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Offline Ellemeno

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Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« on: August 02, 2007, 03:25:34 am »
Post your favorite YouTube of the good old days of whacky TV show openings and theme songs.  I'm requesting ones from my youth, early 60s to late 70s only.  US TV.  Feel free to start other threads for other variations.

Petticoat Junction
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVHoHeN4r6k[/youtube]
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2007, 03:27:16 am »
My Three Sons
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGM5rQeOPM8[/youtube]
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2007, 03:46:36 am »
The Andy Griffith Show

(Haven't found an actual opening sequence of the show yet, but this is entertaining til I do.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiFboW8mqd4[/youtube]
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2007, 09:00:15 am »
Believe it or not, Johnny Williams (at least back then, that's what they called him), wrote the theme for "I Dream of Jeanie".  Yes that John Williams.
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2007, 09:16:37 am »
I need to check out the "Petticoat Junction" link at home tonight--no playing anything with audio at the office!  :o

For better or worse, "Petticoat Junction" is one reason I grew up a train fan and a steam train fan.  :-\

There is a third stanza to the theme song that was not part of the show's opening sequence.  8)
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2007, 03:19:41 pm »
I like this thread!  Our next number is sung by soul sensation Donny Hathaway!

That uncomprimising, enterprising, anything but tranquilizing....
[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NglGyn8yE20[/youtube]
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2007, 03:34:20 pm »
This thread is great, but can anybody do the lyrics from memory?

That's the real test. ...  ;D
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2007, 06:32:24 pm »
Hey cool, Yous Guys!  I never knew any of those things.   
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2007, 07:03:20 pm »
And the third verse to the "Petticoat Junction" theme?

(From memory. ...)

When they hear that dinner bell from the Shady Rest Hotel at the Junction
(Petticoat Junction)
Folks will walk a country mile for that chicken country style at the Junction.
(Petticoat Junction)
But the dishes to observe are the pretty girls who serve at the Junction.
(Petticoat Junction)

Years ago a friend had a tape of TV themes--not the original recordings from the shows themselves. The "Petticoat Junction" theme had this extra verse.

You have not lived until you have seen four gay men throw a "Petticoat Junction"-themed cocktail party. They used a huge stockpot as the water tower, filled with some vile alcoholic concoction. And at this party there were four Bradley sisters: Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, Betty Jo--and their long-lost African American sister, Towanda Jo.

I'm not making this up. I was really there. ...
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Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2007, 08:52:51 pm »




         Jeff you never fail to give the best line of the day.   LOL    :laugh:    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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