# TV themes sung by the cast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559 "2014-04-20T20:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/41 "2014-04-21T15:02:43Z")
Frasier Two and 1/2 Men ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/42 "2014-04-21T15:10:49Z")
From the second season, the theme tune to sitcom Birds of a Feather was sung (not very well, but endearingly) by the main two characters. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/43 "2014-04-21T15:22:02Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > All in the Family - “Those Were the Days” sung by Carrol O’Connor and Jean Stapleton. > > Green Acres - sung by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. > > The Monkees - “Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees,” recorded by session musicians, but Micky Dolenz did sing the lead. > > Family Guy - sung by Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Mila Kunis. > > Any other examples of theme songs sung by the main cast members? Is it Mila Kunis? Remember she wasn’t Family Guy cast until a little ways in (Lacey Chabert was the voice of Meg to start). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/44 "2014-04-21T15:35:19Z")
“South Park”. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/45 "2014-04-21T15:37:21Z")
I think Hee Haw’s theme was sung by at least Buck and Roy if not the whole cast. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/46 "2014-04-21T15:37:54Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Does “Animaniacs” count? > [@astorian](#): > > Does the theme song to \*\*\*The Muppet Show \*\*\*count? It was sung by all the actual puppets/_puppeteers_ who starred on the show. I’d say it counts if and only if the show’s voice actors (hence the emphasis added above) recorded the theme. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/47 "2014-04-21T16:27:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I’d say it counts if and only if the show’s voice actors (hence the emphasis added above) recorded the theme. By that standard, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, et al., really did sing the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/48 "2014-04-21T16:44:24Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I’m pretty sure that Kelsey Grammer sang the opening ditty (something about scrambled eggs?) for _Frasier_. Closing and he sure did. Good job, too. > [@Superdude](#): > > Didn’t Drew Carey sing “Moon Over Parma” for his sitcom? Yep. > [@Cumberdale](#): > > _Mystery Science Theater 3000_. Joel, then Mike sang most of it with a few bits from other cast members. Did they? I know this makes me look clueless, but I had no idea they sang it and no idea it changed when Joel switched to Mike. I know the words changed, but not the singer and I had no idea it was them. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/49 "2014-04-21T17:26:08Z")
**The Bill Cosby Show** (the 1969-71 one, not to be confused with _The Cosby Show_) featured Cosby’s dulcet tones on the Quincy Jones-composed theme [“Hikky Burr.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdQNMnimuE) ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/50 "2014-04-21T17:46:09Z")
Biffy, you beat me to it. How about the [Smothers Brothers Show](http://youtu.be/eSREVhvjUG4?t=20s)? Not the variety show, but the half-hour sitcom that preceded it. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/51 "2014-04-21T17:56:42Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Is it Mila Kunis? Remember she wasn’t Family Guy cast until a little ways in (Lacey Chabert was the voice of Meg to start). It has been since season 4, when Kunis joined the cast. The theme song has been re-recorded several times. One notable time was when viewers thought that Stewie was singing “effin’ cry” for “laugh and cry.” MacFarlane re-recorded the line so that “laugh and cry” sounded more distinct. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/52 "2014-04-21T17:56:56Z")
If closing themes count, there’s [“Long Lonesome Highway”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTf3Tp-RNMw) from **Then Came Bronson** , sung by star Michael Parks. The song also became a Top 40 hit at the time. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/53 "2014-04-21T18:22:24Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Frasier > > Two and 1/2 Men I recall reading that _Two and 1/2 Men_ wasn’t actually performed by the actors. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/54 "2014-04-21T18:29:42Z")
Didn’t Chuck Norris sing the theme for _Walker Texas Ranger_? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/55 "2014-04-21T19:10:16Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I recall reading that _Two and 1/2 Men_ wasn’t actually performed by the actors. It isn’t. It’s actually studio musicians. The actors merely lip-sync the words. One of the singers is Elizabeth Daly, who plays Tommy on \*Rugrats. \* ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/56 "2014-04-22T00:30:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I recall reading that _Two and 1/2 Men_ wasn’t actually performed by the actors. The theme song or the show itself? For sufficiently generous definitions of “sung”, I nominate [_Gilligan’s Planet_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sGOfWP2bWk), an animated sequel to the live-action series. They got the entire cast, except for Tina Louise. Dawn Wells did the voices for both Mary Ann and Ginger. Actually, looking at animated-series intros from the 1960s and 70s, having the voice actors sing and/or exposit the premise looks fairly common. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/57 "2014-04-22T02:32:09Z")
I thought of another one. [The Smothers Brothers Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show). It was a 1965-1966 sitcom starring Tom and Dick. They sang the theme for half the show’s episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/58 "2014-04-22T03:59:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I thought of another one. > > [The Smothers Brothers Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show). > > It was a 1965-1966 sitcom starring Tom and Dick. They sang the theme for half the show’s episodes. See post 50. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/59 "2014-04-22T04:03:52Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > If closing themes count, there’s [“Long Lonesome Highway”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTf3Tp-RNMw) from **Then Came Bronson** , sung by star Michael Parks. The song also became a Top 40 hit at the time. Ya ninja’d me, ya dirty so-and-so! > [@cochrane](#): > > I thought of another one. > > [The Smothers Brothers Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show). > > It was a 1965-1966 sitcom starring Tom and Dick. They sang the theme for half the show’s episodes. And **Cartoonacy** ninja’d YOU! 😃 > [@Cartoonacy](#): > > How about the [Smothers Brothers Show](http://youtu.be/eSREVhvjUG4?t=20s)? Not the variety show, but the half-hour sitcom that preceded it. Interesting speculation follows: The angel brother (Tommy, IIRC) was apparently being supervised by an unseen stentorian-voiced Heavenly functionary whom he addressed as “Ralph.” Fast-forwarding thirteen years to _Mork & Mindy_, Mork made a weekly report to an unseen stentorian-voiced Orkan supervisor whom he addressed as “Orson.” I swear I saw his name in the credits being given as “Ralph Orson” (although imdb is apparently trying to convince me that I hallucinated that, and he was only ever credited as "Ralph James). I do remember the stentorian voices being similar, though.\* Is it possible the same voice actor provided both? Here’s one nobody else did yet: _The Heights_ a _Melrose Place_ spinoff (which is to say, a _Beverly Hills, 90210_ ripoff :D) took on as a theme song [How Do You Talk to an Angel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csATriX8Ed0), supposedly performed by the eponymous pop band “The Heights.” I understand that the lead vocal was provided by the actor who played the lead singer in the group. \*considering that “stentorian” is kind of a specific vocal quality, of course, I suppose it would be odd if they _didn’t_ sound similar. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/60 "2014-04-22T05:01:43Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > See post 50. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Ya ninja’d me, ya dirty so-and-so! > And **Cartoonacy** ninja’d YOU! 😃 - shakes fist in impotent rage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559.md?page=4)