Wheelz
November 22, 2023, 7:00pm
9727
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Yes, that’s actually the name of the song, though it was based on an earlier Paul Anka composition called “Toot Sweet.”
Anka reportedly received $400 every time the song was played on the air.
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Jack Benny - Love In Bloom
Alex Trebek – Think
Written by show creator Merv Griffin, that’s the name of the motif that makes up part of the opening theme as well as the 30-second clip that is played while contestants write down their responses during the “Final Jeopardy” segment
-“BB”-
B.Serum
November 23, 2023, 8:14pm
9730
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Jack Benny - Love In Bloom
Alex Trebek – Think
Larry David — Frolic
Not sure if this one qualifies, but this topic is a little more of a challenge.
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Jack Benny - Love In Bloom
Alex Trebek – Think
Larry David — Frolic
Mariano Rivera - Enter Sandman
The Yankees’ Hall of Fame relief pitcher was nicknamed “Sandman” (among other nicknames), as this song was his “walk-up” music when he came in to pitch.
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Jack Benny - Love In Bloom
Alex Trebek – Think
Larry David — Frolic
Mariano Rivera - Enter Sandman
Dame Edna Everidge - The Dame Edna Theme. Used for every stage, TV and film appearance since 1976
Edwin Diaz - Narco
To the point where the performer of “Narco” refused to let any other MLB player use it except for Diaz of the Mets. (He even showed up to perform it in person once. And it was all downhill from there for the Mets.)
Celebrity Theme Songs
Bob Hope - Thanks For The Memory
Carol Burnett - I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Johnny Carson - Johnny’s Theme
Jack Benny - Love In Bloom
Alex Trebek – Think
Larry David — Frolic
Mariano Rivera - Enter Sandman
Dame Edna Everidge - The Dame Edna Theme. Used for every stage, TV and film appearance since 1976
Edwin Diaz - Narco
Benny Hill – Yakety Sax
So long as you know who Benny Hill was, there’s no way you can hear that Boots Randolph song and NOT think about him.
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Sounds like a match made a couple steps below Hell even … but it worked out amazingly well.
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Spoons
November 24, 2023, 10:15am
9735
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
A hard rock group and a rap/hip hop group? It worked for me. Well done, guys!
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Frank did an album of duets where the he never met the other artists. This was one of 'em.
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp
Their first duet followed by two albums, a small tour and his 95th Birthday celebration before his death this July at age 96.
SunUp
November 24, 2023, 5:39pm
9738
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Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp
Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers - We’ve Got Tonight
A Scottish pop star and a U.S. country legend teaming up to turn a Bob Seger song into a duet? Sure, wny not!
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp
Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers - We’ve Got Tonight
Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona
The frontman from the rock band Queen, paired with a famous Spanish operatic soprano, on a song commissioned for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Odd Duet Pairings
Bing Crosby and David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy
Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way
Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp
Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers - We’ve Got Tonight
Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona
Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias - To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
Country singer and Latin crooner