This was a big one when I was kid, after urkel was on
This was a big one when I was kid, after urkel was on
Are you aware that the melody and lyrics for the Gilligan's Island theme and Amazing Grace are interchangeable?
Most of what I watch these days is old TV shows and recently discovered that PW never realized that they often recycle the theme song in different versions during the show to suit different situations.
I always liked the Barney Miller and Sanford and Son themes, but this outro is one of my favourites
Do TV shows even have theme songs anymore? Back in the day it was a big deal, and big name composers like Henry Mancini or Neal Hefti were writing them.
One of my favorites, but there were many great ones.
In reply to stuart in mn :
That show is probably the best example I can think of for recycling the theme to suit different situations throughout the episode. We're on our second go around watching it on the oldies channel. It's so bad we love it
Karacticus said:Are you aware that the melody and lyrics for the Gilligan's Island theme and Amazing Grace are interchangeable?
Lots of songs fit that meter. They even named it "Common Meter" to reflect it.
Seth Godin had a good podcast episode highlighting the fact that, because there were really only 3 network channels when these sitcoms and dramas were popular, the networks really worked hard to tell the whole story of the show in each opening theme song. Long narrative; long theme song. No Motor Trend TV or Basketweaving Network to catch all those niche viewers, so they had to appeal to the masses.
Another strange one from my childhood. Dominic Frontiere composed the music for this one as well as for Search, the series I posted earlier in this thread.
I'll just leave this here.
Forget your lyrics explaining everything. Let's just have some badass (synthesized) guitar and strings riff and show you what's going on.
In reply to stuart in mn :
I want to go to Hawaii because of that Intro.
A couple my dad used to watch when I was a kid.
Baretta
I cant for the life of me remember the other one. It was a detective that drove a '57 Chrysler New Yorker (based in the late 50s) ... might have been played by Edward James Olmos. I need to ask my dad.
Edit: Found it
Crime Story w/ Dennis Farina
Cant believe this one has not been brought up yet :)
CHiPs
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:Only a few cars, but boobs and boats:
I don't know why, but this one makes me want to put plastic pink flamingos out on my front lawn. Crockett's boat was a Wellcraft Scarab and his Ferrari Daytona wasn't real.
Old_Town said:Pappy Boyington
I used to watch that with my Father back when he was still alive. Dad was in the Marines in the South Pacific and actually saw the real Pappy Boyington when he was over there. While we watched, Dad would tell me his own WW II stories about smuggled bulldog mascots and jeeps 'stolen' from the Navy. I miss my Father so much. Needless to say I have the Black Sheep DVDs in my collection.
Here are a few WW II comedies we used to watch. Dad used to laugh about the Hollywood take on the war.
Slippery said:Get Smart
Look at this! In later episodes Max drove a Karmann Ghia instead of a Sunbeam Alpine.
In reply to Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) :
Ha! Never seen that one with the KG.
In reply to Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) :
My memory is telling me the VW was a couple of the early shows, the sunbeam was the Tiger (and Don Adams's personal car) and a couple later shows had a Shelby KR 500.
I cannot verify any of these as facts, but that's my memory. Didn't watch many new episodes as a kid - dad didn't like the show at all; but lots of re runs over all the years!
Alwasys assumed the KR was the actors, also, since I've heard the Tiger was, from others.
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