TV Show Themes From Your Childhood

[Christina]

Someone mentioned The Gong Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3Q9l9Ivng) in another thread and then The Love Boat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAwcByaNtY) and Fantasy Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaEydIpS0E), which of course got some of the theme songs stuck in my head.

I watched The Monkees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmH9ahaTt7k) and the Partridge Family (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOiKa51ll-k) all the time, and The Flintstones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX53PVe8Rck) and Magilla Gorilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2iy50bzoc0) when I was really little.

Which ones did you watch that can you remember and find?

[Zygote]

Damn. I went to find the Beverly Hillbillies and all the soundtracks on the music clips have been disabled because they were "not approved."

[Christina]

I found one (http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=beverly+hillbillies+theme+song&www_google_domain=www.google.com&hl=en&client=firefox-a&emb=0&aq=0&oq=beverly+hillbillies+theme#) on Google but it isn't the TV version. There's several dozen of guys playing it into their web cam too but they aren't very good.

[Stout Drinker]

The Brady Bunch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkeGOH5vy7I).

Mary Tyler Moore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTWF1bDPn0)

Sesame Street (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcdBnj4ZOg)

[DrLight]

Magpie

Blue Peter

The Flashing Blade(s)

Dr Who

Thunderbirds

Monty Pythons Flying Circus

[Master Taran]

Have Gun- Will Travel (http://classic-tv.com/1950sShows/HaveGun-WillTravel.html)

[David B]

Well, there's The Lone Ranger, of course.

And for some reason or other a Brit children's drama series called 'William Tell' shared the same tune;)

David

[Christina]

I dug up Mr. Rogers Neighborhood (http://pbskids.org/rogers/songlist/song1_ra.html). I never saw it as a kid but I flipped by it one time as a teen when I was really stoned and I thought it was a parody of a kids show. It's so dumb I couldn't believe it.

[Cath B]

Captain Pugwash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpIlLqfd_xI)

Top Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBno9rWZhnU)

Noggin the Nog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jisqle37uWI) -gripping and mysterious

[Christina]

There was this cheesy campy vampire soap opera that was on when I was a kid that everyone raced home to see after school called Dark Shadows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBkKFBf0rY). You know it's bad when you're a kid but you can't appreciate how truly terrible the acting is until you see it as an adult. I haven't heard the music to "Quentin's Theme" in decades and it still gave me the creeps.

[Jobar]

Captain Kangaroo (http://kfcplainfield.com/sound/captainkangaroo.ra)

That theme may be my very earliest memory. The show is exactly 8 days older than I am, which I didn't know until just now!

[Christina]

I remember that, and Romper Room. I must have been no more than 2 or 3 then.

[JamesBannon]

Watch with Mother (how's that for old! :p )

Most of the stuff mentioned I have watched as a kid, but the things I remember most are Tomorrow's World and the Apollo moon missions (I sat through every single one).

[Christina]

My Mother the Car (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEGD2TCBR9M)

Bewitched
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pt9ePm0AR0)

I drove my mom crazy singing Mister Ed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU)

[Sodong]

Mighty Mouse (http://www.gavinshearer.com/photos/weblog/2005_08_09_mightymouse.jpg)

Underdog

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_Show"]The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjOi_3H7gw)

Later on, Star Trek (w/ JT Kirk et al) and Bewitched was another one I sometimes watched.

Of course, The Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner Hour (http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/bbrr/)

[Christina]

I forgot all about Green Acres (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCkmOCsI-hc). The original theme song is blocked but this, frighteningly enough, is Donald Trump singing it.

[JamesBannon]

Ah! Cartoons! I'm a cartoon nut myself.

[4321lynx]

Someone mentioned The Gong Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3Q9l9Ivng) in another thread and then The Love Boat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAwcByaNtY) and Fantasy Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaEydIpS0E), which of course got some of the theme songs stuck in my head.

I watched The Monkees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmH9ahaTt7k) and the Partridge Family (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOiKa51ll-k) all the time, and The Flintstones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX53PVe8Rck) and Magilla Gorilla (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2iy50bzoc0) when I was really little.

Which ones did you watch that can you remember and find?

TV????????:eek:

In MY childhood???????? :eek: You must be kidding!!!!!!!:mad:

Try MOVIES.
Like Tom Mix......:D
OK... Deanna Durbin..., young Judy Garland... But can't remember what they sang.:dunno:

[JamesBannon]

I was 4 years old when I first saw a TV - a little black & white thing. We used to listen to the radio a lot. I still remember the first BBC2 broadcast!

[4321lynx]

I was 4 years old when I first saw a TV - a little black & white thing. We used to listen to the radio a lot. I still remember the first BBC2 broadcast!

What no BBC Home Service and BBC Light Programme? And then the famous, intellectual Third Programme?

And of course AFN -- the American Forces' Network.

[Christina]

...young Judy Garland... But can't remember what they sang.:dunno:

These (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8ip4x2e68) might help (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9o4oYMIqI)...

