Author Topic: Best TV Theme Songs (Read 9266 times)

Silver Bullet · « **on:** September 30, 2005, 06:26:21 AM »

Okay, a few I can think of off the top of my head:

Rawhide
Rifleman
Bonanza
Cheyenne
Avengers
Green Hornet
Mission Impossible
Mannix

There must be a hundred more.

SalukiFan · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2005, 06:39:09 AM »

Hawaii Five-O

That one will get stuck in your head!

Justin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2005, 06:42:16 AM »

Futurama
Aqua Teen Hunger Force "We are the Aqua Teens, make the homeys say ho and the girlies wanna scream."
The Simpsons
Firefly's theme is kitchy, but good nonetheless.
Mystery Science Theater 3000

Iain · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:20:17 AM »

Scrubs
Malcolm in the Middle
American Dad is good too.

griz · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:22:30 AM »

Beverly Hillbillys. How can you call it a theme song without a banjo? Cheesy

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:25:38 AM »

Silver Bullet, did those shows have to interrupt broadcasting because of the Civil War? Wink

A-Team

Knight Rider

K Frame · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:39:09 AM »

The Avengers is a great theme song.

Get Smart was quite good (and not just because Don Adams just died)

Truly the GREATEST TV theme song of all time, as far as I'm concerned?

The theme to Peter Gunn, by Henry Mancini.

The show only lasted 3 years. The first time I ever heard the theme music was on the old video arcade game Spy Hunter.

onions! · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:41:00 AM »

Gilligans Island

SWAT

The Love Boat

All 70's all the time!

JAlexander · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:11:38 AM »

I always liked the themes from 'Have Gun - Will Travel' and 'The Andy Griffith Show', but I mostly prefer to forget the tv shows of my own youth.

James

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:20:03 AM »

Im going to add High Chaparral. I seem to have a preference for Westerns theme songs.

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Beverly Hillbillys. How can you call it a theme song without a banjo?

Good point. Was it Flatt and Scruggs that did that song ?

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The theme to Peter Gunn, by Henry Mancini.

Great choice.

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Gilligans Island

Huh ? Worst combination: A bad, catchy song that bugs you for hours. Kinda like Mighty Mouse.

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Silver Bullet, did those shows have to interrupt broadcasting because of the Civil War?

? That one went over my head.

Some of the other nominations are too young for me. I quit watching tv from about 1995 through 2003, except for the occasional sporting event. I watched very little from 1970 through 1995. Now Im watching Alias, 24, Numb3rs, Medium.

Guest · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:40:12 AM »

FIREFLY!

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:54:29 AM »

Star Trek: The Next Generation

...has left the building. · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:06:37 AM »

No question because I can rap the whole song:

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

garrettwc · « **Reply #13 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:15:05 AM »

Starsky & Hutch second season.
Welcome Back Kotter
Sanford & Son
Miami Vice
Crime Story

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No question because I can rap the whole song:

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

"I rolled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie yo homes smell ya later":D

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #14 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:49:33 AM »

Some of the jazz jams that the Cosby Show used (especially the Bobby McFerrin one) were meritorious.
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper: (reminiscent of the Gap Band and the Bootsy Collins/George Clinton funk juggernaut)
Gilligan and Andy Griffith are the classics.

and the current winner: Firefly.

Unisaw · « **Reply #15 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:14:15 PM »

Hill Street Blues and Hogan's Heroes

Ben · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:52:06 PM »

The greatest show in town is Huckleberry Hound......

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #17 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:15:45 PM »

Yikes ! That's another catchy one.

Warren · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:21:29 PM »

On this board no one picked The Brady Bunch?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:47:42 PM »

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? That one went over my head.

Stop pretending. I said that because young wipper-snappers like me have never seen those shows, and only old fogies like you remember 'em.

lee n. field · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:51:35 PM »

Babylon 5, all seasons (different music for each season)

Ben · « **Reply #21 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:02:40 PM »

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I said that because young wipper-snappers like me have never seen those shows,

I directly attribute smart-alecky-ness in our youths to not having watched The Rifleman and Bonanza. Tongue

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #22 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:04:08 PM »

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Silver Bullet, did those shows have to interrupt broadcasting because of the Civil War?

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? That one went over my head.

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Stop pretending. I said that because young wipper-snappers like me have never seen those shows, and only old fogies like you remember 'em.

Okay, I get it now; good one! Looking back, almost all of my nominations are from the '60s.

Silver Bullet · « **Reply #23 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:07:14 PM »

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I directly attribute smart-alecky-ness in our youths to not having watched The Rifleman and Bonanza.

I can guarantee you that's true. Look at the facts: he picked Knight Rider over Rifleman and Bonanza. Shocked

280plus · « **Reply #24 on:** September 30, 2005, 03:05:18 PM »

What's green and carries a rifle?

Mucus McCain... shocked

Addams Family, Simpsons, uuuhhhhh...

Petticoat Junction,,,Batman,,,The Green Hornet (Flight of the Bumblebee / Al Hirt on his trumpet, does anyone remember Al Hirt?),,,uuuuhhhh....Johnny Quest

Me? OLD? NAAAHHH...

LOL....

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Author Topic: Best TV Theme Songs (Read 9266 times)

onions!

Guest

...has left the building.

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle

Warren