Guess The 70s TV Show Theme Song!

[@gaycramer2658]

When us kids were the “ remote controls”. Memories 😊

[@katajha831]

Hell my first husband joked we did not need one he had me. Although the music was good the past was the worsts in reality. lol

[@jamesmurray3082]

And we only had 3 stations to choose from.the dark times.

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

for tv time i was usually sitting in the lazboy with my mom. at some point i got big enough that the two of us in the same chair was more like being wedged in there, and my elbow to her belly was the only way i could get out of that chair. she got tired of my elbow to the gut, and started changing channels herself.

[@mikejunior211]

Not fun. My tv dial button broke and I had to use a pair of players...one time I got mildly electrocuted...Not fun at all.

[@tejaswoman]

My parents' joke for us kids was that we were born because there weren't remote controls yet. Now when when my elderly mother gets apologetic for asking me to get up and do something for her, I remind her now that we have remote controls, I need a purpose in life. 😉

[@abbabb8641]

Like Archie and Edith said, "Those Were the Days".

[@danieljbalkwill]

In grade 7, we had arguments about the lyrics. Most of us heard 🎶GROSL red grapes? Our teacher recorded it and we listened in class. 🎶Gee, our old LaSalle ran great!

[@xgwke5867]

Guys like us, we had it made

[@chekyerego]

@@xgwke5867 And we didn't know it.

[@mr.pavone9719]

The older generation always says the old days were better when they're on their deathbeds.

[@MicheluceRizzuto]

Absolutely my favorite show from the 70’s

[@gophils234]

I agree so much with with everybody. Growing up in the 70s and 80s we would play in the the neighborhood streets until the the street lights came on them we would come home and watch these classic TV shows. Life was good. Thank you for letting all of us relive so many great memories!

[@noehctuccmliw]

It was really cool to be a kid during this era. I hope the kids of today can have at least ½ of the good memories from today's era as we do/did from the 70's.

[@mattgiguere5638]

2 Grandbabies 10 & 8 😮 it's all u tube and vids and media. They and my youngest Son (divorced) just vid out....sorry...it will never be that way again....like the first time of anything...right? 1967❤😂😊

[@davesteller6301]

After watching this video and seeing my results, it is painfully clear, that I watched WAY too much TV in the 70s.

[@rashidaguest4035]

Amen brother lol

[@mikejunior211]

You cannot keep up with that much water down content nowadays.

[@be6715]

I thought the same. LOL

[@JustinAllen]

I missed three out of the bunch even though I watched every series in the video (save for one aimed at tween girls nostalgic for a period of history beyond their comprehension presented in so whitewashed a manner Tucker Carlson would proudly give it a slow clap standing ovation).

[@ronnahjohnson5013]

BWAHAHAHA !!!! ME TOO !!!!

[@susan5301]

I feel so grateful to have been able to watch these shows back in the day when tv was actually really good!

[@splibb]

These were NEVER good

[@swampfox1582]

@@splibb Some were good for their time and some were even innovative for their time. Have there been better-yes. Have there been worse-yes!

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

3 channels of TV beats 200 channels plus Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services?????????😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@66HTown]

I remember my much younger self watching a majority of these shows. Great memories that included my now deceased parents. The laughter shared in our old home still brings a smile to my face. Blessed to have those memories.

[@susan5301]

@@66HTown Agreed!

[@williamkanegateshead]

Mary Tyler-Moore. Awww. She was truly beautiful.

[@christelheadington1136]

That picture sure didn't look like her.

[@peytonmarceaux8788]

@@christelheadington1136 cucumber

[@janreznak881]

Yes, and a great woman as well.

[@jeanmarieteresa4067]

I wanted to be her when I grew up! Lol

[@AnnieBe65]

@@jeanmarieteresa4067 We all did! She was a totally new version of a grown woman to us. Single, professional career, lived on her own, declined a few proposals of marriage, she had her own life. Mary was a trailblazer to us little girls growing up in the 70s and I love her for it.

[@tammyvincent9417]

I'm literally crying right now thinking about watching these shows with my late father and grandmother.

[@cnance1972]

I am with you, miss good ol innocence....my dad Is dying, my family is JWs and I am not so they don't let me see him. I cried too.

[@rolandreegan3665]

Our father in heaven

[@andrewpetik2034]

@@cnance1972 I am so sorry for your loss. My parents are both gone. I was so close to my brother growing up and now political differences are an ever present wedge between us. Praying for Peace to be in you and with you 🙏

[@andrewpetik2034]

I am with you..... almost all of my family members are gone....

[@mandeljay]

“That was!”

[@DLICIOUS42]

Im 52 years old now and I'll tell you these shows were the soundtrack of my childhood. Along with the shows of the 80s as well

[@happyguy7005]

Wow! I miss the 1970’s so bad right now…so many friends and family were alive… they were “good times”. Got 100%

[@theodoreritola7641]

NOOOOO GREAT TIMEZ LOL

[@daboys1215]

I used to laugh at the 70's and now I miss them. Great time to grow up.

[@theodoreritola7641]

I NEVER DID i knew i was hugely blessed /

[@Mike80528]

There was an innocence growing up in the 70's that has been lost for some time...gives me a sense of melancholy.

[@jfiorello68]

TV in the 70s was so much fun.

