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Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs!
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Subject: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:17 AM 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 |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Banjer Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:29 AM 1. Beverly Hillbillies 4. Mickey Mouse Club 7. Mr. Ed 8. Car 54, Where Are You? 10. Addams Family |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Banjer Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:39 AM Is #6 Possibly from the Brady Bunch? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:39 AM Is number 5 Man from uncle? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: alison Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:48 AM 2. gilligan's island???? 8. spiderman slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 04:41 AM Right on, Banjer! You're really a night owl...you must be watching Nick at Nite! But no, 6 isn't The Brady Bunch, nor is 5 The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which had an instrumental theme. (Remember what U.N.C.L.E. stood for? And who their "opponents" were?) Alison, you're half right...very good on Gilligan's Island! No cartoon shows here (The Mickey Mouse Club had cartoons, but it wasn't a cartoon show). Aloha, Mark (Shouldn't take long once the rest of the Mainland wakes up! I'll check back in my morning.) |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: GUEST,Me Date: 16 Aug 01 - 05:17 AM United Network Command for Law and Eenforcement and the opponents were, THRUSH ?? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: John Hardly Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:18 AM 6=F Troop.....and a great show it was! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Tedham Porterhouse Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:27 AM 5 is the Patty Duke Show. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Charcloth Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:00 AM 1 Beverly Hill billies 2 Gilligan's Isle 3 ? 4 Micky mouse club 5 ? 6 F Troop 7 Mr. Ed 8 I Think it is Car 54 where are you 9 ? I think it might be "My Mother the car" 10 Adam's family |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Naemanson Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:44 AM Good one Mark, I hope you can keep it going. I couldn't figure out most of these but I did get a few. I got Mr. Ed (7) and The Addams Family (10). Is No. 3 that show with Patrick McGoohan, the precursor to The Prisoner? Was it Secret Agent? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: MMario Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:59 AM #3? - Branded? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: GUEST,fretless (at work) Date: 16 Aug 01 - 10:06 AM confirm Naemanson: #3 = McGoohan's Secret Agent. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: GUEST,Dita (at work) Date: 16 Aug 01 - 10:54 AM I remember the forerunner to "The Prisoner" as "Danger Man" in UK, is this the same show with a different title or a different show altogether? love, john. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: GUEST,fretless (at work) Date: 16 Aug 01 - 11:21 AM Dita -- Same characters, different shows. Danger Man premiered first in UK and was a 1/2 hour show. It aired briefly in the US. Secret Agent premiered later, was a full hour and broadcast in USA. McGoohan played secret agent John Drake in both shows. And then came The Prisoner. Boy, that was great TV! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Grab Date: 16 Aug 01 - 11:52 AM What did THRUSH stand for then? Used to watch the reruns as a kid... Anyone else thought that this thread was going to be "What's the tune that goes de-de da doo, de-de daa da-dee...?" ;-) Graham. PS. Someone's going to ask, so that's Cagney and Lacey. Although it could probably fit just about any other tune. :-) Apart from the A-Team theme, of course, which everyone knows goes bum-badabadabada... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: MMario Date: 16 Aug 01 - 11:56 AM lookee! AND Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesireables and the Subjugation of Humanity |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Jeri Date: 16 Aug 01 - 12:16 PM I don't know why I'm thinking Patty Duke Show for #5, but I am. I'm probably not just wrong, but VERY wrong. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Kim C Date: 16 Aug 01 - 12:20 PM I got all the same ones Banjer got. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Jeri Date: 16 Aug 01 - 12:22 PM Oh crap - I just did a search on Alta Vista, and I'm right. "Meet Cathy, who's been most everywhere from Zanzibar to Barkley Square,
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Naemanson Date: 16 Aug 01 - 12:24 PM Good catch Jeri. Why "Oh crap"? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: John Hardly Date: 16 Aug 01 - 01:28 PM "...a hotdog makes her lose control"????? And THIS was family programming in the 60's???! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Jeri Date: 16 Aug 01 - 01:45 PM Brett, sometimes it's more comforting to be wrong! I never even saw the show, although I probably heard the song - that's how I knew to change the channel. I'm not sure how it got stuck in my head or why it decided to surface. I also know all the words to the Mr Ed theme. I apologise for that. John Hardly - I'm shocked! They were simply comparing the musical and gastronomical tastes of the two! One likes weiners, one likes crepes, and everybody knows crepes aren't suggestive at all... