# The Three Greatest TV Theme Songs Ever

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 9, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970 "2016-06-09T21:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/161 "2016-06-19T17:06:31Z")

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> [@Dale\_Sams](#):
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> Round my parts…George of the Jungle, Tom Swift, and Super-Chicken were played in rotation on a local cartoon show.

Not just local, those three cartoons _were_ the _George of the Jungle_ show.

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**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:** [June 19, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/162 "2016-06-19T18:29:10Z")

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Oh, Lord, how I wish 1980 had actually been like this… :o

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5pRmy2NktRc/hqdefault.jpg "UFO theme tune stereo mix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pRmy2NktRc)

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/163 "2016-06-19T19:39:20Z")

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[quote=“terentii, post:162, topic:756970”]

Oh, Lord, how I wish 1980 had actually been like this… :o

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Hot girls in jumpsuits everywhere!

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/164 "2016-06-19T19:40:13Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> [Animaniacs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnWwN1z_UM)  
> [Queer Duck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wImRXN5Y5-w)

“We’re Animaniacs… We have pay-for-play contracts! …” 😃

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/165 "2016-06-19T20:20:29Z")

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> [@Find\_Friends](#):
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> “We’re Animaniacs… We have pay-for-play contracts! …” 😃

Don’t forget…

“Queer Duck, he’s intellectual,  
Queer Duck, he’s homosexual…”

“Now that’s…  
…_COM_edy!”

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970/166 "2016-06-20T22:52:27Z")

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[quote=“terentii, post:162, topic:756970”]

Oh, Lord, how I wish 1980 had actually been like this… :o

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> Hot girls in jumpsuits everywhere!

It **was!**

Where were you?

We sent you the memo…

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