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(1,357 posts)Green Acres.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
SouthernIrish
(512 posts)I live in Tennessee and the name of my neighborhood is Green Acres. It's a small neighborhood with only about 50 homes, but is is surrounded by beautiful farmland and it has a huge duck/goose pond when you enter it. It sits down in a valley and is so peaceful. A little piece of heaven.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)applegrove
(118,685 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Always enjoyed that show.
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)And boy, do we need to be careful out there now.
-- Mal
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)mucifer
(23,550 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Of a self-referential song -- a song about itself.
JarOCats
(119 posts)The lyrics alone are fantastic -- although the grammar-obsessive in me always silently corrects "Betsy Ross got it all sewed up" to "...all sewn up."
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)I wish we could update that song and throw in Maxine Waters, Elizabeth Warren, and all the great ladies out there today!
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)I loved the Partridge Family.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)It still makes me smile. Thanks!
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)My first heartthrob.
Bayard
(22,099 posts)As a little girl
quickesst
(6,280 posts)There was just something about this theme song.
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First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...not the Honeymooners, but the variety show. It was slow, and both rather majestic and sad. For that matter, I always thought the Carson theme was rather melancholy, if you played it slowly. It always gave me the impression of something wonderful and exciting, remembered after it was gone...
TlalocW
(15,384 posts)TlalocW
LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)Rockford Files and Barney Miller
Dr Vegas
(456 posts)Runaway by Del Shannon
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)They don't write TV theme songs like these any more:
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)This was one of my favorites from that era of TV
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)Perry Mason was scary. (Nothing like hearing it when you're in bed trying to fall asleep)
BigMin28
(1,177 posts)nt
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)it was an entertaining show.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts).
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)Did Henry Mancini ever write a bad song?
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Drake Notthesinger
(39 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I taped it and blasted it in my car (sadly, not a Ferrari) constantly.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Bob Newhart's two hit shows had really good instrumentals as well.
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)The theme (by Lorenzo Music) is like a Reader's Digest Condensed Version of what a big band hit should be.
*sigh* RIP Suzanne Pleshette.
Here's an interesting little tidbit about the opening sequence: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-bob-newhart-show-opening-20170808-story.html# My dad said it was too long. I didn't care, I got to listen to a good band. Funny how it's almost all visual filler, with very, very little in the way of titles.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Wasn't Lorenzo Music aka 'Carlton the Doorman' from 'Rhoda'?
Timeless comedy.
RandiFan1290
(6,237 posts)malthaussen
(17,204 posts)There were so many good theme songs in the 60's and 70's.
Or, you could go with Tour of Duty's theme song: Paint it Black.
-- Mal
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)"My Mother The Car" starred Jerry Van Dyke:
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)except for the theme, a song called "Come On, Come On"..which was the worst theme song I ever heard..
(Much worse than "My Mother the Car"
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)And, of course, Peaky Blinders:
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Siwsan
(26,268 posts)The show was about a fictional town called Lynx River. The citizens were mostly Aboriginal, with a few White residents. It was a great showcase for Native acting talent and story telling, and the theme music was simple and slightly haunting.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Just seems to fit the shows context really well.
Tikki
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)One of my absolute favourites (especially after the change to BJ Honeycutt
Snellius
(6,881 posts)The TV show sort of eclipsed the original Altman film which is still funny as hell.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)I always suggest to those who love the TV show.
red dog 1
(27,820 posts)"Suicide is painless"??
Really?
Perhaps if one takes an overdose of sleeping pills, then just goes to sleep forever might be "painless"
Shooting yourself in the head sure wouldn't be "painless"
Stepping in front of a train sure wouldn't be "painless"
Nor would jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Also, I know he was only a 14-year-old kid, but
"Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes"
DOES NOT RHYME!
Like I said, though, the music was good.
Altman did a good job directing the movie, but he sure hates the TV show, which I learned from an interview he gave many years ago [He mentioned his son getting royalties from the TV show]
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)I have it for a ringtone on my phone!