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 02:43 PM Kudos to John Hardly, Tedham Porterhouse, Charcloth, Naemanson, and Jeri! Especially Charcloth...I didn't think anybody would remember "My Mother, the Car"! And bravo to everyone else who knew. Jeri, don't apologize: I know the words to all of them! MMario, thanks for the great links! But I'd go with the answer that THRUSH doesn't stand for anything...something in a spinoff book doesn't count, in my book! Just for ease of reference: 1: The Beverly Hillbillies 2: Gilligan's Island 3: Secret Agent 4: The Mickey Mouse Club 5: The Patty Duke Show 6: F Troop 7: Mr. Ed 8: Car 54, Where Are You? 9: My Mother, the Car 10: The Addams Family Thanks for playing, everybody! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: MMario Date: 16 Aug 01 - 02:54 PM My mother the car was a good show! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Naemanson Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:11 PM The funny (sorry?) thing is I remember all those shows. And a few more. Mark, do you have any more to work with? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Naemanson Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:12 PM By the way, Jeri, I used to turn the Patty Duke SHow off also. At least I don't remember the lyrics... |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 03:17 PM Dammit....I missed this whole thread!!!!! I hate missing the quizzes.............It's what I get for not being here more and wasting my time on a couple of serious threads for a change when I was!!!!!!! Ratzafrazzle!!!!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Kim C Date: 16 Aug 01 - 04:55 PM I never saw F-Troop OR My Mother the Car.:-( |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 05:22 PM Ya' know Kim, "My Mother the Car" got and still gets the butt end of jokes, but I never hear anyone say they hate it actually and a lot liked it. Jerry Van Dyke was quite funny in his typical bumbling way and the voice of the car was Ann Sothern, very sexy and dusky sounding....She was a long time actress, lots of screen credits. "F-Troop" was a kind of "Sgt. Bilko goes back to just after the Civil War" thing with similar kinds of stories......asmart sergeant, completely screwed commanger fumbling along, comic sidekicks in the troop, specifically Larry Storch. Spaw Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Banjer Date: 16 Aug 01 - 06:30 PM Mark, I would like to think you are correct in assuming that I must watch a lot of Nick at Night. I would rather you think that than I really remember all these shows from when they first came out!! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 06:41 PM Do you know, 'Spaw, I was in Denver visiting my daughter a few months ago, and took her to see a production of Annie Get Your Gun. And Chief Sitting Bull was played by none other than...Larry Storch! How's that for a turncoat! I admit it, I watched the Patty Duke show all the time. As well as all the others! I'll try and work on another quiz. Maybe I'll try to make some MIDI files so we can have a quiz on instrumental themes....don't hold your breath, though! Oh, and just because I have more work I'm trying not to do, here are the complete lines: Beverly Hillbillies: "Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed/A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed" Gilligan's Island: "Come sit right down and I'll tell a tale, a tale of a fateful trip" Secret Agent: "There's a man who lives a life of danger/To every one he meets, he stays a stranger" Mickey Mouse Club: "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?/M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!" Patty Duke Show: Jeri had it right F Troop: "The end of the Civil War was near, when quite accidentally/A hero who sneezed abruptly wheezed 'Retreat' and reversed into history" Mr. Ed: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course/And no one can talk to a horse, of course" Car 54, Where Are You?: "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights/There's a traffic jam in Harlem backed way up to Jackson Heights" My Mother, the Car: "Everybody knows in the second life we all come back sooner or later/As anything from a pussycat to a man-eating alligator" The Addams Family: "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky/They're altogether ooky, the Addams Family" Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 06:46 PM Sorry, Banjer, I had you pegged right away. I just mentioned Nick at Night because of the time you posted! |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:00 PM How about another? Small change.....simply a line in the song....50's-70's. 1) "Born in the woods" 2) "any rule, we'll break it" 3) "Gee our old LaSalle ran great" 4) "Here's Kate and the girls and the boys" 5) "Toting my old forty-four" 6) "Yoo Hoo! It's me! My name is _____ ____" (first line) 7) "I can be what I want to be and if you'd like to see" 8) "Keep smiling until then" 9) "When he hears this mighty sound" 10) "Land stretching out so far and wide" Enjoy....They're pretty easy. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Jeri Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:27 PM 1) "Born in the woods" Davy Crockett. No, he was born on a mountaintop. Was Daniel Boone borne in the woods? 2) "any rule, we'll break it" The Flying Nun 3) "Gee our old LaSalle ran great" AAAARRRGH! Archie, Edith, Meathead and Gloria. Can't think of the show's name, though. 4) "Here's Kate and the girls and the boys" 5) "Toting my old forty-four" 6) "Yoo Hoo! It's me! My name is _____ ____" (first line) Not "Pee Wee" was it? 7) "I can be what I want to be and if you'd like to see" Sounds like PeeWee Herman again. ;-) 8) "Keep smiling until then" Carol Burnett Show 9) "When he hears this mighty sound" 10) "Land stretching out so far and wide" Green Acres |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:27 PM Not all that easy, 'Spaw...or else I'm tired. I thought 1 might be Davy Crockett, but that's "born on a mountaintop", so I guess it isn't. 3 - All in the Family. 