# Old TV themes/commercials you can sing from memory **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711 "2015-03-10T18:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/1 "2015-03-10T18:19:48Z")
_Sigh_ this is showing my age, but: My brother thinks I’m some sort of savant because I can sing, word for word, the themes to _The Banana Splits, The Flintstones, The Monkees, The Bugs Bunny-Roadrunner Hour,_ and _The Jetsons,_ and, if called upon, can do _Hawaii FIve-O,_ complete with horn and flute riffs. Also the Good & Plenty commercial with Choo-Choo Charlie and the dialog from the “Hey, Mikey!” Life Cereal commercial. Anybody else have this crucial and outstanding talent? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/2 "2015-03-10T18:31:58Z")
> [@funky\_little\_lee](#): > > _Sigh_ this is showing my age, but: > > My brother thinks I’m some sort of savant because I can sing, word for word, the themes to _The Banana Splits, The Flintstones, The Monkees, The Bugs Bunny-Roadrunner Hour,_ and _The Jetsons,_ and, if called upon, can do _Hawaii FIve-O,_ complete with horn and flute riffs. Also the Good & Plenty commercial with Choo-Choo Charlie and the dialog from the “Hey, Mikey!” Life Cereal commercial. > > Anybody else have this crucial and outstanding talent? 🙂 Heck yes; doesn’t everyone (those of us of a certain age that is)? It’s kind of the same with my brother and me. He’ll usually remember the words if I bring up the song but if I didn’t bust out the Jack in the Box jingle (Jajajack Jajajack Jajajack Jack in the box, now you’re cookin’) it would all be lost in the sands of time. I feel a game thread coming on; finish this lyric: “Here we come on the run . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/3 "2015-03-10T19:00:32Z")
“Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man…” “Who is the tall dark stranger there? Maverick is his name…” “Here’s Cathy who’s lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square…” (Christ, I’m old… ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/4 "2015-03-10T19:25:08Z")
“We are the Freakies, we are The Freakies, we live in the Freakie tree. We never miss a meal, cause we love our cereal…” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/5 "2015-03-10T19:37:26Z")
George, George, George of the Jungle, strong as he can be George, George, George of the Jungle, watch out for that treeeeee… In Heaven Sent, suddenly, you are all the things you want to be, a little bit naughty but heavenly…in Heaven Sent! He’ll fight for freedom where ever there’s trouble. GI Joe is there. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/6 "2015-03-10T19:43:14Z")
I’m 54, went to Expo '67 in Montreal, and can still remember the promotional theme song: “Hey, friend! Say, friend! Come on over! Looking for happiness? This is the plaaaace!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/7 "2015-03-10T19:44:23Z")
Oh, and the theme for the long-lost Palisades Amusement Park: "Palisades amusement park, Swings all day and after dark! Ride the coaster! Get cool In the waves Of the pool. You’ll have fun! SO, come on overrrrrr." ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/8 "2015-03-10T19:47:07Z")
_Ohhhhh_, do I have this talent. As a former boss of mine used to say, “Mind full of garbage.” I could fill the page with a list of the TV themes and jingles I can sing from memory. But instead I’ll just challenge you with some of the more obscure ones I know: _Nanny and the Professor Eighth Man Mighty Hercules The Smothers Brothers Show_ (the sitcom, not to be confused with _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_) _It’s About Time Captain Nice I Married Joan My Mother the Car_ …and the real stumper… _The Ugliest Girl in Town_ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/9 "2015-03-10T20:07:31Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > _Ohhhhh_, do I have this talent. As a former boss of mine used to say, “Mind full of garbage.” > > I could fill the page with a list of the TV themes and jingles I can sing from memory. But instead I’ll just challenge you with some of the more obscure ones I know: > > _Nanny and the Professor > Eighth Man > Mighty Hercules > The Smothers Brothers Show_ (the sitcom, not to be confused with _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_) > _It’s About Time > Captain Nice > I Married Joan > My Mother the Car_ > > …and the real stumper… > > _The Ugliest Girl in Town_ Holy cow, you stumped me with \*all \*of them, except “Phoebe Figalilly is a silly name And so many silly things keep happening What is this magic thing about nanny Is it love or is it magic?” God I miss show themes and product jingles:( ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/10 "2015-03-10T20:17:01Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > _Ohhhhh_, do I have this talent. As a former boss of mine used to say, “Mind full of garbage.” > > I could fill the page with a list of the TV themes and jingles I can sing from memory. But instead I’ll just challenge you with some of the more obscure ones I know: > > _Nanny and the Professor > Eighth Man > Mighty Hercules > The Smothers Brothers Show_ (the sitcom, not to be confused with _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_) > _It’s About Time > Captain Nice > I Married Joan > My Mother the Car_ > > …and the real stumper… > > _The Ugliest Girl in Town_ I’m guessing we’re about the same age! “There’s a prehistoric monster Who came from outer space, Created by the Martians To destroy the human race…” “It’s about time, it’s about space, About to land in the strangest place…” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/11 "2015-03-10T20:20:16Z")
"The end of the Civil War was near, When quite accidentally, A hero who sneezed abruptly seized Retreat and reversed it to victory. His Medal of Honor pleased and thrilled His proud little family group. While pinning it on, some blood was spilled, And so it was planned he’d command… F Troop!" ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/12 "2015-03-10T20:23:14Z")
Don’t go to bed with no price on your head. No! (Don’t do it!) Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. No! (Don’t do it!) And keep your eyyyyyye on the sparrow When the goooooooing gets narrow. YA! Where can you go where the cold winds don’t go? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/13 "2015-03-10T20:26:00Z")
_ **To the tune of "Yankee Doodle"** _ “So, come and join us, all you kids, For lots of fun and laughter, As Roger Ramjet and his friends Get all the crooks they’re after…” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/14 "2015-03-10T20:29:50Z")
"Stand a little straighter, Walk a little prouder. Be an innovator, Laugh a little louder. Grow forever greater, We can show you how to. Where will you be then? March along, march along, march along to the song of the Merry Marvel Marching Society!" Which reminds me… "Stronger than a whale, he can swim anywhere. He can breathe underwater and go flying through the air…’ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/15 "2015-03-10T20:30:35Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Don’t go to bed with no price on your head. > No! (Don’t do it!) > Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. > No! (Don’t do it!) > > And keep your eyyyyyye on the sparrow > When the goooooooing gets narrow. > > YA! > > Where can you go where the cold winds don’t go? And that’s the name of that tune 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/16 "2015-03-10T20:47:57Z")
Who isn’t able to sing the theme to _Gilligan’s Island_? _Secret Agent Man Green Acres Beverly Hillbillies Monkeys_ (just heard it on KFOG 10 at 10 last week!) I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/17 "2015-03-10T20:52:06Z")
“Have Gun, Will Travel” reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind. A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin. Paladin, Paladin, Where do you roam? Paladin, Paladin, Far, far from home. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/18 "2015-03-10T20:57:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > _Monkeys_ _Hey, hey we’re The **Monkees** _! Note the spelling. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/19 "2015-03-10T21:02:18Z")
_Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed. Then one day he was shootin’ for some food and up from the ground came bubblin’ crude (Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea)_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/20 "2015-03-10T21:45:20Z")
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Greenest state in the Land of the Free Raised in the woods, so he knew every tree Killled him a b’ar when he was only 3. Davy, Davy Crockett! King of the Wild Frontier. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711.md?page=2)