# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 494
**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:** [September 15, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9869 "2022-09-15T12:52:22Z")
**TV Themes that made Radio’s Top 40** _(songs that were already a hit before their use on a show, like Happy Days’ “Rock Around the Clock”, don’t count)_ 1. Nadia’s Theme _(Theme from “The Young and the Restless”)_ 2. Welcome Back (Theme from “Welcome Back, Kotter”) - John Sebastian 3. Theme from S.W.A.T.- Rhythm Heritage 4. Believe It or Not (Theme from “The Greatest American Hero”) - Joey Scarbury 5. Bonanza - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans 6. Peter Gunn (Theme by Henry Mancini performed by Ray Anthony charted at #8 in 1959) 7. Rockford Files - Mike Post 8. Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers 9. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Shifrin 10. Hill Street Blues - Mike Post pass ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9870 "2022-09-16T08:11:01Z")
I’m surprised no one mentioned either the “Hawaii Five-O” theme or the “Batman” theme _(word and music by Neal Hefti)_ from the 1960s TV show. **_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9871 "2022-09-16T11:31:31Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) The actual show title was in the right format: _Richard Diamond, Private Detective_. The excellent radio show starred Dick Powell and was written by Blake Edwards, but I never saw the TV version. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9872 "2022-09-16T12:31:31Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9873 "2022-09-16T12:50:27Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9874 "2022-09-16T12:54:12Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9875 "2022-09-16T13:02:38Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) 6. Adrian Monk - (Tony Shalhoub) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9876 "2022-09-16T16:47:24Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) 6. Adrian Monk - (Tony Shalhoub) 7. Thomas Magnum - (Tom Selleck) (Not that phony new guy) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9877 "2022-09-16T16:53:02Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) 6. Adrian Monk - (Tony Shalhoub) 7. Thomas Magnum - (Tom Selleck) 8. Sherlock Homes - (Benedict Cumberbatch) We may not think of Holmes as belonging to the same club as gumshoes like Sam Spade, but a ‘consulting detective’ is just that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9878 "2022-09-16T17:03:45Z")
**_(name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) 6. Adrian Monk - (Tony Shalhoub) 7. Thomas Magnum - (Tom Selleck) 8. Sherlock Homes - (Benedict Cumberbatch) 9. Spenser (Robert Urich) We never _did_ learn his first name. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9879 "2022-09-16T17:41:44Z")
from Wiki: > Spenser is only referred to by his surname in the novels, but the television series has him introduce himself as “David Spenser” to a cop sitting at the diner in the fifteenth episode of season 2. Also, Spenser is addressed as “Jim” at the end of Chapter 9 of “The Godwulf Manuscript”. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9880 "2022-09-16T18:48:28Z")
**_name)_, Private Eye** … _(Private Investigators)_ 1. Joe Mannix – _(Mike Connors)_ 2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen) 3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, _Moonlighting_) 4. Matt Houston - (Lee Horsley) 5. Jim Rockford - (James Garner) 6. Adrian Monk - (Tony Shalhoub) 7. Thomas Magnum - (Tom Selleck) 8. Sherlock Homes - (Benedict Cumberbatch) 9. Spenser (Robert Urich) 10. Frank Cannon - (Cannon) Pass ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9881 "2022-09-16T20:45:08Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9882 "2022-09-17T03:15:02Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo “And I woulda got away with it if not for these meddling kids.” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9883 "2022-09-17T03:21:44Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo 3. Clue Club ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9884 "2022-09-17T13:23:03Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo 3. Clue Club 4. Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9885 "2022-09-17T13:34:12Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo 3. Clue Club 4. Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse 5. The Inspector _… The DePatie–Freleng Enterprises cartoon inspired by bumbling Inspector Clouseau from the “Pink Panther” movie series. Inept he was, but he usually came out on top._ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9886 "2022-09-17T14:44:14Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo 3. Clue Club 4. Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse 5. The Inspector 6. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan I can just imagine the pitch meeting for this. “It’s a cartoon version of Charlie Chan, but he’s got _10 kids_, and they help him solve mysteries!” Trivia: Jamie Farr was a writer and Jodie Foster voiced one of the kids. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9887 "2022-09-17T17:06:24Z")
**Crime Solving Cartoons** 1. Inch High Private Eye 2. Scooby Doo 3. Clue Club 4. Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse 5. The Inspector 6. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan 7. Snooper and Blabber ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9888 "2022-09-18T12:11:25Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > 1. Snooper and Blabber **BZZZZT!** See #4 in the list. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=493) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=495)