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Title: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno 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]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 02, 2007, 03:27:16 am: My Three Sons
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGM5rQeOPM8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno 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]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Scott6373 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.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Jeff Wrangler 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)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: JCinNYC2006 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]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Jeff Wrangler 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
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 02, 2007, 06:32:24 pm: Hey cool, Yous Guys! I never knew any of those things.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Jeff Wrangler 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. ...
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: ifyoucantfixit 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:
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 02, 2007, 10:09:14 pm: Quote from: ifyoucantfixit 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:

Those four guys wore really short denim cut-offs, red and white gingham, er, blouses tied in the front, and they did a whole little routine while somebody played the tape of the "Petticoat Junction" theme.

If I live to be 100, I'll never forget it. ... :laugh:
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 10:21:23 pm: Oh goodness, where do I start....

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P8X2Ytf_wU[/youtube]

Was on for many season, and corny, but I loved it!
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 10:25:05 pm: Another favorite of mine

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhmMYeyGi4A[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: David In Indy on August 02, 2007, 10:31:00 pm: Leave It To Beaver

Leave It To Beaver ran from 1957-1963, so I can include it as a 1960's TV show, can't I?

This clip is from the 1962-1963 opening, the final season of the series. :D

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFTyODb2S94[/youtube]
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 10:31:45 pm: Never was much of a Star Tek fan, but here is a fav of mine from the mid 60's.
It was only on three seasons, and here is a compliation of the pilot theme, and
all three seasons.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeBUMYG-iP4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 10:41:35 pm: There was another show that was on my second year of college (1977) that just had a tremendous impact on me. Now don't anyone laugh here, but that show was "James at 15". It starred Lance Kerwin as James Hunter, which potrayed the pains of being a teenager and growing up in the 1970's (much like myself).

If you remember, James has his world turned upside down when his family moves from Oregon to Boston, MA where his father who is a college professor has accepted a new teaching position. For those who recall this series, James would lapse into daydreaming sequences where he would picture himself as he would like to be. Did the same thing myself at that age. But what really made the show alive for me was the subject matter that it dealt with at the time. Keep in mind, this was 1977, but some of the subjects in various episodes was venereal disease, teenage alcoholism, suicide.

I know there was one show where James found out his older sister Kathy was having a pre-marital affair with her professor. Or even more controversial, especially in 1977, was the one where James lost his virginity to I believe it was a foreign exchange student at his school at the time. I think there was even an episode where he had an affair with one his teachers. Now days when the media gets wind of a "teacher/student" thing going on, they just go nuts. Well I got news flash for them, it went on big time back in the 70's and no one said a thing about it.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf5CmNhwpSU[/youtube]
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 10:51:23 pm: Oh how I loved this show; own most of the episodes now on DVD.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Cameron on August 02, 2007, 10:54:07 pm: Thank you for posting "James at 15", hunting buddy. ;D I mentioned it on the favorite childhood tv show thread, but no one seemed to remember. I was in high school when this show was on. It was the biggest show in my school. Everyone watched it, and talked about it all the time. I remember the week when the one was on when he "lost it". Everyone talked about nothing else all week, it was the biggest deal. Most of the girls had crushes on Lance Kerwin, actually maybe even the boys too. But this show was the biggest deal then!!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:02:20 pm: Quote from: Cameron on August 02, 2007, 10:54:07 pm
Thank you for posting "James at 15", hunting buddy. ;D I mentioned it on the favorite childhood tv show thread, but no one seemed to remember. I was in high school when this show was on. It was the biggest show in my school. Everyone watched it, and talked about it all the time. I remember the week when the one was on when he "lost it". Everyone talked about nothing else all week, it was the biggest deal. Most of the girls had crushes on Lance Kerwin, actually maybe even the boys too. But this show was the biggest deal then!!

I noticed from your profile you are just a five years less than myself, so you would have been in high school. Even in college, all the people I ran with were talking about James. As you mentioned, the episode where he "lost it". That was a big deal then. To my knowledge, network TV had ever stepped over into this area before. I thought it was a great show, and touched on social issues that all kids at that age faced during the 70's
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:04:05 pm: Another favorite, that featured a very young Lee Majors and Linda Evans.....and also, in later seasons, a very young Clint Eastwood.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6oKlO0cD0[/youtube]
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:06:28 pm: ...and you gotta love the burning map of Lake Tahoe.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTWB_ByQD4w[/youtube]
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:09:44 pm: kinda short, but I always liked the theme music to this show.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-PbwJ0VXhs[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Cameron on August 02, 2007, 11:11:56 pm: Hey,

Yeah, I was in high school then, and James at 15 was so big, even though that show seems forgotten about now. I do remember that a lot was written about it at the time, and it was considered more real than anything till that point. I guess it was, for its time. I watched it, everyone did, and it was definitely the most talked about show when I was in high school. Actually James at 15 and Family too. Everyone also talked like crazy about whether Kristy McNichol was actally going to in Family. That was also a big deal. But she didn't.

But I do have to admit, my favorite high school show was on years and years later. Actually in 1994/1995. My So Called Life. I still tinink that was the best high school show ever, even for adults.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:14:49 pm: Another corny one that featured some of the same actors from Petticoat Junction.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNsDpuoeaRI[/youtube]
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Post by: Toycoon on August 02, 2007, 11:19:15 pm: "Lost in Space" has one of the best opening themes of all time! Actually, there are two versions of the LIS theme.
I like the second one just a little better than the first.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:21:17 pm: Quote from: Cameron on August 02, 2007, 11:11:56 pm
But I do have to admit, my favorite high school show was on years and years later. Actually in 1994/1995. My So Called Life. I still tinink that was the best high school show ever, even for adults.

Never watched that show, but some of my co-workes have said the same. Guess I ought to see if DVD's of it are out there anywhere.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 02, 2007, 11:22:28 pm: Someone please post the theme from "Hawaii 5-0". That one still rocks to this day!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:31:41 pm: Quote from: Toycoon on August 02, 2007, 11:22:28 pm
Someone please post the theme from "Hawaii 5-0". That one still rocks to this day!

Here you go! Book 'em Danno, murder one!
Hawaii 5-0
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=507vsWgvPzU[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:36:28 pm: Chuck Conners was the MAN! Can't remember if this was a 50's or 60's show, but I loved it and
another Conners favorite, "The Rifleman"

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKmJPnAGUJk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:44:30 pm: A few years after Twlight Zone, Rod Serling had the series called Night Gallery. Creepy stuff, and great fun!
It's on DVD also and I have some of it. My all time favorite was Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) as the
"Sin Eater" in an episode titled I believe "Sins of the Father" One of the best! Or Joan Crawford as
the blind lady that bought sight for a few hours in an episode called "Eyes". Priceless

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8-cqq7SuI0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:51:59 pm: One last one for tongiht. Here is the Waltons theme from season two.
This has been fun...but must get an Excel spread sheet done for work tomorrow.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk6CfpFR9NM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 02, 2007, 11:53:49 pm: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:44:30 pm
A few years after Twlight Zone, Rod Serling had the series called Night Gallery. Creepy stuff, and great fun!
It's on DVD also and I have some of it. My all time favorite was Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) as the
"Sin Eater" in an episode titled I believe "Sins of the Father"

Hunh. The Sin Eater is another name for the Heath Ledger movie The Order.