[@dawngodsil745]

That sure is a fact😊😊😊😊😊

[@dariusketchup4781]

jfiorello68 yes they were!

[@thedude5599]

That is because you were a kid with no bills or other adult problems. Thanks mom for doing a great job !!!!!

[@TairnKA]

We had the first amendment, very little political correctness but was naive to the harm on others.

[@dariusketchup4781]

T'airn'KA Well I don't believe in political correctness since just another control technique, but I do agree that humans have a natural knack for hurting others until we become awakened to the fact that we are hurting others by word or deed.

[@andrearobinson2512]

Who else remembers sitting cross-legged or lying on the living room floor watching these shows on a console television? I got so many of them it makes me wonder if I did anything at all besides watch television during the entire decade of the 70s. This was really cool💖

[@ladonnadavis8710]

Yeah! I was my dad's remote control LOL

[@LisaNH934]

I remember! I couldn't sit like that for more than 2 minutes today! We (kids) sat like that for hours! Since most homes had only one TV - it had to be a group event....so much better than today.

[@bridgetlyons876]

No, think about it. We were all doing a lot in those days. Everyone did.

[@teaeff8898]

My dad splurged for the box “remote” with a cable to the tv. So not remote. Well I guess it was. Lol

[@Constantinople-uh9zg]

I feel exactly the same way. I distinctly remember attending school, doing homework and participating in the usual extracurricular activities. But after listening to this it made me think all I ever did was watch TV.

[@michellescukanec2359]

Was in grade school during the 70s I remember every single one of these shows and enlisted as the remote control for my parents too lol The best decade ever! Thank you for sharing this 🌼

[@blueforest2927]

I loved the 70's too...a comfortable decade...at least in western massachusetts.

[@t-bo2734]

Do any tug at your heartstrings as much as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Little House on the Prairie?

[@sandrazink2700]

I missed four. One of the best decades for songs.

[@jerseydebil]

@@t-bo2734 The waltons theme too

[@caseythompson2614]

I wish I could have grown up in the seventies

[@element-mc5zp]

Damn we had good television back then!!!!

[@marshadube6464]

Amen!!!

[@freedomsnotfreefreedomsnot3270]

Very true and the memories. Didn't have the 6 million dollar man though. It was more popular than the bionic woman.

[@johnsavard7583]

Better than now, no doubt, but I liked the 60s better.

[@aileenwagner2576]

U know it!!!

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

@@freedomsnotfreefreedomsnot3270 It depends... as a little 8 year old girl, I watched more Bionic Woman than the Six Million Dollar man, which is more relatable to boys of that era.

[@NYC1]

When life was simpler and less stressful

[@matthill868]

NY* Amen to that.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

Not a chance. You must have lived somewhere else.

[@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz]

When girls were girls and men were men.

[@stopyoutuberemovingcomment6474]

Before the bloody internet destroyed the world

[@stopyoutuberemovingcomment6474]

@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz there were plenty of gay people in the 70s it was just legal for anyone to kill them so they didn't tend to tell everybody for fear of people like you 😜

[@johnpugh327]

Thanks for the memories folks. Brought a tear to my eye to remember such simpler times. Great video and greatly appreciated.

[@andymatthews7617]

This world now will end up in HELL.

[@claycarpenter8625]

Just remember though. We have memories of simpler times but our parents had different view of they world that they grew up in. Their childhood was simpler times and what we view as that our parents and elders saw things getting worse. Smile because it will only get worse. That's what history has taught us. Yet we still get behind our chosen person come election time as if they are gonna do something to make a difference. That always baffled me why people do that.

[@PhaQ2]

@@claycarpenter8625 By the time you're an adult, you should know it's about the lesser of two evils. Career politicians lie to get your vote. Business men lie to get you a better deal.

[@t-bo2734]

@@claycarpenter8625 Things were better in the 1950s than they were in the 1930s and 1940s. Things were better in the 1980s than they were in the 1960s and 1970s. If the current direction of the country/world is altered, as I hope it will be, the 2030s will be better than the 2010s and 2020s. Good and bad are both cyclical. No rational person would say the 1930s & 1940s were better than the 1950s or 1980s.

[@claycarpenter8625]

@@t-bo2734 well it depends what you are talking about. If you are talking about advancements in technology and stuff man has made to make our lives more comfortable then heck yeah it's way better, but the state of humankind as far as violence, drug abuse, homelessness, lawlessness, poverty, murder is horrendous. God told us men would advance from bad to worse and we see that. All these things humans invent and create are becoming more and more are for an escape in our personal lives because the world around is so bad. We sit there and watch the news and think how awful and then the next day we hope in our $100,000 cars to catch a plane for our luxury vacations. As long as these things don't affect us personally we our content in the "bubble" we created to shield us from all that.

[@rexharrison400]

As a kid in the 70's I loved Lindsay Wagner, she was absolutely gorgeous.

[@Baronstone]

Everyone did

[@Steve-nb9kg]

Nah they all liked Farrah.

[@baddog9320]

I didn't like either. But now, seeing Linsey back then. She was better looking then I remembered. Still don't like Farrah. Another nice looking one was Linda Carter. There were a few others also.

[@mra57]

Daisy Duke!

