Take a Trip Down Memory Lane
Television theme song lyrics just aren't what they used to be. Assembled for your listening pleasure are popular favorites, from Casper the Friendly Ghost in 1945 to Laverne and Shirley in 1976. Who among us does not have several of these classics committed to memory? If your favorite is not included, be sure to mention it in the guestbook, below. I may be able to add it to the list. So, grab a TV dinner and enjoy the show!
Classic Television... Those Were the Days!
Is Your Favorite TV Theme Song on the List?
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- The Flintstones
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- Mister Ed
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Petticoat Junction
- The Patty Duke Show
- The Addams Family
- Gilligan's Island
- F Troop
- Gidget
- Green Acres
- The Monkees
- Love American Style
- The Brady Bunch
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- The Partridge Family
- All In The Family
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- Laverne & Shirley
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper, the friendly ghost,The friendliest ghost you know.
Though grown-ups might
Look at him with fright,
The children all love him so.
He always says hello (Hello),
and he's really glad to meetcha.
Wherever he may go,
He's kind to every living creature.
Grown-ups don't understand
Why children love him the most.
But kids all know
That he loves them so,
Casper the friendly ghost.
Casper the Friendly Ghost Theme Song
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Casper's Spookiest Tales
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Best of Casper, Vol. 1
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Casper the Friendly Ghost: By the Old Mill Scream
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Diamond Comic Distributors Casper Fishing Figurine
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Casper the Friendly Ghost - 6 Inch Plush Doll
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The Flintstones
Music by Hoyt S. Curtin, Lyrics by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Flintstones, meet the FlintstonesThey're the modern stone age family
From the town of Bedrock
They're a page right out of history
Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
When you're with the Flintstones
You'll have a yabba dabba doo time
A dabba doo time
You'll have a gay old time
The Flintstones Theme Song
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The Flintstones (Theme
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The Flintstones - The Complete First Season
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The Flintstones - The Complete Second Season
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The Flintstones - The Complete Third Season
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The Flintstones - The Complete Fourth Season
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Car 54, Where Are You?
by Nat Hiken
There's a hold up in the BronxBrooklyn's broken out in fights
There's a traffic jam in Harlem
That's backed up to Jackson Heights
There's a scout troup short a child
Kruschev's due at Idlewild
Car 54, Where Are You?
Car 54, Where Are You? Theme Song
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CAR 54 8X10 COLOR PHOTO
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Car 54 Where Are You?, Vol. 4 (Paint Job & Love Finds Muldoon)
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Car 54 Where Are You 3
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Car 54, Where are You? Vol. 6 - Catch Me on the Paar Show / The Taming of Lucille
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Mister Ed
by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
A horse is a horse, of course, of courseAnd no one can talk to a horse, of course
That is, of course, unless the horse
Is the famous Mister Ed
Go right to the source and ask the horse
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course
Talk to Mister Ed
People yakkity yak a streak
And waste your time of day
But Mister Ed will never speak
Unless he has something to say
A horse is a horse, of course, of course
And this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse
You never heard of a talking horse?
Well listen to this
I am Mister Ed
Mister Ed Theme Song
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The Best of Mister Ed - Volume One
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The Best of Mister Ed - Volume Two
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Mister Ed and Me and More!
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Mister Ed: Barnyard Favorites
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The Beverly Hillbillies
"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by Paul Henning
Come and listen to a story about a man named JedA poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed
Then one day he was shootin at some food
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire
Kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars
~
Well now its time to say good by to Jed and all his kin
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in
You're all invited back a gain to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillybilly that is. Set a spell, take your shoes off
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song
The Ballad of Jed Clampett
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Beverly Hillbillies: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1
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The Beverly Hillbillies - Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2
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The Beverly Hillbillies Collection
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Christmas With the Beverly Hillbillies
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Petticoat Junction
by Paul Henning and Curt Massey
Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracksto the junction
(Petticoat Junction)
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction
(Petticoat Junction)
Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
To the junction
(Petticoat Junction)
There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction
(Petticoat Junction)
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction
(Petticoat Junction)
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction
Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction Theme Song
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Petticoat Junction
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Petticoat Junction
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Petticoat Junction: The Sweet Life
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Petticoat Junction - Ultimate Collection
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The Beverly Hillbillies/Petticoat Junction Christmas Collection
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The Patty Duke Show
Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhereFrom Zanzibar to Barclay Square
But Patty's only seen the sight
A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights
What a crazy pair!
But they're cousins
Identical cousins all the way
One pair of matching bookends
Different as night and day
Where Cathy adores a minuet
The Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette
Our Patty loves to rock and roll
A hot dog makes her lose control
What a wild duet!