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)MASH film director, Robert Altman's 14 years old son, Mike, wrote the song's lyrics....and ultimately made more money in royalties than his father made for directing the film.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Altman challenged Mike to write "the dumbest lyrics he could think of". Altman had tried to do it himself, but the lyrics always came out sounding too philosophical. They needed that sophomoric teenaged touch.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)MASH and Cheers!
sl8
(13,787 posts)PennyK
(2,302 posts)I love this piece and could listen to it every day.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)The song originally intended to introduce viewers to the world of Taxi was James Touchdown, which later became the title track of the smooth-jazz progenitors sixth album. But with sizzling hi-hats and bombastic horns, its nowhere near the proper fit for Taxi that Angela is. On a show that boasts one of the greatest sitcom ensembles in the history of TV, Angela is like the unseen cast member, the bleary-eyed sound of tires splashing through puddles and street lights streaking by cab windows. Taxi isnt a Touchdown show: Its characters dream big, but none have the confidence to pull off whatever David Sanborns doing to his alto sax on that track. They are Angela, even if none of them is named Angela. Theyre lonely and a little weary and their lives move at more deliberate bpm. None of them set out to be a driver, a mechanic, or a dispatcherbut, hey, Bob James didnt set out to write the theme song for Taxi when he sat down to compose Angela, either.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)Randy Newman, "Its a Jungle Out There".
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)mulsh
(2,959 posts)[link:
|Leith
(7,809 posts)Gilligan's Island
Super Chicken
Underdog
One from the UK. It's the theme for Jonathan Creek (starring the guy on the Britbox commercial) and is called Danse Macabre (by Saint-Saëns).
msdogi
(430 posts)for old show, Sons of Anarchy more recent
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)He also wrote one of the best songs of the '60's "I Fought the Law."
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)LyndaG
(683 posts)Growing Up Fisher
Get a Life
Radio Free Roscoe
mythology
(9,527 posts)One is a bit of a cop out as it is a Queen song, but it was the theme song for the Highlander TV show.
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The other is from Veronica Mars.
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Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)Johnny Staccato, Naked City.
Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)Great jazz tune.
sl8
(13,787 posts)Does whatever a spider can.
yonder
(9,666 posts)The Patty Duke Show.
I don't necessarily like the melody or style, but listen to those chorus folks belt it out. They start out subdued and then bust loose singing their asses off. They really work it. And it swings pretty good too.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)sl8
(13,787 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Thanks for posting this, sl8!
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)They offer a double dose every Saturday morning on MeTV, and I never miss it. Richard Boone played the smartest badass ever.
nmgaucho
(527 posts)sl8
(13,787 posts)Afromania
(2,769 posts)LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)Flight of the Bumble Bee
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)I also loved Sanford and Son and The Monkees.
TomSlick
(11,100 posts)But,
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ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But I'll go with the Jonny Quest theme.
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)Do your homework!!
Tomorrow is Monday.
You put it off all weekend.
It's Sunday night.
JDC
(10,129 posts)Harker
(14,024 posts)I still get a little tingle on those rare occasions I hear it. Honorable mention to "Secret Agent."
BigMin28
(1,177 posts)to pick a favorite, but the theme song to Cheers was certainly memorable.
Quemado
(1,262 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)The Big Bang Theory
An autotroph is an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)Star Trek TOS, TNG, and Voyager.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)Childhood fave. Kinda smoky/jazzy
mainer
(12,022 posts)I've heard that tune used for so many alternate lyrics.
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)sl8
(13,787 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Mighty Mouse
Mr. trouble never hangs around,
when he hears this Mighty sound,
Here I come to save the day!
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way!
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right,
Mighty Mouse will join the fight!
On the sea or on the land,
He's got the situation well in hand!
We know that when there's danger, we'll never dispair;
Because we know that when there's danger he is there...
On the land on the sea in the air.
We're not worrying at all
We just listen for his call
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.
When there is a wrong to right,
Mighty Mouse will joint the fight
"Here I come to save the day!"
That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,313 posts)The opening theme:
And the closing theme:
Luciferous
(6,082 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)and Gunsmoke
mac56
(17,569 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Law and Order
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)Transformers, Jem, Voltron, Robotech. If you can't tell, I mostly like a lot of animated stuff.
brooklynite
(94,597 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)Francesca Belmonte and Tricky
What I like about foreign tv is you not only learn about new shows but, also, writers, actors, production, music and styles.
Tikki
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)U.F.O. and Mission: Impossible
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)art by Edward Gorey.
IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)"You can't take the sky from me"
Donkees
(31,418 posts)Celia Sheen plays Midsomer Murders on Theremin
Celia Sheen plays the theme tune from ITV's drama series "Midsomer Murders" on the Theremin. She has done so, along with incidental music, on the soundtrack of every episode for fourteen years. This fascinating instrument was the world's very first electronic instrument, invented in 1920 by Russian scientist Lev Theremin. Of course, nobody ever sees Celia's performances on the recordings, but what makes it interesting is that the Theremin is played without being touched