Theme Song | The Courtship of Eddie’s Father | Warner Archive

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

Bill mentioned later on he was saddened when the show was cancelled, he said he would have liked to tackle Eddie's teenage years.

[@cathystruska1558]

I watched this show from th beginning in 1969 to its end. I was 11 in 1969 And my dad raised me by myself for my first ten years- when my stepmom came aboard it all changed. My dad and I had that kind of relationships he would even take me to hear jazz on Sundays when it had a dry bar between 2 and 5pm. I think it made her angry She was an ex nun and not very warm. Tomorrow my dad will be gone 11 years. The last 23 years of his life he got wise to her gaslighting and my father and I reclaimed our relationship which pissed her off more. This theme song could have been our own Pop, I love and miss you- proud to be your son- Thomas Struska Jr

[@craigmorris7298]

❤❤❤❤

[@odikoyote8763]

I hope you find peace and mercy on the ex nun too - 🎉 God bless you and your awesome dad!

[@sisco3404]

Watched this show as a young kid. Fatherless. It pained me to see Eddie with a loving father. 40 years later it still hurts just as much.Go figure.

[@YooTuba]

I'm so sorry you had that experience. I think we all feel that way when we see movies or TV shows portraying some relationship we'd love to have but through no fault of our own didn't get.

[@Michshnly]

i'm fighting to see my son right now still in custody battle. $23,500 attorney fees and still patiently waiting. He's 3 years old now. Haven't seen him in over a year. I will be Eddies father when my day in court comes October 8/2020.

[@joelanderos23]

@@Michshnly so, what happened?

[@timsmith2933]

I have the same feelings in a similar circumstance. Just this opening song brings me right back to what were foundational moments of my childhood.

[@matthewh5001]

Sad . Crazy how some feelings just never leave ya . Even 40 yrs later .

[@karenlbellmont6560]

Bill Bixby. Handsome, talented and passed too soon.😢

[@stevenwellington6298]

I remembered this song as a kid growing up in the 70's and now it reminds me of the wonderful times I spends with my son now, who is of course my best friend ;)

[@RonRock1967]

Childhood memories this song brings to mind....🥰

[@goldenblueeye5472]

Loved watching this show.

[@josephphoenix1376]

Me too..

[@user-sj3oi9md2i]

my dad was my best friend when I was in high school. :)

[@YooTuba]

It always gets me that Harry Nilsson, whose own father abandoned the family when Harry was 3 and pretty much messed up Harry's young life, could write such a charming song about a father-son relationship. Although I did hear it was written as a song about a girlfriend first and then just changed slightly to be about a father.

[@c8Lorraine1]

yootuba All these years, I didn't realise Harry Nilsson wrote and sang the opening song !

[@dadadruma]

Nice to see a Harry fan here! Did you see the documentary Who is Harry??? OMG AMAZING . It was recently up here on the tube but it looks as though it was removed UGH

[@YooTuba]

I did see that some years ago. Wouldn't mind seeing it again.

[@Stinkbug74]

I didn't know the background on the song but did know that Harry wrote and sang it and that I've always liked this song.

[@DavidCAdams]

Girlfriend - Harry Nilsson. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWK8hICQj56Vl9E

[@michellejohnson2751]

This was very important sitcom of parent and child friendship ❤😍👏👏🥇

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Grew up watching this as a Child , I had no Idea this started from a 1963 Movie and had Ron Howard playing Eddie opposite Henry Ford . My Dad was pretty cool , miss Him .

[@briannichols4807]

I saw that movie years after the TV show and like you I didn't know that there was a movie first . By the way , that was actually Glenn Ford playing Eddie's father in the movie , not Henry . I know that because I remember he played Jonathan Kent in the first Superman movie with Christopher Reeve . It was an easy mistake to make , no biggie !! Also like you , my father passed away and I still miss him !!

[@suzakule]

Just, Don't make him angry... you wouldn't like him when he's angry! :)

[@moodifull]

He was never angry as a father. Although Bill Bixby lost his son in real life. He was an exceptional man and a very talented actor💜

[@Stinkbug74]

Lol true, besides, greens not exactly my favorite color.

