What's the oldest TV theme song you can sing all the way through

[wickerwoman]

without pausing?

I'm sorry to say I still know the entire Cheers theme song even though I haven't seen the show in 15 years, never watched it much then, and still don't know my own home telephone number more than a year after moving.

:shrug:

So here's a chance to date yourself forever with the oldest TV theme song you can sing without pausing.

[Kenneth ken]

1. The Bonanza theme song

'cause it has no words, as far as I know.

:D

[alittlelark]

3. Same...

[Rosco T.]

12. Guess Again - the Lyrics to 'Bonanza' (and Lorne Green recorded it..)

We chased lady luck till we finally struck - Bonanza
With a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope
We planted our family tree
We got ahold of a potful of gold - Bonanza
With a horse and a saddle and a rig full of cattle
How rich can a fella be?
On this land we put our brand
Cartwright is the name
Fortune smiled the day we filed
The Ponderosa claim

Here in the west we're livin' in the best - Bonanza
If anyone fights any one of us
He's gonna fight with me

Hoss and Joe and Adam know
Every rock and pine
No one works, fights, or eats
Like those boys of mine

Here we stand in the middle of a grand - Bonanza
With a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope
We planted our family tree
We got ahold of a potful of gold - Bonanza
With a houseful of friends where the rainbow ends
How rich can a fella be?

On this land we put our brand
Cartwright is the name
Fortune smiled the day we filed
The Ponderosa claim

Here in the west we're livin' in the best - Bonanza
With the friendliest, fightenist, lovingest band
That ever set foot in the promised land
And we're happier than them all
That's why we call it
- Bonanza -
- Bonanza -
- Bonanza -

words and music by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

[Kenneth ken]

14. well that's scary

:scared:

mmm - I will pick I Love Lucy, for the same reasons, then. :D

[Rosco T.]

19. Strike Two - I Love Lucy theme lyrics (and yes, Desi recorded it)

There’s a certain couple that I know.
They’re strictly lovebirds,
A pair of turtle dove birds.
He’s a guy who wants the world to know.
So ev’ry day You’ll hear him say
I Love Lucy and she loves me,

We’re as happy as two can be,
Sometimes we quarrel but then again
How we love making up again.

Lucy kisses like no one can,
She’s my missus and I’m her man;
And life is heaven you see
Cause I Love Lucy
Yes I Love Lucy and Lucy loves me.

by Harold Adamson & Eliot Daniel

[Kenneth ken]

24. fine

harumph!

The Lone Ranger theme song then.

and if this bastard has lyrics, I'll. . . I'll fuckin' retire!


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or at least quit posting on this thread. :hi:

[Rosco T.]

27. (chuck;e) You're safe on that one.. I was all set for Andy Griffith tho...

[Kenneth ken]

32. I knew Andy G song had lyrics

something about the fishin' hole.

I'm vaguely worried there is something in Lone Ranger like

A _____ of ____
a cloud of dust
and a hearty Hi-O-Silver

but I had already posted. So, I may be outta here as soon as someone old shows up.

[liberalpress]

62. Actually..

..just kidding. But did you "Bewitched" had lyrics?

Bewitched, Bewitched, you’ve got me in your spell.
Bewitched, Bewitched, you know your craft so well.
Before I knew what I was doing I looked in your eyes
That brand of woo you’ve been brewin’ took me by surprise.

You witch, you witch, one thing is for sure.
That stuff you pitch just hasn’t got a cure.
My heart was under lock & key, but somehow it got unhitched
I never thought that I could be had
But now I’m caught and I’m kinda glad To be Bewitched.

[liberalpress]

61. au contrer, mon frere

We got a right to pick a little fight
Bonanza!
If anyone fights anyone of us
He's gotta fight with me!

We're not a one to saddle up and run,
Bonanza!
Anyone of us who starts a little fuss
knows he can count on me!

One for four
Four for one,
This we guarantee.

We got a right to pick a little fight
Bonanza!
If anyone fights anyone of us
He's gotta fight with me!

[Nikepallas]

2. Thanks to Michael Moore The Greatest American Hero

Funny thing is that when I was younger I did have the 45 of the song

[Brundle_Fly]

5. Gilligan's Isle////

we all know it.

