# TV theme song questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 25, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510 "2025-04-25T22:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/121 "2025-05-07T15:16:47Z")
Hey, those are copyrighted!šŸ˜„ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/122 "2025-05-07T15:20:06Z")
iirc, that was only for series 2. (of 4) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/123 "2025-05-07T15:37:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Hey, those are copyrighted! Prove the second line are the correct lyrics! I double-dog dare you! They are ā€œunintelligible at any speedā€.\* ā€œAnd a pool hool, and a pompa dina lid ah ha!ā€ Meow. \*as famously said of the lyrics to Louie Louie ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/124 "2025-05-07T15:58:23Z")
Your transcription is actually pretty darn good. Iā€™d like to see the original lyric sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/125 "2025-05-07T16:04:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Iā€™d like to see the original lyric sheet. Did he have one, or did he improvise on the spot? I find nonsense singing fascinating. Like scat singing, I find I canā€™t do it. I fall back into about two sounds very early. All I can do is hubba bubba humma. I canā€™t even sing along with, say, Rubber Biscuit, and Iā€™ve heard it about 10K times since the Blues Brothers album. Itā€™s like Iā€™m missing the delta brainwave or something. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/126 "2025-05-07T16:26:23Z")
He went to lay down the instrumental track. No lyrics had been written so he just threw out random words and syllables. The showā€™s creator, Hugh Wilson, liked the final result so much they used it instead of actual lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510/127 "2025-05-08T02:50:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > Iā€™d like to see the original lyric sheet. > > Did he have one, or did he improvise on the spot? > > I find nonsense singing fascinating. Like scat singing, I find I canā€™t do it. I fall back into about two sounds very early. All I can do is hubba bubba humma. I canā€™t even sing along with, say, Rubber Biscuit, and Iā€™ve heard it about 10K times since the Blues Brothers album. Itā€™s like Iā€™m missing the delta brainwave or something. This borders very much on being a hijack, but if you want nonsensical singing, thereā€™s always [Adriano Celentano](https://youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si=TwOUOCmu6kzUAs4R). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-questions/1017510.md?page=6)