# 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:** 3
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/41 "2015-03-11T00:08:55Z")
From 1960s Baltimore: Milk and butter and eggs and cheese Fresh from the farm to you So, if you don’t own a cow Call [Cloverland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soCHae6p198) now It’s NOrth 9-2222 (With puppet work by Jim Henson) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/42 "2015-03-11T05:31:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uV-7D4io1Rs/hqdefault.jpg "Branded theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-7D4io1Rs) All but one man died, There at Bitter Creek, And they say he ran away … Branded! Marked with a coward’s shame. What do you do when you’re branded, Will you fight for your name? He was innocent, Not a charge was true, But the world will never know … Branded! Scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you’re branded, And you know you’re a man? And wherever you go for the rest of your life You must prove … You’re a man! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/43 "2015-03-11T07:15:23Z")
I can do some, but the one that will get stuck in my head the most (and is now) is the Dallas Times Herald Classifieds theme. It’s mostly 748-1414. Now, I need to go listen to Sousa marches. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/44 "2015-03-11T11:03:16Z")
People let me tell’ya ‘bout he’s so much fun Whether we’re talkin’ man to man Or whether we’re talkin’ son to son Cuz he’s my best friend La la da di da da. For jingle I’ve always got these two cookies not far from my brain (yet I can’t remember my own cell phone number) Peek Freans are a very serious cookie They’re made for grown up tastes Peek Freans are much too serious to give to children Oh, they’re serious. Very serious Peek Freans are an extrodinarily serious cookie. And the other cookie song Ooie, gooey rich and chewy inside Tender cake-y, golden flaky outside Wrap the outside on the inside and what do you get? You get the big Fig Newton! Here’s the tricky part! The Big Fig Newtown One more time The Big Fig Newtoooooon! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/45 "2015-03-11T11:13:00Z")
Should I be embarrassed to admit that I remembered all of [these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kz3hfJweE0)lyrics? OR that I watched that show. And I loved that show??? They just don’t make 'em like that anymore. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/46 "2015-03-11T12:26:01Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > With a burger on a bun and a dab of cole slaw on the side. > Oh, your taste we will tickle with a cold dill pickle. > And all of our potatoes are French fried, fried, fried. > Our burgers can’t be beat cause we (something) our own meat > **Line wiped from memory** > And when you drive away with a tip upon our tray > We hope you (something) _repeat_ > (burpo whiffs it in the home stretch) Well done 😛 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/47 "2015-03-11T12:55:17Z")
Back in the '80s, a coworker asked me how the theme for _ **Whirlybirds** _ went. I hadn’t seen the show in almost a quarter century, but the music came to me automatically. I started singing it and he said in a bewildered voice “… That’s right!” :eek: In the late '70s, I was thumbing through a book on classic TV shows. I absentmindedly started whistling the theme to _ **Henessey** _, and my older brother stuck his head around the corner. “Where did you hear that tune?!?” “I remember it from when it was on TV.” “You _remember_ that?!?” “I remember watching it when we lived on Bloomington Avenue.” “I can’t believe you remember that!” “It wasn’t _that_ long ago! Only … [_Moment of surprised realization_] fifteen years ago.” (Fifteen years before, I had been in second grade.) I know the themes from obscure shows all the way back to the '50s (e.g., _ **Our Miss Brooks** _, _ **Burns and Allen** _, _ **Private Secretary** _). Hell, I can even sing the theme from _ **My Mother, the Car** _. Top _ **that** _! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Tar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jack\_Tar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Tar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/48 "2015-03-11T13:09:54Z")
Oh please, of course we can Zorro TV Series 1957 Guy Williams “Out of the night When the full moon is bright Comes the horseman known as zorro This bold renegade Carves a “z” with his blade A “z” that stands for zorro” Marine Boy (1967) “It’s Marine Boy, Brave and Free! Fighting evil 'neath the sea.” Tomfoolery Show “C’mon, We’re Putting On The Nonsense…” ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/49 "2015-03-11T13:22:47Z")
How about songs featured \*within \*shows: _I think I’ll go for a walk outside now The summer sun’s calling my name_ _I’m gonna blow you a kiss in the wind_ _You need me You need me Like a baby needs a toy Like Hawaiians need their poi_ _There’s a town I know where the hip kids go called Bedrock Twitch Twitch_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/50 "2015-03-11T13:25:08Z")
