# TV theme song tourney **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381 "2007-12-09T15:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/41 "2007-12-10T05:00:28Z")
Animaniacs Addams Family Gilligan’s Island Flintstones (just barely over The Jetsons) M_A_S\*H I’d have said Soap!, but that wasn’t really a song, it was a narrated intro. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/42 "2007-12-10T05:29:28Z")
_ **Futurama** _ is my #1 WKRP The Simpsons Twin Peaks MST3K ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/43 "2007-12-10T05:42:50Z")
The Flintstones Gilligan’s Island The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Twilight Zone Mission: Impossible ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/44 "2007-12-10T05:45:58Z")
Cowboy Bebop Angel Cheers Law & Order Star Trek: The Next Generation ---
**Author:** ![leesee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@leesee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leesee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/45 "2007-12-10T05:48:17Z")
The Wild Wild West The Simpsons Twin Peaks Twilight Zone Mission Impossible ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/46 "2007-12-10T05:50:35Z")
Why is it every time I make a list of anything I come up with something else later? Well I picked my five, but I want to bring up Psych as my absolute favorite currently on television just because not enough people I know know of it and they really should. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/47 "2007-12-10T06:41:13Z")
Wow, this is a pavlovian exercise. Some series didn’t have such a great theme but you loved the show so much you began to salivate as soon as you heard it. But the best for me are: [Hawaii Five-O](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=507vsWgvPzU) [Jason King](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ssTYwVrtNM) [S.W.A.T.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJu17fAnKU) [Mission: Impossible](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9KhPJ-utE&feature=related) [The Persuaders](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgLEdvRKAYI) By the way, if anyone needs to have his/her memory refreshed, [here](http://mythemes.tv/) is a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/48 "2007-12-10T06:58:11Z")
My picks (in no particular order): –“Peter Gunn” –“Route 66” –“Miami Vice” –“Twin Peaks” –“The Simpsons” For those who need to refresh their memory of the TV theme songs picked in this thread, check out [this web site.](http://www.televisiontunes.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/49 "2007-12-10T12:29:59Z")
The Rockford Files Doctor Who - the original Mission Impossible Hawaii Five-O - hardly ever actually seen the show, but surely everyone knows this. Peter Gunn - _never_ seen the show, when did it last get shown? See also all the CSI themes, but that’s cheating really. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/50 "2007-12-10T13:52:53Z")
I’m almost regretting starting this, but I’ll tally up the nominations next weekend, I promise. Also, I’ve slapped myself a few times for missing some obvious ones. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/51 "2007-12-10T15:01:11Z")
Firefly Rawhide The Addams Family Monk Psych ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/52 "2007-12-10T15:07:11Z")
Rawhide Hogan’s Heros The Simpson Drew Carey The Adams Family If it were a TV show, I’d nominate Charlie Brown Christmas ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/53 "2007-12-10T15:25:51Z")
Hill Street Blues Mission Impossible The Lone Ranger (aka The William Tell Overture) [Stranger on the Shore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jZeXvpyZQ)(English TV series - clarinet composition by Acker Bilk) Perry Mason ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/54 "2007-12-10T15:28:26Z")
Surprised no one has nominated the theme to _Sesame Street_! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/55 "2007-12-10T15:57:09Z")
The first Happy Days theme (Rock Around The Clock) MASH Cheers Police Squad Rockford Files ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/56 "2007-12-10T18:45:27Z")
Just a suggestion, but you might consider awarding the top five in a number of different divisions as Billboard does types of music. Classical music themes like, the Lone Ranger, Super Chicken and Green Hornet. Story telling theme songs like, Gilligan’s Island, Dukes of Hazzard, Flintstones. Jazz theme songs like, Peter Gunn, Hennesey, Monk and Frasier. Rock n’ Roll theme songs like, Drew Cary Show and Happy Days It might lessen the stress a bit. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/57 "2007-12-10T18:51:14Z")
1. Secret Agent Man 2. That 70’s Show 3. Twilight Zone 4. The Honeymooners 5. Speed Racer ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/58 "2007-12-10T18:55:51Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Rawhide Hogan’s Heros The Simpson Drew Carey The Adams Family If it were a TV show, I’d nominate Charlie Brown Christmas [/QUOTE] Which Drew Carey theme? Moon Over Parma? Five O’ Clock World? Or Cleveland Rocks? I’d guess the third, since it’s the best-known. It was an Ian Hunter tune before the Presidents of the USA re-recorded it for Drew Carey. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/59 "2007-12-10T19:12:41Z")
_M_A_S_H WKRP in Cincinnati Gilligan’s Island Magnum PI The Simpsons\* ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381/60 "2007-12-10T19:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Which Drew Carey theme? Moon Over Parma? Five O’ Clock World? Or Cleveland Rocks? I’d guess the third, since it’s the best-known. It was an Ian Hunter tune before the Presidents of the USA re-recorded it for Drew Carey. [/QUOTE] Cleveland Rocks. ETA: It’s strange how few people mention “Twilight Zone” when the phrase “cue Twilight Zone music” has entered our language. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-song-tourney/429381.md?page=4)