# 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:** 5
**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, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/81 "2015-03-11T17:28:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _“Get set! Get ready! > Here come \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_! > They’re tough but steady, > always \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_! > They sometimes have their little spats, > even fight like dogs and cats, > but when they need each other that’s > when they’re \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_!”_ Ruff and Reddy 🙂 I can’t find this on YouTube; you’re going to have to believe I wasn’t clever enough in the mid-'60s (when I was 6 YO) to compose it, just remember it: Load up on Mountain Dew Ain’t nothin’ you can do Without good ol’ Mountain Dew Mountain Dew will do it fer you, yeah That good ol’ Mountain Dew Will do it fer you, YA-HOO! I can’t prove this either, but when MD first came out, it had RED PEPPER in it :eek: \ Well, that’s what I heard \ ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/82 "2015-03-11T17:39:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Load up on Mountain Dew > Ain’t nothin’ you can do > Without good ol’ Mountain Dew > Mountain Dew will do it fer you, yeah > That good ol’ Mountain Dew > Will do it fer you, YA-HOO! _“YA-HOO, Mountain Dew!”_ [Thumbs up!] This one gets my vote as quite possibly the coolest theme tune **ever** : I feel sorry for the poor guy at 0:48, but \*\*I still want one of those things!!!\*\* ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/83 "2015-03-11T17:51:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _“YA-HOO, Mountain Dew!”_ [Thumbs up!] > > This one gets my vote as quite possibly the coolest theme tune **ever** : > > I feel sorry for the poor guy at 0:48, but \*\*I still want one of those things!!!\*\* Yeah, good music \ Can you imagine a TV theme song today at a minute 40 seconds? ☹ That guy must have had a big, circular bruise on his chest. Where they street legal? That last drawing in the clip–Col. Potter did the exact, same thing in a MASH episode. 😃 ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/84 "2015-03-11T17:52:25Z")
_It’s the Pepsi generation, comin’ at ya, goin’ strong! Put yourself behind a Pepsi, if you’re livin’, you belong! You’ve got a lot to live, And Pepsi’s got a lot to give! You’ve got a lot to live, And Pepsi’s got a lot to give!_ _Hey, meet the Swinger, Polaroid Swinger! Hey, meet the Swinger, Polaroid Swinger! It’s more than a camera, it’s almost alive! It’s only nineteen dollars and ninety-five! Swing it up (Yeah, yeah!), take the shot (Yeah, yeah!), count it down (Yeah, yeah!), rip it off (Yeah, yeah!)!_ _It’s the radial age! Now the world is safer on a great new tire! It’s the radial age! BF Goodrich boosts your mileage so much higher! New tire from BFG, the Radial 990! One ride and you will see, it rolls like nothin’ that you used to know! It’s the radial age! It’s the radial age!_ Sorry; I cheated a little on the last one. I could only remember the first half, so I found the commercial on YouTube. ☹ ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/85 "2015-03-11T17:55:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Can you imagine a TV theme song today at a minute 40 seconds? That was actually the opening and closing themes combined, the only example of this I know. _ **The Untouchables** _, _ **The Avengers** _, _ **The Prisoner** _, and _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ (all from the '60s) round out my list of the top five TV themes ever. ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/86 "2015-03-11T17:57:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What TV show was _“A Bob Clam-pett car-too-oon”_? Cecil and Beanie (with Dishonest John. Nya a ahhhh ) ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/87 "2015-03-11T18:03:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > That was actually the opening and closing themes combined, the only example of this I know. > > _ **The Untouchables** _, _ **The Avengers** _, _ **The Prisoner** _, and _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ (all from the '60s) round out my list of the top five TV themes ever. That would be a tough pick; if it had music, I loved it (the music, not necessarily the show) **Bearcats** , **The Magician** , third season **Lost In Space** or anything John Williams (excepting the original\*\* Gilligan’s Island\*\* theme) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/88 "2015-03-11T18:05:10Z")
