Best TV series theme songs of all time

[Lenten_ashes]

And he always called Lamont a big dummy

 

[Jeanne_S]

I agree !..

 

[Glennon_P]

That theme song was an excellent one that I had overlooked. Thanks to @DeniseNY for mentioning it. It is very catchy, although when I listen to the whole song, it’s kind of sad because it is describing a breakup of someone who the guy really cared for.

Outstanding!!! A great show.

The theme song was supposedly about the Andy Travis character (played by Gary Sandy).

The “Turkeys Away” episode was one of the greatest moments in American television:

 

[Glennon_P]

One of my prized clothing items:
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[Cruciferi]

 

[Victoria33]

I thought of another song, I had actually looked this song up a few times on youtube because it seemed pretty unique, so, if you think that Figallily is a silly name.

It was composed by the Addrissi Brothers who apparently wrote the Association’s big hit, “Never my love”… I have seen that one album of their’s.

Addrisi Brothers - Wikipedia

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[christofirst]

I grew up watching Sheriff John. It was a kinder, gentler time…

Thinking of an earlier post in this thread, John Sebastian did another TV theme song in addition to Welcome Back Kotter, a local children’s show called That’s Cat, which only aired a few years in the late 1970s. I can’t find his original version of the song, and I read that the tapes of the show were destroyed in a fire, along with a little piece of my childhood.

 

[Tommy999]

That reminds me of another kid’s show I grew up watching – Captain Kangaroo. One of its introductions was the following:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...=5a5c0c1b60cb9a52e4e37abc83226296&action=view

Our son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter (18 months old) visited us over the weekend, and she would’ve liked it when Capt Kangaroo opens the different sections of the door one at a time and would’ve thought he was playing peek-a-boo.

 

[christofirst]

I watched that one too! Now I’m just like old Mr. Green Jeans.

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[Tommy999]

I can relate to that

 

[Victoria33]

Captain Kangroo’s theme is a good one… there was a radio host; and sometimes, when he thought something was kind of crazy, he’d play that theme. It’s hard to describe but he would play that theme.

 

[Tommy999]

One of the songs that stuck in my mind all these years from Capt Kangaroo program was one I couldn’t locate on Youtube, but I’m guessing that they got it from Frankie Avalon. It is ‘The Puppet Song’

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...724ee56ef377d0f95c3cf96b11985783&action=click

I’ve always had an active imagination, and I could just visualize the puppets coming alive in this song, which was also kind of pretty, in my opinion.

 

[Glennon_P]

My all-time favorite TV theme is probably “Welcome Back” by John Sebastian, from “Welcome Back, Kotter”.

Applebee’s is using that song in a TV spot to ‘welcome back’ their customers.

 

[Tommy999]

Good use of a song for marketing purposes, I would say.

 

[F_Marturana]

Has anyone mentioned “The Golden Girls”?

 

[Tommy999]

I don’t think so. Another nice one. Here is the song (I think):

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...9053e9362c8ec2f0882b42780b1965e3&action=click

 

[Tambo]

77 Sunset Strip
Roy Rogers Show, (Happy Trails)
Andy Griffith Show
My best ever movie theme song from “The Searchers” by The Sons of the Pioneers.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

The Golden Girls song “Thank You For Being a Friend” was actually a well-known Top 40 hit by Andrew Gold 6 or 7 years before the show premiered. It wasn’t written for the show. They just had some female singer cover it and reused it.

 

[Tambo]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...468BD38FA4776F4855F0468BD38FA4776&FORM=VDQVAP

 

[Tambo]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...w=detail&mid=6E5E5DFCEE30DD7325E66E5E5DFCEE30