[@deliseovpstudio2978]

How did you survive you years of growing up with a name like "Rex Harrison" ---- "Mr. Dolittle"/"Henry Higgins"?☺️ If it's a pseudonym... That's a good name to choose!!

[@Grandpa_Shark007]

I loved the 70’s mainly cause my Parents was alive and life was awesome!

[@andrewpetik2034]

Yes. The world almost made sense....

[@opencarrymagazine5134]

Waitress asked me, last night, "Anything else I can get you?" And I said, "Can you reset the world to 1979?"

[@sandrastreifel6452]

But we were expecting to get blown to Kingdom Come any day, by those ICBM’s!!!

[@terriseaton3049]

Life was easier when someone else took care of us.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

@@terriseaton3049 But all we wanted was independence!

[@matthewwilson9656]

Lump in my throat, choking back the tears. This takes me back, remembering growing up in the 70s. How innocent I was. I was a bewildered little boy. Now I'm a bewildered 60 year old man. Lol. Thank you for this video

[@wly725]

I'm not so old. I agree they had the idea they were acting for lots of people, from the USA to many other countries, so they were more lovely, Matthew (they thought even there could be children like me watching them.) The difference in age: here they were launched after a long time ago our dictature had ended, so we watched old episodes, but we did not even realized about that. BTW, Wonder Woman is some new concept of Superwoman I saw some years ago in some Web Page. 'Three's company, too' was seen first by 1990s. M*A*S*H* was a mad old brothers' madness: TV was for them entirely and they even loved any word, any thing said by them. They always shushed us when it started!

[@matthewwilson9656]

@@wly725 You mentioned something about your dictature ending. Where are you from?

[@wly725]

@@matthewwilson9656 Spain.

[@LtJackboot]

I'm with you there Matthew.

[@marigeobrien]

How innocent we ALL were.

[@dr3putt62]

Me too Im Old as well. Barney Miller was the best bass hook on TV

[@rdavid488]

The guitar riff wasn't bad either. Js

[@randallmarsh1187]

Better than Peter Gunn?

[@dr3putt62]

Randall Marsh forgot for a moment on that one

[@ericf7063]

That was Corol Kaye fromt the Wrecking Crew. They were a loose set of studio musicians that basically did 90% of all themes or backup music on albums.

[@resplendentpeace]

It wasn't the hook, but whoever played on The Bob Newhart Show was tearing it up, too.

[@pamelamark3609]

For some strange reason, I liked soap. It had a weird type of humor to it. 🤔

[@tejaswoman]

The _show_ is strange. *_Liking it_* is not.

[@pamelamark3609]

@@tejaswoman Thanks. I even liked All in the Family. Even though Archie Bunker, was kind of a racist jerk at times... but Edith was a sweetheart...I loved her. Thanks for your comment, GOD Bless you. 🌻

[@brenthaymon280]

I always liked Soap. But the humor was kind of weird.

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Soap was twisted.... And it was supposed to be because it was a mockery of the daytime soap opera.... That's why it aired on TV at night. I loved it's dry and twisted humor. P.S. Bob is missing again.

[@pamelamark3609]

@@jimmyfortrue3741 Oh ok, I didn't know that... thanks for the info. ☺

[@dantheman5745]

Okay, that was like stepping into a time machine. Wow, such memories. Very surprised not to hear "The Rockford Files" theme. Not at all surprised (but still a tad disappointed) not to hear the awesome theme from the short-lived Mel Brooks Robin Hood-esque sitcom "When Things Were Rotten".

[@martyfoshee6201]

This is when TV was real TV these are classics They will never be forgotten. I was born in 1973 and I watch the reruns today thanks for sharing the memories. Most TV today is not TV look at where we’ve come in 50 years wow. Wish we could go back to those days 70s and 80s were the best decades

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

3 channels of TV beats 200 channels plus Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services?????????😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@reog3279]

So classic that l was able to identify the three shows l never recall watching. (Though l also missed 3 that l watched almost religiously.)

[@brenthaymon280]

I was a teenager in the 70's. I knew all of the theme songs. I love and still watch all of these shows.🤗

[@doloresdemar2347]

Me too 😄 born in 58 ❤

[@MicahThomason]

It's the only good thing about the internet.

[@1011skarn]

I grew up in the 80s, these were still played then.

[@cavecookie1]

@@doloresdemar2347 1958 was a great year...I'm the same vintage!

[@theodoreritola7641]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYAAAAAHHH ....Big time

[@boomer2095]

This seriously gave me goose bumps listening to the songs from the TV shows I grew up watching.

[@paulasmith5442]

They don't make tv shows like that anymore and is sad😭

[@tennilestovall5146]

No good writers

[@robertd9850]

Some are better, i.e. Big Bang Theory, Seinfeld. Some streaming service original series shows are way better, i.e. Jack Ryan, Man in the High Castle.

[@johnbarton1339]

No they copy them

[@dianeuecker5186]

Nope just reality shows, not a lot of talent there. I think thats why people are so angry, they can't even escape reality when watching TV.

[@idacow8237]

if they made TV shows like that today.. cancel culture would wipe them out in an instant

[@tomfreese5190]

I watched entirely too much TV in the 70’s lol

[@d.j.theend6150]

What's funny while listening to all these themes. I thought the same thing and damn I'm old lol

[@micheledalton1211]

Me too! 😆 I'm 54 But they forgot Six Million Dollar Man!

