Posted on 04/12/2013 8:55:50 AM PDT by MissTed
We started our Theme Song Thunderdome bracket with 32 of the greatest TV theme songs ever. You responded with more than 277,000 votes. And now that the dust has settled, Yahoo! TV users have officially selected one theme song as the best of all time: "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle," from "Gilligan's Island."
We admit it: We clearly misjudged this perennial favorite, saddling it with a lowly 12-seed in the bracket. But it proved us wrong by rolling through the tournament, knocking off heavy hitters like "Diff'rent Strokes," "The Addams Family," and "The Andy Griffith Show" on its way to the final round. And even going up against an all-timer like the "Cheers" theme song in the finals, "Gilligan" found a way to squeak out a narrow win, cementing its status as your favorite TV theme song ever.
The enduring legacy of "Gilligan's" jolly sea-shanty theme is, of course, its impossible-to-forget lyrics (we know, we've tried) that told the entire tale of the S.S. Minnow's ill-fated "three-hour tour" in a single minute. And that was Sherwood Schwartz's intention from the start. Schwartz not only created the series, but also co-wrote the theme song (along with composer George Wyle), which Schwartz crafted as a quick way to get new viewers caught up without having to waste time on exposition. Schwartz went on to repeat this approach with another beloved '60s TV classic: "The Brady Bunch."
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Speed Racer?
... or “Secret Agent Man”
I was always kinda partial to “Room 222” song myself(Karen Valentine was a BABE!).
Come on! EVERYONE knows Gilligan’s Island. If you don’t, you’re probably a millenial.
Hogan’s Heroes.
O and I was(am) a “Mary Ann” kinda guy. Ginger didn’t do much for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubEuPhti-I
Followed by the third season of Wagon Train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubEuPhti-I
or “Rawhide”
I guess I will show my age and vote for the theme from Gunsmoke. I like the radio version over the TV version.
The Peter Gunn theme like the show was groundbreaking stuff.
At age 17 or so, the jazzy theme and Edie were what dreams were made of.
By the way notice who the guest star was on Wagon Train that episode.
“Long Hard Road to Come” from Justified.
I don’t dance. I am not a dancer. You hear that. I don’t dance.
But every time the theme for King of the Hill plays, my foot starts tapping and I have absolutely no control over it.
The theme from Growing Pains.
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