Oh you’ll never believe Where those Keebler cookies come from They’re made by little elves in a hollow tree… I’m stuck on Band-Aid Cause a band-aid’s stuck on me Honeycomb’s big yeah yeah yeah it’s not small no no no Honeycomb’s got a big big taste Big big taste in a big big bite Tater skins’ got baked potatoe appeal Cuz they’re made with potatoes and skins that are real It’s Mr. Potato Head (pop) And a bucket of parts Buckets of fun for everyone I truly believe that the space in my head that stores this useless crap is what kept me from greatness. ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/89 "2015-03-11T18:09:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > On top of old Horror Hill in a secret laboratory > Professor Wierdo and Count Kook are in their monstrous glory! Milton the Monster? BTW, was Wonderama syndicated? We got it off the DC station (in Balto), and I assumed it was produced there. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/90 "2015-03-11T18:10:38Z")
\*Rollin’ over prairie where there ain’t no grass, Rollin’ over mountain where there ain’t no pass. Sittin on a board eyein’ the weather, Prayin’ to the Lord we stay together Side by side on the Wagon Train. \* This old chestnut popped into my head as I was driving home last night. ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/91 "2015-03-11T18:13:24Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > It’s Mr. Potato Head (pop) > And a bucket of parts > Buckets of fun for everyone > > \: What are you looking at, ya hockey puck? \ > > I truly believe that the space in my head that stores this useless crap is what kept me from greatness. \ Join the club. 🆒 ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/92 "2015-03-11T19:06:05Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > BTW, was Wonderama syndicated? We got it off the DC station (in Balto), and I assumed it was produced there. Used to watch it on KSTP (I think) in Minneapolis every Sunday morning when I was in high school (early '70s). I know it was aimed at younger kids, but they always managed to have really good guests and lots of interesting stuff that they talked about. I especially remember one week when their guests were an Olympic fencer and _ **Playboy** _ artist LeRoy Nieman. I can’t imagine a kids’ show doing that today! ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/93 "2015-03-11T19:18:14Z")
Now I can’t get the _ **Rat Patrol** _ theme out of my mind! :o I just watched the clip again and noticed for the first time that Ike and Bradley (I think) are riding in the Jeep in the final photo! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/94 "2015-03-11T20:17:39Z")
“Oh, you need Fluff , Fluff, Fluff, To make a Fluffernutter…” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/95 "2015-03-11T20:19:49Z")
There’s a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the Junction (Petticoat Junction). It’s is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction (Petticoat Junction). And there’s Uncle Joe, he’s moving kinda slow at the Junction (Petticoat Junction). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/96 "2015-03-11T20:24:57Z")
> [@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) Let me help out: “Our burgers can’t be beat 'cause we grind our own meat, Grind, grind, grind, grind, griiiiind. And when you drive away, a tip upon our tray We hope to find, find, find, find, fiiind,” We hope to find, find, find, find, fiiind!" ETA: Beaten to it. Oh well, I’m having a great time remembering all of these. ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/97 "2015-03-11T20:28:49Z")
_Mr. Bubble in the tub’ll get you squeaky clean It’s as much fun getting dirty as it is getting clean_ _A is for apple J is for Jacks Cinnamon toasted Apple Jacks You need a good breakfast that’s a fact Start it off with Apple Jacks_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/98 "2015-03-11T21:02:02Z")
\*Meet Cathy, who’s lived most everywhere From Zanzibar to Berkeley Square, \*\*But Patty’s only seen the sights A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights! What a crazy pair! But they’re cousins Identical cousins all the way One pair of matching bookends Diff’rent as night and day\*\* Now Cathy adores a minuet, The Ballet Russe, a crepe suzette, \*\*But Patty loves to rock’n’roll A hotdog makes her lose control! What a wild duet! Still, they’re cousins, Identical cousins, and you’ll find They laugh alike, They walk alike, At times they even talk alike! You could lose your mind When cousins Are two of a kind!\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/99 "2015-03-11T21:26:25Z")
\*He was innocent. Not a charge was true. Something somthing some-um-um-um-THING! **Branded**! Something something shame. What will you do when you’re branded? Will you fight for your name? \* ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711/100 "2015-03-11T21:39:35Z")
As I tippy tippy toe through my garden Where all the pretty flowers dwell There’s a rare perfume in my garden And I love to stand there and smell And as I tippy tippy toe along All the pretty flowers seem to sing this song: I wasn’t alive when that one came out, but I did watch in on a black and white tv. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tv-themes-commercials-you-can-sing-from-memory/714711.md?page=6)