[@redwhiteblue9866]

No shit, I knew all but one of these and somehow that's disturbing to me.

[@ohcanada8084]

Same, lol 😂, and I thought I was outside more!

[@kat35lulu88]

Apparently so did I Tom....

[@trainliker100]

I remember the old game show "Name That Tune" where people would have to guess with the fewest number of notes. Like, "I can name that tune in 3 notes". I could get most of these just about that quickly. That represents a lot of misspent youth in front of the TV I guess.

[@berlynwall1956]

Everytime MASH would come on I'd run to my dad hop on his lap and sit and watch it with him. Every time I hear the theme song I get nostalgia!

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

it always came on before Carson in my house

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

Did you know the name of the theme? Suicide Is Painless.

[@melissacooper4482]

Have you seen the MASH movie? It has the lyrics to the theme song Suicide is Painless.

[@davidbezer5011]

Through early morning fog I see

[@agoogleuser4443]

That is my favorite show of all time. I practically know the scripts by heart I've seen them so much. When Jeopardy had MASH as a category I swept it easily.😍😍😍

[@mermademagic4741]

I've watched way to much tv. Should have be doing my homework.

[@Chariots1981]

Me, too. I got almost every one of them correct. But those were the days!!!

[@rricci]

"Should have be doing my homework." Uh, yeah....especially grammar

[@melodies2013]

Hardly know any of these: was doing me homework ..... GORGEOUS THEME MELODY at 3:55, though, for "Little house on the Prairie".

[@davidurban6813]

Yeah same here

[@davidurban6813]

Does anyone remember Super train? It was only on for 1 or maybe 2 seasons. Have a great day everyone.

[@jhonwask]

It is interesting to note that many of the 1970's theme songs became top 10 hits on radio.

[@mapleleaf0]

This was a lot of work to put together, and you did a great job! This was a lot of fun nostalgia for me. Thanks!

[@janetpetersen1938]

That was a great walk down memory lane.

[@brockmarkins4312]

Oh My GOD! …….. I was a teenager in the 70s and created a game we would play just like this. Except to get my 'sound track' I parked in front of the TV with a cassette tape recorder and held the microphone to the speaker. No telling how many hours that took. Thank you for the fond memories!

[@deliseovpstudio2978]

😵‍💫😲I remember doing that too, with my cassette recorder!! ☺️☺️ Although, I recorded themes of movie soundtracks that were appealing/memorable/moving to me, because I knew the networks (all 3 of them 🤭) weren't going to repeat a showing for at least another year - - if they were repeated at all. One movie that will always be in my heart is the theme to the movie "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" ❤️by Dave Grusin with the lead actor, Alan Arkin.

[@Noelle_White]

I’m surprised The Love Boat and Dallas themes weren’t included. Regardless it was great tripping down memory lane again. I got most of them except for about four.

[@jibblesq]

That was in the 80's section of these videos.

[@kevinstachovak8842]

Conversely, some of the intros here were late 60s

[@elmobolan4274]

And "Rhoda"

[@bender21man]

Totally agree!! 2 of my favorites

[@davidwilson2680]

I was expecting to hear Love Boat as well.

[@randyduncan4004]

That was a fantastic little group of songs ...made me realize how much fun the seventies were. I miss it.

[@TheHeartMystic111]

Wowza. Thank you for the memories. Loved singing every one of these. I can see myself sitting on the floor watching these. I knew all of them within a few seconds other than McCloud. Clearly I watched a lot of TV in the 70’s while growing up. Even more Interesting is that I haven’t watched TV for about 20 years. In fact, I cannot even remember the last series I watched. I wish we could go back to great tv like this but I know that is to going to happen. I do feel blessed to have grown up in the 70’s and to have experienced good quality television programs like these shows.

[@jchis9852]

"Book 'em, Danno!"

[@dougbrockelbank1196]

, Murder One!

[@moonlightlady6126]

Fun stuff, "thank you" and the photos were beautiful. Only thing missing that I would have liked to have heard and seen on here would have been "The Mod Squad".

[@cliffbraun3850]

Moonlight Lady mission impossible, Ironsides, kolchak the night stalker,mannix,beretta, and on and on

[@idacow8237]

@@cliffbraun3850 I was also hoping for the mod squad theme, alas no luck

[@debbyfronke3227]

agree I wanted to be julie and have linc and pete for best friends on mod squad!

[@sherrimarshall3191]

I agree on a lot of the comments down here but I guess they put them in order of 70's 80''s or wherever this is still great memories !

[@fairygoth-mother7341]

Mod Squad was more from the late 60s, wasn't it?

[@davidoverstreet2875]

Now that was a lot of fun, and brought back a lot of memories of my youth. There was only about 12 out of probably over 30 songs that I didn't recognize. Watched all of those shows with the exception of about 10 of them. Most of those were from the early to late 70s, encompassing my childhood and early teenage years. Lot of fun

[@GoldAndSilver988]

Overall, the best decade for both TV and music. But they didn't include my favorite here, The Six Million Dollar Man.

[@robertosso5210]

no the best decade for music was the 80s hands down

[@Normal1855]

My favorite TV show was Emergency.