Still, they're cousins
Identical cousins and you'll find
They laugh alike, they walk alike
At times they even talk alike
You can lose your mind
When cousins are two of a kind
The Patty Duke Show Theme Song
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Patty Duke Theme
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The Best of Patty Duke: Just Patty
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Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke
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The Addams Family
by Vic Mizzy
They're creepy and they're kookyMysterious and spooky
They're all together ooky
The Addams Family
Their house is a museum
Where people come to see 'em
They really are a scream
The Addams Family
(Neat)
(Sweet)
(Petite)
So get a witches shawl on
A broomstick you can crawl on
We're gonna pay a call on
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Theme Song
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Addams Family Theme
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The Addams Family - Volume One
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The Addams Family - Volume 2
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The Addams Family - Volume 3
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Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of Your Loved One
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Gilligan's Island
"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" by George Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz
Just sit right back and you'll hear a taleA tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship
The mate was a mighty sailing man
The Skipper brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour
The weather started getting rough
The tiny ship was tossed
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost
The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan
The Skipper too
The millionaire and his wife
The movie star
The professor and Mary Ann
Here on Gilligan's Isle
~
So this is the tale of the castaways
They're here for a long, long time
They'll have to make the best of things
It's an uphill climb
The first mate and the Skipper too
Will do their very best
To make the others comfortable
In the tropic island nest
No phone, no lights no motor cars
Not a single luxury
Like Robinson Crusoe
As primative as can be
So join us here each week my friends
You're sure to get a smile
From seven stranded castaways
Here on Gilligan's Isle
Gilligan's Island Theme Song
The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
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Gilligan's Island - The Complete Second Season
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Gilligan's Island - The Complete Third Season
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Surviving Gilligan's Island - The Incredibly True Story Of The Longest Three-Hour Tour In History
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F Troop
by Irving Taylor and William Lava
The end of the Civil War was nearWhen quite accidentally
A hero who sneezed abruptly seized
Retreat and reversed it to victory
His medal of honor pleased and thrilled
his proud little family group
While pinning it on some blood was spilled
And so it was planned he'd command F Troop
Where Indian fights are colorful sights
and nobody takes a lickin'
Where pale face and redskin
Both turn chicken
When killing and fighting get them down
They know their morale can't droop
As long as they all relax in town
Before they resume with a bang and a boom
F Troop
F Troop Theme Song
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F-Troop
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F Troop - The Complete First Season
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F Troop - The Complete Second Season
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F Troop (Television Favorites Compilation)
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LARRY STORCH - Agarn AUTOGRAPH - Signed F Troop 8x10 Photo
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Gidget
by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
If you're in doubt about angels being realI can arrange to change any doubts you feel
Wait'll you see my Gidget
You'll want her for your Valentine
You're gonna say she's all that you adore
But stay away, Gidget is spoken for
You're gonna find that Gidget is mine!
Gidget Theme Song
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Gidget
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Sally Field (Blue Banner Biographies)
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Green Acres
by Vic Mizzy
Green Acres is the place for meFarm livin' is the life for me
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep 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
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue
...The chores
...The stores
...Fresh air
...Times Square
You are my wife
Good bye, city life
Green Acres we are there
Green Acres Theme Song
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Green Acres
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Green Acres - The Complete First Season (1965-66)
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Green Acres - The Complete Second Season (1966-67)
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Green Acres - The Complete Third Season (1967-68)
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Green Acres: Farm Favorites
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The Monkees
By Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Here we comeWalking down the street
We get the funniest looks from
Everyone we meet.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing,
to put anybody down.
We go wherever we want to,
Do what we like to do.
We don't have time to get restless,
There's always something new.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing,
to put anybody down.
We're just trying to be friendly,
Come watch us sing and play.
We're the young generation,
And we got something to say.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
You never know where we'll be found.
So you'd better get ready,
We may be comin to your town.
The Monkees Theme Song
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Love American Style
by Charles Fox and Arnold Margolin
Love, Love, LoveLove, 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
Love American Style Theme Song
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Cowsills
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The Best of the Cowsills
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The Brady Bunch
by Frank DeVol and Sherwood Schwartz
Here's the story of a lovely ladyWho was bringing up three very lovely girls
All of them had hair of gold, like their mother
The youngest one in curls
Here's the store, of a man named Brady
Who was busy with three boys of his own
They were four men, living all together
Yet they were all alone
Till the one day when the lady met this fellow
And they knew it was much more than a hunch
That this group would somehow form a family
That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch