# Television Theme Song Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 11, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503 "2019-08-11T14:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/1 "2019-08-11T14:56:21Z")
A line from a tv theme song is given, and the next person gives the next line, the name of the show, and a line from another show to continue the game. Tp make it a little harder, the line given as a clue doesn’t have to be the first line of the lyrics. I’ll start with: _Phoebe Figalilly is a silly name…_ ---
**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:** [August 11, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/2 "2019-08-11T15:04:28Z")
And so many silly things keep happening. _Nanny and the Professor_ Look! It’s the nut who walks around in pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/3 "2019-08-11T15:12:41Z")
I remember singing this when I was a kid: _That’s no nut, boy-that’s Captain Nice!_ Captain Nice _A stage and a wagon a-headin’ West Part of a wagon train lost from the rest_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/4 "2019-08-11T15:34:02Z")
_Dusty’s the reason for their plight Thanks’ to Dusty nothin’s right_ Wow. Dusty’s Trail. I haven’t thought about that since the 1970’s. _Out of the night, When the full moon is bright_ ---
**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:** [August 11, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/5 "2019-08-11T16:01:56Z")
…comes a horseman known as Zorro. _Zorro_ Fred, if you’re afraid, you’ll have to overlook it, ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/6 "2019-08-11T16:36:27Z")
Besides, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it. (squawk!) Super Chicken _Raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree,_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/7 "2019-08-11T16:54:37Z")
_Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier!_ Davy Crockett _Dum-da-Dum-Dum Dum-da-Dum-Dum-DUM!_ (I know, they aren’t lyrics, but you should be able to guess it anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/8 "2019-08-11T17:17:21Z")
The next “line” is “Dum, da, dum, dum, da, dum, da, dum” I believe. Dragnet _And with their boy, who did protest_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/9 "2019-08-11T19:31:16Z")
Note: My Beloved reminded me of another important rule of the game. If it wasn’t sung during the title sequence on a regular basis, it doesn’t count as a theme song for the purpose of this game, so the words to the original _Star Trek_ theme and the words sung during an early episode of _Bonanza_ are out. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/10 "2019-08-12T12:21:22Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > _And with their boy, who did protest_ U.S. series? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/11 "2019-08-12T13:09:07Z")
_They all came west to live with Best_ Best of the West - Now in the legend of the west, One name stands out of all the rest. The man who had the fastest gun,\* ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/12 "2019-08-12T13:49:38Z")
His name was Bat, Bat Masterson. _Bat Masterson_ Seems we just get started and before you know it ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/13 "2019-08-12T14:35:02Z")
comes the time we have to say ‘so long.’ \*The Carol Burnett Show \*The kinfolk said “Jed move away from there” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/14 "2019-08-12T15:05:36Z")
Said “Califronia’s the place you ought to be” _ **The Beverly Hillbillies** _ We built the walls, we built the pyramids. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/15 "2019-08-12T15:24:16Z")
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries _Big Bang Theory_ About space people and a brave crew, ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/16 "2019-08-12T22:59:04Z")
As through the barrier of time they flew. _It’s About Time_ (Ooo-ooo) He protects and he saves his friends under the waves, ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/17 "2019-08-12T23:35:31Z")
That’s where you’ll find Diver Dan. _Diver Dan_ Is he strong? Listen, bud, He’s got radioactive blood. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/18 "2019-08-13T01:56:13Z")
Can he swing from a thread, [del]no he can’t, he’s a pig[/del] take a look overhead. _Spiderman_ Then the cat will stay out for the night. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/19 "2019-08-13T11:36:34Z")
When you’re with the Flintstones The Flintstones This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/20 "2019-08-13T12:29:11Z")
We’re almost to the part of where I start to whistle. Then we’ll watch “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”. [I love that theme song.] They’re creepy and they’re kooky [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503.md?page=2)