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They hardly make theme songs/openings like these anymore....here's One Life to Live...

 

 

go to the 0:40 mark -- that must be the theme from the Judith Light days with Karen Wolek on the stand (I know this because my grandmother and I watched OLTL together)

 

The soaps had great themes in the 70s, 80s, and 90s...

 

What are some of your favorite themes/openings from TV shows?

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Am I the only one who still remembers this show fondly?

Once upon a time when things were rotten.

Not just food, but also kings were rotten

Everybody kicked the peasants.

Things were bad and that ain’t good

Then came Robin Hood…!

 

Soon the band of merry men begotten.

They wore outfits made of plain green cotton.

Helping victims was their business.

Boy oh boy was business good.

Good for Robin Hood!

 

They laughed, they loved.

They fought, they drank.

They jumped a lot of fences.

They robbed the rich, gave to the poor,

except what they kept for expenses.

So when other legends are forgotten

we’ll remember back when things were rotten.

Yay for Robin Hood!

 

They laughed, they loved.

They fought, they drank.

They jumped a lot of fences.

They robbed the rich, gave to the poor,

except what they kept for expenses.

 

So when other legends are forgotten

we’ll remember back when things were rotten.

Yay for Robin Hood!

 

TV Show: When Things Were Rotten

Release Date: 1975

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Am I the only one who still remembers this show fondly?

Once upon a time when things were rotten.

Not just food, but also kings were rotten

Everybody kicked the peasants.

Things were bad and that ain’t good

Then came Robin Hood…!

 

Soon the band of merry men begotten.

They wore outfits made of plain green cotton.

Helping victims was their business.

Boy oh boy was business good.

Good for Robin Hood!

 

They laughed, they loved.

They fought, they drank.

They jumped a lot of fences.

They robbed the rich, gave to the poor,

except what they kept for expenses.

So when other legends are forgotten

we’ll remember back when things were rotten.

Yay for Robin Hood!

 

They laughed, they loved.

They fought, they drank.

They jumped a lot of fences.

They robbed the rich, gave to the poor,

except what they kept for expenses.

 

So when other legends are forgotten

we’ll remember back when things were rotten.

Yay for Robin Hood!

 

TV Show: When Things Were Rotten

Release Date: 1975

I LOVED THAT SHOW!!!!!!

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You only like it because it ends with WE'LL HAVE A GAY OLD TIME. :p :cool:

So gather with your shawl on and a broomstick you can crawl on we are going to take a call on the Addam's Family

Growing up, I had a few friends whose last names worked to replace Addams and whose families fit the lyrics.

Maybe Mark Goddard made me gay? He's my first memory of feeling "something funny."

I always liked & preferred the second theme.

I was madly in love with David Naughton....

I was quite fond of him on MY SISTER SAM.

I had some wet dreams about this man....

But has he had any about you? I liked MAKING IT when it was on the radio. He was much more attractive to me than his brother in their heydays, and I'm sure Tony-award winning James remains jealous of this to this day:

 

Although the extended version is a bit much...

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Some notes about my own selections:

 

If you watch the GRAND clip, that had to be one of the better casts ever on a failed sitcom.

 

The PHYLLIS theme is almost always mentioned in discussions of the best TV themes ever.

 

The CLASS OF 65 theme is an extended version of the show's opening theme. They expanded it into a single, much as the FRIENDS theme (which I liked) was extended into a single (which I didn't). I always wished there was an extended version of Kim Carnes' MY SISTER SAM theme, but I've never found one.

 

Did y'all know that ONE DAY AT A TIME was co-created by actress Whitney Blake and was loosely based on her experiences as a single mom, including with her daughter Meredith Baxter (to this day, it feels wrong not to type Birney)?

 

And, of course, I'm sure y'all know that HAPPY DAYS came from a LOVE AMERICAN STYLE skit called LOVE AND THE HAPPY DAYS.

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As far as game shows, the late Alan Thicke arranged "Wheel Of Fortune" ditty from the 70s. Funky, upbeat, and danceable!

 

How could you not mention his greatest contributions to American culture, co-authored with his then-wife, with him singing one, & her the other?

 

George Clooney's proudest credit

 

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