8 - Roy Rogers. 9 - Mighty Mouse. 10 - Green Acres. I didn't watch much TV in the 70s...that's my excuse. And thanks for picking up the torch -- this is fun! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: RangerSteve Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:37 PM Mark - it's not "I'll tell a tale", it's "You'll hear a tale". otherwise it's a darned good quiz. 3. on the second quiz is Laverne and Shirley. 5. is Gene Autrey. and I'll take a wild guess at 7 - Tom Terrific? |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:46 PM 1) "Born in the woods" You guys just lack confidence...It is Davy and the line is "Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, greatest state in the land of the free. Born in the woods so he knew every tree, killed him a b'ar when he was only 3." 2) "any rule, we'll break it" 3) "Gee our old LaSalle ran great" Yep..One of the most misheard lyrics of all time from "Those were the Days"--"All in the Family" 4) "Here's Kate and the girls and the boys" 5) "Toting my old forty-four" 6) "Yoo Hoo! It's me! My name is _____ ____" (first line) 7) "I can be what I want to be and if you'd like to see" 8) "Keep smiling until then" Ah yes, good old Roy and Dale 9) "When he hears this mighty sound"Gawd I hated Mighty Mouse....I was rooting for Oil Can Harry to wipe the rodent out! 10) "Land stretching out so far and wide" ....."Keep Manhattan just give me that countryside!"....tou got it ...Green Acres. Jeri, Pee Wee Was a kind of latter day version of this old Burlesque comic who did an "adult" kids show in the 50's.......and no, the Flying Nun wasn't #2....well she was, but not the #2 question. #7 was a cartoon. Spaw
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:52 PM I assume you mean 2 instead of 3 Steve and yes, it is LaVerne and Shirley. You are right on Gene Autry and Tom Terrific too! Great job there! Leaves us 4 and 6. Gave a hint on #6 so on #4....One of the stars was in "Our Miss Brooks" and another had a country hit we have talked about here. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Mark Cohen Date: 16 Aug 01 - 07:54 PM Oops--you're right, Steve. That's the only one of the 10 I don't really know well...and you found me out! Now, Tom Terrific, on the other hand...I don't recall a song for that one, though I may be wrong. What I do remember is the spoken intro: "Terrytoons presents...[sound effects, followed by a puff of steam shooting out of the top of Tom's funnel-shaped hat]...the real great(?) adventures of me, Tom Terrific! And Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog!" But what do I know? I'm just a little Hawaiian, a homesick island boy, I want to get back to my fish and poi! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:00 PM Does this ring any bells Mark?
"I'm Tom Terrific, greatest hero ever, And I think you can find that hit country song and the actor who did it on today's thread list....... Spaw
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Celtic Soul Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:05 PM Wow. You people are either all poindexters with memories and IQ's well above what we mere mortals have or you have *way* too much time on your hands! :D I got about 2 or 3. However, I *can* sing the entirety of "Marine Boy" all the way through! ;D |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Banjer Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:05 PM Got here late, but 4 is The Real McCoys |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:10 PM Good job Banj!!! I knew you were good for something! Did you notice the Walter Brennan thread on Ol'Rivers I refreshed? LOL AS to # 6, this Burlesque comic and TV star's name is mentioned in "The John Birch Society" done by the Mitchell Trio. Spwa |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: Peg Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:38 PM re: Green Acres: It's "land SPREADING out so far and wide", not "stretching" (I pegged the incorrect lyric from Gilligan's Island, too; I am not proud of this). The new trend is to have a 'theme song' which is actually a popular song of the day, instead of one written specifically for the show. Oh well... Okay here's some more for ya: 1. "Thing don't burn in the kitchen" 2. "Not getting hustled" 3. "Don't go to bed with no price on your head" 4. "And I'm gonna sing a song for you-oo" 5. "And they're always glad you came" 6. "As free as the wind blows" 7. "Speed of lightning, roar of thunder" 8. "Your heart will go pitter-pat"
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:38 PM It's Pinkie Lee. "Hey it's me; my name is Pinkie Lee". He did a grewat ad for Tootsie Pops with a 20' lollipop that had was hinged to show the center. Yeah - I watch Nick at Night. Couldn't possible remember Pinkie Lee. |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 08:46 PM Uh-huh........gotcha' Sins...........I never actually saw it either of course...........
ZZAAAPPPPP....Damn....Where'd that lightning come from? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: MMario Date: 16 Aug 01 - 09:06 PM #6 is Born Free |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 01 - 09:10 PM 5. "Cheers" 8. "Felix The Cat" |
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Subject: RE: Mudcat Quiz -- TV Theme Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Aug 01 - 09:16 PM 1) The Jeffersons 2) Good Times 3) Baretta 4) ?????? 5) Cheers 6) Born Free 7) Underdog 8) Felix the Cat Spaw
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