Thanks for contributing, everyone! Yeah, the theme and visuals of Hawaii Five 0 helped shape me somehow.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:54:59 pm: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 02, 2007, 11:51:59 pm
One last one for tongiht. Here is the Waltons theme from season two.
This has been fun...but must get an Excel spread sheet done for work tomorrow.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk6CfpFR9NM[/youtube]

well alrighty then, well do it the old fashioned way.....click on this
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 02, 2007, 11:59:16 pm: The Addams Family
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL_9zdu4iVw[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:04:25 am: The Munsters
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7eO5OVduw0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:07:49 am: Family Affair
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MwqNsmcH2s[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:09:59 am: Beware of the compressed videos on You Tube. Sometimes the music is at a different speed, and it lacks all the content.
Try this one for The Munsters

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa5Bo6cgvoE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:10:41 am: The Dick Van Dyke Show

This is one of the subsequent openings. Wnat to find an earlier one too.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqIyjLxwk-s[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:17:12 am: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:07:49 am
Family Affair
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MwqNsmcH2s[/youtube]

Ah, who could forget Uncle Bill, or Jody or Buffy! Thanks for posting this one!
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Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:17:20 am: Cagney and Lacey
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynhtVh4eXoE[/youtube]
Title: Family Affair
Post by: Toycoon on August 03, 2007, 12:22:35 am: I always wondered about the strange visuals of the opening sequence to "Family Affair".
Are those supposed to be the "Family Jewels" or what? :laugh:
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:23:48 am: Flipper

This is NOT the version I was hoping for. The singing on the one I want is a sort of lush 1960s straight choral group. I think the one I want is probably older.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkofQ7rD8kk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:25:02 am: Quote from: Toycoon on August 03, 2007, 12:22:35 am
I always wondered about the strange visuals of the opening sequence to "Family Affair".
Are those supposed to be the "Family Jewels" or what? :laugh:

I think it means that while we were at home watching it after school, they were dropping acid...
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:25:50 am: Oh the hell with the spreadsheet, I've worked there 22 years, they'll get their info in time!

This is just too much fun, I Dream Of Jeannie

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiaCv2a6yYc[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:31:00 am: We're on the same page, huntinbuddy!

Bewitched
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihuQFnuxhkY[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:31:29 am: Let's go on a Three Hour Tour!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitExtnfxwE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:37:19 am: Get Smart
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDiRIjv0yf0[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJe3zEk3xg[/youtube]
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Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:39:11 am: Well, I can't find the theme to Gunsmoke, but did find this out take that is hilarious.

It features Margret Hamilton, otherwise known as the wicked wicked witch from The Wizard of Oz

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxlGwkM-P_s[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:42:10 am: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:39:11 am
Well, I can't find the theme to Gunsmoke, but did find this out take that is hilarious.

Ho ho! If we're putting outtakes, I'm going back and looking for Andy Griffith saying "fuck" that I happened upon yesterday. :)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:44:53 am: Here it is. Apparently discussing NOT the Andy Griffith Show, but direction by Elia Kazan in A Face in the Crowd.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN6f58cTMsY[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:45:07 am: Hogan's Heros

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgiF3awaYEg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:47:27 am: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:42:10 am
Ho ho! If we're putting outtakes, I'm going back and looking for Andy Griffith saying "fuck" that I happened upon yesterday. :)

Why, shame on that bad ole Matlock!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:50:00 am: The Avengers

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14CL0LE9ek[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:52:25 am: Since this topic is about theme songs, I need to go back to The Rifleman
The closing credits to it had a great piece of music

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkM0NT4YMlo[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:53:08 am: I loved "Hogan's Heroes." :)

Batman
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBobrCBTNI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:55:02 am: The 70's shows all had great music in my opinion, for example, Welcome Back Kotter

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMyC9dKjkrI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:57:00 am: Okay, now we're on different pages... :)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7Ww5w2-BI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:57:34 am: The jazzy sound of The Bob Newhart Show

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOfV9oaPrM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:59:58 am: Can you find The Courtship of Eddie's Father? That great Nilsson tune, and that heartwarming daddy and son.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 01:02:02 am: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

First season
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27TtqcVenx8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 01:02:42 am: Lou Grant
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7H-huakZzw[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 01:07:09 am: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:57:00 am
Okay, now we're on different pages... :)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7Ww5w2-BI[/youtube]

I'm on that page also, how about The Tom & Jerry Show

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP60kmd8fYU[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 01:07:41 am: Rhoda
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaRI7RQVDg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 01:08:55 am: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:59:58 am
Can you find The Courtship of Eddie's Father? That great Nilsson tune, and that heartwarming daddy and son.

