Theme tunes better than the show

[anothersam]

Any TV programmes (or films for that matter) you can think of where the intro music/credits were perhaps better than the show itself? This old American sitcom comes to mind for me

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmm3KTa601s

because it's so wonderfully evocative of a time and a place, and can easily stand alone. And how long were the credits!

Having said that, I got some laughs out of it this morning:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yPUpPXSTM&t=0m34s

so perhaps I'm being unfair. I'd have to watch an entire episode or two, and try not to judge it against everything I've seen in my couch potato life since.

Perhaps it’s not surprising the song is so good (at least if you’re a sop for nostalgia), as according to Wikipedia it was written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, who looks like John Lennon’s long lost cousin in this picture.

This one’s for Yoko

 

[derrick]

This is going to be a long thread.

 

[Drago]

EastEnders.

 

[Edwardoka]

Can the thread survive being derailed in the fourth post?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGrOK8oZG8

Edited to add: if you're of a sensitive disposition, maybe don't watch all of this. It gets dark.

 

[MontyVeda]

Shaft... my god it's a terrible film and its sequels got even worse. Shaft in Africa! My lord what were they thinking.

The same could be said for Superfly and Trouble Man, and probably the entire 'blacksploitation' genre

All sequels to The Magnificent Seven, only made to sell the same soundtrack, again, and again, and again.

[edit] Probably every TV show with a theme tune by Laurie Johnson... any screen writer would be hard pressed to come up with something that justifies his music.

 

[Cycleops]

Better by a country mile:

View: https://youtu.be/wFOEubKzyQA

 

[Edwardoka]

Serious post: Knight Rider. Brilliant theme tune, utterly terrible show.

 

[MichaelW2]

What was White Horses about? A white horse farm? Do white horses taste any different to the usual kind?

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRLJYbXHAuI

And also on an animal theme:

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCPkHCf8O8

 

[MichaelW2]

Fame! Who wants to live forever...

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9ajjn46dY

 

[Beebo]

Littlest Hobo

View: https://youtu.be/JFGtRKx4ypY

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Serious post: Knight Rider. Brilliant theme tune, utterly terrible show.

It was good if you were 12 and could still overlook gaping plot holes, but yeah it's not aged well.

 

[Drago]

The Persuaders.

 

[Cycleops]

View: https://youtu.be/MFGeUiSvNCM

 

[MichaelW2]

The winner of best theme tune/worst show is obviously

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8RHBXjMlE

 

[matticus]

What was White Horses about? <snipped - that looks bloody awful>

And also on an animal theme:

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCPkHCf8O8

You can't possibly have The Monkees without The Banana Splitz!
(although you can see why one record sold rather better than the other …)