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Aug 30^th, 2003 at 11:17am

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I wonder what everyones favourite TV theme tunes are?
Mine would be;
Thunderbirds
Van der Valk
Airwolf

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Reply #1 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 4:15pm

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Airwolf and Nightrider

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Reply #2 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 6:44pm

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Monty Python (technicaly not a TV theme but it changed the look of the song completely, my dad had to march to that tune when he got his wings in the RAF, nobody could keep a stright face!!! Tongue

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Reply #3 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 7:21pm

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I always liked the theme from "Friends", I think its by the Rembrandts, sorry but that's the best I could do, I don't watch much TV unless it's the news, something educational or Uranium on the fuse station.
I'm big into channel surfing though, because I can't stand commercials, that's my que to surf.

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Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 7:56pm

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Scooby Doo, Arliss, Red Dwarf.

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Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 8:04pm

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The best TV theme show ever is the theme from 'Cheers' without a doubt. Second best may be 'Mad About You'

But there is always...

Green Acres is the place to be,
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide,
take Manhattan, just give me that countryside.

New York is where I'd rather stay,
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue.

You are my wife...
Goodbye city life!

Green Acres we are there!

I did that from memory!!

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Reply #6 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 8:39pm

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"Enterprise"
"Married with Children"
"Knight Rider"
"Flintstones"

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Reply #7 - Aug 31^st, 2003 at 12:44am

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M*A*S*H

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Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2003 at 6:07pm

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I read this a day or two ago and have been trying to think of a good TV theme! These are what I came up with:

Tour of Duty (Paint it Black by the Stones)
Star Trek Voyager (Best Trek theme?)
Airwolf (classic TV theme now given a new lease of life as a polyphonic mobile phone ring tone!)
The Itchy and Scratchy Show (Just makes my laugh!)

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Reply #9 - Sep 1^st, 2003 at 6:35pm

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I haven't had to suffer a television of my own for nearly 30 years now...happy...happy...happy... Grin

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But..
because of that I listen to the radio all the time.... Wink

...!
And..
The most

ANNOYING

theme of all time to me is "The Archers" theme..."Dum te dum te dum te dum..."
I can now move at the speed of light to switch the radio off before the first note sounds... Grin

...!
If I can't make it quick enough I actually count the number of notes I have had to suffer before I finally reach the "On/Off" switch... Angry

...!
..and not only that, I have to suffer ENDLESS repeats.. Cry

...!
..as for television themes?...errr...30 years ago?...errr...can't remember that far back.... Roll Eyes

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Cheers all..!
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Reply #10 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 1:00am

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How about Muffin the Mule Fozzer? Or Dr. Who?

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Reply #11 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 11:33am

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I like the Dr.Who theme and I've got a question about it:
What the hell was it played on???

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Reply #12 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 11:49am

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i loved the BBC's F1 tune that was cool.
also star trek next generation

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Reply #13 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 12:15pm

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Actually, Star Trek: The Next Degradation's theme was lifted from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Out of all of the Star Trek show's, My favorite theme was for Deep Space Nine. Of course, that is also the most under-rated show of the bunch too...

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Reply #14 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 1:43pm

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I like the Star Trek "Enterprise" theme with the history of aviation. Wink

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Reply #15 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 2:05pm

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I like the Dr.Who theme and I've got a question about it:
What the hell was it played on???

Hi Craig... Grin

It was produced electronically in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop using crude oscilators.... 8)....!
(Long before modern synthesizers became available).
Cheers mate... Grin

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P.S....Ozzy..."Muffin' the Mule" still sounds exciting to me...(makes a change from the sheep).... Wink

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Reply #16 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 2:11pm

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Paul you've been spending too much time on the wrong side of the border mate Wink

Oh and general Dr. Who factoid here, the noise of the TARDIS materalising and dematerialising was made my dragging a metal ruler up and down a piano wire, and then playing the recording of the noise v.slowly Wink

I know lots of useless stuff about Dr. Who, one of my all time favourite sci-fi series. Far more intelligent than any other.
Okay for an extra point what does TARDIS stand for?

