# Way back machine's TV theme song lyrics questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582 "2009-06-03T15:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/21 "2009-06-03T18:47:31Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > How about this one from Tennessee Tuxedo? > > “He will be…parachuting for your pleasure > Sailing seas in search of treasure > Anything so he can measure…up to men > That’s Tennessee Tuxedo!” > > (Something like “Let’s all say when…mumble mumble…though we know”) > > “He may fail as he tries for fame and glory > Still, he tries in each new story tale.” > > Anyone? The small penguin Who tries but can’t succeed-o. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/22 "2009-06-03T18:58:12Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I did…all of them, without reference to any resource materials. It’s one of the highpoints of my life. You must have been in your monstrous glory. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/23 "2009-06-03T19:04:19Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > You must have been in your monstrous glory. Nicely done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/24 "2009-06-03T19:11:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The small penguin > Who tries but can’t succeed-o. Wow, I actually like that line better as gibberish.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/25 "2009-06-03T19:15:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yeah! Also, are they whomping on keys? It’s been…since whenever that was on…that I last heard the theme song, and I couldn’t quite get it, until you said “Whomp on keys” and it clicked right into place. 😃 Now it’s stuck in my head, but I’m afraid I still can’t help you. So whomp on keys (whomp on the keys!) Somewhere that you can’t play it :dubious: Don’t you worry none But just take it like it comes One Day at a Time! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/26 "2009-06-03T19:21:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yeah! Also, are they whomping on keys? So walk on the street, Somewhere there’s music playin’ Don’t you worry none We’ll just take it like it comes ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/27 "2009-06-03T19:25:34Z")
Thanks…I guess! If it’s going to be stuck in my head, might as well be the right words. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/28 "2009-06-04T06:27:06Z")
I thought it was, “so walk on the beach…” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/29 "2009-06-04T06:55:51Z")
> [@Umbriel2](#): > > I also note for what it’s worth that there was a later, rerecorded version of the _All In The Family_ theme where Jean Stapleton and Carroll O’Connor use really exaggerated pronunciation to make the lyrics more understandable. It works, but sounds much less like Archie and Edith would probably really sound singing around the piano at home. There was one episode (may have been mulitple parts) that was a clip show hosted by Henry Fonda; he introduced clips showing some of the best scenes for each of the characters. It didn’t have the regular opening credits, but did have O’Connor and Stapleton singing the theme song for the audience in the studio. They really enunciated the LaSalle line. That may have been the source of the recording you heard. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/30 "2009-06-04T14:06:40Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I thought it was, “so walk on the beach…” Well, I wouldn’t put it past those Hollywood airheads to get this wrong, but since the series was set in Indianapolis, there was no beach. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/31 "2009-06-04T14:53:19Z")
Anybody ever have a good time hangin’ in chow line? It took me a while to figure out I could. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/32 "2009-06-04T15:04:29Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I thought it was, “so walk on the beach…” I thought it was “so up on your feet…” ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/33 "2009-06-04T15:06:43Z")
What exactly are Laverne and Shirley counting at the beginning of their theme? ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/34 "2009-06-04T15:08:45Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > So walk on the street, > Somewhere there’s music playin’ > Don’t you worry none > We’ll just take it like it comes I thought it was “So, up on your feet, somewhere there’s music playin’” Just checked–[this page](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/televisiontvthemelyrics-50s60s70s/onedayatatime.htm) agrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/35 "2009-06-04T15:23:46Z")
It SOUNDS like a schoolyard counting chant, like “eenie meenie miney moe” or “my mother told me to pick the very best one (and you are not it…and however many other syllables you needed to add to keep your worst enemy from being picked)”… But that’s just my interpretation. Considering that neither character was Jewish, you have to wonder why they’re slinging Yiddish around like it’s pennies, but hey, it’s TV… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/36 "2009-06-04T16:15:22Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > What exactly are Laverne and Shirley counting at the beginning of their theme? Schlemiel. Schlemazel. Hasenpfeffer Incorporated. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/37 "2009-06-04T16:18:07Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Neat, sweet, a groovy song. > You’re invited, come along - hurry, hurry! On further listens, I think the first bit may be ‘we’ll sing a groovy song’, but I’m 100% on the rest of it. It sure SOUNDS like ‘neat, sweet’, but ‘we’ll sing’ makes more sense. \>\_\> (I’d have posted this not long after the first post, but our internet went out for 2 days. It was agonizing.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/38 "2009-06-04T16:29:33Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > On further listens, I think the first bit may be ‘we’ll sing a groovy song’, but I’m 100% on the rest of it. It sure SOUNDS like ‘neat, sweet’, but ‘we’ll sing’ makes more sense. \>\_\> > > (I’d have posted this not long after the first post, but our internet went out for 2 days. It was agonizing.) And I’ve always heard “Everybody come along” instead of “You’re invited, Come along.” ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/39 "2009-06-04T17:08:16Z")
Another one that I could _never_ get: _So **get a witch’s** shawl on A **broomstick** you can crawl on We’re going to pay a call on The Addams Family!_ (“A Bruce that you can crawl on”? What???) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582/40 "2009-06-04T17:19:03Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Anybody ever have a good time hangin’ in chow line? > > It took me a while to figure out I could. [Hangin’ in and Jivin’](http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/music/2662/backstage-with-alan-and-marilyn-bergman) The most disputed lyrics in the Bergman songbook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-back-machines-tv-theme-song-lyrics-questions/498582.md?page=3)