# Best TV Themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731 "2004-01-05T01:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/41 "2004-01-06T02:06:55Z")
_Barney Miller The Bob Newhart Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/42 "2004-01-06T04:21:31Z")
_The Flintstones_, but I prefer cover versions without the lyrics, especially when done by a good jazz combo. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/43 "2004-01-06T06:47:38Z")
\*\*Underdog \*\* “Speed of lighting, roar of thunder, fighting all who rob or plunder” **Green Acres** and for pure cheesyness **Wonder Woman** “In your satin tights, fighting for your rights, and the old red white and blue” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/44 "2004-01-06T09:06:27Z")
Already mentioned: Hawaii Five-O Mission: Impossible Welcome Back, Kotter MASH Others: Falconcrest (never liked the show, though) Pink Panther Courtship of Eddie’s Father Bosom Buddies Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (from the 60s, not the newer crap) ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/45 "2004-01-06T14:27:48Z")
Around 1990, on the American Broadcasting Corporation, there was a semi-caustic sitcom called **Siblings** , that lasted only about eight weeks before cancellation. Anyway, it featured a theme song by **George Clinton** that included lines like “Love will remove the blood stains”. As I may have been the only person watching this show, I doubt if anyone else remembers this theme. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/46 "2004-01-06T14:57:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*I think the prize for “most memorable” TV theme, though, has to go to “Eye Level”, the insidious little earworm that introduced the Seventies detective series _Van Der Valk_ … once heard, never forgotten … \*\* Thanks Steve - it’s now playing in my head and the repeat button’s stuck on… it’ll probably be on for weeks now… My vote… _Six Feet Under_ ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/47 "2004-01-06T16:15:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeVena \* > \*\* > And am I the only one that who now has the Hawaii- 5 0 theme stuck in her head? \*\* I envy you. I have the theme from _UFO_ firmly embedded in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/48 "2004-01-06T17:01:40Z")
Justice League ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/49 "2004-01-06T17:03:42Z")
That’s alot better than having the theme from **H. R. Puffinstuff** burning a hole in your brain. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/50 "2004-01-06T17:10:47Z")
Mission Impossible 60s Spiderman MacGyver Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/51 "2004-01-06T18:56:49Z")
Horrible series…great song (IMHO) - Lost In Space\* An early taste John Williams years before Star Wars. ---
**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 6, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731/52 "2004-01-06T19:02:01Z")
Dr. Who Gigantor The Littlest Hobo Jonny Quest Land Of The Lost Blackadder and of course T.H.E. Cat(I named my feline Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat after him!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-themes/222731.md?page=2)