The Three Greatest TV Theme Songs Ever

Cafe Society
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I had a brand new bicycle for that. And a Mattel tommy gun. And a real Australian bush hat. And a pair of military surplus goggles. And a pair of boots just like Sgt Troy’s. :o

142

Peter Gun

Hawaii 50

Pink Panther

143

Did a quick tally of people who actually submitted lists.

Here are the themes on two or more lists and how many votes they got.

Hawaii 50 11
Mission Impossible 6
MAS*H 5
Gilligan’s Island 4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 3
Barney Miller 3
Cowboy Bebop 3
Hill Street Blues 3
Magnum PI 3
Miami Vice 3
Peter Gun 3
Taxi 3
The Addams Family 3
The Avengers 3
Welcome Back Kotter 3
77 Sunset Strip 2
Batman 2
Cheers 2
Combat! 2
Gravity Falls 2
Greatest American Hero 2
Jonny Quest 2
Law & Order 2
Perry Mason 2
Route 66 2
Secret Agent 2
Star Trek 2
The A-Team 2
The Beverley Hillbillies 2
The Garry Shandling Show 2
The Odd Couple 2
The Peter Gunn theme 2
The Rockford Files 2
The Wire 2
True Detective 2
Twilight Zone 2
WKRP 2

144

You have Peter Gunn on there twice.

145

Yeah, well, I know all of it by my drunken little heart, and I’m not ashamed to say I like it!

*Beyond
the rim of the
star-light,
my love
is wand’ring
in star-flight.

I know
he’ll find in star-clustered reaches,
love,
strange love
a star-woman teaches!

I know
his journey ends never.
His Star Trek
will go on forever.
But tell him
while he wanders his
starry sea:
remember,
remember me!*

146

Only **two?!? ** :eek: :smack:

Here is a much better version of the theme, more like it was back in '62:

The best TV series **ever!** :cool:
147

I have to post this one as well, despite the ease with which I parodied it:

*"Gentlemen, may I present the 'Cane and Derby Hat,' the latest fashion from St Looey! Here we have the 'Horizontal Forward' model. Makes it easy t' tip yer hat to th' ladies!"*
148

“Folks figgered he wuz a little batty, wearin’ that Cane ‘n’ Derby Hat. So they started callin’ him ‘Batty Masterson.’ An’ afore y’knew it, it was down to just plain ol’ ‘Bat.’ ‘Bat’ Masterson!” :smiley:

149

Oh, wow! The German version of the Bugs Bunny theme, “My Name is Bunny”:

Unfortunately, my German is way too rusty to understand everything they're singing. Can anyone give a translation?
150

I can’t. I can, though, tell you that the intro for The Six Million Dollar Man is creepy in German; I don’t speak the language, but he’s clearly delivering scientific exposition about a man who’s better – stronger – faster – MACH SCHNELL!

151

A technological amerikanishe Uebermann! Ausgezeichnet! :cool:

152

Bugs and Daffy sound so different here - like gentlemen. What would the German equivalent be of Bugs’ Brooklyn accent? Is there some reason they didn’t try to duplicate Daffy’s slobbering lisp?

153

Finally somebody else who’s heard of this show!

154

None of these yet?!

Road Runner (If he catches you you’re through)
Tennessee Tuxedo (Anything so he can measure up to man)
Wally Gator (There has never been a greater operator in the swamp)

155
  1. Six Million Dollar Man
  2. Battlestar Galactica (1978)
  3. Greatest American Hero
156

MTM
WKRP
All in the Family

157

Hong Kong Phooey
Baretta
ZOOM

158

  1. St. Elsewhere

  2. House Calls

  3. Grandpa Goes to Washington

159

Animaniacs
Queer Duck

160

Round my parts…George of the Jungle, Tom Swift, and Super-Chicken were played in rotation on a local cartoon show.