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brewens
(15,359 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,123 posts)ificandream
(11,649 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)chicoescuela
(2,588 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)ificandream
(11,649 posts)Here's their last scene together.
Dave Bowman
(6,528 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)enid602
(9,608 posts)And heres Uncle Joe, hes a movin kinda slow, at the junction.
debm55
(54,960 posts)EarnestPutz
(2,843 posts).....when local broadcasting cut it off. Watching this now, I am amazed how many great sax players that show had over the years.
debm55
(54,960 posts)EncantoCatColony
(9 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,123 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,846 posts)I grieved after the final episode.
Later in life, I sort of lived it, working in an academic medical setting for ten years. I retired from that job when I had my second baby, but it was also my favorite job--ever.
debm55
(54,960 posts)to say I HATED how they ended it as Tommy looks in the snowglobe. Major bummer.
lpbk2713
(43,243 posts)... And hey, let's be careful out there.
Jilly_in_VA
(13,775 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. Most of that group went on to be in Hill Street Blues. I Think but not totally sure that the theme was written by the same person who did Miami Vice.
Thank you. great cast, story line and theme.
mucifer
(25,499 posts)filmed in Chicago.
I loved the show when it first ran. I tried watching it recently. It's very sexist. It's hard to watch.
But, yeah the opening song is awesome.
debm55
(54,960 posts)theme for Hill Street Blues was unique
CTyankee
(67,737 posts)School in my class, as was Rene Auberjonois, a charming man with great talent and poise (his father was in the Diplomatic Corps). Barbara Bosson came a year after I left to go to NYU and she became known on either Hill Street Blues or NYPD Blue or both and married its director Steven Bochco. All of these are now deceased, except for Converse (and I believe his first wife). Joe Tawil, a talented lighting director was also in my class and he, too, is deceased. I did not like him at all as he had the worst potty mouth of any man I had known at that point in my life.
debm55
(54,960 posts)CTyankee
(67,737 posts)I have a photo of her, Joe Tawil, and my (then) husband at our wedding. So many years later my daughter befriended Bobbi at the time she became ill and eventually died. Very sad. But in the photo we were all so YOUNG and happy looking.
debm55
(54,960 posts)MiniMe
(21,872 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)RoadRunner
(4,706 posts)Still love hearing it
debm55
(54,960 posts)Arkansas Granny
(32,264 posts)You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Bayard
(28,347 posts)Pains me now to hear it used in a tv commercial.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Glamrock
(12,003 posts)Or Welcome Back Kotter .
debm55
(54,960 posts)Nictuku
(4,529 posts)Modern Day: Game of Thrones! (I set it as my ringtone)
When I was a kid: I Dream of Jeanie
debm55
(54,960 posts)sarisataka
(22,202 posts)"There's no need to fear, Underdog is here"
Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,898 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Sneederbunk
(17,198 posts)EarthAbides
(413 posts)Even after 18 seasons!
debm55
(54,960 posts)Niagara
(11,373 posts)Right off the top of my head ...here are a few of my favorites.
Miami Vice Theme by Jan Hammer
The theme songs from both Dallas and Falcon Crest
With a Little Help from My Friends from The Wonder Years
I'm also a Bear McCreary fan. My favorite theme song that he created would be from The Walking Dead
debm55
(54,960 posts)KarenS
(5,050 posts)When I was young
a little older
When my kids were young
now I'm old
Walleye
(43,676 posts)Delarage
(2,513 posts)And they play the Big bang theory song in concert often.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Mike Nelson
(10,890 posts)... love them all!
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,898 posts)I believe he is 94.
debm55
(54,960 posts)rsdsharp
(11,739 posts)If you want a real ear worm the theme song of The Rebel. Listen at your own risk.