[@OmgAuntySuzanne16]

Quincy M.E.

[@fredjones7705]

@@OmgAuntySuzanne16 Quincy? Seriously?...shudder.

[@robertosso5210]

@@Frunobulax74 no im not kidding, the 80s was the best in music, movies wrestling

[@rickjones2303]

I was born in 65 got all of them. Thanks for making feel old. I can't remember what I did yesterday. But remember all these shows . Thanks

[@deliseovpstudio2978]

Thank you so much for an EXCEPTIONALLY well prepared and presented romp through memory lane! I'm enamored of your graphics and production techniques employed to take the promotional photos of the shows represented and "freshen" them up, add them to a background that has a depth and vibrance that makes the picture really pop! It's obvious that this channel is made by some real professionals!

[@tejaswoman]

People keep commenting about what you left out. I want to say how impressed I am there are so many women-led-show themes... and now the Muppets! I would never have thought about that one!

[@RomanDiaries]

Yes! People these days make it out like women-led comedies are new and progressive. How quickly we forget our history.

[@Surferant666]

And the Muppets are a British show...

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

I could've done without the Muppets, that was for little kids--I sure didn't watch that crap in the 70's! "Women-led" shows: well you know, that was the age of Women's Lib--too bad that never went anywhere... ;)

[@jccw227]

​@@not-so-smartaleck8987 You might think that because they're puppets, so the show seems to have a children's aesthetic, yet the dialogue is unquestionably sharp-edged, witty, and thematically skewed to adults.

[@christopherlees1134]

Aren't you a good little politically correct social justice warrior snowflake! You counted up all the women-led shows (oh brother). Make America Great Again! MAGA!

[@nancyblanchard9175]

Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill.

[@vickihshallenberger3644]

Took a whole lot of climbing just to get up that hill and we're moving on up Eastside to a Deeeluxe apartment in the sky

[@lawrencewheeler8868]

@@vickihshallenberger3644 🖒

[@nancyblanchard9175]

@ I think it's means they would be eating steak and lobster from now on

[@rdavid488]

I often wondered how one would cook beans on a grill, being a teenager back then.

[@EddieErion929]

I thought it was grits instead of fish(maybe I am right? lol)

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

Gen X. We really were the television generation. I literally could name every single one within 2-3 seconds of opening notes lol EDIT I didn’t know McCloud. It either didn’t run in syndication or was after my bedtime LOL

[@jamesmaurer8349]

I missed emergency so don't feel bad. But let's be honest. We would play outside all day. Run inside every once in awhile to grab a mayor McCheese glass full of kool-aid and while we were in there catch a Jim Croce or Olivia Newton John song on the radio and head back out. Come in for a home cooked dinner at the table with the most important people in the world to you. Then settle in with these shows till mom tucked you in. Its no wonder we can't forget these shows. Who would want to.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

@@jamesmaurer8349 omg yes! You just described my childhood! 😆

[@stormjacobs5497]

Thats so funny, only one that stumped me too, Mc Cloud! That was fun to hear them all tho. Great times.

[@CaAnPeSe4ever]

The 'McCloud' one was the only one I missed, got all the others. Wasn't it packaged with 'The Sunday Night Mysteries' with 'Columbo' and 'MacMillan and Wife'? Yeah, on after my bedtime but my parents watched them.

[@LC-uz6em]

It was after your bedtime/

[@jtg3765]

I forgot four, which I had never really followed: Starsky&Hutch, Soap, Emergency, and McCloud. All of the rest I guessed within 5 notes, having grown up in the 70s.

[@marlenef777]

Hahaha those are the exact four that I missed as well!!!! I never watched those shows. And same with the others! Guessed within a few notes!

[@richardszablewski1420]

Thanks. Brings back a lot of great memories. I wish I could go back in time.

[@madisonc7424]

PREACH

[@GAB8407]

If you ever find the time machine, let me know here on KZbin. I'm game!😎

[@rnhealer6044]

Thanks for the look back. We had great shows in the '70s. We still had only three networks. Many of these shows are still in syndication.

[@RoadDog79]

Thanks for giving my wife and I a little trip down memory lane. It was fun!

[@JoePiervincentiWorld]

Well thanks for the great trip down memory lane! I'm 70 so I grew up with all of those shows. ...😎 I'm going back to listen to the Laverne & Shirley theme song again!

[@magdalenawilliams1692]

This was great. Takes me back to the good old days when shows were interesting. 👍🏼👍🏼🥰🥰

[@raeannmoldenhauer5641]

Wow! Many blasts from the past. Thank you for the time and effort this took to put together!

[@markgardner4426]

The McCloud theme is obscure since the show usually was introduced by the Mystery Movie theme...

[@Psychol-Snooper]

I remember that theme. It was the "it's time to go to bed" music on Sunday nights (I believe.)

[@Chariots1981]

Totally agree. Would have gotten the Mystery Movie theme for Sunday night.

[@songtrivia]

Mark Gardner I wanted to add “something different.” Like I thought it would’ve been interesting to add a show that wasn’t technically on it’s own show. You know what I mean? :)

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@songtrivia Well now you can just upload the entire Mystery Movie theme as it's own video, and blame popular demand, because this thread is mildly popular, and I demand! ;)

[@BubbaSmurft]

@@songtrivia Then you should have done the Banacek theme.

