Favorite TV theme show songs?

[wondergirl9847]

Well, I found this website http://www.melaman2.com/tvshows/index.html today and have been enjoying some old TV theme show songs. Some bring back fond memories of shows I love and adore, such as Quantum Leap and Wings (a show I am enjoying again on Nick at Nite!!).

What TV theme show songs do you like? Some of my faves:

The Monkees (Hey hey, we're the Monkees!!)
Wings (One of my fave TV shows and I love the Schubert classical theme)
Quantum Leap (Catchy theme you can hum along with, TERRIFIC show!!!)
The Rifleman (Hummable and cool)
Twin Peaks (Best show EVER and the music is greatness!)
Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Yes, I know all the words. LOL)
The Addams Family (silly and weird like the show *snap snap*)
Knight Rider (Cool car, cool theme)
Benny Hill Show (hilarious music)
Dukes of Hazzard (good kuntry stuff)
The Fall Guy (cute song sung by the Fall Guy. Heh)
Gidget (Love that 60's hep cat singin')
Golden Girls (love the show and love to sing the theme)
Green Acres (is the place to be....Long live Hooterville!! LOL)
Moonlighting (when Bruce was hot and the show was good)
Night Court (love this show and has a cool theme)
Partridge Family (C'mon get happy :) )
Saved by the Bell (I've seen every ep, even the lame New Class, College Years, Hawaii special, etc. LOL)
What's Happening (Hummable and fun)

[dissention]

-Golden Girls
-Punky Brewster
-ALF (just got it on DVD today!)
-Cheers
-Nip/Tuck (love that song)
-Three's Company
-Maude
-The Jeffersons

:wavey:

[Livia]

Sanford & Son
Barney Miller
The Sopranos
Peter Gunn
Hawaii Five-O

[DrummerDeanna]

Some of mine --

Little House on the Prairie
Golden Girls
Brady Bunch
Monkees
Mr. Belvedere
The Nanny
Three's Company
Diffrent Stokes
Facts of Life
Family Ties

[Patti]

Just a few off the top of my head:

Friends
Golden Girls
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Hawaii Five-O
Cheers
M*A*S*H
Three's Company
Green Acres
Petticoat Junction
Gilligan's Island

[Johnny Stew]

I love TV theme songs. In fact, when I was a kid, I used to sit by the TV with my little portable tape-recorder, and I'd tape the themes to my favorite shows.

Of course, this was an extremely low-tech approach, and invariably my dog would bark right in the middle of the song! :laugh:

Some of my all-time fave theme songs, then & now:

Wonder Woman
Gimme A Break
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Alice
One Day At A Time
The Jeffersons
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
The Carol Burnett Show
Maude
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
Charlie's Angels
Three's Company
The Brady Bunch
The Partridge Family
Knight Rider
Dark Shadows
Full House
Family Matters
Perfect Strangers
Mr. Belvedere
Who's The Boss
Diff'rent Strokes
Delta
Golden Girls
The Nanny
Friends
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Quantum Leap
Monk
Sweating Bullets
Dukes Of Hazzard
The Fall Guy

Oh, and probably a bunch of others I've forgotten. :o

[Villavic]

Ok, I always liked
Gilligan's Island
The Munsters
The Nanny
Friends

But my top favorite of all time is......

Moonlightning!!!!!
Moonlightning!!!!!
Moonlightning!!!!!

[Johnny Stew]

Yep, just thought of one I forgot... 'Kids In The Hall.'

[Johnny Stew]

Dang, I forgot 'Gilligan's Island' and 'The Munsters,' too! As well as 'The Addams Family.'

[chiliD]

You've all mentioned a few of my faves already...but, here are some that haven't been mentioned (or, if they have, I missed 'em)...most of my faves are from cancelled shows.. :lol:

Stark Raving Mad
My So-Called Life
X-Files
E.R.
West Wing
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy ("things just keep getting better"!)
Frasier ("tossed salad & scrambled eggs")
Mad About You

and going back further:

77 Sunset Strip
Surfside 6
F-Troop

[wondergirl9847]

Yep, just thought of one I forgot... 'Kids In The Hall.'

How could I forget that one, it's GREATNESS!! I have one of those TV theme song CD's and it has that on it. :thumbsup:

Here is another link to TV themes. I found Thundercats!! HOOOOO!!!!! LOL Also, Pink Panther, the opening of the cartoon, Dungeons and Dragons...yep, watched that as a kid. Also, The Chipmunks...one of my fave cartoons, along with Thundercats!

http://www.retrojunk.com/video/1/80s-tv-show-theme-songs.html

[GypsySorcerer]

Some of mine:

The Wonder Years
Cheers
Growing Pains
The Andy Griffith Show

[GateandGarden]

I love TV theme songs. In fact, when I was a kid, I used to sit by the TV with my little portable tape-recorder, and I'd tape the themes to my favorite shows.
I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who did that! :laugh:

Y'all try not to laugh at me.

