme song?"

Are you sure you're not KGB or an illegal alien?
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nosepail
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 10:24AM
No, just a guy who watches no TV other than sporting events and Nick at Nite winking smiley
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erikalbany
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 11:16AM
Well, OK then...carry on!
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blasmo
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 12:23PM
I'd give you my answers, but I'm afraid I'd screw up the chum for the sharks.
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rebelwithoutaclue
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 06:31PM
the bass line in barney miller .
wkrp in cincinnatti the opening song and the closing one which we all never knew the words to and i later found out that there are no real words.

i recently purchased reruns of that show and because of very high fees of music liscnensing original music is deleted. many of the shows comments had a lot to do with the music playing and often that had to be edited as well.
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Familyman
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 09:35AM
I think it's:

Temporary layoffs--good times!
Easy credit rip-offs--good times!
Ain't we lucky we got 'em--good times!

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satchmykels
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 10:04PM
Any time you meet a payment. - Good Times.
Any time you need a friend. - Good Times.
Any time you’re out from under.
Not getting hassled, not getting hustled.
Keepin’ your head above water,
Making a wave when you can.

Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
Easy credit rip offs. - Good Times.
Scratchin’ and surviving. - Good Times.
Hangin in a chow line - Good Times.
Ain’t we lucky we got ‘em - Good Times.
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Heff
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 10:32AM
Sanford and Son
Rockford Files
Simon and Simon
SWAT (I could probably include most `70's cop/detective shows though - the flip side of the theme from Shaft had the theme from the Men - which I don't think was ever a TV show but it sure sounded like one).
Car 54, Where Are You? - The lyrics describe that show perfectly

Too bad nowadays, TV shows are skipping the music intro to give us more show or more commercials? Hmmm...
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ratboy
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 10:56AM
Many good and iconic ones already listed. I'll add:

Malcolm in the Middle
The Gary Shandling Show
Flying Blind (David Byrne's "A Million Miles Away" edited down) - That show was one of my favorites for about the first half of the one season it ran.

Time for more embarassing personal revelations: In my easy listening youth I had the 45 of the Greatest American Hero theme.
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Jermoe
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 06:28PM
I'd have to agree with pretty much all of the above, especially "SWAT"...

In addition:

I've always loved the smooth jazz sounds of Dave Grusin's "St. Elsewhere" theme, and feel the one-note, ominous "Lost" music-type thing is arresting–although I stopped watching about midway through season 2. I dug The Waitresses' "Square Pegs" theme at the time; it, like the show, did not age so well.

Re. The Who, this is from Wikipedia, so it must be true
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All three versions of the American forensic drama CSI (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY) feature songs written and performed by The Who as their theme songs, "Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley" respectively. The CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men once did a brief CSI spoof called Stiffs with the theme song "Squeeze Box".

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STEVE
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 29, 2008 10:20PM
sanford n son
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ira
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 11:00AM
dead heat between Car 54 Where Are You, Gilligan's Island and Super Chicken
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breno
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 01:20PM
Super Chicken! I just bought the GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE dvd set - contains the entire series, including Super Chicken and Tom Slick.

Highly recommended!
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totaji
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 04:22PM
Fat Albert
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The Hair Bear Bunch
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Jabber Jaw

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Fraggle Rock
[www.youtube.com]

Gummi Bears
[www.youtube.com]

I was probably too old to think the Gummi Bears were cool.
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STEVE
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 10:13PM
There's still a few more instumentals out there fans!

In the meantime (great Barracuda Lp),

The Electric Company
Brady Bunch
Cheers (this one had many votes the first time this topic came 'round.
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mats84
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 05:37PM
Sopranos

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erikalbany
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 05:48PM
How could I forget "Square Pegs"? That's a TP TV theme song, if ever there was one.

I also loved the "BJ and the Bear" theme, which Greg Evigan sang himself.
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breno
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 08:07PM
Square Pegs! Another classic I just picked up the DVD set of.
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hoip chiggs
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 06:19PM
Here are my faves so far: Dr. Who, The Prisoner, The Fugitive, Kolchak the Nightstalker, Twin Peaks, and X Files.
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hoip chiggs
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 30, 2008 06:28PM
Roots had a cool theme too. I know it was a miniseries, but it was on television, so I'll take advantage anyway.
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hoip chiggs
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 31, 2008 08:03PM
6 Million Dollar Man, and the Bionic Woman!
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Shizzle
Re: Favorite TV show theme
May 31, 2008 10:13AM
All In The Family
The Incredible Hulk (Lonely Man Outro)
The Office
Underdog

Although this is my favorite for both the song and unmatched intro:

SMDM


The original version by Dusty Springfield, uh, not so much.

SMDM Dusty

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