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debm55
(54,960 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,639 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,898 posts)Barney Miller had four ending themes through its run. The fourth is my favorite.
debm55
(54,960 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)johnp3907
(4,199 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)?si=_gLMob67-STNpGYs
debm55
(54,960 posts)arkielib
(431 posts)Midsomer Murders is a close second.
debm55
(54,960 posts)doc03
(38,784 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Polly Hennessey
(8,505 posts)Seeing Angela Lansbury pedal that bike through Cabot Cove always makes me smile. 😀
debm55
(54,960 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,937 posts)mission impossible
debm55
(54,960 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,512 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)bif
(26,601 posts)"Twilight Zone" and "Wild, Wild, West"
debm55
(54,960 posts)Walleye
(43,676 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Arne
(3,609 posts)PufPuf23
(9,677 posts)Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Raven123
(7,451 posts)Shermann
(9,002 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)and Mary Ann"
Ritabert
(1,930 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)chicoescuela
(2,588 posts)MO_Dem
(2,377 posts)THE BEST!
debm55
(54,960 posts)Pinback
(13,485 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Glorfindel
(10,172 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,754 posts)Judi Lynn
(164,041 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,754 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)hlthe2b
(112,617 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)3catwoman3
(28,478 posts)Book 'em, Danno!
METV radio presents TV show theme songs every day, always leading in with, "Do you recognize this iconic television theme song?" (possible slight paraphrase)
Then, they never, ever tell you what it is/was. I know more of them than not, but find it very frustrating when the station doesn't identity the music, and why the hell don't they? What's the point?
debm55
(54,960 posts)theme, I didn't like police shows or westerns except for the theme music of some of them.
I know I'm strange.
3catwoman3
(28,478 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Gaytano70
(1,217 posts)TommieMommy
(2,622 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)PikaBlue
(411 posts)Don't know why but it has always been a favorite of mine.
debm55
(54,960 posts)OLDMDDEM
(3,001 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)VGuerra276
(77 posts)Mannix theme by Lalo Schifrin was the best.
debm55
(54,960 posts)CanonRay
(15,911 posts)Head 'em out, rawhide!
debm55
(54,960 posts)Onthefly
(1,139 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 29, 2024, 09:25 AM - Edit history (1)
Here I come to save the day!
debm55
(54,960 posts)vishnura
(352 posts)Bonanza
Funtatlaguy
(11,872 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)fargone
(542 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)bullimiami
(14,071 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)JT45242
(3,811 posts)Princes of the universe by Queen
debm55
(54,960 posts)lastlib
(27,415 posts)Next choice: The Fugitive
Honorable mention to The Beverly Hillbillies, created by a guy from my home county, inspired by the Clampett family from a very nearby town.
Pinback
(13,485 posts)and in 5/4 to boot!
debm55
(54,960 posts)Delarage
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debm55
(54,960 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,459 posts).
debm55
(54,960 posts)Cartoonist
(7,579 posts)Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)favorites of mine, the latter a Jay Ward cartoon.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,107 posts)If only because that show came on on Thursday nights, and I knew that the next day was Friday, the last day of school for the week.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)Theme from Route 66.
debm55
(54,960 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,678 posts)Mission: Impossible & Hawaii 5-0. Super cool instrumentals that set the tone of the show.
The Perry Mason theme was pretty cool, but I was awfully young when that show was a hit.
Basso8vb
(1,230 posts)Watched every episode as a kid in the late 70s. Classic Japanese anime series.
Delarage
(2,513 posts)And I'm not really even into anime
LoveMyCali
(2,045 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,080 posts)CTyankee
(67,737 posts)I liked Thing...
JoseBalow
(9,087 posts)I just can't choose between the two... which do you like better?
Full versions for maximum funk!
(3:06)
Lunabell
(7,309 posts)Fish don't fry in the kitchen
Beans don't burn on the grill
Took a whole lotta tryin'
Just to get up that hill.
Great theme song!
Pinback
(13,485 posts)Wonderfully nutso:
EncantoCatColony
(9 posts)johnp3907
(4,199 posts)I'm 8 years old and lying on the floor watching this show with my sisters.
debm55
(54,960 posts)Jrsygrl96
(263 posts)Suicide is Painless. Love the backstory about asking Mandel to write the most ridiculous lyrics he could.
sanatanadharma
(4,075 posts)... Patty has only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights ...
Just because it popped into this old brain first, but I'll be stuck now with this ear-worm.
Figarosmom
(9,632 posts)Just popped into your head?
mucifer
(25,499 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)Gaytano70
(1,217 posts)My soundtrack in my 20s in the 90s!
LisaM
(29,465 posts)I loved how it had that French horn opening.
Tribetime
(7,029 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,311 posts)Good grief. None better.
FM123
(10,333 posts)Lady Godiva was a freedom rider
She didn't care if the whole world looked
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her
She was a sister who really cooked
Isadora was the first bra-burner
Ain't ya glad she showed up? (Oh yeah!)
And when the country was fallin' apart
Betsy Ross got it all sewed up
(CHORUS):
(And then there's Maude)
And then there's Maude
(And then there's Maude)
And then there's Maude
(And then there's Maude)
And then there's Maude
(And then there's.....)
That uncompromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizin'
Right on Maude!
DBoon
(24,661 posts)Local Los Angeles TV in the mid 1960s
happybird
(5,375 posts)Also, the Squidbillies opening song because they had so many different bands/artists come in to cover it. Always fun to hear!
Pinback
(13,485 posts)hotellanai1986
(162 posts)I loved Big Valley as a young kid. I think that's why I really love Burt Bacharach "big" song productions.
When I was 9, I discovered 16 magazine and The Partridge Family was going to premiere that fall. I fell in love with David Cassidy and the opening song which changed after the first episode. Yep, the teen magazine industry got me (and my friends) hook line and sinker. I pouted until my parents bought "I Think I Love You" then the full album. Heavens, where did the time go?
DBoon
(24,661 posts)Pinback
(13,485 posts)The vibe and the message are as relevant as ever today.
Hela
(473 posts)RandySF
(80,803 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(4,203 posts)Written and performed by Dave Grusin.
LudwigPastorius
(14,040 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Eugene
(66,732 posts)Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
debm55
(54,960 posts)GreatShakes66
(102 posts)Honorable mention: Barney Miller
debm55
(54,960 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)grumpyduck
(6,672 posts)so many of those songs went thru my head when I was going thru the posts.
debm55
(54,960 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(12,744 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Cyklops
(3 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Figarosmom
(9,632 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)HeartsCanHope
(1,511 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(9,980 posts)Star Trek TOS (The original Series)
Battlestar Galactica (I like both show's music)
Night Court
Home Improvement
Davis Rules (written by Mark Mothersbaugh of 'Devo')
The Incredible Hulk (The Lonely Man Theme)
Several of the Schoolhouse Rock series. 'Figure Eight' is one of the most beautiful tunes I have ever heard. And, who can forget 'Conjuction Junction'?
Or 'Hide And Seek Fives'?
debm55
(54,960 posts)FarPoint
(14,480 posts)It still gets me pumped ..
debm55
(54,960 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,588 posts)"Rockford files" of course. He kids.
debm55
(54,960 posts)FirefighterJo
(442 posts)Still gives me goosebumps
debm55
(54,960 posts)lark
(25,849 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)lark
(25,849 posts)I guess it's more than the song, it's the whole imagery which was compelling, along with the perfect song for it of course!
debm55
(54,960 posts)PedroXimenez
(673 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)sdfernando
(6,007 posts)My top 3 are:
The original theme from Mission Impossible (not the movies)
The original theme from Hawaii Five-O (not the recent new series)
The theme from Peter Gunn
debm55
(54,960 posts)TlalocW
(15,673 posts)The part that's normally played starts at 1:53, but the whole song slaps.
debm55
(54,960 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,892 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)peachpit24
(94 posts)The Adam's family
debm55
(54,960 posts)beaglelover
(4,416 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)The Wizard
(13,555 posts)Andy of Mayberry
debm55
(54,960 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(19,950 posts)murielm99
(32,637 posts)I still remember the lyrics.
debm55
(54,960 posts)ChazInAz
(2,988 posts)Anyone who knows me will not be surprised.
Picked up my smoothest moves avec las femmes from Gomez Addams and Pepe LePew.
debm55
(54,960 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,468 posts)All the star treks . ultraman. too many to choose from.
debm55
(54,960 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,468 posts)out.!!!
debm55
(54,960 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,468 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)applegrove
(129,923 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)something about the Lavern and Shirley --it was happy and fun.
GoodRaisin
(10,696 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)yourout
(8,707 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)Trueblue Texan
(4,144 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)AllyCat
(18,456 posts)debm55
(54,960 posts)electric_blue68
(25,597 posts)Star Trek: Deep Space Nine