[wickerwoman]

11. I know snippits...

but to be honest, I always add other people to the island and repeat the "three hour tour" bit until people make me stop. I can't say I know the whole thing all the way through.

:-(

[Kenneth ken]

20. no "we" don't

all know it. I can vaguely recall snippets of it, but if I were to sing it, it would have lots of LA-LA-LA-LA phrasings included.

I can't even recall how it starts - LA LA LA fateful trip (?) :shrug:

[tsakshaug]

52. useless info-but

you can sing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligans Island
and the other way around

House of the rising sun too

[Kenneth ken]

67. tres cool

now I have a reason to learn the Gilligan song, in case someone ever drags me into a church, and the choir starts singing Amazing Grace.

Although House Of The Rising Sun would probably be more appropriate. :evilgrin:

[CBHagman]

91. Have you been listening to Garrison Keillor?

I seem to remember that bit of information worked its way into one of his monologues. He also pointed out, most helpfully, that you can sing the Doxology ("Praise God, from whom all blessings flow...") to the tune of "Hernando's Hideaway."

As for my oldest singable theme song, I guess it's "The Mickey Mouse Club March."

[Deja Q]

4. The Brady Bunch

[wickerwoman]

28. I was doing good...

but then I gave Brady's boys golden curls.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. The Patty Duke Show

I am old

[wickerwoman]

21. "They look alike, they talk alike, at times they even ? alike"

squawk?
hock?

Nope, guess I don't know that one. :-)

[Red State Rebel]

56. walk!! But their cousins!!

[candy]

22. Davy Crockett----I'm old too! n/t

[last_texas_dem]

41. I know (at least most of) that one, too...

...despite being born in the eighties! (I watched way too much Nick at Nite as a child.)

[LeftyMom]

7. Mr Ed

Three cheers for for Nick at Nite :eyes:

[Cheswick2.0]

42. that is mine too............but I remember it from when it was on

A horse is a horse of course of course
and no one can talk to a horse of course
that is of course unless the horse is the famous Mr Ed.
..............

[RiffRandell]

8. Greatest American Hero

I LOVED that show. Then it was played during F-911 and I roared---it was during when * landed on the flight carrier---

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, I never thought I could feel so free.....

[tyedyeto]

9. Beverly Hillbillies...... n/t

[greendog]

84. Yep, me too...

...probably the best song in the english language! LOL. Can't beat Scruggs on the Banjo.

[Sanity Claws]

89. One of my favorites

[jeff30997]

10. What time is it ?

I have a really bad memory...What's the name of this forum again ?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

13. Mickey Mouse

They had me brainwashed before
I was 6

But I escaped!

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. I still spell e-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a

by singing it like Jimminy Cricket did!

[HomerRamone]

29. Yeah, but the full original 3-minute version?

Some hour-long episodes of The Mickey Mouse Club, not seen since 1957, came out on DVD last week. The intro is a great Fantasia-like sequence that I loved back then; what they've been showing all these decades is equivalent to The Simpsons' beginning with just the driveway and the couch...

[tyedyeto]

30. ahhhhhhh

forgot about the Mickey clubhouse.....

[farmbo]

15. "Who is the tall dark stranger there...Maverick is his name..."...

pm me for further details.

[arwalden]

16. Patty Duke, Petticoat Junction, Courtship Of Eddie's Father

[Lone Pawn]

18. It's Howdy Doody Time!

It's Howdy Doody Time.
It's Howdy Doody Time.
Bob Smith and Howdy Do
Say Howdy Do to you.
Let's give a rousing cheer,
Cause Howdy Doody's here,
It's time to start the show,
So kids let's go!

[thebeaglehaslanded]

76. Yes, and I'm not sure there was anything earlier, except

maybe roller derby, and I don't think it has a theme song!

[libnnc]

23. I'm so glad we had this time together.....

Theme to the Carol Burnett Show

Just to have a laugh or sing a song
Seems we just get started and before you know it...
Comes the time we have to say...
So long..

(tug on left ear) :hi:

[IHeart1993]

25. My Little Pony

1980's

[fluffernutter]

26. Courtship Of Eddie's Father

[bluedeminredstate]

59. I love that theme song.

I loved that show too!
:)

[njdemocrat106]

85. Didn't Nilsson perform the theme to Eddie's Father?

Always liked him, BTW.

