# Best theme song ever sung by the cast

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**Created:** [August 5, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859 "2016-08-05T18:34:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/21 "2016-08-05T23:30:19Z")

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[quote=“terentii, post:16, topic:761859”]

I’ve always had a soft spot for this one too, sung by the $6 Million Man himself:

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Yep, _The Fall Guy_ theme was my first thought.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/22 "2016-08-05T23:45:18Z")

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What? No love for the [Prefab Four](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96A0uyFWQHs)?

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/23 "2016-08-05T23:47:31Z")

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that’s the way we all became **The Brady Bunch**

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/24 "2016-08-06T00:01:38Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Season 2 of _Galahad_.

Did you mean Galavant?

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**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/25 "2016-08-06T01:14:43Z")

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I’ll take **Gimme a Break** or portions of **The Facts of Life**.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/26 "2016-08-06T02:59:18Z")

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> [@Casey1505](#):
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> All In The Family theme song.

and the _Family Guy_ theme song, which it obviously inspired.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/27 "2016-08-06T03:27:14Z")

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> [@mascaroni](#):
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> The British kids show [_Here Come The Double Deckers_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0hPgm_CBwM) from the seventies. Brinsley Ford went on to sing with Aswad, and **Colin Firth** had a good career as an actor.

Peter Firth.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/28 "2016-08-06T08:36:25Z")

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This theme, according to one person who obviously had a lot of free time on his hands, contains “Someone sang this song for Satan” when you play it backwards:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6GAbc5uQXJo/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr. Ed Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GAbc5uQXJo)

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/29 "2016-08-14T12:30:52Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Peter Firth.

Whoops… “Peter Firth had a quite good career as an actor”.

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**Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-theme-song-ever-sung-by-the-cast/761859/30 "2016-08-14T13:20:21Z")

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“I Love Lucy” as sung by Ricky - ["I Love Lucy" Theme Song (w/ Lyrics) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fn7PKzf5tk)

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