[78-L] 78 era TV Theme songs

[Taylor Bowie]

Hmm...I wouldn't call it one of the worst...mostly I only recall the really 
good  TV themes...the two famous ones written by Earle Hagen and the two 
biggies by Henry Mancini come to mind.

I've always liked the Bob Cummings Show theme...called "A Romantic Guy."

Here's a bit of it:   http://youtu.be/pxQXupqCCUs

Benny,  Burns & Allen,  and others used old standard tunes...and Gleason 
stole his Melancholy Serenade  melody from a late 30s pop tune called 
Through The Courtesy of Love.

I don't watch TV these days...do they even employ theme songs as they used 
to?


Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jeffrey smedbron" <bottomlessattic at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:01 PM
Subject: [78-L] 78 era TV Theme songs


>I just heard the theme from the Bat Masterson show. This has to be one of 
>the worst TV theme songs ever. Reminds me of a Mel Brooks spoof song at it’s 
>best.
> Do we have a top ten worst list.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNImRxRNjc
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