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And Your Choice for the Best TV Theme Song Ever Is... 'Gilligan's Island'!
Yahoo ^ | 4/12/13 | David Nemetz

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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To: Flick Lives

I’d agree with Secret Agent Man. For instrumental theme, however, I consider the best ever to be “Jonny Quest.”


61 posted on 04/12/2013 9:38:58 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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62 posted on 04/12/2013 9:39:03 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: MarketR
Five-O

Never gets old!


I let that and the theme from Dallas play through every time I watch either of those programs.


63 posted on 04/12/2013 9:39:09 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: dfwgator

Star Trek
Peter Gunn
Miami Vice
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mister Ed


64 posted on 04/12/2013 9:39:37 AM PDT by Radagast the Fool
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To: MissTed

If you’ve never seen an episode, but listen to the song, you have the premise for the comedy.


65 posted on 04/12/2013 9:42:02 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: MissTed

Green Acres? I Dream of Jeannie? Get Smart?


66 posted on 04/12/2013 9:45:29 AM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: dainbramaged
The “Car 54 where are you?” song still cracks me up after 50 years

I have every episode of that on VHS. I think Car 54 was the funniest show ever. The episode where Schnauzer thinks he getting a huge sum of money from the fund for injured cops is hilarious. Paul Reed as Captain Bloch was a great comedian. His facial expressions would make a scene funny.

67 posted on 04/12/2013 9:46:55 AM PDT by saminfl
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To: MissTed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhUKVq7LyNw
TEXAS WHEELERS - opening credits - ABC sitcom


68 posted on 04/12/2013 9:48:33 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: MissTed

The theme from Gilligan’s Island is great for ridding yourself of earworms though.


69 posted on 04/12/2013 9:50:01 AM PDT by Raebie (WS)
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To: MarketR

Five-O
Never gets old!

Its the best. So good I even watch the new Five-0 shows just to hear the theme. The acting and plots stink. It could be improved if they ended each show with “BOOK HIM DANO”


70 posted on 04/12/2013 9:52:13 AM PDT by cynicalman
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To: dfwgator

I’ve always suspected that Lucas McCain, aka, “The Rifleman” was the inspiration for “Psycho Dad.”


71 posted on 04/12/2013 9:57:21 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Liberty Valance; All

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irevbjhXht8
Under the Gun (Cop Rock theme)

;o)


72 posted on 04/12/2013 9:58:30 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: MissTed

Hawaii Five-O. Nothing else even comes close. Sorry.


73 posted on 04/12/2013 10:01:15 AM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Liberty Valance

Black Sheep Squadron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDHFF4-B8I


74 posted on 04/12/2013 10:02:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dainbramaged

I can recite that from memory:

There’s holdup in the Bronx.
Brooklyn’s broken out in fights
There’s a traffic jam in Harlem that’s backed up to Jackson Heights.
There’s a scout troop short a child,
Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild.

Car 54 where are you?


75 posted on 04/12/2013 10:04:13 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Pappy Smear

I agree. I’ll personally punch out anyone who doesn’t.


76 posted on 04/12/2013 10:05:03 AM PDT by DManA
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To: US Navy Vet
There are two kinds of guys in this world....those who like Ginger, and those who like MaryAnn.

I'm a MaryAnn kind of guy, myself, as well.

77 posted on 04/12/2013 10:05:03 AM PDT by wbill
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To: mikrofon

“Topping the “Most Irritating”: Three’s Company”

Sorry. The theme song from “Friends” was the ABSOLUTE WORST EVER! At least you only had to hear the theme song from Three’s Company when you watched the show. They decided to loop the “Friends” theme song into a 3 minute song and put it out on the RADIO.

I was working at a store with “soft rock” on the speakers and I had to hear that travesty of a ‘song’ at least four times a day five days a week for a couple months!


78 posted on 04/12/2013 10:11:45 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: jaydubya2

Doe anyone remember the theme songs to “Baretta” or “Welcome Back Kotter?”


79 posted on 04/12/2013 10:19:35 AM PDT by k4gypsyrose
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To: wbill

Sadly, there are three kinds of guys...


80 posted on 04/12/2013 10:22:33 AM PDT by Rebel_Ace (Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
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