Interactive Poll XLVI

So no theme this time?

There are a ton of these....At first I was thinking of gems some might not remember, like "77 Sunset Strip," with its fingersnaps years ahead of "The Addams Family," (also another huge fave), or "The Mod Squad," for it's very 60's motif.  However, I decided on a different theme.  Animals.  These were all favourite tv shows of mine as a little girl.  

Edited by Snicolette - July 17 2020 at 12:59

  I thought it might be a good one.. so many great ones.. 

Edited by Lewian - July 14 2020 at 17:10

And out of competition, just for fun, a cover of a well-known TV theme done in the style of another well-known song:

micky wrote: For this weeks installment of Lorenzo's Grill and Micky's Bar we flip the movie script and go to the small screen. SO FRICKIN many one can choose from..   good luck.  No real rules on this. Can be a full song..  or just a snipet opening theme.  I probably have 10 I could post.. but won't.. in case some of my favs are favs of others. So I"ll start with 3... The Sopranos Barney Miller  and my guilty pleasure... Keeping Up Appearances (one of the funniest damn shows ever haha)

Videos removed for space:  Because these are all short and sweet, and first impressions last, as they say, I may alter my usual approach and just first reply to these as they come up.  Hadn't heard The Sopranos theme (in a time of not a lot of tv watching for me)...but from what I know of the show, seems quite fitting.  Barney Miller, I know, and a great show it was, as well as Keeping Up Appearances!  Love when the caterpillar comes crawling out of the flower.  I will share a future Mr TJeans here, as I also keep a copy of The Complete Book of Etiquette by Amy Vanderbilt in my bathroom as well as this gem, where Mr TJeans meets Lumina, The Lamp Lady (sorry the photo is so large, but at least you will have no trouble reading the title.

Edited by Snicolette - July 14 2020 at 18:01

Lewian wrote: Irmin Schmidt is well known in the prog world as keyboarder of Can, and I've tried for ages to get him listed here. But currently, as far as I can see, I haven't succeeded yet, meaning that he qualifies for the poll. He actually has done truck loads of TV soundtracks, and the one I'm playing here isn't exactly an application for PA, but I love this melody to pieces. It's the title track of a TV series, a coal miner saga  set in the densely populated and a bit scruffy working class German Ruhr area (I lived there for 1 1/2 years and loved it for the people there), and the music perfectly combines the coal and steel atmosphere with the romanticism that many who call it their home feel for the region.

Video removed for space:  This one I like quite a lot and don’t know it.  There is a feeling of suspense in it, but also some lightness…perhaps to lessen the feeling of foreboding.

Three of my favorite theme of TV series.

jamesbaldwin wrote: Three of my favorite theme of TV series. 1) HAPPY DAYS 2) THE JEFFERSONS THEME SONG 3) MONK THEME SONG (IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE, BY RANDY NEWMANN) here the complete song:

Videos removed for space:  Again, iconic with Happy Days and The Jeffersons.  And I loved Monk, what a greatly creative show that was.  Probably my favourite theme of these, as I enjoy Randy Newman’s quirky songwriting, as well as his serious pieces.