I've always enjoyed the quizzes that pop up now and again here, so I thought I'd try fielding one of my own. (Pun intended!)

Each of the following brief phrases was taken from the first line (well, maybe the second) of the theme song of an American TV show. All but one of the shows were from the '60s, and that one was from the '50s. Apologies to the younguns among us, but with Nick at Nite many of these classics may still be with us. And apologies to the unAmericans, but I think some of these shows may have found their way overseas.

There's no prize, so there should be no incentive for sneaking a phrase into a search engine, or other such shenanigans. You're on the honor system, folks. I have no idea whether this will be anywhere near as challenging as the traditional folk music quizzes, or Rick's baseball quizzes...but we shall see.

Just for fun, I've arranged the phrases in what seems like a logical order...but it's not related to the answers. (A hint: one of them was once voted the worst show ever on TV.)


(1) Come and listen...

(2) ...and I'll tell a tale...

(3) There's a man...

(4) Who's the leader...

(5) ...from Zanzibar to Barclay Square...

(6) ...when quite accidentally...

(7) ...of course, of course...

(8) There's a holdup...

(9) ...in the second life...

(10) ...mysterious and spooky...


Have fun!

Aloha,
Mark