Whatever happened to the TV theme song?

[aabbcc]

I just thought of two more that I really like, both instrumentals.

The Waltons [oops, my age is showing]
Northern Exposure [love the moose strolling through town]

[pinklilycat]

Absolute CLASSIC... The Golden Girls!!

"Thank you for being a friend..."

[Raspberry gashes]

of"travel down the road and back again
your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidante
and if you threw a party
and invited everyone you knew
you would see the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say....

Haha, sorry you got me started!


I also LOVE the Welcome Back Kotter theme song.

Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.

Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.

Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they're turned around.

Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)

Yeah we tease him a lot cause we've hot him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

(very nostalgic)


The Facts of Life!
you take the good
you take the bad
you take them both and there you have the facts of life
there's a time you've gotta go and show you've grown and now you know about the facts of life

Thats a good one too.



And Mary Tyler Moore has a nice one.
Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all


How will you make it on your own?
This world is awfully big, girl this time you're all alone
But it's time you started living
It's time you let someone else do some giving

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all

[twitchy]

Originally Posted by pinklilycat

My gay friends are all happy!! Yeah!

Bewitched has a great theme tune and so does Dallas. At primary school we had a geeky song for the Dallas theme tune that we thought was hilarious!! (it wasn't). For your entertainment here it is:

He's big, he's fat, he wears a hat, he owns a big red car...
He owns a palace in the middle of Dallas and his name is JR...!!

You had me singing along!

I liked the theme to It's Garry Shandling's Show.

"This is the theme to Garry's Show,
The opening theme to Garry's show.
Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song.
I'm almost halfway finished,
How do you like it so far,
How do you like the theme to Garry's Show.

This is the theme to Garry's Show,
The opening theme to Garry's show.
This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits.
We're almost to the part where I start to whistle.
Then we'll watch "It's Garry Shandling's Show".

[Chalet]

Come and knock at our door....

[LynnieD]

Some KICK ASS TV theme songs mentioned...


Here's my all time favs:

Dallas!!
All in the Family....Archie & Edith sitting at the piano...adorable.
Simon & Simon...fucking loved that show period.
Magnum PI
Golden Girls
Cheers...great karoke song--great to sing in the car
Monday Night Football Theme

[Chalet]

Two theme songs that still give me chills: Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie. Takes me right back and I feel happy all over.

[louiswinthorpe111]

Originally Posted by twitchy

You had me singing along!

I liked the theme to It's Garry Shandling's Show.

"This is the theme to Garry's Show,
The opening theme to Garry's show.
Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song.
I'm almost halfway finished,
How do you like it so far,
How do you like the theme to Garry's Show.

This is the theme to Garry's Show,
The opening theme to Garry's show.
This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits.
We're almost to the part where I start to whistle.
Then we'll watch "It's Garry Shandling's Show".

LOVED Garry Shandling's Show. And the theme song was very original.

[sweetrebel]

I like the theme song to Two and a half Men...I love that show!

[rebeccaw6182]

OOO i love tv theme songs. wonderful.... loved the roseanne one from like the last 2 seasons

If what doesn't kill us is making us stronger, Were gonna last longer, Than the greatest wall in China, Or that rabbit with the drum If there's one thing that I learned, While waiting for my turn, Is that in each life some rain falls, But you also get some sun, And we'll make out better than ok, Hear what I say? any day

[rebeccaw6182]

forgot about growing pains i LOVED that theme song too

[Tati]

^^ Me too! I loved it when they did the slow, kind of sad version in the latter seasons.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

Originally Posted by pinklilycat

Absolute CLASSIC... The Golden Girls!!

"Thank you for being a friend..."

Oooh pinklilycat. I love you for mentioning it! I cannot help but sing the Golden Girls' theme song.

[southernbelle]

Originally Posted by StayYoung&Pretty

Oh i must admit i loved the Full House theme song. I even downloaded it and put it on a cd but i'm too embarassed to play it unless I'm alone, haha.

What ever happened to predictibility
The milkman, the paperboy, evening TV. (very nostalgic there!)

Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a heart, a hand to hold onto.
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go.
There's a face of somebody who needs you.
Everywhere you look

When you're lost out there
And you're all alone
A light is waiting to carry you home
Everywhere you look.

ME TOO!!!!

Here are some for y'all to enjoy:

Full House


Salute Your Shorts

Hey Dude (includes part of Episode 1)

And here is a website where you can watch tons of opening theme credits from the 80s and 90s (including Berestain Bears, Classic Nick shows, Popples, Reading Rainbow, Carmen Sandiego, and Ghostwriter)

[aabbcc]

The whistling song at the beginning of the Andy Griffith Show ... loved that and always whistled along.