[kodi]

31. Flintstones, meet the Flintstones

sing along with us now!

[Jessica]

33. Don't know why, but

the Fresh Prince of Bel Air & the Captain Planet theme songs both stuck with me. I know every freaking word. To this day, they jump into my head for no legitimate reason on occasion. :shrug:

[LDS Jock]

34. Mary Tyler Moore show.. both versions

I wish they would bring it back in reruns.

[phaseolus]

35. speaking of tv themes...

http://www.retrocrush.com/tvthemes/index.html is currently counting down their picks for the top 100 themes -- they're on #62 now. Couple more are added every day...

[Miami Liberal]

36. The Cheers theme song makes me sad whenever I hear it

[420inTN]

37. 60 Minutes n/t

[Reverend_Smitty]

38. Gilligan's Island...

and I do a brilliant rendition of the Golden Girls theme

[Dastard Stepchild]

39. Little LuLu

learned specifically so that I could sing it to my dog, LuLu. so very, very sad....

[CO Liberal]

44. And They're Very Politically Incorrect Lyrics

Especially the "wild as any Zulu" part:

* * * * *

Little Lulu, Little Lulu,
With freckles on her chin
Always in and out of trouble
But mostly always in.
Uses Daddy's necktie for the tail of her kite.
Uses Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write

Though the clock says 7:30
It's really after ten
Looks like Lulu's been repairing it again
Though you're wild as any Zulu
And you're just as hard to tame,
Little Lulu, I love you-you
Just the same, the same.
Little Lulu, I love you-you
Just the Same.

[Dastard Stepchild]

66. so very true...

I stick with the first verse.. mostly because my puppers has freckles on her chin. I try not to compare anyone to "untamed" Africans. yikes!

[Radical Activist]

50. Never heard of it

what was that show?

[Dastard Stepchild]

65. she's a quite the animated hellion...

I think it either started as a comic book and became a TV show, or vice versa...



here's all ya can read on Little Lulu..
http://michelesworld.net/lulu/lulu.htm

[Radical Activist]

68. Funny

I even got to hear the song on the website. It sounds like it turned into a good cartoon for young feminists.

[CO Liberal]

70. She Started as Cartoons in The "Saturday Evening Post"...

...and moved into cartoons from there. They were originally shown in theaters, and moved to TV in the '50s.

[Dastard Stepchild]

72. well.. there ya go...

thanks for the info. I was a tad too lazy to look it up myself :)

[CO Liberal]

90. The Only Reason I Know....

...is that I have a "Little Lulu" video at home I bought a while ago for a buck at Wal-Mart. At the brginning of the cartoons, it says "Little Lulu - As featured in the Saturday Evening Post".

[Elidor]

40. Rawhide!!!

Movin', movin', movin'
Keep them doggies movin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Rawhide!

Don't try to understand'em
Just rope, throw and brand'em
Soon we'll be living high and wide
Rawhide's calculating
My true love will be waiting
Be waiting at the end of my ride…

Yaw!
Move'em up, head'em out, head'em out, move'em up
Move'em up, head'em out–
Rawhide!
Ride'em out! Let'em out! Herd'em out! Cut'em out!
Cut'em in
Rawhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!
Yah!

There are extended lyrics, but I'll save them for another time.

[AllegroRondo]

55. I only know this due to the Blues Brothers

[Lydia Leftcoast]

43. "I Married Joan," "Buffalo Bill Junior," "Andy's Gang,"

from the early to mid 1950s. Darned if I know why I remember these.

"I married Joan
What a girl, what a whirl, what a life..."

"Buffalo Bill Junior,
Buffalo Bill Junior,
He was the son of the son of a gun
Buffalo Bill Junior..."

"I've got a gang, you've got a gang,
Everybody's gotta have a gang,
But there's only one gang for me
Good old Andy's Gang!"

I'm old. :-)

[maveric]

45. Mr. Ed

After all, A horse is a horse, of course, of course....

[terrya]

46. Green Acres

I could recite these lyrics in my sleep. :-)


Green Acres is the place to be!

Farrrrrrrm living is the life for me!

Land spreadin' out so far and wide!

Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside!


Newwwwwww York is vhere I'd rahther stay!

