U.S. TV Themes of the 1960s. What Are Your Favorites?

Marg said:
OMG, you've captured a few more of my favourites! Used to watch the Outer Limits always!
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The Outer Limits and to an extent Twilight Zone used to play on the theme of "We're all gonna die in a nuclear war (or otherwise self-destruct) if we don't chill out." Nothing like having TV show writers push us out of The Cold War.
 

In The Sticks said:
The Outer Limits and to an extent Twilight Zone used to play on the theme of "We're all gonna die in a nuclear war (or otherwise self-destruct) if we don't chill out." Nothing like having TV show writers push us out of The Cold War.
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You're pulling all of the good ones out of the hat this morning! Absolutely, the Twilight Zone! I'm humming the theme right now. :)
 
Rawhide 59-66
Frankie Lane
'cut um in
cut um out
Rawhide'
Trail boss , Gil Favor(Eric Fleming) and our friend Rowdy Yates

Eric Fleming interesting man, club foot as youth, tried to shoot abusive father, ran with thugs in Chicago, severe facial burn in WW II, drowned in Peru while making film.
 

I can't even remember the 80's...… My most ever, Carol Burnett...When my little brother came along, he monopolized the TV...We only had
one TV....So I would not look at TV, he was 6 years younger then me....
One other thing....My cousin and me would look at American Band stand after school....Dancing down in her basement....
It was on TV from Philadelphia...
 
peppermint said:
I can't even remember the 80's...… My most ever, Carol Burnett...When my little brother came along, he monopolized the TV...We only had
one TV....So I would not look at TV, he was 6 years younger then me....
One other thing....My cousin and me would look at American Band stand after school....Dancing down in her basement....
It was on TV from Philadelphia...
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What memories I have related to the likes of the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway, I Love Lucy, Lawrence Welk, and the list goes on. :)
 
Marg said:
What memories I have related to the likes of the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway, I Love Lucy, Lawrence Welk, and the list goes on. :)
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Years ago I went to an Oktoberfest in Pennsylvania. The star attraction was Myron Floren, the accordionist from Lawrence Welk show. People were lined up to get his autograph and buy his t-shirts ad albums.

It was insane.
 
There was an unlikely comedy on American television in the 1960's called Mr. Ed, which was about a talking horse. Only his owner, Wilbur, could converse with him in person, and he was constantly having to cover up for the horse's antics, such as making phone calls. The show's theme was a real earworm, with lyrics I know to this day; "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course, that is, of course, unless the horse, is the famous Mr. Ed!"

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Earworm???

That's pretty funny. It's memorably annoying, or annoyingly memorable, that's for sure.

I occasionally see the woman who played the wife (Connie Hines) on old shows like Perry Mason, but not so much the guy who was Mr. Ed's owner (Alan Young.) A quick WIKI peek says he was born in England, moved to Scotland and then Canada as a kid, and was the voice of Scrooge McDuck for over 30 years!!! Who knew?
 
2 Couples Yabba Dabba Do a Double 'Flintstones' Wedding (2009)

Two couples have eschewed a traditional white wedding in favor of a fun Flintstones-themed double wedding in Norwich.

Andrea and Simon Bean dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and Richard and Jill Noble kitted themselves out as Barney and Betty Rubble, while their 165 guests dressed as Stone Age cavemen and women.

Of course, the traditional Bridal March tune was replaced by the theme song of "The Flintstones" cartoon TV series.

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Meanderer said:
2 Couples Yabba Dabba Do a Double 'Flintstones' Wedding (2009)

Two couples have eschewed a traditional white wedding in favor of a fun Flintstones-themed double wedding in Norwich.

Andrea and Simon Bean dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and Richard and Jill Noble kitted themselves out as Barney and Betty Rubble, while their 165 guests dressed as Stone Age cavemen and women.

Of course, the traditional Bridal March tune was replaced by the theme song of "The Flintstones" cartoon TV series.

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That is great!!!

The last episode aired almost 55 years ago, and people still do this.
Just amazing.

I've worked for multi-nationals. It's insane how long American entertainment lives on overseas.
 
I was trying to think of my favorites shows and I remembered
The Andy Griffith show
Bewitched
I dream of Jeannie
My three sons
Dragnet
The Dick Van Dyke show
and of course Bandstand. When it was filmed in Philadelphia where I lived I knew some of the kids on there.
 
I didn't pay much attention to the show when it was on the first time, but it became a favorite when it was on a retro channel not long ago.

This was a favorite then and now:
I even set up the theme as my phone's ringtone on a previous phone.
 
This show meant a lot to me in the 60's. I would watch it with my nephew who was about 6yrs younger than me and lived with us. Then his family moved to another state and he would write me everyday. He even wrote a story called the man from THUNDER and sent me the whole manuscript. So this show still means a lot to me.

 
Aunt Marg said:
What memories I have related to the likes of the Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway, I Love Lucy, Lawrence Welk, and the list goes on. :)
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Hello....I can't remember because I was still working every day, except weekend....So It was a blur!!! I never liked Lawrence Welk...
Yes Carol Burnett and Tim Conway, if I remembered it was on....See, I am not a TV person.....Right now my husband is looking at TV...
And I am not....I was mostly out in the porch....Such nice people go by and the senery is lovely....
So I'm Weird....
 
peppermint said:
Hello....I can't remember because I was still working every day, except weekend....So It was a blur!!! I never liked Lawrence Welk...
Yes Carol Burnett and Tim Conway, if I remembered it was on....See, I am not a TV person.....Right now my husband is looking at TV...
And I am not....I was mostly out in the porch....Such nice people go by and the senery is lovely....
So I'm Weird....
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Thank you Sassy....You are very nice
 
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