Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs

[Mr._Graybeard]

I haven't seen this one, maybe I missed it.

 

[Tighthead]

I haven't seen this one, maybe I missed it.

I mean it's forking Waylon, so what else does one need, but I think the General Lee removed the entire show from the zeitgeist.

 

[Batman]

I haven't seen this one, maybe I missed it.

The full version still gets some airplay on country radio. Makes me smile every time.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

In 1974, MTM produced a short-lived (eight-episode) series called "The Texas Wheelers" starring Jack Elam, Gary Busey and Mark Hamill. How could a series like that lose? It was programmed opposite "The Rockford Files."
Here's the theme song:

 

[FileNotFound]

In 1974, MTM produced a short-lived (eight-episode) series called "The Texas Wheelers" starring Jack Elam, Gary Busey and Mark Hamill. How could a series like that lose? It was programmed opposite "The Rockford Files."
Here's the theme song:

"Illegal Smile," by the one and only John Prine.

 

[Twirling Time]

In 1974, MTM produced a short-lived (eight-episode) series called "The Texas Wheelers" starring Jack Elam, Gary Busey and Mark Hamill. How could a series like that lose? It was programmed opposite "The Rockford Files."
Here's the theme song:

I never saw it and never knew this series existed. Our ABC affiliate at the time had a weaker OTA signal and we lived behind a big-ash mountain that blocked it.

The stray kitten was a nice touch for replacing the usual MTM logo, though.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I never saw it and never knew this series existed. Our ABC affiliate at the time had a weaker OTA signal and we lived behind a big-ash mountain that blocked it.

The stray kitten was a nice touch for replacing the usual MTM logo, though.

There are a couple episodes on YouTube. I just watched about five minutes of one show called "The Rebel" and conclude that the series deserved to die.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

As a longtime Ian Hunter fan I appreciated this one.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

This thread is giving me a close to terminal case of earworms. Yesterday I couldn't get the theme from "Car 54, Where Are You?" out of my head. And it's getting worse. This morning it's that old '50s hit "Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles.

 

[playthrough]

The full version still gets some airplay on country radio. Makes me smile every time.

Same here, with this last verse:

I'm a good old boy
You know my mama loves me
But she don't understand
They keep a-showing my hands and not my face on TV

 

[fossywriter8]

Honestly, song and visuals alone - I watch that show.



Fun fact: the original theme of the show was this - and you can hear it in some of the music played during the episodes. It helped that the pilot was set in Florida.

Another fun fact:
Simon & Simon had a crossover episode with Magnum, P.I. (the original), which also had a crossover episode with Murder, She Wrote. Therefore, all three exist in the same universe.

 

[Tighthead]

Another fun fact:
Simon & Simon had a crossover episode with Magnum, P.I. (the original), which also had a crossover episode with Murder, She Wrote. Therefore, all three exist in the same universe.

As I recall, Magnum and the Simon boys didn't take to each other.