# It's time for a "Name that TV Theme song game" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876 "2004-12-28T03:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/21 "2004-12-30T18:18:22Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Since I answered one, I’ll contribute one from my childhood: > > _All but one man died, > There at Bitter Creek, > And they say he ran away…_ Would that be “Branded?” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/22 "2004-12-30T19:15:07Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Would that be “Branded?” Yes, it would be. Followed by: _“Branded! Marked with a sign of shame. What will you do when you’re branded? Will you fight for your name?”_ And since you don’t have an offering to make to keep this alive, allow me: _Meet Cathy, who’s lived most everywhere; from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square…_ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/23 "2004-12-30T23:04:36Z")
That’s the Patty Duke Show. I don’t know if this will be very easy, since it only was used for one season, but people may know it. _How will you make it on your own?_ if that’s too easy, try _Let the time flow, let the love grow_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/24 "2004-12-30T23:09:02Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > That’s the Patty Duke Show. > > I don’t know if this will be very easy, since it only was used for one season, but people may know it. > > _How will you make it on your own?_ > > if that’s too easy, try > > _Let the time flow, let the love grow_ _let the rain shower, let the hope flower._ ANGIE! God, I almost forgot about that… Let’s see… _I am the son and the heir_ ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/25 "2004-12-31T00:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay_I am the son and the heir_[/QUOTE] _I am human and I need to be loved_ _Just like everybody else does_ **Charmed** Here comes an easy one. . . 😉 _Look at what’s happened to me_ _I can’t believe it myself_ ---
**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:** [December 31, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/26 "2004-12-31T00:32:39Z")
> [@Nightingale](#): > > _Look at what’s happened to me_ > _I can’t believe it myself_ _The Greatest American Hero_ Here’s one for my fellow old farts — My heart’s calculatin’ My true love will be waitin’, Be waiting at the end of my ride. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/27 "2005-01-02T04:24:28Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > “Don’t let yourself get hurt this time. > Don’t let yourself get hurt this time. > Then I saw your face…” That’s not The Monkees, is it? Here’s one of my favorite theme songs, though the show mostly sucked: “There’s a new boy in the neighborhood…” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/28 "2005-01-02T04:52:39Z")
> [@Julius Henry](#): > > _The Greatest American Hero_ > > Here’s one for my fellow old farts — > > My heart’s calculatin’ > My true love will be waitin’, > Be waiting at the end of my ride. _Move 'em on, head 'em up, Head 'em up, move 'em on, Move 'em on, head 'em up,_\* \* Rawhide!\*\* How about this one? > [@](#): > > _There’s a scout troop short a child, > Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild_ ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/29 "2005-01-02T05:28:57Z")
Car 54, where are you? But now: Who is the tall dark stranger there? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/30 "2005-01-02T13:59:38Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Who is the tall dark stranger there? **Maverick** is his name. How 'bout this: _Is she blond? Is she tall? Is she dark? Is she small? Is she any kinda dreamboat at all?_ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/31 "2005-01-02T18:42:09Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > That’s not The Monkees, is it? > > Here’s one of my favorite theme songs, though the show mostly sucked: > > “There’s a new boy in the neighborhood…” Nope, not the Monkees. Here’s the complete first first, sung in a dreamy slow style by a female voice… "Don’t let yourself be hurt this time Don’t let yourself be hurt this time Then i saw your face Then i saw your smile The sky is still blue The clouds come and go Yet something is different Are we falling in love?" The lyrics were written by the creator of the show, who is also a movie director. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/32 "2005-01-02T18:46:07Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > **Maverick** is his name. > > How 'bout this: > > _Is she blond? Is she tall? Is she dark? Is she small? Is she any kinda dreamboat at all?_ _No matter! He’s hers and hers alone, 'cause Dobie needs a little girl to call his own!_ (The Loves of) Dobie Gillis. I got addicted to it in the mid-80s when it ran on the CBN Family Channel. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/33 "2005-01-02T21:08:29Z")
Responding to Jayjay’s post #4 (as others have done), I remembered that theme song from “the New People”. It was sung by the First Edition (_before_ they became Kenny Rogers, etc). That show was quickly cancelled. Judging by the responses to that posting, I imagine the show had a total viewership of 2. (_Now_ I know who that _other_ viewer was !!) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876/34 "2005-01-03T00:40:12Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Responding to Jayjay’s post #4 (as others have done), I remembered that theme song from “the New People”. It was sung by the First Edition (_before_ they became Kenny Rogers, etc). > > That show was quickly cancelled. Judging by the responses to that posting, I imagine the show had a total viewership of 2. (_Now_ I know who that _other_ viewer was !!) Not exactly. 🙂 I’m a little young to have actually seen the show (born in 1971). I only found out about it when a co-worker mentioned _Lost_ being a variation on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-name-that-tv-theme-song-game/281876.md?page=1)