# Favorite TV cartoon theme music-The '60s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, music\ **Created:** [September 24, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369 "2020-09-24T01:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/21 "2020-09-25T00:56:31Z")
Watch out for that tree! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TrSUZPek-to/maxresdefault.jpg "George of the Jungle theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrSUZPek-to) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/22 "2020-09-25T01:59:26Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Watch out for that tree! > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrSUZPek-to](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrSUZPek-to) I saw it. > [@cochrane](#): > > It’s got to be that protector of the weak, defender of the innocent, and all-around good guy, George of the Jungle. > > [https://youtu.be/EaXWy-HQefc](https://youtu.be/EaXWy-HQefc) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/23 "2020-09-25T04:44:50Z")
One of my most stand-out memories as a 5 y.o. in '69 was bouncing off the walls to the theme song (and cray credits) for [The Mighty Heroes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldhX_loq18) Even by then it was already syndicated - ran for just one season in '66. Early Ralph Bakshi confection. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/24 "2020-09-25T04:47:11Z")
That **BIRDMAN!** call at the end of the intro just kills me. It’s so hokey. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H2m45TLVKRs/hqdefault.jpg "BIRMAD Cartoon Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2m45TLVKRs) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/25 "2020-09-25T15:41:01Z")
That’s true, but I also started in the 50’s also. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/26 "2020-09-25T15:45:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Call for Super Chicken! > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y) > > When someone complains, I still use his catchphrase: “You knew this job was dangerous when you took it!” +1 - for both the theme and the catchphrase. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/27 "2020-09-29T16:07:09Z")
One I can’t believe no one has posted yet: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uq7noaMwLfg/maxresdefault.jpg "The Flintstones Opening and Closing Theme 1960 1966") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq7noaMwLfg) And the Yogi Bear theme: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TCSuZLjfJdk/hqdefault.jpg "Yogi Bear 1988 Opening") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSuZLjfJdk) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/28 "2020-09-29T16:15:30Z")
_The Jetsons_ theme and opening, with the starfield and the slow pull-in towards Earth, with the picture shattering to the "Daa Dat Da-DAAAH! It’s always been my fondest hope that if they ever made a live-action _Jetsons_ film, the trailer would be that opening recreated, the same way they did for _The Flintstones._ ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/29 "2020-09-29T16:37:17Z")
You all have taken the best ones so Im left with [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/emasK7lEZAA/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Slick (intro) 1967") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emasK7lEZAA) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/30 "2020-09-29T17:56:12Z")
I recently found the “underscore” from the Flintstones. This is absolutely the soundtrack of my childhood. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9Whj5gwhcpc/hqdefault.jpg "The Flintstones - Underscore All Seasons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Whj5gwhcpc) ETA: They don’t write 'em like that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/31 "2020-09-29T18:01:42Z")
Jonny Quest is my favorite. but, I have a question about Tennessee Tuxedo. I remember a theme with (some of) the lyrics thus: T-T-T Tennessee Tuxedo (some more lyrics) He will be parachuting for your pleasure sailing seas in search of treasure anything so he can measure Up to men That’s Tennessee Tuxedo A small pen-guin Who tries but can’t succeed-o Now I remember this vividly, but the DVDs I rented had a different theme song, and I have been unable to find what I remember. Does anyone else remember this, and know where I can find it? ---
**Author:** ![Zelski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@Zelski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zelski)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/32 "2020-09-29T18:23:42Z")
I thought it was: Come on and See T T Tennessee Tuxedo See T T Tennessee Tuxedo He will be … ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/33 "2020-09-29T18:26:51Z")
Sounds like “See, see, see Tennessee Tuxedo” to me: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vDm90r3hVQo/maxresdefault.jpg "Tennessee Tuxedo Original Opening") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDm90r3hVQo) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/34 "2020-09-29T18:34:29Z")
THE MIGHTY HEROES. just the fact that Ralph Bakshi was involved in a Saturday morning cartoon tickles me to this day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KldhX_loq18/hqdefault.jpg "Mighty Heroes Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KldhX_loq18) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/35 "2020-09-29T18:36:26Z")
Man does that bring back some memories. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/36 "2020-09-29T18:42:21Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Man does that bring back some memories. Good call.. One thing that wouldn’t fly (so to speak) today that Henry Cabot Henhouse III drank his “super-sauce” out of a martini glass in order to turn into Super-Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/38 "2020-09-29T19:53:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sounds like “See, see, see Tennessee Tuxedo” to me: Right you are, Chumley! (In joke for fans of TT, such as 1981 eleven year old me.) I also heard “See, see, see” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/39 "2020-09-29T20:11:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sounds like “See, see, see Tennessee Tuxedo” to me: Excellent! Thank you for finding that. And I hear See see see now. Must have been our cheap TV when I was a kid. Yeah, that’s the ticket! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/40 "2020-09-29T23:19:58Z")
I barely remember watching _Tobor the 8th Man_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JTiysOs-91w/hqdefault.jpg "Tobor The 8th Man Opening Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTiysOs-91w) The _Marvel Superheroes_ show had several catchy opening tunes, but the one for Iron Man was always my favorite: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LjTIVaSnRR0/hqdefault.jpg "Iron Man Intro (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjTIVaSnRR0) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/41 "2020-09-29T23:36:54Z")
Here’s mine. Originally from 1969, so that counts as 60s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bii-PIGprv8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Pink Panther Show Original Opening HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bii-PIGprv8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369.md?page=3)