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thanks Paul 8)

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Okay for an extra point what does TARDIS stand for?

Ozzy

Time and Relative Dimensions in Space.

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Reply #19 - Sep 2^nd, 2003 at 9:33pm

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But here is the one I always liked.......

" Who is Tom Baker ?" 8) " Tom Baker is, Who "

......are they questions or statements ? ???

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Reply #20 - Sep 3^rd, 2003 at 2:18am

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Tom Baker without a doubt the finest of the Dr. Whos.
My dad once met Patrick Troughton (the 2nd Doctor) in a restaraunt in Amersham, and got an autograph for himself Angry

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Reply #21 - Sep 3^rd, 2003 at 3:20pm

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I have a funny idea the some of the introduction music may have been produced using the "THERAMIN"...?
Does anyone remember that musical instrument...?
It consisted of an electronic oscillator and a loudspeaker, where the frequency could be smoothly changed by passing a hand over it's aerial..
I have made several replicas of it many years ago in my electronics workshop... 8)...!
...long before my Yamaha Digital Programmable DX7 synthesizers were invented...

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Cheers all... Grin

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Reply #22 - Sep 4^th, 2003 at 9:33am

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Yackety Sax - Benny Hill Show theme

You brits give us the best stuff! Anything in the world is funny when sped up and played alongside that song.

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Reply #23 - Sep 4^th, 2003 at 10:18am

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Paint it Black was definitely my all time favorite. Every time I hear that song I think of Tour of Duty.

CHiPs...as horrible as that song was, you just know you're in for a great show when you hear it.

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Reply #24 - Sep 6^th, 2003 at 2:35am

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anyone remember the Peter Gunn Theme?

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Reply #25 - Sep 6^th, 2003 at 7:28am

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Scarily enough YES Andrew Shocked

In fact it is on the Blues Brothers soundtrack (mine is kept in the car at all times!).

Mark 8)

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Reply #26 - Sep 6^th, 2003 at 9:09pm

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lol. . .it is a really catchy song. . .didn't Mancini write it

really easy to play too

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Reply #27 - Sep 6^th, 2003 at 11:18pm

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M*A*S*H

Amen to that one! I think that I watched every episode whilst I was unemployed last fall...

Close second would be leave it to beaver...

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Reply #28 - Sep 7^th, 2003 at 10:58am

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Scarily enough YES Andrew Shocked

In fact it is on the Blues Brothers soundtrack (mine is kept in the car at all times!).

Mark 8)

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Reply #29 - Sep 7^th, 2003 at 5:42pm

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Just thought of another one I like, Batman forever, U2 "Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me"
does anyone know how many police cars crashed in Blues Brothers? I counted once and lost count at about 130 Shocked

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Reply #30 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 1:23am

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Peter Gunn - I only saw it a couple of times on late night TV but it was a good song. I think they used in the video game Spy Hunter, and Emerson Lake and Palmer did a pretty good rendition.

Not one of my faves, but Beverly Hillbillies has some good guitar and banjo licks. Flatt & Scruggs.

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Reply #31 - Oct 7^th, 2003 at 4:08am

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Definitely Thunderbirds - incidental music in the episodes too.

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Reply #32 - Oct 7^th, 2003 at 5:28pm

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Thunderbirds was a great british theme tune
Monty Python is a great tune.
I guess also that the real version of the current Top of the Pops theme tune is (That Led Zep' classic Whole Lotta' Love.)

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Reply #33 - Oct 8^th, 2003 at 11:12am

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Definitely M*A*S*H.

Runner up would be (and he hates to admit this, but hey I was a teenager in my prime when it came out) Miami Vice Lips Sealed

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Reply #34 - Oct 24^th, 2003 at 4:46pm

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I prefer the Magic Roundabout and Z Cars Shocked

Bill and Ben should have been in the charts long ago
along with Muffin the Mule 8)
(Probably could guess a person's age by their taste in music Grin

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Reply #35 - Nov 12^th, 2003 at 8:33am

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airwolf is pretty good
someone mentioned the friends theme by the rembrands good tune also

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