I know that tune, and it is a good one by Nilsson, but haven't found it. My all time fav by Nilsson is the theme to Midnight Cowboy
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 01:13:03 am: Starsky & Hutch

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVdCubsMqo[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 01:16:18 am: Long before Brokeback was popular, The Odd Couple

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2be6jGwLoJ0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 01:19:10 am: Well, this has been too much fun for one night, but I gotta get some sleep!

Will sign off with Good Times
Good night y'all

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM95AwDgask[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 01:21:13 am: Me too. It was fun postin with you, huntinbuddy. I have two more.

The Monkees
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FUvLfxyp0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 01:36:42 am: Wild, Wild West
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XL9JtX-91w[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 02:40:02 pm: Mission Impossible

The coolest opening of all! (Tied with Hawaii Five 0)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ikxgmgxh8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 02:49:54 pm: Mannix

I loved his secretary, Peggy, and the fact that she had a child. That really added a lot.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa0_K2bVA_M[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 04:54:01 pm: Hey Ellemeno, don't tell me we are going to get into a posting duel again! I just got home from work
for the day, and see you are already at it. Might add a couple here later myself, but have an appointment
with a Marshall Tucker concert later this evening. One of my fav groups from the late 70's.

None of the members are original, and the last time I seen them was like eight years ago. They play all the old
stuff from the late 70's; probably because their first four albums from that time went gold and some platinum.
That hasn't happened since. So that is what people want to hear.

I did make an slight edit to the Hawaii 5-0 opening theme back several pages, and watched that again,
and found it interesting that right after the clip where the dancer is shaking her ass, it flashes to like
the top of a hotel or something there in Hawaii, and the lights seem to spell out XXX. God you gotta
love those subliminial messages in the old TV shows.

I always liked the bloopers in Hawaii 5-0. In particular, I can't recall how many times McGarrett (Jack Lord)
would run out of his office and jump in a two door Lincoln / Mercury automoblie (they always used all Ford products in
almost all the shots) and he would arrive at the crime scene, and the vehicle would have 4 doors.

At my young age then, I always just assumed he drove so fast, the car got stretched! ;D
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:37:50 pm: Yabba Dabba Doo!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Oj1Yx80uc[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:39:53 pm: The Jetsons
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFbuulDiM_U[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:41:28 pm: I always loved this song from The Road Runner Show

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKG65ZqwlLc[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:44:31 pm: Felix the Cat I believe dates all the way back to movie houses in the 20's and 30's, but
I remember it as one of my favorite Sat morn cartoons

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYah4mzg9g[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:45:24 pm: Huckleberry Hound
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9FuPN__OY[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:47:14 pm: Probably 1950's, but Popeye the Sailor Man

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKS25AYO98c[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:47:29 pm: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:44:31 pm
Felix the Cat

Dang, I think I knew that song before I knew how to talk! That is a blastomatic from the pastomatic for sure. Gotta go too. More fun later. :)

<Dear God, thank you for YouTube.> :)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:49:31 pm: A horse is a horse, of course, of course

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eOj0z3q-NY[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:51:54 pm: Hey - that's a short version. What about the part where it goes "People yakkety yak a streak and waste the time of day. But Mr. Ed would never speak - unless he had something to say!"
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:52:48 pm: My Mother the Car
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpdNdrNup0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 05:56:04 pm: The color opening to Superman

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny3UaW-Jz_w[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:00:08 pm: Scooby - Doo where are You

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSbYqvf-nrE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:04:18 pm: Probably my all time favorite adventure / suspense cartoon.
Jonny Quest

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV_-u9sxYZM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:09:41 pm: Speaking of Johnny's, we can't forget Johnny Rivers singing the theme to Secret Agent Man

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-xp85s2QUo[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:12:45 pm: Officer Pete, being told what to do by Jack Webb!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdXR-TohG5o[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:25:41 pm: One last Johnny and I gotta run....Carson was my favorite late night show in the 70's and 80's.
Since Leno took over, I don't think I have watched it twice.

