Top 10 Greatest TV Theme Songs (post yours)
 

I find TV Themes to be very relaxing and soothing. Originally posted in MP's thread https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1024836 I thought I would expand the idea of TV Themes.

This is an actual playlist I came up with after listening to many TV Themes. It is designed to soothe and reinvigorate. :winkwink:

in an order designed to sound best..






























My fav is prob MTM, (so inspirational to me) followed by Charlies Angels (great sound and feel) and then Taxi.

All of them must soothe and/or reinvigorate. :) That is the #1 prerequisite of a truly good TV Theme.

Coming up... my choice for the best TV Themes 11-20 of all time! All your requests, including a few requested by the always cordial (you know him, you love him) Mister Peabody. :)

And yes! The Love Boat Theme will make 11-20. :) Love that. Very TV Theme teriffic! :)

I am still open on 11-20. In fact MP reminded me of the orig Tonight Show Theme which is a good contender for 11-20.

Also the Addams Family and The Munsters are in strong contention.

What is your fav TV Theme of all time? :)

Nicole Eggert was fucking hawt :thumbsup

:thumbsup Yeah there are so many. I barely tapped the 80's and I am certainly interested in all TV Themes up through the 2000's. I stopped watching some newer TV shows but I still like the themes many times.

TV Themes are usually very well done as they must represent the TV show and many old Themes had really classic writers and composers like Henry Mancini (Love Boat - dont hold me to that :) ) and great stuff like that.

Plus TV is fun :) and TV Themes only last 1 min which makes them fun and easy to listen to.

a little while ago I had Nick At Night on and Full House came on. Holy hell that intro if fucking long, had to be 2 minutes :1orglaugh

I bought a few DVD sets of old shows from the late 80's and early 90's that I used to watch... kind of regret it now :1orglaugh

Let the Healing begin brother...let that BIG HAIR and skinnny ties go, let it go..... :)

VJo I COULD NOT SLEEP (but can apparently shout, sorry) but I forgot - how could I, oh how could I?.....Laverne and Shirley.

I'm a Schlameezul
No, I'm a Schlamahzal

Schlameezul
Schlamahzal.....

Okay, now I can sleep.
Hey-OOOOOOOOOOOO!

OK as requested by MP who is now counting ZZZzzzs :)

EDIT: Great to see you still with us insomniacs TV BROtha :thumbsup

Good stuff man :thumbsup

I am still making my final 11-20 as I see what comes in but Gilligans Island def makes it. :thumbsup So we have that and Love Boat so far. :)

I don't have a cool youtube video to put in here but all of us will probably always recognize it when the drum starts at our favorite prison camp, stalag 13. Yes Hogan's Heroes isn't all that soothing but it is one theme song that always get's recognized.

I see Youtube sometime does not allow embedding on site even tho they allow the pic to appear and provide embed code. duh!

Which happened to one of mine ( I noticed and replaced it) and to your Gilligans Island LedZep..

so kindly allow me.. want to hear that one :)

happened again.. (3 times, to 3 better versions.. DAMN I hate when that happens, cmon YT how am I supposed to entertain the folks if you are f'n up :) ) seems to be the top vid on YT with lots of views it happens to.. trying again

4th times a charm :) except black and white :disgust

You got it man :thumbsup One of the best TV series for sure. It was religion back in the day. I knew some guys who watched it over and over. "I know Nothing!" :)

ahh them were the days.. it was Happy Days at 7:00 pm (8pm eastern) and Laverne and Shirley at 7:30. Must see TV in 1971 :) whooooa thats a long time ago :)

Good stuff MP. You know your classic TV :thumbsup

I like The Black Keys

BTW, I fig it out.. I was just grabbing code without checking if it was embeddable.. duh! :) thus the error. My bad. :)

OK r u ready? :) I am gonna start laying some really good shiiiiite on ya. :)

OK lets go waaaaay back.. this was a goody... and yes Lorne Green actually visited my small midwestern hometown in about 1970. :) There was a parade on Memorial Day and Lorne Green was there. He was the main man for that day. Promotional tour I think. :)

:thumbsup Good stuff. Very nicely done theme. I like when the chick looks at him as he walks by. :)

OK forget that 11-20 stuff. There are just too many. Instead I'll just post a few more of what I think are well done (mostly older I admit) TV Themes. :)

let's get it over..

exciting and new :)

come aboard, we're expecting you :)



Personally I feel this could have made my orig top 10 as this has all of what a good theme should have.. and Julie. :)

Edit: I see Jaclyn Smith was in this ep... MP :) From the other thread where MP confessed his love. :)

Since im too thick to know how to post youtube vids, someone please post these for me:

The Saint
The Avengers
Dangerman
Mission Impossible
Knightrider (how can you leave this one???)

[*youtube*]DF34efc32[/*youtube]

Obviously leave out the *'s

DF34efc32 = The series of letters and numbers in the URL of the video that start after the equals sign

Well, here are 5 that haven't been posted:

still no good embeddable GI in color



Ginger or Maryanne?

I used to say Ginger, then Maryanne, now back to Ginger, except the real Maryanne likes to blow herb which at her age is pretty cool :)

remember the Honey Bees :)

Thanks. Knightrider already posted.

I said obviously you have to remove the *'s.

Take out each of the "*" and post again

I put them in there so it didn't post a youtube video and you could see the code

(youtube)3ITx3XOxjw4(/youtube)

(youtube)a3x2MHT1Q7E(/youtube)

I always tell people this way.. then use brackets instead of parenthesis and you got it.

