TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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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

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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”-

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(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.

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(name), Private Eye … (Private Investigators)

  1. Joe Mannix – (Mike Connors)
  2. Richard Diamond (David Jansen)
  3. David Addison - (Bruce Willis, Moonlighting)
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(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)
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(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)
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(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)
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(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)

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(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.

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(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.

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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”.

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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)

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Crime Solving Cartoons

  1. Inch High Private Eye
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Crime Solving Cartoons

  1. Inch High Private Eye
  2. Scooby Doo

“And I woulda got away with it if not for these meddling kids.”

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Crime Solving Cartoons

  1. Inch High Private Eye
  2. Scooby Doo
  3. Clue Club
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Crime Solving Cartoons

  1. Inch High Private Eye
  2. Scooby Doo
  3. Clue Club
  4. Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse
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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”-

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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.

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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
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BZZZZT!
See #4 in the list.

-“BB”-