From 1963, Johnny Carson

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKWAzyXq90[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 06:45:34 pm: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 05:51:54 pm
Hey - that's a short version. What about the part where it goes "People yakkety yak a streak and waste the time of day. But Mr. Ed would never speak - unless he had something to say!"

Rats, that was a short version. Here is one that is not necessarily the theme, as it has more photos, but it does have the lines you mentioned.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLR4iZJLgc4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 04, 2007, 12:28:00 am: I believe that the 'Scooby Doo' opening theme is one of the reasons for the success of that silly show!
The opening theme is fantastic and still one of my all time fav-raves!

Yes, I'm a dork and I'm proud of it....
Title: Jonny Quest
Post by: Toycoon on August 04, 2007, 12:29:54 am: I had a big crush on Race Bannon. My boyfriend admitted he had a crush on Jonny Quest. Sheesh, what a pair of goofballs!
Title: Re: Jonny Quest
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 12:35:55 am: Quote from: Toycoon on August 04, 2007, 12:29:54 am
I had a big crush on Race Bannon. My boyfriend admitted he had a crush on Jonny Quest. Sheesh, what a pair of goofballs!

I know a lot of guys, myself included, who thought Race Bannon was hot. Still think hi is!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 12:40:57 am: Speed Racer
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALzDcMDhf2o[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 12:45:22 am: Dragnet
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-51V4blhxY[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIqFTnOjajM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 12:52:59 am: Never watched it much myself, but here it is.....Love Boat

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUlKPthrag[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 12:54:24 am: Mickey Mouse Club
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARhInljgvs4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 12:56:33 am: Who could forget that poster in the late 70's of Farrah Fawcett's hair spelling out the letters S-E-X

Here is Charlie's Angels

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFh62xietU4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 12:58:50 am: Car 54, Where Are You?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJaXx15qNCQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Phillip Dampier on August 04, 2007, 01:00:48 am: Love Boat (and companion Fantasy Island) were basically employment agencies for second rate stars who needed some quick work by making a guest appearance on the show, and both of these had just about every washed-up nearly-forgotten star still walking. Jo Ann Pflug, Martha Raye, Charo, Jamie Farr, both Darrens from Bewitched, Ruth Buzzi... the scary list goes on and on.

It was Saturday night mind candy, designed to help you forget you had no date that night and were stuck at home with ABC (because after shows like Carol Burnett were off CBS - Saturday night was a dumping ground for the other networks).

Murder, She Wrote (which I personally loved, what can I say) seemed to take on the role of being the catch-all for guest stars after the Love Boat era was over. Martin Milner, Larry Hagman, Bernard Fox, Tom Wopat... oooh, it just makes you cringe.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 01:01:46 am: Da Plane Boss, Da plane....meets Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

Fantasy Island

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-pVhTZg0U[/youtube]
Title: Re: Jonny Quest
Post by: Toycoon on August 04, 2007, 01:11:19 am: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 12:35:55 am
I know a lot of guys, myself included, who thought Race Bannon was hot. Still think he is!

Hell yeah! For a cartoon character, he's a stone fox.
Hmmm, I wonder if Race and Dr. Quest had a little something goin' on there...
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 01:12:43 am: We can't forget the commercials from this era. In particular, what I tought was the the best Public Service Announcement (PSA) during this time period.

Appropriately called Crying Indian

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3QKvEy0AIk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 01:15:44 am: Patty Duke Show
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIX5kk24UvA[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 01:17:40 am: McHale's Navy
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3S862nkduE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 01:19:05 am: I'm really tired after the Marshall Tucker concert, and just a bit drunk also. Gonna call it an evening. Good night all.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 01:23:29 am: Night huntinbuddy!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 01:23:53 am: My Favorite Martian
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kyMIh6Wy0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 04, 2007, 01:29:07 am: Lost in Space

all four themes

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeBUMYG-iP4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 04, 2007, 05:23:51 pm: Quote from: Ellemeno on August 03, 2007, 12:59:58 am
Can you find The Courtship of Eddie's Father? That great Nilsson tune, and that heartwarming daddy and son.