Some good 80s stuff :thumbsup Magnum I always liked

this is prob also top 10 to me



great theme



longer



Just seen The Saint and The Avengers and Mission Imp (the long version).. Nice :thumbsup

really like this



also very nice



still another good version



love westerns



remember this



oh yeah



Chuck Conners ruled

"more Conners, more Conners"

u got it









(sigh) was Elizabeth Montgomery a cutie or what



keeping your head above water

making a way when you can

temporary layoffs

because there's good in every one
and a new day has begun

alt version



to boldly go where no man has gone before



turbines to speed (kickass version)



one of the first cartoons I remember









guess who



now were cooking



cmon get happy (better version)

got to go with the 11th doctors theme






btw if you want to make a speech really pop

practise it with the theme song playing in the background

once you get the timing to match the tempo your speech will actually sound more impressive.

All of these were in my top list.

I always liked the 21 Jumpstreet theme.... too lazy to post it though.

Magnum PI man-crush bump. Yeah baby!!

I cant believe that this thread has gone this long without the BEST TV Theme Song in history.......(imo, of course).......





--T

I used to LOVE Formula One GP racing. When this music would start playing my brother and I would be high Fiving and super excited:


And this was just a cool mellow song:

And then of course you have to include this one.... LOL

:thumbsup Welcome Back Kotter (one of my favs), S.W.A.T. (very classic sound - i like it), Miami Vice (one of the best), Sanford and Son (fantabulous) and some great new ones like The Littlest Hobo, Boardwalk Empire and True Blood.

Several more to check out here :thumbsup TV Themes are almost always well done.

cant find a good: Dragnet or Three's Company



back to more mowing today.. I always need "soothing" when I come in from that. :Oh crap Which is how this thread started. :)

wait, 007 is a movie theme, oh well who's counting. :)

nice remaster



as requested (very nice, never checked that show out before)





shazam



great theme



ditto



(best version imo) Miss Kitty was so pritty











wasnt Stepanie Kramer a sex pot



here's a Henry Mancini (along with the 007 movie theme)



one of the best shows, waiting on s8 to happen



I also had a "thing" for Gayle Storm (who didnt I have a thing for :) )



and the tv themes go on forever..

oops couple Karaoke versions snuck in

can't forget (nice version)



or



or



my eyes are getting weary
my back is getting tight
i'm sitting here in traffic
on the Queensboro bridge tonight



can you whistle






sing it Andy boy

This thread takes too long to load with all these Youtube scripts.

This is mine off the top of my head:

1. Hawaii 5-0
2. Baretta (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow - great tune)
3. Star Trek
4. All In The Family
5. M*A*S*H
6. Emergency
7. Twilight Zone
8. Batman
9. Welcome Back Kotter
10. Taxi
11. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Doesn't count though because it's Jerry Goldsmith's theme from The Motion Picture)
    

How HOT was Victoria Principal? OMG.

Did Busom Buddies have a cool theme? I can only think of Donna Dixon, oh Donna DIXON.....

Actually it loads really nice and fast with Firefox. Are you using IE? I finally tossed IE. FF is superior espec in loading.

Nice list. I have been meaning to get Baretta up. Also forgot Emergency. Also I posted J Falcon's "request" (lazy bastard :) ) of (I thought) "Falcon Crest". hehe

Actually he wanted to hear 21 Jump Street which I am curious of.

More coming up! Heading out into the night for a sec and then back for more fun and games. :)

So hot that she pretty much killed poor Andy Gibb. :)

Busom Buddies! Very curious. Coming up!

Donna Dixon, was that Elly May hmmmmm :) I think so.

Ed: And that is EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about TV themes.

Johnny: You are wrong old Leave it to Beaver breath.

Ed: You mean there is more?

Johnny: You bet your sweet bippy.

HeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyooooooooooOOOOO!

Maybe we need a top 20 hottest TV babes poll. :) Oh no not again :)

Haha! The list continues to grow 'n grow....Hey-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *thanks for The Tonight Show theme Johnny!)

Night Stalker
Quincy
The Carol Burnett Show
Mork and Mindy
The Facts Of Life
The Cosby Show
Barney Miller

(Personal fave, often voted "best tv show ever in history" but British so doesn't really count, the 17 episode brilliance that is.....The Prisoner.)

Hey-OOOOOOOOOOOO!

(in lieu of Ed McMahon's ever-present glass of Scotch - I mean, WATER - I give you:)
</////////////>~~
Cheers! (You got that one, I meant actual "cheers")!

PS: I would gladly let Ms. Principal kill me, Andy Gibb-style.

Alright if I (and MP) dont do this who is going to do it? For the sake of GFY mankind. :)

I figure 10 from 1990 and after MP :) and 10 from 1989 and before.

Only this time I will hold nominations. This is YOUR chance (gfy horn dogs) to pitch your TV babe to be included in the poll.

Of course me and MP must come up with out own lists and then merge our common ones and eliminate our border ones with room for YOUR choices as well.

Nominations begin now. I will need a lil bit to think this over. :) MP I expect a list of your 20 top ones as specified. 10 before 1990, 10 1990 and after. :) Not too hard. :) No pun intended.

Hottest TV Babe Of All Time (Nominations)

off the top of my head:

Pre 1990:

Barbara Eden
Miss Kitty :)


After 1990:

Jennie Garth
Christina Applegate

more to cum :)

hehe we're posting at the same time :) while you are chilling give me some hotties.. take as much time as needed tho.

Everyone else get in now espec you young guys in your 20's (I am so jealous :) ) with who is hot TODAY!

Nice new stuff MP. Barney miller is really good. I will get all them up :thumbsup