The first TV I remember was one of those huge black and white tube things that were built into big pieces of furniture, with a rabbit ear antenna and some wire coat hangers hung off that. Sometimes it would take two of us standing in awkward positions pointing the rabbit ears out the window to get some reception.

[Goodchild]

The first ever cartoon I can remember loving as a kid

Felix the Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMjwkEdNgY)

Or some goodness from the Krofft brothers :)

Sigmund the Sea Monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3U9BuOMkmM)
Far Out Space Nuts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa10IIc4dLo)
Land of the Lost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0MRU1f2SJ0)

Or how about some classic Sci-Fi?

UFO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY)
Space 1999 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DF9nDJZrdA&NR=1)
Battlestar Galactica (original) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d89RYN6gwI)

[Goodchild]

Speaking of Battlestar Galactica, here's a hilarious little song comparing the old and the new :)

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[Christina]

Sigmund reminded me of all of those Sid and Marty Kroft shows like HR PuffnStuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-yLYz6ejqw), the Banana Splits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jlJpceXpY), the Bugaloos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWu13GyNSbg&feature=related) and Lidsville (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMuNkseruo).

[Coleslaw]

Not a kid's show, but the theme song for Omnibus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_(U.S._TV_series)) was Aaron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzf0rvQa4Mc)


I was only 4 back then and had no idea what Omnibus was even about but I always watched it for the music.

[halii]

Ducktales (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGLMtGsotc)

Chip and Dale:Rescue Rangers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5q6ubDlZE)

[JAD]

Captain Kangaroo (http://kfcplainfield.com/sound/captainkangaroo.ra)

That theme may be my very earliest memory. The show is exactly 8 days older than I am, which I didn't know until just now!

I watched that show in the late 70s. The Simon in the land of Chalk Drawings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvssomC2zVs) was a favorite segment.

[Arctish]

Where to begin?

My Three Sons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-PbwJ0VXhs)
I Dream of Jeannie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkDt8Lpbz8w)

and who could ever forget
Gilligan's Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycmb7_LvsA)

[Preno]

Bob a Bobek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7I9ihbus8)

Křemílek a Vochomůrka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFvCNahOfE) (the theme is at the end)

Mach a Šebestová (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKD0sawAni0)

That's about all I could find on youtube.

[Christina]

*sings the Gilligan's Island song to the dog. Luckily for him, he's deaf.

[Christina]

Bob a Bobek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7I9ihbus8)

I love that I don't need to understand the words to laugh at it. My partner just wandered by, took one look at me giggling at cartoons in another language and shook his head and muttered something about how it was going to be a long day. Sometimes I can't believe he puts up with me and still has a great sense of humor. That's probably why he can put up with me.

[nygreenguy]

Ducktales (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGLMtGsotc)

Chip and Dale:Rescue Rangers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5q6ubDlZE)

Now THATS what im talking about!

[Matty]

-Nm_jJBkHtU
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[Goldie]

Most people don't know this one. I only know one other person who remembers it:
Kimba the White Lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs

[Christina]

I remember it now that you posted it. I don't think that I watched it a lot but the intro was definitely familiar.

[Goldie]

I never missed MASH... that was the only one I never missed...
Suicide is Painless - theme from M*A*S*H

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLFD5BklWk&feature=related

[Goldie]

I remember it now that you posted it. I don't think that I watched it a lot but the intro was definitely familiar.

That and Speed Racer first animae I ever watched. :)

[Christina]

I remember Speed Racer too. I loved him.

[Goldie]

Speed Racer was hot... and so was Mighty Mouse ;)

[Kaonashi]

Who could forget Get Smart? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMj5LuT5hk or Mister Ed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

[Christina]

I could never understand what Underdog saw in Sweet Polly Purebred. She was so stupid. Or what that blonde saw in the Mountie guy... I can't remember their names or the name of the show but it had a Dastardly and a dog, I think.

[dancer_rnb]

Dudley Do Right.....
and she was a blond :evil:

[Kaonashi]

I miss Bea Arthur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQzUEc_FmI

[Christina]

Dudley Do Right.....

Yeah that was it - thanks : )

[Christina]

Who could forget Get Smart? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMj5LuT5hk or Mister Ed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

I loved Get Smart. That made me think of The Munsters
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFCnvH2E-6A) and The Adams Family. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL_9zdu4iVw)

[Kaonashi]

I could never understand what Underdog saw in Sweet Polly Purebred. She was so stupid. Or what that blonde saw in the Mountie guy... I can't remember their names or the name of the show but it had a Dastardly and a dog, I think.

Wacky Races?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRRpJEeAGc

[Kaonashi]

I'm not ashamed to say I actually watched My Little Pony when I was a kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOZLoWu4BHM

[Christina]

Wacky Races?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRRpJEeAGc

No, dancer got it. It was Dudley Do Right (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q83Jqd2h0Yg&feature=PlayList&p=462F59E692D05F56&index=0). It was one of the ones that came on during the break on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE).

