post them right here ya'll !

i'll start:

WELCOME BACK KOTTER (your dreams were your ticket out)

ALL IN THE FAMILY (cool show but the theme wasn't hitting it!)

SILVER SPOONS(here we are,face to face..a couple of silver spoons.hoping we find we're two of a kind making a go making a go together we're gonna find our way.)

EIGHT IS ENOUGH(i got no love for the bradfords.sorry!)

THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO(believe it or not i'm walking on air i never thought i could feel so fre-ee-eee.flying away on a wing and a prayer..who could it be?...believe it or not it's just me!...WTF?)

instrumentals can go here too.

for example:

M*A*S*H (it's got that peace demonstration sit-in vibe to it.)



anybody else?

The Facts Of Life
Different Strokes


I got more, but no time right now.

Nobody better not say Laverne and Shirley, OR The Jeffersons!

And the theme from Welcome Back Kotter is NOT y!!!

Cheers "making ur way in the world today.....where everybody knows ur name"




Different strokes:- "the world don't move to the beat of just one drum.....we got different strokes, it takes different strokes....."

"The Facts of Life" was the very first to come to mind, but as usual Supernova beat me to it.

Maude

Family Ties

Don't know how many people will remember the theme to "Love American Style". Anyways....

Love, American Style

Love, Love, Love

Love, American Style,
Truer than the Red, White and Blue.
Love, American Style,
That's me and you.

And on a star spangled night my love, (My love come to me).
You can rest you head on my shoulder.
Out by the dawn's early light, my love
I will defend your right to try.

Love, American Style,
That's me and you.

1. Love Lucy Theme
2. Dragnet
3. Twilight Zone [Rod Serling Open: Season 4/5]
4. Bonzanza - Al Caiola & His Orchestra
5. Andy Griffith Theme - Earle Hagen
6. Ballad of Jed Clampett {from The Beverly Hillbillies} - Lester Flatt
7. Addams Family (Main Theme) - Victor Mizzy
8. Munsters Theme - Jack Marshall
9. Ballad of Gilligan's Isle - Stan Farber
10. Green Acres - Eddie Albert
11. Jeannie {from I Dream of Jeannie} - Hugo Montenegro
12. Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
13. (Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
14. Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15. Mannix - Lalo Schifrin
16. Hawaii Five-O
17. Theme from The Brady Bunch
18. Come On Get Happy {from The Partridge Family} - The Partridge Family
19. Those Were the Days {from All in the Family}
20. And Then There's Maude {from Maude} - Donny Hathaway
21. Good Times - Jim Gilstrap
22. Movin' On Up {from The Jeffersons} - Oren Waters
23. Rockford Files - Mike Post
24. Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
25. Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
26. Making Our Dreams Come True {from Laverne & Shirley} - Cyndi Grecco
27. Chico and the Man - José Feliciano
28. Welcome Back {from Welcome Back, Kotter} - John Sebastian
29. What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
30. Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
31. Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
32. Love Boat Theme - Jack Jones
33. Angela (Theme from Taxi) - Bob James
34. It Takes Diff'rent Strokes {from Diff'rent Strokes} - Linda Harmon
35. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) - Waylon Jennings
36. Theme from Magnum, P.I. - Mike Post
37. Theme from Hill Street Blues - Larry Carlton
38. Theme from Dynasty - Bill Conti
39. Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury
40. Thank You for Being a Friend {from The Golden Girls} - Cynthia Fee

HamsterHuey said:

These are supposed to be CHEESY theme songs. "Hawaii Five-O" was cool!

The A team and Knight Rider

minneapolisgenius said:

i live gloria loring

Love Boat

Different Strokes

Silver Spoons



Cheers and All in the Family??? Those are classics. Really.

HamsterHuey said:

Most of those are classics and are NOT cheesy. I think we need to remember the difference between cheesy and memorable. TV tunes are done for their catchiness. I hold most of the above very dearly.

Unless of couse you were just pointing out who wrote what...

HamsterHuey said:

You ARE crazy.































Honestly....it may be a little cheesy,but it's my fav. theme song of all time. Twillight Zone though? Another fav., but I don't think it's cheesy. Seems a little too "spacy" or "spooky" to be cheesy.

HamsterHuey said:

Whoa
An intervention is called for on many of these tunes.
Some would qualify as campy, but cheesy?

Now i'm curious as to what you'd consider a good theme song.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

I know. I reiterate: Hawaii Five-O with that drum intro.....

minneapolisgenius said:

Agreed. But what's up with that guy? - - - - - - - -
He's creepin' me out in a fidgety kinda way.
MethODD Man?

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

What are you talking about? That's ME!

minneapolisgenius said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

HamsterHuey said:

UNacceptable! What's the matter with you people????? Barney Miller? The SWAT theme? And anything Donny Hathaway sings (Maude) will never be cheesy! UNACCEPTABLE!!!

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[Edited 9/19/04 21:46pm]

Cheesy theme songs:

Mr. Belvedere
Small Wonder
The Facts of Life

Themes I love:

Charles In Charge (a new boy in the neighborhood, he lives downstairs and it's understood...)
Duck Tales
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Golden Girls (thank you for bein' a friend, traveling down the road and back again, your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant...)
The Cosby Show
It's A Living
Three's Company

Cheesy themes for cheesy shows:
1. Facts Of Life
2. Who's The Boss
3. Full House


Facts of Life in undebatably THE cheesiest which is why we all thought of it first.

Family Ties -What would we do baby without this theme song? Smile.

Soap-Borders on cheesy. Like much of the Org.

Small Wonder-it freaks me the hell out, ok?

Eight is Enough-This show was just bizarre to me all around, the theme only added to it.

Charles in Charge-Obviously Charles wasn't in charge of a good theme song.

Silver Spoons-Stuck in your head fear inducing drivel.

Punky Brewster-See above.

Full House-Everywhere you look there's someone running for the exits.

Perfect Strangers-Good show, cop out 80's theme song.

Greatest American Hero-I loved this show but the theme song is a cry for help.

Most of Hamster Huey's list to me is way outta place-Barney Miller's my all time favorite theme ever! It's everything it should be.

Welcome Back, Kotter's one of those guilty pleasure themes-John Sebastian did good work.



A lot of themes from the mid to late 80's really went into saccharin territory.

subhuman09 said:

Now that's what I'm talkin about!

Although with my first post I was being half-way facetious about the Laverne & Shirley theme.

HamsterHuey said:

Damn, I am curious now in which T.V theme songs that you did like from the 70s and 80s.

boriquateddy said:

blasphemy
Absolutely nothing cheesy about Donny Hathaway

Supernova said:

Exactly.

Laverne and Shirley's another one that drives the show, but I've heard much much worse-that one's instantly recognizable so somebody saying it's cheesy is obviously calling themselves out as well!

People don't seem to get the difference between one you love but still make fun of a little.

You kid cause you care.

Themes mean different things to different people anyway all based around childhood or where they were in their life.

I defy anyone to tell me that Welcome Back Kotter is truly cheesy though.

It fits the show perfectly with a simple melody that's catchy but doesn't grate on your nerves.

Unlike 90% of sitcom themes.

subhuman09 said:

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!

FIVE STARS!!!

Supernova said:

Thanks Supernova!

I dig your posts as well-there's a book in this I'm tellin' ya.

"The Truth Above Tv Themes" with a guest chapter by Al Jarreau.

Ok, maybe not.

I see someone finealy said the theme for Three's Company I was starting to wonder

EverSoLesa2 said:

Hey!

That was craptastic!



(Nothin' like cheesy white "funk", is there?)