Don't have a video, but if you will click on the link

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/courtship.wav

you can at least listen to the opening theme of The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
Title: Re: The Brady Bunch Comedy Hour
Post by: Toycoon on August 09, 2007, 11:39:00 pm: Turns out, Mike Brady was a total Dwho'dLFU2

How about the tight pants on Peter Brady? He's packin' heat!

Every show was sponsored by Velveeta in the 70's.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 09, 2007, 11:59:47 pm: "Softness in his eyes, fire in his thighs"

Hercules is my kinda guy! Woohoo!

I always liked Sinbad the Sailor, too. Although I am concerned about the fey ballet slippers he worn on deck!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 10, 2007, 12:15:05 am: SmellyKelly, if this one doesn't put the fear of God in ya, nothin' will:
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: southendmd on August 10, 2007, 12:33:43 pm: SKJ,

Thanks for the memories! I loved "Angie". Robert Hays was dreamy, and I had a stupid crush on Debralee Scott (something about girls with overbites?). I'm trying to remember: was Donna Pescow just out of Saturday Night Fever, and Robert Hays out of Airplane?

I also had the 45 of "Different Worlds", and I still love Maureen McGovern.

That intro looks like an ad for the Philadelphia travel bureau.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 12, 2007, 01:17:47 am: Bravo, SmellKell! :)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 12, 2007, 12:29:13 pm: Quote
But then I find Bob Saget sexy too.

Yeech! Kelly, you have got to lay off the turpentine!

Quote
I presume many of you have read that Lureen (known to some as Anne Hathaway) is starring in a movie version of "Get Smart" as 99.

That rocks! Is it going to be a period movie? I hope so. Not like the dreadful, "The Avengers" or "The Mod Squad" or "Bewitched" remakes that sucked so much a few years back.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 13, 2007, 01:15:31 am: Here's one we hope you'll really like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqZ2ivaD8_c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqZ2ivaD8_c)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 13, 2007, 09:53:53 am: Quote
I think I still have some records that came on the back of cereal boxes. Mine were from Honeycombs (Honeycomb's big! Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's not small. No, no, no!) and they are haunted house records.

I have then entire Honeycombs cereal box with the Haunted House record. I LOVED Honeycomb cereal when I was a kid.
I still have the set of 5 Josie and the Pussycats erasers that came 'free' in specially marked boxes of Sugar Pops that I had as a kid.

I love weird stuff!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 13, 2007, 09:56:25 am: Quote
God almighty! I think the Funky Phantom was family.

That Muddlemore character was definitely a 'queer'.
And don't get me started on Snagglepuss, the pink, gay lion!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 13, 2007, 12:49:40 pm: Heavens to Murgatroid!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qFxTTi8q0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: CellarDweller on August 13, 2007, 09:53:26 pm: My fave cartoon from the 70'-80's.

The Super Friends!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlquD61Raw4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 13, 2007, 11:11:35 pm: Quote
I don't understand. You kept the whole cereal box? You didn't cut the record off and play it?
I aquired it later in life. I had the very same cereal box as a kid. I remember the cereal box records VERY well. I had a Jackson 5 record, the Archies, the Sugar Bears, Bobby Sherman and the Monkees records, too. I was an only child so I got to pick the boxes and keep the prize!

Quote
My family had a plastic green Josie spoon (Josie was on the tip of the handle), but I don't remember when or where we got it.
I have the set of the 5 spoons, too. Josie, Melody, Alexander, Valerie, Alan and Sebastian. Alexandria got shafted with both lines of toys! She doesn't appear on neither the spoons nor the erasers.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 14, 2007, 08:53:35 pm: OK Smelly, let me guess...I'll bet you considered boning Doug, too. You just like Doug's fuzzy mutton chops!

