# What Was the Radio Show That Had the Same Theme Music as Encarta's Commercial

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**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-radio-show-that-had-the-same-theme-music-as-encartas-commercial/199162 "2003-09-02T16:38:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-radio-show-that-had-the-same-theme-music-as-encartas-commercial/199162/1 "2003-09-02T16:38:05Z")

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I’ve asked all the tennis players I know and they, apparently, are too young. It’s the tune played (during the Encarta commercial on the US Tennis Open) while the older couple is in the motel room with the new-fangled devices. An old comedy hour had the same theme, but I don’t remember which one. Which one was it and what is its name?

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-radio-show-that-had-the-same-theme-music-as-encartas-commercial/199162/2 "2003-09-02T17:12:08Z")

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That sounds like a commercial for the online booking service Expedia to me, based on your description. The song is the theme to _The Dick Van Dyke Show_.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-radio-show-that-had-the-same-theme-music-as-encartas-commercial/199162/3 "2003-09-02T20:23:24Z")

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That was it! Thanks.