Best TV Themes #1: Just Kidding!

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I can’t believe Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain haven’t been mentioned yet!

It’s time for Animaniacs
And we’re zany to the max
So just sit back and relax
You’ll laugh 'til you collapse
We’re Animaniacs!

They’re Pinky and The Brain
Yes, Pinky and The Brain
One is a genius - the other’s insane.
They’re laboratory mice
Their genes have been spliced
They’re dinky They’re Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain!

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of TricorThe Peter Gunn Theme was from a very early TV detective, & is a classic. I nominate this for Best Instrumental Themesong.[/QUOTE]
Seconded. But in toons tunes

Best cover version of a TV theme song: The New York Dolls’ “Courageous Cat Theme” (not released until 17 years after their demise).

Best movie theme that became a cartoon: Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther Theme.

Who recalls these lines?
Don’t get left behind. Take a trip with us today.
We will lead you to a land of dreams

Krofft has some super shows
They will blow your mind away
When you join us, you’ll know why we say

It’s such a crayeee-zee world
Where anything goes down
And most of what appears isn’t true

So in this crayeee-zee world
We like to be downtown
And laugh at life along with you

[spoiler]A: The The Krofft Super Show Theme.

Is it any wonder my generation were such drug addicts? Being 11 years old and told by a shlocky glam band every Saturday morning that they were going to take a trip and have your mind blown away had to have some sort of effect[/spoiler]

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I’ll take you up on that, later. :smiley:

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No votes yet for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse or The Weird Al Show ? :dubious:

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I remember the show very well. It starred Joe E. Ross (Car 54, Where Are You? ) and Imogene Coca (Your Show of Shows ). Howerver, IIRC, it was a prime-time show (Sunday nights, I believe), not a Saturday morning cartoon.Great theme song, though!

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Yep, and I ever remember some of the internal theme songs.

When you hear the horn, help is on the way
so clap your hands and shout hooray!

For the Wonderbug, the wonderful Wonderbug

and

Dr. Shrinker, Dr. Shrinker, he’s a madman with an evil mind
Dr. Shrinker, Dr. Shrinker, he’s as crazy as you’ll ever find.

and of course

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
fighting all evil deeds
each works for a magazine
hiding the life she leads.

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Sticking to cartoons and children’s shows, I often find that my fond memories of old shows derives more from the themesong/opening music/opening visuals than the actual show itself.

For example, those old Marvel cartoons from the 60s are pretty horrible, “animated” in only the strictiest sense of the word, but they shined in my memory for years as forgotten gems because of catchy tunes like"When Captain America throws his mighty shieeeld!" and “Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays…”

That said, in no particular order…

  1. *Here he comes;
    Here comes Speed Racer.
    He’s a demon on wheels.
    He’s a demon and he’s gonna be a chasin’ after someone./I]

2)Marshall, Will, and Holly
On a routine expedition,
Met the greatest earthquake ever known…

They actually changed the lyrics when Marshall (i.e. the father) was inexplicably replaced by Uncle Rick.

  1. Josie and the Pussycats.
    Long tails, and ears for hats.

Most “songs” heard on cartoons/kid shows that revolved around a band(unless they were based on real famous acts) made the Archies’ Sugar Sugar seem like A Day in the Life, but Josie could rock.

4)We’re off to outer space.
We’re leaving Mother Earth.
To save the human race.
Our Star Blazers

Note for note and close to word for word to the original Space Cruiser Yamato theme.

  1. It takes all kinds of vegetables.
    All kinds of vegetables.
    All kinds of vegetables,
    To make a vegetable soup.

  2. *Hey, hey, hey!
    It’s Faaaaaaat Albert! *