Pickled Egg Jukebox-Your Selections

[NewcastleFalcon]

..and for my own indulgence some honourable mentions for the A to Z which I may have selected had I got in in time

1 All Creatures Great and Small 2. Batman 3. Champion the Wonderhorse 4. Dallas 5.Emmerdale 6 Frasier 7 The Golden Girls 8 Harry Worth 9 Inspector Morse 10 The Jetsons 11 Kung Fu (David Carradine Grasshopper and all that) 12 Last of the Summer Wine 13 Mary Tyler Moore Show 14Not the nine o'clock news 15 The Onedin Line 16 Panorama 17 Question of Sport 18 Rising Damp 19 Stingray 20 Thunderbirds 21 The Man from UNCLE[/b] 22 Vicar of Dibley 23 Whicker's World 24 X-Files 25 Yes Minister 26 Z-Cars

and in time honoured fashion over to random-org to select one theme to bring into the body of the kirk and its number 7 the Golden Girls.



Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Any idea who wrote this or performed this originally, great tune!

Ron Wasserman is credited with composing the Theme Song to X-Men the animated TV Series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Th ... ted_Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wasserman

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Very interesting Neil! From your list of selections I had also found and listened to the following ones and either found something I preferred or got beaten to posting. But interesting that we both picked almost a 1/3 of the themes the same!!

1 All Creatures Great and Small
5.Emmerdale
8 Harry Worth
15 The Onedin Line
19 Stingray
20 Thunderbirds
25 Yes Minister
26 Z-Cars

[NewcastleFalcon]

And the entry for F, the Film Programme with Barry Norman posted by Bobins in our A to Z a nice tune and two more versions to try.

The original composer Billy Taylor, played on the TV theme, in a longer version



and Nina Simone with probably the most well known vocal of the tune.

Another striking theme I came across today:

As you know Mick.... Picked this out the other day from the ending of a "Life on Mars" episode.

Regards Neil

[Paul-R]

Sorry I wasn't able to add to the list today, I was otherwise occupied. But I noticed a great omission (well, several actually) and I would like to propose the theme from The Saint. This is the slower 1960s tune, not the jazzed up version introduced when the series turned into colour.



And this one-off variation of the theme tune is interesting especially for its Pink Panther style visuals.



The theme tune was written by Edwin Astley, about whom I may have rhapsodised on here before. I found a celebration of his work in one video a few years ago but can't find it now. The number of theme tunes he produced was incredible.

The BBC produced a programme about Astley, introduced by Jools Holland, in 2001. I contacted the BBC asking if they might consider repeating it sometime and they said they would add it to a list. In the meantime half of the programme is available on YouTube.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Maybe it right to celebrate another unsung hero, of the much loved TV Theme.

Couldn't have named him prior to a little delve today. I had a little ponder coming up with a "U" for my honourable mentions list, even had upstart crow pencilled in before I came up with The Man from UNCLE, definitely a favourite programme for me. I then stumbled across UFO theme by....

Barry Gray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gray

and then discovered he was also responsible for other favourites, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Joe 90 etc etc

Regards Neil

[Rp0thejester]

Does this count for U?

[Paul-R]

I had a little ponder coming up with a "U" for my honourable mentions ... I came up with The Man from UNCLE, definitely a favourite programme for me.

That was one of the omissions I came up with! But it has to be the first arrangement of the theme, not the second low key version nor the third jazzed up version. Was there a fourth? I don't remember.

Maybe it right to celebrate another unsung hero, of the much loved TV Theme.

I then stumbled across UFO theme by....

Barry Gray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gray

and then discovered he was also responsible for other favourites, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Joe 90 etc etc

Regards Neil

I saw a couple of Gray themes posted but I don't think that Thunderbirds was there.

[Paul-R]

Just to round off the evening (for me at least) have a go at this little quiz. I chose the 60s (there are other decades available as well) as I thought that would get the best response here.



I think that there about eight that I couldn't identify in time. I'm pretty sure at least two of those weren't shown this side of the pond though!

[mickthemaverick]

I missed out on 5!! Good little quiz Paul

[NewcastleFalcon]

These were the ones I got, plenty I had never heard of...

13

Spoiler: show

bewitched, beverley hill billies, addams family, star trek, twilight zone, dr who, rawhide.
The avengers, bonanza, mission impossible, the virginian , daniel boone, f troop

Those Western Themes reminded me of Alias Smith and Jones which would have made a decent "A" and "Shenandoah" which is a nice emotional Anthem in its own right, so I'm going to dig it out and play it



Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

There is one Western Theme that stands out for me:

[NewcastleFalcon]

I used to enjoy the High Chaperral!



Regards Neil

[myglaren]

1 - recognised from thumbnail. (Elizabeth Montgomery).
2 - Clueless.
3 - Picked that up. Horrible.
4 - also this. Only watched for Morticia.
5 - First word. Watched a lot of those.
6 - First few seconds.
7 - Miss. Only saw a couple of those.
8 - Fail
9 - First words, another favourite.
10 - Failed again
12 - Another fail
13 - And another
14 - Hah!
15 - Yep, a couple of seconds
16 - First notes.
17 - fail
18 - Fail
19 - First notes
20 - Recognised the music but never seen it.
21 - Fail
22 - fail
23 - Fail
24 - Fail
25 - Couldn't place it, didn't know it anyway
26 - Nope.
27 - Nope.
28 - Familiar but no
29 - No
30 - No
31 - No
32 - No
33 - No
34 - Yes, despite never having seen it.
35 - No
36 - No
37 - No

The numbering may have gone awry a bit. Never seen the majority of these. Of those that were on I had no interest in them. Especially the American stuff. Other than One Step Beyond, The Twilight Zone and (the other one, I forget the name).
One very memorable episode of one with Jane Asher in it. Only thing I have seen her in and it didn't end well for her.
They only stick in my mind for the female actors other than Rawhide. I was rarely home to watch them anyway.

[Rp0thejester]

Just to round off the evening (for me at least) have a go at this little quiz. I chose the 60s (there are other decades available as well) as I thought that would get the best response here.



I think that there about eight that I couldn't identify in time. I'm pretty sure at least two of those weren't shown this side of the pond though!

Is that Bewitched?