tv theme songs...fading away

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

And then theres Maude!

[video=youtube;g9NY8R-LmIw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9NY8R-LmIw[/video]

 

[DNO]

Loved it as a kid and it still sticks in the head. I was so disappointed when Chuck Connors played a bad guy in Soylent Green!

[video=youtube;6B0brdPWdCs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B0brdPWdCs[/video]

 

[DNO]

And there was always Danger Man (aka Secret Agent):

[video=youtube;6iaR3WO71j4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4[/video]

 

[nihil]

Hercule Poriot. Until sometime around 2003(?) where they removed the themesong and changed the feel of the series a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmx6dQJf_rk

The Persuaders. Not a very memorable show, but John Barry have made the , in my opinion, very best theme song for any TV series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykLCAfVa410

For current shows I can think of quite a few memorable shows
The Simpsons (old, but still running)
The Big Bang Theory
Californication (I gave up on the show after season 3...the script had ended up being using the same couple of elements, and simply trying to make it slightly more outrageous every show)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The thrill of victory... The agony of defeat...
Don't know if this has been posted but one of the most iconic TV intro/theme

[video=youtube;Fi69utdvDcA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi69utdvDcA[/video]

 

[Benzadmiral]

Instrumental TV themes: the original "Hawaii Five-O" and "Mission: Impossible" (M: I's title sequence, with music and flashing images combined, is the greatest of all time)

Lyrics: "Maverick"!

"Luck is the lady that he loves the best!
"Natchez to New Or-leans;
"Livin' on jacks and queens;
"Maverick is the legend of the West!"

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

[video=youtube;psqeuhDxidc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqeuhDxidc[/video]

 

[bunnyb.gal]

As I grew up in the States I missed this one the first time around but I'm kind of addicted to this show now and the funkalicious theme tune makes me want to get up and do something macho - I don't know what but something, anything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFVEvZvo3g

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Fawlty Towers

[video=youtube;phuvr7yYWRg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuvr7yYWRg[/video]

 

[MisterCairo]

Ref "The Big Bang Theory", here it is performed live at ComicCon by the authors and performers, Toronto's own Barenaked Ladies! Wil Wheaton does a nerdy intro, the song starts about 2:30 into this clip:

[video=youtube;cwYZGT4ZAf8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwYZGT4ZAf8[/video]

 

[MisterCairo]

And of course, many of us are now recalling this great theme with a hint of sadness mixed in with joy:

[video=youtube;pxPppXaPonY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPppXaPonY[/video]

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

[video=youtube_share;5HNWhVXcjV8]http://youtu.be/5HNWhVXcjV8[/video]

My daughter is a security officer at Target and came home with the tale of a dramatic bust earlier this week. The perp was saying "I don't wanna go to the pen." I suggested Sara learn this song to sing to her shoplifters while waiting for the police to arrive. Of course being 20, she'd never heard it.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

And of course, many of us are now recalling this great theme with a hint of sadness mixed in with joy:

[video=youtube;pxPppXaPonY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPppXaPonY[/video]

I always loved the Monkeemobile ('66 Pontiac GTO) from the show.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

[video=youtube;Qksz72Xtpwc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qksz72Xtpwc[/video]

 

[Effingham]

I still love Firefly. Sniff.

[video=youtube;LrAS20mNZUE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAS20mNZUE[/video]

And then there's the theme from Jeeves and Wooster, which still makes me smile.

[video=youtube;ezGQfuSTqbA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGQfuSTqbA[/video]