> [@Jack\_Tar](#): > > Oh please, of course we can > > Zorro TV Series 1957 Guy Williams _“Zorro, the fox so cunning and free, Zorro, who makes the sign of the Z!”_ _ **Stingray** _\* “Marina, aqua Marina…” \* _ **Thunderbirds** _ _“Thunderbirds are GO!”_ _ **Supercar** _ _“It travels on land, it travels on sea, it can journey anywhere…”_ _ **Wonderama** _ _“We may be small, and not full-grown, but we have problems of our own, ya-da-da-da, kids are people, too (whacka-do, whacka-do)!”_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/51 "2015-03-11T13:29:20Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > How about songs featured \*within \*shows: > > _I think I’ll go for a walk outside now > The summer sun’s calling my name_ > > _I’m gonna blow you a kiss in the wind_ > > _You need me You need me > Like a baby needs a toy Like Hawaiians need their poi_ > > _There’s a town I know where the hip kids go called Bedrock > Twitch Twitch_ No. 1: No idea! ☹ No. 2: _ **Bewitched.** _ No. 3: _ **Gilligan’s Island.** _ No. 4. _ **The Flintstones.** _ ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/52 "2015-03-11T13:29:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > \ > _ **Wonderama** _ > _“We may be small, and not full-grown, > but we have problems of our own, ya-da-da-da, > kids are people, too (whacka-do, whacka-do)!”_ Holy Bob McAllister! I almost involuntarily clapped my hands above my head. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/53 "2015-03-11T13:34:32Z")
Without looking: What TV show had the _S&J Stomp_ as its theme? :dubious: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el54XaHOqjE&t=11) ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/54 "2015-03-11T13:41:26Z")
Shows: Diamonds, daisies… **That Girl** It really came together when Mom sang along … **The Partridge Family** at the junction … **Petticoat Junction** **Hello Larry** , **My Two Dads** , Greatest American Hero\*\*, It’s a Living, \*\* I can’t hear My Life by Billy Joel without thinking of Tom hanks and Peter Scolari in Bosom Buddies\*\*. I can name a lot of great instrumental themes in two or three notes; Barney Miller\*\*, Quincy, M.E. **, Rockford Files** , Sanford and Son\*\*… Commercials: Digger the Dog (Where you going Charlie? Wawkin’ Digger, Ma!) Perfection (Push the plunger down, set the timer …) How do you handle a hungry man? The MANHANDLERS (masculine soup.) Honeycomb Cereal Honestly, I don’t have time to type the whole list. I will say that I even know the words to the Andy Griffith theme… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/55 "2015-03-11T13:49:17Z")
Old Spice means quality, said the Captain to the Bosun. Ask for the package with the ship that sails the ocean. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/56 "2015-03-11T13:49:34Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > Honestly, I don’t have time to type the whole list. I will say that I even know the words to the Andy Griffith theme… _ **The Fishin’ Hole** _ _“Take down your fishin’ pole and meet me at the fishin’ hole…”_ (At one time I knew all the words, but they’re now buried in my memory.) If anyone other than me remembers **this show** I’ll be truly amazed. I now think of it as “The Squire of Gothos on Wheels”: Here's one for you: \*"Heroes, heroes, husky men of war, sons of all the heroes of the war before. Yes, we're heroes, up to our ear-o's, you pull the roses, we punch the noses, that's what we're heroes for!"\* ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/57 "2015-03-11T13:51:09Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Old Spice means quality, said the Captain to the Bosun. > Ask for the package with the ship that sails the ocean. I know a slightly different version… 😃 _“And that’s what you get when you rub Old Spice on your organ!”_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/58 "2015-03-11T14:02:32Z")
BTW, _ **F Troop** _ did an episode (“That’s Show Biz”) that was a ripoff of _ **Gilligan’s Island** _ (“Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes”): Without looking, who can sing the theme for the first season of \*\*\*F Troop\*\*\*? :dubious: ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/59 "2015-03-11T14:06:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > No. 1: No idea! ☹ Wild guess: _ **The Partridge Family** _? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/60 "2015-03-11T14:17:17Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > How about songs featured \*within \*shows: > > _I think I’ll go for a walk outside now > The summer sun’s calling my name_ > [@terentii](#): > > Wild guess: _ **The Partridge Family** _? 😕 Brady Bunch…aka the Silver Platters. “Gonna keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on dancin’ all through the night Gonna keep on, keep on, keep on doin’ it right” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711.md?page=4)