I always dug EmmyJo's go-go boots. "Delicate and feminine is Henrietta Hippo"
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 15, 2007, 09:39:50 am: Quote
Now, Aquaman was one of the main crew here, but I still think he don't get as much love as the others. Why come? He was always my favorite. I even had an Aquaman doll when I was a kid.

SmellyKelly, you're just copying me now! Aquaman was my favorite, too. I had the Mego Superhero Aquaman. In the stories my cousin and I dreamed up, Aqua and his cool friends (Batman, Superman and Mr. Fantastic) lived in a swanky shoebox apartment surrounded by MOD furniture such as a chair made out of a champagne cork with the wire and an occasional table made from the little plastic doodad in the middle of the delivery pizza (to keep it from sticking to the box). He got a lot of action from Dorothy and Glinda from the Wizard of Oz crew living right next door (in my cousin's sister's OZ playset).
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: CellarDweller on August 15, 2007, 11:25:47 am: Quote from: smellykellyjay on August 15, 2007, 04:58:25 am
Now, Aquaman was one of the main crew here, but I still think he don't get as much love as the others. Why come? He was always my favorite.

Quote from: Toycoon on August 15, 2007, 09:39:50 am
SmellyKelly, you're just copying me now! Aquaman was my favorite, too. I had the Mego Superhero Aquaman.

I think it was hard to work Aquaman in the stories, there would have to be water and fish around!

my faves were the WonderTwins!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: LauraGigs on August 17, 2007, 02:39:45 am: DAMN Kelly, you're a treasure trove of 70s-era memories!!

Quote
I think I still have some records that came on the back of cereal boxes. Mine were from Honeycombs (Honeycomb's big! Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's not small. No, no, no!) and they are haunted house records.

OhMiGod, I totally remember that haunted house record! This is all really takin' me back . . .

Speaking of cereal jingles, do you remember the one for Freakies? "We are the freakies, we are the freakies, and this is the freakies tree. [wtf?] We never miss a meal, cause we love our cer-ee-illl . . ."
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 17, 2007, 08:54:48 am: Quote
Of course! That stuff was terrible, but occasionally, that song will pop into my head for some reason. How bizarre! How bizarre! How bizarre!
Oh no, you are not shredding one of my favorite cereals, Freakies! I loved that stuff, golden, sweet, freshly picked off the Freakies tree....

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=WI5GIcUMjtA[/youtube]

Quote
Toycoon, did you have a free freakie? I picked up one at the club the other night. . .

I certainly do, I have all seven. Which one did you pick up? Hamhose?
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: CellarDweller on August 17, 2007, 10:06:06 am: Quote from: smellykellyjay on August 17, 2007, 01:37:14 am
I preferred Wendy and Marvin.

Hey SKJ, did you know that Wendy & Marvin got a make over in recent years? They appeared in issues of the DC Comic "Teen Titans". They have no superpowers, but they are now twins with genius level intellect.

Here is how they looked then:

(http://www.wonderland-site.com/pix/series/ani/ani-04-14.gif)

and here is how they look now:

(http://www.titanstower.com/assets/whos%20who/aapanels/teentitans3/TT34wendymarvin.jpg)

Quote from: smellykellyjay on August 17, 2007, 01:37:14 am
Toycoon has already let me know that he liked the Wonder Twins too,

Yooooooooooooo Toycoon! C'mere and talk! It's always cool to meet another Wonder Twins fan!

And Zan & Jayna have make overs, too. They appeared in a recent DC Comics series called "Young Justice".

Here is how Zan & Jayna looked then:

(http://www.todayisthatday.com/wondertwins.jpg)

and this is how they look now:

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/CellarDweller115/250px-WonderTwins_New.jpg)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 17, 2007, 12:56:00 pm: WonderTwin Powers - Activate! I love the collective conciousness we are all experiencing right now.