You probably have to be pretty old to remember Felix the Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b73D3PsuiE) or Popeye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1bAgqy89M&feature=related) unless they've been showing them in reruns for decades.

[Goldie]

Felix the Cat...the wonderful wonderful cat!

All of the above..'cept My Little Pony... that was too new for me.

The original Scooby Doo and his burn-out friend Shaggy!
They always had the munchies!

[Christina]

Remember Mr. Magoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GTHXTEvIc)?

Now I'm trying to remember one that had a smart-ass character that I think was a bird, and a forgetful genius kind of character. It's driving me crazy because I can hear the bird's voice and remember bits and pieces of a laboratory but that's it.

[Goodchild]

You probably have to be pretty old to remember Felix the Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b73D3PsuiE) or Popeye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1bAgqy89M&feature=related) unless they've been showing them in reruns for decades.

I already covered Felix earlier in the thread, but if you're going to mention Popeye then you have to offer up Robin Williams singing and dancing to the song :)

umFzekMru2k

[BigEvil]

Tom Slick

SuperChicken

George of the Jungle

[Jack be Quick]

Most people don't know this one. I only know one other person who remembers it:
Kimba the White Lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs

Me too Goldie. Nobody else seems to remember it, but I loved Kiiimmbbbaaa!

Pia.

[Jack be Quick]

Now I'm trying to remember one that had a smart-ass character that I think was a bird, and a forgetful genius kind of character. It's driving me crazy because I can hear the bird's voice and remember bits and pieces of a laboratory but that's it.


The bird's name was Mr. Peobody I think, but I can't remember the name of the show.

Sorry for posting twice in a row, just working through the thread.

I loved Uncle Bob, But I think it might have been local to the Boston area. He was an artist and you could draw along with him. The following week he displayed the drawings kids sent in.

Pia.

[Goodchild]

Wasn't Mr. Peabody a dog? And he had his boy, Sherman?

[Goodchild]

Yeah, Peabody's Improbable History (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YunO4Wc8E28)

[Christina]

I loved Peabody and Sherman but it wasn't that one either. The bird wore a trench coat, I think. And maybe a hat.

[kazzaqld]

Most people don't know this one. I only know one other person who remembers it:
Kimba the White Lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs

That's one of the earliest shows I can remember too - Oh I loved Kimba! :D

[kazzaqld]

I never missed MASH... that was the only one I never missed...
Suicide is Painless - theme from M*A*S*H

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLFD5BklWk&feature=related


IPU be praised for reruns - I still watch it most days! :o

[Kaonashi]

I haven't seen this one in ages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

[Goodchild]

That's a great one Kaonashi! Can't believe I didn't think of it myself.

[BigEvil]

I never think of it, hence I always fall for it.

[dancer_rnb]

You probably have to be pretty old to remember Felix the Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b73D3PsuiE) or Popeye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1bAgqy89M&feature=related) unless they've been showing them in reruns for decades.

Thank you so very much! :eek: :angry: :hammer:

[LoneWolf]

I don't know what they were smoking when they came up with HR Pufnstuf. I used to have nightmares about that freaking dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-yLYz6ejqw

[Rilx]

Don't you youngsters remember Peyton Place?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EdNClk00Y

[Christina]

I don't know what they were smoking when they came up with HR Pufnstuf. I used to have nightmares about that freaking dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-yLYz6ejqw

I watched all of those Sid and Mary Kroft ones - I think I posted some of them back earlier. We were little girls with big crushes on Jack Wilde and Mark Lester. I watched "Oliver" a month or two ago and it was so funny to see that they were just children too.

[Christina]

You probably have to be pretty old to remember Felix the Cat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b73D3PsuiE) or Popeye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH1bAgqy89M&feature=related) unless they've been showing them in reruns for decades.

Thank you so very much! :eek: :angry: :hammer:

Hey, I remember them too but they were already in reruns by then :p.

I can't believe that we haven't mentioned Bugs Bunny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN3bkgLZqAQ) yet. That's where I spent Saturday mornings for years.

[Christina]

I loved Peabody and Sherman but it wasn't that one either. The bird wore a trench coat, I think. And maybe a hat.

I finally remembered it. It was Tennessee Tuxedo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3OSTflMO80&feature=related) with Professor Whoopee.

[Arctish]

I loved Peabody and Sherman but it wasn't that one either. The bird wore a trench coat, I think. And maybe a hat.

I finally remembered it. It was Tennessee Tuxedo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3OSTflMO80&feature=related) with Professor Whoopee.

Tennessee Tuxedo shall not fail!

[rlogan]

I wasn't too interested in TV until...

I dream of Genie


Usually played in the woods. But then the dialogue in that show impressed me at a time when my language skills were maturing out of childhood and into juvenile years.