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Eliz87

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's the lyrics...

Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back to that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.

Who’d have thought they’d lead ya
(Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here where we need ya
(Here where we need ya)

Yeah we tease him a lot cause we’ve hot him on the spot,
Welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Legalboxer

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
what about WKRP in Cinniciati? always stuck in my head when i heard it

Slothkitten

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved Welcome Back Kotter , Eliz.
Well, the sweat hogs and Vinnie Babareno!
Remember Vinnie's " song " ?

Ba Ba Ba . . Ba Ba Babareno . .

Lancecrossfire

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I enjoyed the WKRP song as well as the theme to Welcome Back Kotter. Also liked the theme for Bosom Buddies.

Weird that John Sabbastian songs worked well for me.

In terms of play time on the radio, the themes to Bosom Buddies and Greatest American Heroes were actual hits. I don't know if the songs were written for the shows and then became hits, or were hits that fit the show.

Mware

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lance, "My Life," the theme to Bosom Buddies, was from Billy Joel's album 52nd Street, which was produced in 1978. The show didn't air until 1980.

Not sure about the other one.

Lancecrossfire

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mware, thanks for clearing up that information--a big oops on my part for that one!

Legalboxer

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
cant find anything that says greatest american hero (believe it or not) was written before the show.. it was sung by Joey Scarbury and became a hit in 1981 with the show..

Lancecrossfire

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Every once in awhile the theme to the Andy Griffith show will pop into my head--it didn't have any words, but it's a catchy whistling theme. One of those songs that can get stuck into your head for a couple of days at a time.

While corny, I always got a laugh from the theme to Green Acres. Petticoat Junction too. Ok, I'm a bit old--lol.

Mware

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry to do this to you again, Lance, but the Andy Griffith Show song did have words to it. They just chose not to use them for the show. Here they are:

Well, now, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole.
We may not get a bite all day, but don't you rush away.

What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skippin' stones,
You'll feel fresh as a lemonade, a-settin' in the shade.

Whether it's hot,
whether it's cool,
oh what a spot,
for whistlin' like a fool.

What a fine day to take a stroll and wander by The Fishin' Hole.
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.

We'll have no need to call the roll when we get to The Fishin' Hole.
There'll be you, me, and Old Dog Trey, to doodle time away.

If we don't hook a perch or bass, we'll cool our toes in dewy grass,
Or else pull up a weed to chaw, and maybe set and jaw.

Hangin' around,
takin' our ease,
watchin' that hound,
a-scratchin' at his fleas.

Come on, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole.
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.

The first time I ever learned that was on a TV commercial advertising Andy Griffith's Greatest Hits on CD.

Lancecrossfire

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, the words sure fit the show! Thanks for that piece of tria--I never would have known that.

Slothkitten

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love the theme song from Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies, Lance.
They're funny and the lyrics tell the whole story of the show.

There's Uncle Joe, he's a-moving kinda slow
. .at the Junction , lol.

Lancecrossfire

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Uncle Joe--Edgar Buchanan. He grew up in Oregon--my stomping ground.

Tabbyking

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"R-r-r-r-rawhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!"

Cinnamongirl

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I kinda always liked "The courtship of Eddies Father" theme song. LOL

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.

People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking son to son.
Cause he's my best friend.
Yes he's my best friend.

Reiki

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like most of those listed above and I still get a thrill when I hear the music from the original Star Trek series. Speaking of Star Trek, I am probably the only person on earth who actually likes the theme song to Enterprise.

Also - Here Comes the Brides sang by Bobby Sherman (sigh), The Theme to The Barney Miller Show, Oh speaking of cop show themes - Hillstreet Blues, The Rockford Files. And what about Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley themes and sooo many more.

Tabbyking

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOLOL, let's not forget edith's screeching on "all in the family"!!! i still laugh out loud when i hear it. and seeing a young person's face the first time they watch an old show with me, is pretty much priceless :)

Mware

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like the theme to Mork and Mindy, as an instrumental.

Hippyt

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have never seen one episode of "The Courtship of Eddie's Father",yet every once in awhile I will find myself singing that song! Drives me nuts.
I like The Golden Girls "Thank You for Being a Friend". Which was a hit back in the 70's. Oh,yeah,the Green Acres theme is great!

Tishala

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh I LOVE the Courtship of Eddie's Father theme! But why hasn't anyone mentioned one of the other bests--The Addams Family!

They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're all together ooky,
The Addams Family.

Their house is a museum
Where people come to see 'em
They really are a scream
The Addams Family.

(Neat)
(Sweet)
(Petite)

So get a witches shawl on
A broomstick you can crawl on
We're gonna pay a call on
The Addams Family.

Reiki

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is another good link if you want to hear your favorite tv theme songs again:

LINK

Hippyt

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WOW,they have everything! That's really cool Reiki,thanks for posting.

Yankee_In_Ca

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Reiki -- I just went there and got my S&Son fix! Ever since posting in this thread this morning I've been running around "singing" the theme song. My partner thinks I'm a nutcase...

Draheid

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, look what a little searching will get you.

Classic Television Images & Theme Songs where you'll find all sorts of .mp3 files of your favorite shows.

Yankee_In_Ca

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So now my partner is going nuts, playing all kinds of theme songs ... from the Jeffersons to Northern Exposure. The one that made me happy just now was the theme from Sesame Street.

Draheid

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Grrr, ok back to the rule of refreshing before posting. Good find Reiki - looks so familiar too! lol