Its not my fault you weren’t a kid growing up in the 80’s in Mexico for this one:
But maybe you caught this one instead, loved that show, actually thought I could grow up to be a stuntman! 
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If I wanted to find more funk/soul music like this, is Parliament of Funk the best place to start?
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And the series The Prisoner was sort of a finale to…
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Ulysses 31 wins.
Sorry (not sorry) but this is a long post of things I don’t think have been posted yet.
Lesser known is the football themed adventure show The Hurricanes
Couldn’t find just the intro for this one so you’ll just have to watch all of season 1 and 2
I was gonna put the theme for “As Time Goes By” but there must be some tightly gripped knuckles on the rights to that old tune, the episode is there but the music sure aint.
I forgot this one existed, the only bit I rememeber was Neil Buchanan being a french artist to classical music.
See how radical and gnarly the 90s were;
I want to respond directly to about 20 comments but instead you’ll have to put up with a plus on that heart shaped symbol that means I like you but I don’t love you.
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This is for you
Don’t forget gerry Anderson’s UFO!
Or The Ballad of Paladin from Have Gun Will Travel.
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Came here for this, etc. etc.
I sometimes wonder would I love this song so much if the show it adorns hadn’t scraped such giddy heights… suppose it was on something like Mrs. Brown’s Boys, for example - I’d probably loathe it…
ETA: Fr. Ted’s an interesting case. Wonderful show, up there with the likes of Fawlty Towers, but the genius of the comedy fails to elevate the thoroughly indifferent theme music, for me at least.
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You made a fantastic start, to which I respectfully add:
Dad’s Army
and there should probably be at least one of the Blackadder variants:
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Every geek my age who grew up in Poland will have loved this pop-science show, Sonda (Mike Vickers - “Visitation”):
But my favourite theme song would have to have been this one, from a show called “997” (same as “911” in the US) (Chase - “Cronus”):
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Pinky and Orson W^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe Brain
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Nobody’s mentioned Green Acres:
or The Beverly Hillbillies:
or Gilligan’s Island:
or F-Troop
I sense a pattern
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Parliament/Funkadelic were both very long-lived bands that covered a lot of ground (basically they were the same band under two different names, who eventually just get referred to as “P-Funk.”) The earliest stuff from '69-70 is pretty raw, the later stuff from '75 on is slick and borderline disco. I would recommend starting with “America Eats Its Young.”
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Objectively I know this was a terrible show, but I still liked it and the intro…
If you’re noticing a pattern, yes, I pretty much stopped watching TV after the 90’s.
And this thread wouldn’t be complete without Mark Snow haunting it…
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IMO Songs of Love by the Divine Comedy is goddam beautiful and it totally sets the tone of the show.
My bride to be walked down the aisle to metallica on cellos but hand in hand we walked back that way to this version;
Neil Hannon of said band also did the incredible My Lovely Horse.
Ted;
Live;
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This always sounded like a rewored 3-2-1 Contact theme to me:
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Seeing the Father Ted intro reminded me to post the opening to Look Around You (Series 2) which is a terrific parody of 3-2-1 Contact.
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Mark Snow has admitted that the X-Files theme has lyrics.
The X-Files is a show
With music by Mark Snow
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