# Top TV Tunes #2-Cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157 "2009-05-12T13:40:39Z")\ **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:** [May 12, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/1 "2009-05-12T13:40:39Z")
Which Saturday morning(or syndicated) cartoon theme music do you remember fondly? Some of my favorites from when I was a tyke are _Astroboy_, _Thunderbirds_, and _Gigantor_, but the one that I remember most is _Cool McCool_. What’s your favorite? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/2 "2009-05-12T14:50:09Z")
_Here he comes Here comes Speed Racer He’s a demon on wheels…_ ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/3 "2009-05-12T14:59:05Z")
\*Overture, curtain, lights, This is it, the night of nights No more rehearsing and nursing our parts We know every part by heart \* ~ The Bugs Bunny Show \*When you find youself in danger, When you’re threatened by a stranger, When it looks like you will take a lickin’, (cluck, cluck, cluck) There is someone waiting, Who will hurry up and rescue you, Just Call for Super Chicken! (cluk, ack!) \* _Roar, roar, roar for Linus the Lionhearted. Roar, roar, roar for that’s how our show gets started._ ~Linus the Lionhearted ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/4 "2009-05-12T15:21:22Z")
[quote=“zamboniracer, post:3, topic:496157”] \*Overture, curtain, lights, - ~ The Bugs Bunny Show Isn’t the correct lyric “Ovature, curb the lights…”? Or have I just been wrong all these many years? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/5 "2009-05-12T15:43:56Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > Isn’t the correct lyric “Ovature, curb the lights…”? Or have I just been wrong all these many years? Hell, I always thought it was “Overture, light the lights…”. What’s an ovature? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/6 "2009-05-12T15:47:00Z")
_Jonny Quest_ was the ultimate cartoon theme. But I also have a fondness for the jazzy theme to _Wally Gator_. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/7 "2009-05-12T15:49:31Z")
Ovature?..Why it’s a :smack: I meant, “Overture, curb the lights…” ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/8 "2009-05-12T15:55:54Z")
And, after googling a misheard lyrcs site, Wheelz is [correct.](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/overturebugsbunnyshowthemesong.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/9 "2009-05-12T16:01:06Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > \*Overture, curtain, lights, > This is it, the night of nights > No more rehearsing and nursing our parts > We know every part by heart \* ~ The Bugs Bunny Show > > . . . Full lyrics[here](http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/bbshow/). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/10 "2009-05-12T16:04:54Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > And, after googling a misheard lyrcs site, Wheelz is [correct.](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/overturebugsbunnyshowthemesong.shtml) Well, yes, I suppose I was correct about the Speed Racer lyrics… But give **zamboniracer** credit for the Bugs Bunny theme. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/11 "2009-05-12T16:05:07Z")
[_Underdog_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjOi_3H7gw) had a pretty cool theme. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/12 "2009-05-12T16:10:01Z")
\*Road Runner, that Coyote’s after you! Road Runner, if he catches you, you’re through! That Coyote is really a crazy clown! When will he learn that he never can mow him down? Poor little Road Runner never bothers anyone. Just running down the road is his idea of having fun!\* ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/13 "2009-05-12T16:11:43Z")
_When criminals in this world appear, And break the laws that they should fear, And frighten all who see or hear, The cry goes up both far and near for Underdog, Underdog, Underdog, Underdog.!_ ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/14 "2009-05-12T16:36:36Z")
The instrumental music from Robotech, especially the opening orchestral theme, but even the specialty stuff (bumpers, battle soundtracks, incidental music, romantic music). Normally couldn’t take the songs with vocals, but “We Will Win,” sung by Minmei, in concert with the massive battle going on simultaneously, is also awesome. They managed to snag a very competent soundtrack composer (Ulpio Minucci, IIRC) whose stuff fits the series very well even after nearly a quarter century. On the other hand, the synthesizer score for Robotech II: The Sentinels, is badly dated. The Vince Guaraldi jazz scores to the early Peanuts TV specials… man, I love that music. (Yeah, it’s neither Saturday morning nor syndicated, but hey.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/15 "2009-05-12T18:20:43Z")
Absolutely nothing can beat Fat Albert’s bass line. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/16 "2009-05-12T18:50:20Z")
Don’t know if anime counts but I love the theme to “Cowboy Bebop.” I think it’s called “Tank.” “Animaniacs” had a great theme song too. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/17 "2009-05-12T19:25:49Z")
Bugs Bunny theme already mentioned, so I’ll go with: The themes to: Hong Kong Phooey Banana Splits and maybe the Land Of The Lost. I’m sure I’m missing a bunch. Gotta think too far back! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/18 "2009-05-12T19:30:29Z")
_Rocky & Bullwinkle_ used a handful of different themes, as I recall. My favorite was the kind of jazzy number that played while Bullwinkle danced in a top hat and tails and ended with the lights in the marquee blowing out. You know the one. ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/19 "2009-05-12T19:37:42Z")
Yeah, the Johnny Quest theme will always turn my head. I didn’t think anyone still remember Cool McCool. And I’ve always had a soft spot for anything by Jay Ward. _In his Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper, when he’s on your tail. He won’t quit because you know there’s no such word as fail to…_ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157/20 "2009-05-12T19:50:23Z")
Marine Boy, 2 versions: [with words](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNl_X85vF9s) [without words](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HqSkY4vtVY) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-tunes-2-cartoons/496157.md?page=2)