[@Unchained74]

I'm a 70's baby. I missed 2 Emergency and Mccloud. Never really watched those shows, but do remember seeing them in the TV guide book.

[@RumbleFish69]

Got 'em all! ...Damn, I'm old. :(

[@FD2003Abc]

I missed "The Bionic Woman." Let's face it, it is iconic but who in the heck actually WATCHED IT? Good to see Lindsay Wagner (and Lee Majors) are still with us and looking goood! (hey, why no "Chico and the Man?")

[@Cleopatra7Philopator]

Ack, a Bad 3 here!

[@W.Vanderbilt]

You fucking liar

[@johnboehmer6683]

@trf12567 , hilarious, I thought my brother and I were the only ones that ran in slow motion making bionic sounds! 🤣

[@randallsage6740]

Well, I'm old and only got about 1/2 of them. They were good shows though, goodness !!

[@BladesRKing]

Even though I only had 3 channels back then, I admit I miss a few.

[@hydrolito]

We had 4 channels but 2 were CBS, one NBC and one ABC.

[@miltmarhoffer729]

I'm crying too, remembering how great the seventies were and still are in our minds

[@kenperk9854]

70s theme songs beat the crap out of today's bubbling crud, some call" "music."

[@daemickey]

Most TV shows today have no thems songs anymore, they don't use them because people will change channels so they go right into the show.

[@mr.pavone9719]

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE OLD!

[@docjazz290]

I've heard of "bubblin' crude," but "bubbling crud" is a new one on me. ~ Jed

[@tina670]

Thanks for taking that break from telling the kids to get off your lawn

[@Muswell]

How can the 70s be nearly 50 yrs ago???? Wtf !

[@Goldnfoxx]

As someone born at the butt end of '74, I feel your pain on that one.

[@brenthaymon280]

I graduated from high school in 1979. Where does the time go.

[@aspenrebel]

Let's see..... 1975 was 44 years ago. 44 years before that was 1931. Why does 1975 seem like yesterday to me?

[@aspenrebel]

@@brenthaymon280 punk kid.

[@farnumbp]

It's not possible :(

[@oneminuteofmyday]

You only have to hear that first note of Barney Miller to recognize it. Great song. Just as great show. My family still gets a lot of mileage out of Barney Miller quotes. “Squishy, squishy.” lol

[@Robert08010]

Mine was the Little House theme. First note.

[@bethapplegate7052]

You had my FAVORITE TV show on here!!!! Emergency! Not very popular so I wasn't expecting it and was soooooo excited when I heard the first 2 notes

[@Chariots1981]

I loved that show, too, especially Randolph Mantooth.

[@sachchloe]

Same here,. Loved the show, big crush on Randolph Mantooth.

[@bethapplegate7052]

Yeah he was cute but my favorite was Chet, he was so funny

[@brenthaymon280]

Great show. I still watch Emergency on Cozi TV. Have seen every episode three or four times.

[@lindakartz700]

Beth Applegate EMERGENCY! theme song is my ringtone, all time favorite show! I meet Randy Mantooth last summer, he was just a nice as you would think he would be. I tell you 12 yr old me was going nuts but 58 yr old me was cool as a cucumber.🤣

[@rosemarymontez6505]

The little house on the prairie reminde me of my mom she did in 2011 but all these shows we use to watch together,😍

[@brenthaymon280]

I used to watch Little House on the Prairie with my mother too. She died in 2013.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

RIP for both :)

[@dariusketchup4781]

Rosemary Montez I used to watch it at my grandparents house, great memories!

[@cupcakemom6306]

Thought it was just me. My mom loved little house on the prairie and Michael Landon. Made me miss watching with my mom too.

[@MIKELIN8]

This has to be the best decade for TV show theme songs.

[@harryfox3139]

Sitcoms were sooo much better back in the day.

[@Chariots1981]

Totally agree. More variety of content.

[@williamtaylor8020]

Harry Fox, you got that right

[@Boddissatva]

I knew them all too. Miss them. Bring them back

[@carollund8251]

Even better in the 60's.

[@YONATANAJ]

@@carollund8251 I was just thinking the same thing. But there were some really good shows in the 70's too.

[@braddollahite7589]

omg i remember watching most of these shows when i was little. Dam had good tv back then, unlike the shit we got now.

[@HenryODonovan]

Totally agree with that!

[@MxCartney_Lou]

Brad Dollahite I was born in 2001 and I agree, TV I grew up with sucks

[@brenthaymon280]

All they show on TV now is reality show crap and news about Hollywood celebrities. They only have a handful of decent show to watch.😩

[@loraleewellington9064]

Thank you so much for this! It was such a delight to hear so many old, familiar tunes!

[@rexhunt4695]

The ones I did not know we're the shows I never watched

[@miss_midge_]

Makes sense, Rex.

[@johnbarton1339]

Makes perfect sense

[@scott3512]

Same

[@satinbarbi]

Where I lived in Connecticut we could only get ABC and CBS so NBC shows didn't exist to me.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

Same here. Unfortunately, I only missed two. So I am scum.

[@chrismoody1342]

I can’t tell you how much I miss Sanford and Son. Solely based on Red Fox. Or for that fact, Archie Bunker and Carroll O’Connor. Pure genius on both.