All four twins look 200% better than they did back in the 1970's. I wish I could say the same for myself! *sigh*

Truth is, I'm glad I'm the age I am. I wouldn't want to be any older or younger; I wouldn't be able to enjoy all the crazy shit that I love so much!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: CellarDweller on August 17, 2007, 05:06:23 pm: Quote from: Toycoon on August 17, 2007, 12:56:00 pm
WonderTwin Powers - Activate!

;)
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: louisev on August 18, 2007, 04:20:27 pm: Quote from: huntinbuddy on August 03, 2007, 12:17:12 am
Ah, who could forget Uncle Bill, or Jody or Buffy! Thanks for posting this one!

I could never understand why Buffy would always call Uncle Bill "Uncle Beo", I and my siblings used to make fun of her stupid lisp for hours!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 19, 2007, 12:14:14 pm: I always loved the opening for the 'Electric Company'. Even after I was waaaay too old to do the actual show, I would still watch the opening because the song was so groovy. It seems very Peter Max to me. There's a fantastic 7-up commerical that has the same style graphics. I'm gonna look it up on YouTube and post it when I find it. Stay tuned, kids!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: huntinbuddy on August 19, 2007, 04:51:35 pm: Quote from: Toycoon on August 19, 2007, 12:14:14 pm
I always loved the opening for the 'Electric Company'. Even after I was waaaay too old to do the actual show, I would still watch the opening because the song was so groovy. It seems very Peter Max to me. There's a fantastic 7-up commerical that has the same style graphics. I'm gonna look it up on YouTube and post it when I find it. Stay tuned, kids!

Ty, is this the 7-up commercial you might be referring to? In the 70's, 7-up had tons of commercials, now it seems you hardly ever see one. Coke & Pepsi seem to dominate the soft drink markets these days.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZpmyL3x6o[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 19, 2007, 05:37:27 pm: OMG- That's the one! Thank you for hunting it down, huntingbuddy (or the fishingbuddy, I know that). Thank the Lord for the YouTube!

Quote
In the 70's, 7-up had tons of commercials, now it seems you hardly ever see one. Coke & Pepsi seem to dominate the soft drink markets these days.

Watching the commercial made me realize how '70's, 7-up, the Uncola really was. Hot!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 20, 2007, 03:29:01 am: Daktari
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIJLgfiL1PE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 20, 2007, 03:34:43 am: One of the greatest theme songs, though I was too young to really watch the show

Perry Mason
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViP2UGjdND0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 20, 2007, 03:40:12 am: I don't think we did this yet.

M*A*S*H
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlWffFlBDb4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Ellemeno on August 20, 2007, 03:42:01 am: The Streets of San Francisco
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU[/youtube]

Sorry, Streets, you ain't no Hawaii-Five 0.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: LauraGigs on August 25, 2007, 02:53:05 pm: I totally loved the Electric Company!!

One of my favorite E.C. cartoons was "I'm a very quiet hound". I finally found an audio (http://www.songsforteaching.com/tomlehrer/ou.htm) link (performed by Tom Lehrer) but haven't been able to find a video of the cartoon anywhere.

One funky thing about me is that I have a very vivid memory of music, down to the key. I can tell you strictly from memory that "Hong Kong Phooey" is in c minor, the MASH theme is b minor, and the Freakies jingle is in F!
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on August 25, 2007, 03:02:25 pm: Quote
One funky thing about me is that I have a very vivid memory of music, down to the key. I can tell you strictly from memory that "Hong Kong Phooey" is in c minor, the MASH theme is b minor, and the Freakies jingle is in F!

You're a wild girl, Miss Laura! I can still vividly hear your musical laugh.
Title: Re: Theme songs of 1960s and 1970s US TV shows
Post by: Toycoon on September 11, 2007, 12:47:31 am: Happy Birthday SmellyKelly!
I meant to post this Spooky Sounds Honey Combs cereal box record as a special virtual present for you. Enjoy!