All-time favorite TV theme songs

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Well if we’re getting un-American and going international (just kidding :rofl:), there’s this from the all-time brilliant “Father Ted” from the UK’s Channel 4 from 1995-1998:

The theme song itself probably only becomes memorable once you watch the 20-30 episodes from the three short seasons. It’s about three Irish Catholic priests banished to some forsaken island, along with their housekeeper. Insanely brilliant Irish/UK humor, and the theme song becomes more special when you understand why it only ran for three seasons.

If you have time to spare this holiday season, take a gander at “Father Ted”. Brilliant show, and, like I said, the song takes on a special meaning after you’ve taken in what it was/is about, and the actors. One of the all-time greats.

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Definitely not North Carolina. Doesn’t resemble NC at all.

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Not a song, and the show was not my fav, but I love this music.

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Funny! For decades, until a few days ago, I always assumed it was filmed in NC.

I remember going to Mount Airy, NC (Andy’s hometown and the apparent basis for Mayberry) in the late 1980s, as I was staying on a short trip in the vicinity. I remember stopping at a gas station and asking the fellow there where all the Andy Griffith Show stuff was in town, and he told me there wasn’t. Apparently, Mount Airy has changed quite a bit, and there is now plenty of stuff memorializing the super-great Andy Griffith and his show.

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Barney Theme Song - YouTube ht

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Someone in our DOT must have been a big fan of this show:

…Because they named the new snowplow Betty Whiteout and made a video of the plow cutting through some serious snow - to the above tune. :laughing:

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MAYBE ~ Thom Pace ~ Grizzly Adams Theme Song - YouTube

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So I grew up in the neighborhood where the Welcome Back Kotter beginning was filmed and was attending the high school that is pictured at that time.

Here is the one with the video

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I was a member of the Brandon Cruz fan club when I was in Elementary school. I was so excited when I got “signed” photos of him in the mail!

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Short lived show but I loved it - and it’s theme song

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Room 222 Theme song and opening video with Karen Valentine - YouTube At the risk of aging myself, a Jr. High School band classic, as was Hogan’s Heroes Hogan's Heroes-Main Theme from the Television Series Single - YouTube.

Sorry I don’t know how to embed from my phone.

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I love this show, but wouldn’t have ever thought it’s theme song was all that great. Then, the Rolling Stone article cited above mentioned it was one of the toppers:

What the heck! My kids love it too, decades after it first ran.

And a few more:

  • “Miami Vice”
  • “The Simpsons”
  • “The Munsters”
  • “The Addams Family”
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Loved the MASH theme song. And the Addams Family one was great. It’s weird that I know it, since I can’t remember ever actually watching the show. I hate most theme songs, but I did love the one from Firefly. Firefly Theme - YouTube

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Ok, folks. Talk me down, as I am out of control! I promise this is my last post of the day:

I much prefer this version as it specifically references the Professor and Mary Ann, as opposed to calling them “all the rest” in the original version.

Good night!

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I literally just watched that a couple days ago, because I was reminiscing about how much I loved that show. Room 222 was a big influence on my developing values.

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Trivia: You can switch the lyrics of Amazing Grace and the Gilligan’s Island theme. Hilarious either way.

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That is hysterical! And it’s many more songs too!

I had NO idea!

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“The Persuaders” - not big in the U.S., but basically Roger Moore’s ticket to become James Bond, and a great counterplay to Tony Curtis.

The theme song is by the great John Barry: