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Greatest TV theme song

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Mar 31, 2008.

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What's the greatest TV theme song ever?*

  1. The Andy Griffith Show

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  2. The Beverly Hillbillies

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  3. Magnum PI

    2 vote(s)
    2.8%

  4. Cheers

    15 vote(s)
    20.8%

  5. The A-Team

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  6. Friends

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. The Fall Guy

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. LA Law

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. Law & Order

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  10. Hill Street Blues

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  11. All in the Family

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  12. The Jeffersons

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  13. Perry Mason

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  14. Hawaii Five-O

    12 vote(s)
    16.7%

  15. The Love Boat

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  16. The Rockford Files

    3 vote(s)
    4.2%

  17. Sanford and Son

    3 vote(s)
    4.2%

  18. Greatest American Hero

    7 vote(s)
    9.7%

  19. Miami Vice

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  20. Saved by the Bell

    5 vote(s)
    6.9%

  21. Newhart

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  22. WKRP

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  23. Dukes of Hazzard

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%

  24. Battlestar Galatica

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  25. Other

    3 vote(s)
    4.2%
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  1. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    Skinnamarinkydinkydink. Skinnamarinkydoo. I - Love - You!
    Skinnamarinkydinkydink. Skinnamarinkydoo. I - Love - You!
    I love you in the morning and in the afternoon.
    I love you in the evening, underneath the moon.
    Skinnamarinkydinkydink. Skinnamarinkydoo. I - Love - You!
    Skinnamarinkydoo, I - Love - You -- Too!. (Boop, boop, ee-doo)
     
    mike311gd, Apr 7, 2008
    #85
  2. Jethro Q. Walrustitty

    Jethro Q. Walrustitty New Member

    I've always been partial to Hello Larry. That and Where's Boomer?
     
    Jethro Q. Walrustitty, Apr 7, 2008
    #86
  3. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    How about rock songs (or covers of rock songs) as TV Theme songs? Then you can say that Southside Johnny has two...

    the short-lived Fox comedy Down the Shore used Southside Johnny's "I Don't Want to Go Home" as its theme song.

    the CBS series Dave's World (based on some Dave Barry books, starring Harry Anderson as Dave Barry) used Southside Johnny covering Billy Joel's "You May Be Right" as its theme song.
     
    EStreetJoe, Apr 7, 2008
    #87
  4. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Sirs, Madames,

    The 4400. Sigh. Cancelled.



    Another haunting opening.



    YD&OHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Apr 7, 2008
    #88
  5. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Rockford Files wins easily for me. There's at least two versions. One that is totally Moog-based, the other that includes the kick-ass guitar solo. I love the rocked out version.

    Barney Miller, Taxi, The Prisoner, Sanford And Son and the WKRP end credits are all iconic.

    Kids division: The Banana Splits theme.
     
    Bubbler, Apr 8, 2008
    #89
  6. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Oh shit! I forgot all about the only one I've ever downloaded: The Streets Of San Francisco!



    A Quinn Martin production!

    Some nut posted montages of TV themes on YouTube. Search TV Themes Time Sweep, you pretty much get them all I'm guessing.
     
    Bubbler, Apr 8, 2008
    #90
  7. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Rummies,

    Don't go to bed with no price on your head. No. Don't do it.



    YD&OHS, etc
     
    friend of the friendless, Apr 8, 2008
    #91
  8. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Sharon, Lois, and Bram.
    The Three Boring Horsemen of Toddler Apocalypse.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Apr 8, 2008
    #92
  9. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    SpaghettiO's haven't tasted the same since that show went off the air.
     
    mike311gd, Apr 8, 2008
    #93
  10. beardpuller

    beardpuller Active Member

    I agree. There are a lot of great themes, but this one had to be the most successful in terms of the music charts. It was in heavy rotation at the YMCA jukebox after my kid-league basketball games, along with the offerings of Tommy James and Gary Puckett.
     
    beardpuller, Apr 8, 2008
    #94
  11. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    The theme from SWAT reached No. 1 on the pop charts in (I think) 1976.
     
    Steak Snabler, Apr 8, 2008
    #95
  12. Rumpleforeskin

    Rumpleforeskin Active Member

    A-Team is fantastic.
     
    Rumpleforeskin, Apr 8, 2008
    #96
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