# song from Stephen Colbert's segment The Craziest F#?king Thing i've Ever Heard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282 "2013-01-06T21:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/1 "2013-01-06T21:09:47Z")
This is one of my favourite segments, and I’m trying to locate the little piece of plucky cartoony music that opens and closes it – you can hear it here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8K7TerjBA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8K7TerjBA) Was this written just for the show? I swear I’ve heard it before… Any idea what the name of it is, or how to find it? ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/2 "2013-01-06T22:16:46Z")
It is reminiscent of a 50s sitcom theme. I can hum the whole thing but can’t quite latch on to the show it belongs with. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/3 "2013-01-06T22:21:41Z")
I’d be willing to bet it’s specific to Colbert. It would take a studio musician about 5 minutes to knock that out for them, and they would own the copyright, rather than pay any sort of royalties for somebody else’s work. eta: My wife informs me that it is “library music,” ie music that is specifically without copyright, just generic crap. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/4 "2013-01-06T23:06:20Z")
It’s a knockoff of “Holiday for Strings.” Here’s the [definitive version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar_v-SIeh8w) 😉 ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/5 "2013-01-06T23:19:40Z")
“Holiday for Strings” was the theme song for the Red Skelton Show, written by David Rose. ---
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/6 "2013-01-07T16:03:27Z")
Ah, thanks so much everyone – another example of why this message board is so great! I like the upbeat sillyness and lack of vocals of Holiday for Strings too – any other suggestions for similar sounding/feeling music? ---
**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 7, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/7 "2013-01-07T22:24:17Z")
There is a whole series of albums of such music called [Music for TV Dinners](http://www.amazon.com/Music-TV-Dinners-Various-Artists/dp/B000000IAW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3MK7LSCCL7E1Y&coliid=I1RRUZPHSRECSS). Most of the tracks can be [heard on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22music+for+TV+dinners%22+-60%27s%2C+video&lclk=video). ---
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-stephen-colberts-segment-the-craziest-f-king-thing-ive-ever-heard/646282/8 "2013-01-08T19:28:13Z")
Thanks Fear Itself, that’s awesome!