I get allergic smelling hay!

I just adore a penthouse view!

Dahling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue!

The chores!

The stores!

Fresh air!

Times Square!

You are my wife!

Goodbye city life!

Green Acres, we are there!

[corksean]

47. Hawaii 5-0. I think I can remember the words. Goes like this...

Nananananaa naa
Nananananaaaaaaaah (Boom,boom,boom,boom)
etc. etc.....

[Eugene]

86. Hawaii 5-0 actually has lyrics.

"You Can Count on Me" sung by Sammy Davis Jr.

[sugarmags]

48. Welcome Back Kotter

For some reason, I've had that little tune in my head for about a week. I remember watching WBK when I was a kid... I'm 34 now. And - I guess that I know the Laverne and Shirley tune too, straight through. UGH. Does this mean that I watched WAY TOO Much TV when I was a kid. Yep.

[Radical Activist]

49. Dukes of Hazzard

I'm not proud of that fact, but it's true.

[JVS]

71. Do you add a Yeeeeeehaaaaaaw to the end?

[Radical Activist]

74. Am I a middle class white guy from a small town?

Of course I did!!!!

[CornField]

51. The Love Boat!

Of course, Gilligan, the Brady Bunch, Andy Griffith and Hogan's Heroes are in there too.

[bluedeminredstate]

60. The Love Boat - Oh God!

A song for bad crooners. My brothers and I used to try to sing the worst version as a contest.

[dean_dem]

53. "In West Philadelphia, born and raised..."

On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin, relaxin all cool and shootin' some b-ball outside of the school..."

You get the point.

[Cush]

54. Brady Bunch (I know, real hard!)

[skygazer]

57. Branded

Chuck Connors, what a man! It just killed me every time to watch them break his sword and tear off his shoulder straps!

"All but one man died.
There at Bitter Creek.
And they say he ran away.

Branded, scorned as the one who ran.
What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man.

Wherever you go, for the rest of your life
You must prove, you're a man."

[Beaverhausen]

73. Anyone remember the parody of that called "Stranded"

Stranded Stranded on the toilet bowl
What can you do when you're stranded
and you can't find a roll

Prove you're a man use the back of your hand...



I forget how it ended.

[bluedeminredstate]

58. The Flintstones.

Damn proud of it too.

[mac56]

63. Come go sailing, we've waited long enough

For Beany and Cecil, Dishonest John, and Captain Huffenpuff!
So come on, kids, we'll flip our lids
Higher than the moon!
'Cause now it's Beany and Cecil in
(A whole half-hour!)
Bob Clampett cartoooooo-ooooon!

[Left Is Write]

64. The Patty Duke Show.

[Longgrain]

69. "The Honeymooners"

With Jackie Gleason...
Art Carney...
and Audrey Meadows...

[Endangered Specie]

75. Star Trek: Uh UHHHH uh uhhh uhh uhhhh uh uhhhhhhhhh.

[skygazer]

77. There are actually words to that one too

Gene Roddenberry wrote them - they were appalling. I don't have them handy, but I'm sure they're in cyberspace somewhere.

[Endangered Specie]

78. I know, but they just sound like someone uhhhing

;)

[skygazer]

79. Here they are -

Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.

[liberalpress]

80. uhhh here

Beyond the rim of the starlight,
my love is wandring in star flight.
I know he'llfind
In star clustered reaches
Love, strange love
A starwoman teaches.

I konw his journey ends never.
His Star Trek will go on forever.
But tell him while
He wanders his starry sea,
Remember,
Remember me.

[blondeatlast]

81. The Monkees. nt

[Eugene]

82. Gilligan's Island

Can't recite all of "The Flintstones".

[marigold20]

83. Mighty Mouse

Mr. Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this mighty sound
Here I come to save the day!....

Late 1950's?

[Sanity Claws]

87. Car 54

This is a really old show. I remembered the song vaguely but then saw the show on Nickelodeon and memorized the words.
I thought it was really funny -- it mentions Krushchev at Idelwild (the old name for Kennedy Airport)

[NightTrain]

88. I Married Joan.

No, I'm not old enough to remember that show. Rather, I have a seven-volume collection of TV themes, covering the entire history of the medium. "I Married Joan" is about the oldest track of the series.