# Name That Tune (without looking it up) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391 "2015-12-04T05:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/21 "2015-12-05T14:23:21Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Anything with Bubbles in the title has to belong to the Lawrence Welk show. (Bubbles In the Wine) That peppy, female vocal “la-la-la” Lawrence Welk song is “Calcutta,” evocative of the Indian megacity not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/22 "2015-12-05T14:43:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Did you really know all those without looking them up? Yes, some of us keep useless knowledge like this on hand, and waste our precious free time acquiring more. Without looking it up, can anyone sing the song that was playing when Harry Thaw shot Sandford White? What German composer did Huntley Brinkley use for their theme song? Since cigarette commercials are long gone, remember what western movie theme was used for Marlboro? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/23 "2015-12-05T14:55:12Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Since cigarette commercials are long gone, remember what western movie theme was used for Marlboro? Easy one! The Magnificent Seven ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/24 "2015-12-05T14:57:26Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > What German composer did Huntley Brinkley use for their theme song? Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/25 "2015-12-05T15:01:10Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Without looking it up, can anyone sing the song that was playing when Harry Thaw shot Sandford White? In _ **Ragtime** _? I don’t know the title, but the lyrics went something like… “I love those pretty little girls of Par-eee!” (Cut me some slack; I saw the movie once, around thirty years ago!) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/26 "2015-12-05T15:04:54Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Yes, some of us keep useless knowledge like this on hand, and waste our precious free time acquiring more. As an ad in _ **MAD Magazine** _ once said, “YES! I want to learn all this stuff now while I’m alive so I’ll be really smart when I’m dead!” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/27 "2015-12-05T15:05:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Where does the Lone Ranger take his garbage? > > To the dump, to the dump, to the dump-dump-dump! 😃 The classics never go out of style, do they? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/28 "2015-12-05T15:11:32Z")
“Turn off-a de bubble machine!” [Calcutta '71 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fcjc9TCEjw)🙂 Huh! Never knew it had lyrics! [The Four Preps - Calcutta (1961) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iII6Jmsonw) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/29 "2015-12-05T15:25:08Z")
OK **terentii,** like all trivia, you either know this one right away, or could never guess it in a million years: The song that originated in a soft-core porno, and broke into the mainstream on Sesame Street ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/30 "2015-12-05T15:47:39Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > OK **terentii,** like all trivia, you either know this one right away, or could never guess it in a million years: > > The song that originated in a soft-core porno, and broke into the mainstream on Sesame Street Rubber Duckie? 😕 Or maybe the one where Katy Perry was jiggling her boobs? :o ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/31 "2015-12-05T15:49:57Z")
Why, that would be “[Mahna Mahna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA).” But Red Skelton had it before The Muppets. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/32 "2015-12-05T15:52:15Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Why, that would be “[Mahna Mahna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA).” This one I know, but never heard about the soft-core porn before! :eek: Used it in a high-school homecoming sketch back in '72! Great pantomime music! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/33 "2015-12-05T17:43:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes, I knew them all without having to look them up. > > I agree: None of the GH themes I listened to sounded Russian. Maybe you’re referring to incidental music? > > Match these with their series (TV or movie): “The Fishin’ Hole,” “The Toy Parade,” “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down,” “Bubbles in the Wine,” and “Holiday for Strings”? > > One more: The “\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\__-_ \_\_\_\_\_,” alternately known as “You Can Come with Me” and “You Can Count on Me” (three separate versions). I don’t think this has been answered yet (scanned quickly), but I believe **The Toy Parade** is Leave It To Beaver. mmm ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/34 "2015-12-05T17:43:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Jack Benny’s TV show had an alternate theme in addition to “Love in Bloom.” Name it. If it’s what I think it is, it’s… [Kreutzer Etude #2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw3In21sbNA) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/35 "2015-12-05T23:38:38Z")
All of my questions were answered in post no. 18. You may need to scroll down a bit on one or two of them. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/36 "2015-12-05T23:39:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t think this has been answered yet (scanned quickly), but I believe **The Toy Parade** is Leave It To Beaver. > mmm That is correct. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/37 "2015-12-07T02:47:34Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Bob Hope (that’s practically a gimme): Thanks for the Memories Wrong. It’s actually “Thanks for the Memory” (singular). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/38 "2015-12-07T03:48:49Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > If it’s what I think it is, it’s… > > [Kreutzer Etude #2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw3In21sbNA) Not the one I had in mind (see post no. 18), but yeah… I’m actually surprised that it has a name, other than “Exercise for Violin.” This was played at the very beginning of the show; mine (the J&M Stomp) was used as the outro at the end (over the closing credits). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/39 "2015-12-07T03:51:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Here, have an easy one: > > The Lone Ranger Name the two commercials that also used this theme. 🆒 ---
**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 7, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391/40 "2015-12-07T04:04:29Z")
Lark cigarettes, and Geno’s Pizza Rolls. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391.md?page=3)