[@janeypaul3172]

Boy u couldn't make those kind of great shows now! They are the best!

[@sosclay6655]

Theme song needs more cowbell.

[@freedomsnotfreefreedomsnot3270]

@Gordon Shumway Yep,, he doesn't know the difference between acting and real life. Definitely a tool

[@freedomsnotfreefreedomsnot3270]

Sanford and Son was my favorite. My Dad and I used to laugh our asses off. Chico and the Man,the short time it was on.

[@berlynwall1956]

Sanford and son! Yessssss

[@dalemoyers8881]

Great video with a lot of great memories. But I did think of a couple that you left off. You should have definitely added the Six million dollar man, and SWAT to the list. Thanks. 😎

[@davidjackson2524]

No Rockford Files. Loved that theme. From the same composer as The A Team and numerous shows.

[@keithadams4281]

wow i just took a trip to my childhood day's. thank you.

[@hectortorres1240]

Wow! I was watching this as a child. now I don't watch any TV only on the laptop looking at KZbin, no cable here is where I find happiness.

[@starfed64]

Y’all did a very good job with this it was so pleasant to do my chores and have memories flood to the point where more than my mirrors got clean. I think this is the most therapeutic video I have listened to in a good long time. So I recommend you start a 70s for therapy sitcom channel

[@laurieschapro6036]

If you don't have cable , and you just watch on air TV , then you can watch "Antenna TV" . It's a network of oldies but goodies TV shows such as: SOAP,BARNEY MILLER, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN, ALICE,MAUDE,WELCOME BACK KOTTER,THREE'S COMPANY, BACHELOR FATHER, FATHER KNOWS BEST,DENNIS THE MENACE,SILVER SPOONS, AND MANY MORE OF THEM ARE ON THIS NETWORK.

[@paulharris5052]

Also, Dallas, Love Boat, and SWAT had memorable themes

[@jameskratzer4538]

Don't forget "Airwolf" or "Battlestar Galactica". I think this went for a lot of popular shows with not quite memorable themes, along with the ones you have to die to forget. Plus licensing fees.

[@danielhaney9992]

Airwolf was really cool but mid 80s

[@sheteg1]

Miss those innocent days of TV. We actually had to be home to watch them.

[@sadieesourced1724]

What about the Courtship of Eddies Father.. “people let me tell ya bout my best friend..”

[@lennieblue]

One of my favs. I was just a kid and had a crush on Bill Bixby. I still like that show, I own the series on dvd. ☺️

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

Or adam 12

[@mikewalter1111]

Too many great 70s shows. Now i just watch my cholesterol. Crazy. 😊

[@richard1113]

Yea, that show and The Nanny and the Professor! Loved both those shows as a little guy.

[@ellismedavoy7314]

Family Affair with Brian Keith

[@MHTutorials3D]

Simpler times, better times

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

@Jack Rene WTAF?! What kind of a sociopath hacks their friend's social media accounts?

[@christianlibertarian5488]

Uh, no and no. Did you forget the Vietnam War and Watergate? Stagflation? Gas lines?

[@richsackett3423]

You have a TERRIBLE memory.

[@mangot589]

100%. The people responding are obviously pseudo SJW. A d not alive then. Christian Liberation obviously has done at least the negative research from then. But it was a good time. Well, except or New York, who was begging for more police because their city was a shi*hole. And the resulting disaster of gangs taking over. Which is going to happen pretty quickly again with the “progressive” policies now. Sad, but true. Mike, I’m with you.

[@richsackett3423]

@@mangot589 Really? I only missed five and American institutional racism has been damned obvious my whole life. Maybe not to people with their heads up their butts.

[@drk9011]

As someone who watches zero TV nowadays, I’m shocked that I knew all of these (except McCloud…must have missed that show). There was something magical about TV in the 70s. Each night was a family event. Miss those days. Hearing some of these again made me cry (especially the Muppets lol)!

[@davidpike6777]

Ah the good ole days, when there were only three TV Stations. ABC, CBS, And NBC.

[@joefpsunset]

Yes, and actually shows worth watching. Now we have thousands of channels with nothing on them.

[@richard1113]

Remember the "Battle of the Network Stars" show they did? Annually, I think.

[@FolkFaninMA]

Mike Zip Not really though. I’m sure there were all the colors of the rainbow then that there are today, they were just covered by clouds.

[@debrasedgwick4697]

don't forget PBS; which had the British comedies and Dr. Who

[@sheiladavis6523]

David Pike I remember there was station WTTV channel 4 I lived in Indiana so I would say 4 stations as a child & Nightmare hosted by Sammy Terry came on every Saturday night at 10 or 11 O'clock on channel 4 & after school we would watch Cowboy Bob & Janie good old 📺 days 😀January 11, 2020

[@alannapier1081]

Wow, I must be old as Dirt! I got almost all of them all in the first 6 Bars.......

[@shashipackofulski9656]

I used to watch Three's Company (amongst other shows, but it was my mother's favorite) with my mother when I was about 7 or 8 and the theme song just gives me so much joy.

[@mr.patriotjol]

Glad you used "All In The Family" since that show basically gave 40% of those Spin-off shows from this theme Trivia a chance to be popular which they were.

