# Best TV theme song? Please post a link **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, music\ **Created:** [December 18, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287 "2021-12-18T16:18:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/181 "2021-12-29T05:14:54Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sAkL2-vh2Sk/hqdefault.jpg "X Men Opening Theme (High Quality)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkL2-vh2Sk) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/182 "2021-12-29T14:46:51Z")
My favorites to sing along to: Gidget [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2JmLAhvsH-0/hqdefault.jpg "Gidget Theme Song - Stereo - Johnny Tillotson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JmLAhvsH-0) Timon and Pumbaa [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0CuBi4w3hFo/hqdefault.jpg "Timon & Pumbaa Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CuBi4w3hFo) The Muppet Show [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hEinCgoA48E/hqdefault.jpg "The Muppet Show Opening and Closing Theme 1976 - 1981 (With Snippets)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEinCgoA48E) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/183 "2021-12-29T14:53:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > She was the girl of my dreams (literally 🤭) when I was in fifth grade: Speaking of TV themes that awakened something, the notion of girls skinny dipping in a water tower seemed deliciously naughty to me as a kid (been keeping half an eye on this thread, and I don’t think this has been posted yet): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XRhi8Tk9nNE/hqdefault.jpg "Petticoat Junction 1963 - 1970 Opening and Closing Theme HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRhi8Tk9nNE) ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/184 "2021-12-29T16:16:46Z")
“A ~~wiener~~ hot dog makes her lose control!” 🤭 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mr8nJfD7sKE/maxresdefault.jpg "Classic TV Theme: The Patty Duke Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8nJfD7sKE) Ja, sure! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FCThhVvfo5E/maxresdefault.jpg "Classic TV Theme: The Farmer's Daughter (two versions)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCThhVvfo5E) ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/185 "2022-01-02T16:52:32Z")
@terentii Thanks for posting _The Farmer’s Daughter_ themes (hadn’t heard these before, except perhaps when I was too young to have remembered them). I just added the second (jazzy) version to my phone’s Space Age Pop playlist. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/186 "2022-01-02T20:42:25Z")
Glad to be of service! 👍 I like to think of Congressman Morely on _ **TFD** _ as an ancestor of Commodore Matt Decker. Surprised no one has posted any of these yet (at least, I don’t think so): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NLdNnMqIMZA/hqdefault.jpg "Hennesey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLdNnMqIMZA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/70T1lbjnb3I/hqdefault.jpg "The Saint 1962 - 1969 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippet)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T1lbjnb3I) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l3w0OZrmn1A/maxresdefault.jpg "Barnaby Jones Full Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w0OZrmn1A) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mDowitqL1Rc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Time Tunnel 1966 - 1967 Opening and Closing Theme HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDowitqL1Rc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d1KdiO_LWHo/maxresdefault.jpg "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Theme| City of Prague Philharmonic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1KdiO_LWHo) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dWcgLSYqV44/hqdefault.jpg "branded opening & closing - series 2 (ep 1 - judge not, 12 september 1965)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWcgLSYqV44) The theme in this clip (_**The Rebel)**_ starts at 1:44. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i4rO5KFdc_w/hqdefault.jpg "♫ Ballad of Johnny Yuma (The Rebel, ₁₉₅₉₋₁₉₆₁)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4rO5KFdc_w) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p0swAKS-5qA/maxresdefault.jpg "Adventures of Superman 1952 - 1958 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippets) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0swAKS-5qA) OMG, that last one was exciting! Phew! 😌 ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/187 "2022-01-02T21:29:42Z")
Crap! I had this one paired with _ **Branded** _, but it got erased somehow. Oh, well… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OTu47r5R5Mo/hqdefault.jpg "The Rifleman Theme Song YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTu47r5R5Mo) … And there used to be a little box of Tide in the lower left-hand corner! Here’s an alternate theme for _ **The Saint,** _ just for good measure: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bKpuTGJ6Fl0/hqdefault.jpg "The Saint TV - Alternate theme intro (color)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKpuTGJ6Fl0) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/188 "2022-01-02T22:00:11Z")
some from my childhood [The Water Margin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWe_Ip-k9o) [White Horses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCNbERKvMs) [The Flashing Blade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYWOFo6SFM) [Black Beauty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u5NgC4lZ8s) Quite why there is a horsey theme running through these I just don’t know. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/189 "2022-01-02T22:32:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Here’s an alternate theme for _ **The Saint,** _ just for good measure: Here’s _Return Of The Saint_. The 70s loved their jazzy drums. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IoDWzIXAqlo/hqdefault.jpg "Return of the Saint Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoDWzIXAqlo) ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/190 "2022-01-02T23:12:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I like to think of Congressman Morely on _ **TFD** _ as an ancestor of Commodore Matt Decker. Words of Windom. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/191 "2022-01-09T20:06:46Z")
Fun fact about the “George of the Jungle” theme: George was supposed to live with identical twins: Bella and Ursula. The twins concept was dropped but the theme song was never rewritten! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/192 "2022-01-09T20:15:43Z")
I don’t know where you got that info from. The lyrics are: “Then away he’ll schlep on his elephant Shep While Fella and Ursula Stay in step” It was a little in-joke because he would call her “Fella” constantly. ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/193 "2022-01-09T20:33:27Z")
Czarcasm, you are right! I stand corrected. [Link to lyrics.](https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/georgeofthejunglelyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/194 "2022-01-09T22:09:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t know where you got that info from. The lyrics are: > “Then away he’ll schlep > on his elephant Shep > While Fella and Ursula > Stay in step” > > It was a little in-joke because he would call her “Fella” constantly. Funny looking fella who never shave. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/195 "2022-01-12T03:56:30Z")
I never realized how infectious this theme is until my daughter and I were laughing at an episode of the show on PBS last Sunday. I was able to sing it without missing a beat, despite not having heard it in decades. (My daughter was greatly amused.) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1LAjZiuoE4) The polyester industry must have been hit hard when the show was finally cancelled. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/196 "2022-01-13T04:40:01Z")
Danger Mouse always amused the hell out of me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QAXmNUDAWv4/maxresdefault.jpg "Danger Mouse Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXmNUDAWv4) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/197 "2022-01-13T05:18:19Z")
I love this theme: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IIFE9DZM-cQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Wallace & Gromit - Extended Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFE9DZM-cQ) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/198 "2022-01-13T13:02:46Z")
I LOVE 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 Wallace & Gromit. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/199 "2022-01-14T12:32:02Z")
_Metalocalypse_’s theme song totally fucking rocks! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5IzEncyqfgw/maxresdefault.jpg "Metalocalypse Theme Opening (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IzEncyqfgw) > [@](#): > > Doodily Ding Dong Tick Tock _[x5]_ > > Dethklok _[x4]_ > > We’ll teach you who rock… > > Dethklok _[x2]_ > > Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. > Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. > William Murderface, Murderface, Murderface. > Pickles, the drummer, doodily doo. (Ding-dong, doodily, doodily, doo.) > Nathan Explosion! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287/200 "2022-12-05T13:52:22Z")
Doctor Who, 60s and early 70s version, tho the 80s closing is cool too The Muppet Show I actually liked Star Trek: Enterprise Golden Girls incidental music, not the theme. Gilligans Island incidental music was memorable as well When i get to my real computer I’ll try to find links. Hard for me on a phone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-theme-song-please-post-a-link/956287.md?page=11)