"The Adventures of Pete and Pete"
"Mary Tyler Moore"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000"
"The Simpsons"
"Step by Step" :nod: :p (Yeah. Don't ask. :laugh: ).

Hillary

[wondergirl9847]

I recorded not only some theme songs, but shows or parts of shows. :shocked: I know, I'm weird. I just downloaded The Munsters and I LOVED that show as a kid, and I like the theme song too. :nod:

Yet, ANOTHER site for themes. I have a sickness. LOL

http://www.barbneal.com/tvthemes.asp

Another cartoon whose theme I loved...Hercules.

[Hawkeye]

Fraggle Rock- the best music PERIOD for any show.

[cliffdweller]

Freaks and Geeks---Even if just so happens to be a Joan Jett song! So I cheated, so sue me...

Also,
The Golden Girls
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
South Park
The Office

and whoever said Maude is a freakin' genius ;)

[GODDESS6]

Fraggle Rock- the best music PERIOD for any show.
my absolute fav is
WKRP in cincinatti~

brightest stevie blessings~
jill

[Sorcerer386]

You guys are forgetting some vital ones here! Such as (off the top of my head):

Laverne and Shirley

Mama's Family (which incidently was supposed to have words...I saw Vicki Lawrence do a "two woman show" before where she did herself and then Mama, and before she did Mama, she sang the words that were supposed to be in the theme song)

Pee Wee's Playhouse

and, one of my personal favorites, GUMMI BEARS!

Dashing and daring, courageous and caring
Faithful and friendly with so much to share
All through the forest, they sing out in chorus
Marching along as their song fills the air
Gummi Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere
High adventure that's beyond compare
They are the gummi bears!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Johnny Stew]

You guys are forgetting some vital ones here! Such as (off the top of my head):

Mama's Family (which incidently was supposed to have words...I saw Vicki Lawrence do a "two woman show" before where she did herself and then Mama, and before she did Mama, she sang the words that were supposed to be in the theme song)

How could I forget 'Mama's Family'?!?

I really wanted to see Vicki Lawrence's show when she was in the area. Did you see her when she performed at Mountaineer?

[jwys_soapbox]

Let's see. So many great tunes to choose from...

Batman: The Animated Series
The Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Cheers
Friends
M.A.S.H.
Remington Steele (the ORIGINAL theme, not the second one they used later in the series)
Gilligan's Island
Dukes of Hazzard

John

[Wild_Heart03]

One I absolutely loved (and almost no one else remembers): the theme song to the short-lived ABC sitcom "Phenom" from '93-'94. Carly Simon sung it... ooh it's so cool!

Some of my other faves:
- Golden Girls
- Growing Pains
- Facts Of Life
- Full House
- L.A. Law
- Laverne & Shirley
- The Nanny
- Blossom

[Carlene]

A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned...Three's Company, Maude, Cheers, Family Ties...

But I think my favorite is All in the Family. Love the show, love the theme song! :woohoo: And I remember thinking back in the day I was pretty damn smart when I figured out the line "...boy our old LaSalle ran great..."

Great thread! :xoxo:

[chiliD]

Yep, just thought of one I forgot... 'Kids In The Hall.'


Ok, is it just me, or is the same theme song used for The Daily Show, also?

[Sorcerer386]

How could I forget 'Mama's Family'?!?

I really wanted to see Vicki Lawrence's show when she was in the area. Did you see her when she performed at Mountaineer?

Yeah, that's where I saw it. It was strange...Vicki actually has a really dirty sense of humor. I guess with the prudeness of Mama, I never expected it. While the performance was good, the seating was a real drag...I could only see her from the waist up because all the seating was straight across instead of being tiered. But she was hilarious when she came out as Mama...she has that character nailed. Anyway, sorry to go off topic. I'll throw out another theme song that I barely remember, but I remember liking it: Madam's Place. :]

[DeadliestPoison]

Buffy & Angel. Both are perfect for the type of shows they are.

[Phil Lee]

Well that's easy. It has to be the theme from the BBC's Formula 1 highlights programme, Grand Prix. It's a song a few of you may have heard called The Chain :D

[celestenadia]

Law and Order and The Dead Zone.

[diamondsnake]

Veronica's Closet (Body Rock by Moby)
Suddenly Susan ("everybody wants a girl like Susan")
Dawson's Creek (I Don't Wanna Wait!")
Charmed
Three's Company
Family Matters
Passions (soap opera theme)

[diamondsnake]

Like Sands through the Hour glass so are the Days of Our Lives

[dissention]

How could I forget Absolutely Fabulous?!

"Wheels on fire, rolling down the road...best notify my next of kin, this wheel shall exploooooooooooooooooode..."

:thumbsup:

[diamondsnake]

The I Love Lucy theme song. I know it by heart:

I love Lucy and she loves me
We're as happy as two can be
Some times we querrel but then...
how we love making up again
Lucy kisses like no one can
She's my Misses and I'm her man
and Life is heaven you see
Cause I love Lucy
Yes, I love Lucy
and Lucy Loves me!