# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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 30, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/42 "2020-09-30T01:56:33Z")
Back to correct my own typo. **1961** eleven year old me. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/43 "2020-09-30T09:28:22Z")
Cool McCool was great–a dorky James Bond, who talked like Jack Benny. When a hot mermaid chick invited him to “join (her) in the water”, he declined, explaining, “Water wrinkles my skin”. ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/44 "2020-09-30T12:01:45Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Cool McCool was great–a dorky James Bond, who talked like Jack Benny Voiced by Don Adams btw. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/45 "2020-09-30T13:19:25Z")
Are you sure? Wiki says it was Bob McFadden. ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/46 "2020-09-30T13:21:57Z")
Brain fart-Adams voiced Tennessee Tuxedo. ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/47 "2020-09-30T15:17:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Brain fart-Adams voiced Tennessee Tuxedo. you forgot to add: Sorry about that, chief. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/48 "2020-09-30T17:23:59Z")
Or: “Duh, that sounds logical.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/49 "2020-09-30T19:40:09Z")
I used to play my brother’s album of TV cartoon themes. My favorite (great for dancing) was “George of the Jungle”. (I have never seen the show.) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/50 "2020-10-01T20:55:00Z")
It’s apparently a favorite of high-school bands: both my first brother-in-law and my wife, in their respective HS bands, decades apart, played the GOTJ theme. A trumpet would take the place of the vocalist. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/51 "2020-10-01T22:55:48Z")
I came to say this. Also, the old Iron Man one. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369/52 "2020-10-02T08:16:23Z")
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qYPYjHjWt8M/maxresdefault.jpg "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse Opening 1960") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYPYjHjWt8M) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369.md?page=2)