[@dncarac]

Missed 7. The ones I got, I mostly got from the first few bars. 60s were my teens, but 70s were my young adulthood. Thanks for the memories.

[@trreb1]

I missed 8.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

I missed 4. I was born in early 1964.

[@lyncaho4507]

@@OldsVistaCruiser born in 64 also and missed 5, but we went without a TV for a while there. Times were tough back then too 😂😢👵

[@dougbrowne9890]

Only missed one, because I don't ever remember hearing it for the show. Always remember the Sunday Mystery Movie theme for episodes of that character.

[@LouieNeira]

Who knew that the original Happy Days theme was "Rock Around the Clock"?

[@patrickm.parisou8328]

Louie Neira literally anyone born before 1985..

[@nzfalcon8698]

i did lol

[@cmclem1959]

I did.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I knew that 🙂

[@raspberrymojitogirldec]

I didnt lol

[@cabamama]

Loved all the shows in the 70's. Good mix and many memories.

[@trainliker100]

The Barney Miller has one of the best bass lines ever. Many don't know it, but pretty much with each season they changed the arrangement of the music. Same song, just played a little differently.

[@johnsanchez5204]

I love the Bass-Wine for, Disney's Jungle Book, lnstrumental,"Whatcha Wanna Do?". :D

[@esmeraldaborjas3701]

I When Today Use It Own See It The Only Has First Season Every Day Good Changed Many Classic Television Shows Bloopers Action Crime Comedy Drama Music Sitcom All in The Family, M.* A.* S.* H.* The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days, Barney Miller, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, Alice, Welcome Back, Kotter Good Times, The Love Boat, Vega$, CHiPs, Mork & Mindy, One Day At a Time, Donny & Marie, The Jeffersons, WKRP in Cincinnati, Soap, Taxi, Archie Bunker's Place, The Bob Newhart Show, Baretta, Little House on the Prairie, Carter Country, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!, Emergency!, Hawaii Five-O, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Starsky and Hutch, The Waltons, Maude, The Rockford Files, Family, Eight is Enough, Battlestar Galactica, The Muppet Show, and Charlie's Angels Yes Good

[@SumguyinTX]

The world needs more little house on the prairie and a lot less of reality shows.....”grumbling like an old man “ lol

[@ruby6972]

But you are so right. I'm only 13, and I agree with you.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

I don't know about LHOTP, but I'd be fine with a lot less "reality" show crap.

[@NJP76]

So-called "reality" shows: About as UN-real as it gets.

[@SumguyinTX]

Mike Urashevich lol “shakes my fist” you darn kids

[@NJP76]

@@SumguyinTX Y'know what is scary about these last two comments? I could find myself almost falling into that mindset, LOL. Had to give a thumbs up for both of you.

[@stitchinghaven6276]

cant hear Hawaii Five-0 with out hearing "Book em Dano" !

[@karensutton1457]

I was a kid, my Dad was still alive, wish I could go back just for awhile...

[@demongo2007]

Wow. What a nostalgic trip. I remember watching all these shows during their original runs.

[@xypaddy1]

No Rockford Files ?

[@songtrivia]

Paddy I apologize for not putting some 70s shows (because there are just so many), but I’ll try to put that one on my 70s shows part 2 when I make it.

[@triadsamurai4556]

and no S.W.A.T

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

I was a bit disappointed about that as well! Loved Rockford. Loved Noah Beery's character!!

[@scubadiva666]

It just wasn't possible to put them all in! I really would have liked to hear The Rockford Files-even have the single by Mike Post. I'm sure there's a KZbin video of it here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5iUdKtoa5JsaJo

[@finaoo1167]

Good List. You got Sanford and Son, Hawaii Five-0. and Barney Miller. I would have added The White Shadow and SWAT to round out the "coolest" themes of the 70's.

[@cnance1972]

Missed one.... Didn't realize I watched that much TV !We got a color TV in 82, boy I musta walked 100miles to change the dial and adjust the rabbit ears .. What remote

[@JohnDoe-jt4ju]

Such a wide diverse variety of shows back then. Loved the detective series of those years.

[@malcolmbrewis5582]

From the 60s through 70s you could sit down and relax watching the Television Programmes, back then the Programmes were free from contemptuous in your face preaching. Whenever a Family viewed television together it provided memorable and important bonding experiences.

[@yowgyrl]

Wow, nice trip down memory lane.

[@FirstLastOne]

Based on how many I knew right away, I clearly watched more TV in the 70's before I started high school in the 80's. The 80's had some better shows but not as many as the 70's. The "CHiPs" theme blasted me right out of my chair. If that doesn't move you, you might want to check for a pulse.

[@sandrab8795]

4 wrong :( some I knew on the first note, like The Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, Three Company and Barney Miller.

[@rpierce62]

4 wrong also. Never watched Muade, Soap or Newhart. So got them wrong. I miss old TV. Now it is a wall display with internet pictures.

[@tonialoconte]

I missed McCloud, Emergency, CHiPs (recognized the song but couldn't place the show in time), and the Bionic Woman (even though I watched that show as a youngster - forgot the theme). Never watched McCloud or Emergency, so I was gonna strike out on those two.

[@cliffbraun3850]

Sandra Buckett guess you’re old too

[@xarmyrainbowwarriors1445]

Name That Tune!!!