[@kungfucommando1642]

@@moodifull Bill Bixby’s next TV series after this was “The Incredible Hulk”. He was known to say “you won’t like me when I’m angry”.

[@oldmoneyswag6504]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! Lol lol lol Hulk Destroy🤣🤣🤣

[@denisewhitson6424]

That's hilarious 😂

[@JohnMartinez-ty5jw]

I grew up with an abusive stepfather I'm sad right now holding in tears I'm 58 years old and still wish I had a father like Eddie. My real father became well off a very successful businessman and I grew up poor me and my real father never mixed I don't know what I'm saying but my mother used to tease me and say that I should move in with my father and be like the courtship of Eddie's father I really did wish I was like Eddie growing up God bless all men who are real good Fathers unfortunately I didn't grow up to be one oh no can't hold the tears in anymore by everyone

[@dbozz8056]

As a woman of 56 I also struggle sometimes wishing I had a good father who didn't verbally abuse us. He took us from my poor single Mom for 5 years and they were the worst of my life. He still did it as an adult and I had to let him go, but my siblings, niece & nephews still see him. The feeling never leaves you.

[@JosephBolton-xp2lt]

My heart goes out to you and God bless! Reading your post really just made me sad.

[@Poppaea-Sabina]

Harry Nilsson was a brilliant songwriter with a voice that could melt buttah.

[@chiefscheider]

Cat's in the Cradle was my favorite

[@terrylwjrwa5970]

@@chiefscheider Harry Chapin did Cat's in the Cradle.

[@bethprice]

Song now (2023) used on a commercial - brought me right back to the 60's

[@chiefscheider]

Yes, the song was in an ad for Hy-Vee grocery stores. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were in it 👍

[@spookynightthelegendofclar4049]

I freaking loved this show 💕

[@LokiDWolf-im7jg]

A show about a father and his relationship with his son. No more, no less. It was an incredible show!! And fantastic theme song!

[@waltersmetak]

Its been about 45 years since I last heard this tune......

[@20alphabet]

No, it was a year ago.

[@bigauntiebreenab]

My 20 yr old was singing this…NEVER KNEW WHERE IT CAME FROM

[@seanparchim9165]

I used to sit and watch this weekly with my Mom and Grandma this is beyond just a great memory RIP mom and gram's

[@rilgin]

One of my earliest memories as a child was watching reruns of this show...must of been late 70s at the time!? Amazing

[@Stinkbug74]

I was thinking that the 70's might be when the originals aired but I guess maybe it was in the late 60's. Was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.

[@oldmoneyswag6504]

Me too

[@quietyoutrash8150]

Me too also the flying nun and room 222

[@BerlinerinToni]

I must've seen them in the late '70s too, as I wouldn't have been old enough to remember the original run. One of the networks must have been re-running them on weekday afternoons, because I remember this show came on right after something else we watched regularly (and there was nothing else then but the Big Three Networks, plus PBS!). I can't remember what that show was, but I definitely remember watching the opening montage and theme song many, many times (even if we didn't always stick around for the whole show).

[@marktramel6635]

Early 70s

[@lorrainejordan6518]

I reckon I lost out on watching this. Pity it was never screened in England. We missed a great TV show and an even better actor in Bix. RIP you absolute Diamond of a guy

[@empireofshaolindvds4592]

Me too watched as a young kid in the 1960s while my father had the family traveling every 4 years in the Coast Guard till year 1987. I remembered seeing This when I was very young .

[@ellenrobisonfrost9717]

One of my Absolute favorite TV shows of all time. I love to watch it over and over again I have all the seasons on DVD. Sometimes it pays to have short term memory loss!

[@lesiamccord5334]

I started watching this when I was about 4 or 5 yo. My deceased sister and I loved the theme song. This reminds me of her and the good old days

[@edwardbennett7813]

I wish I had a dad like him very lucky he was

[@marilynschaedel6578]

I loved this show so much and was in love with Brandon Cruz!! We were the same age. I think maybe a couple weeks apart! I named my son Brandon because I loved that little boy so much and his name! When I hear the theme song it gives me goosebumps! Beautiful memories!!! Cutest show ever❤❤

[@ralphtom3431]

Heres brandon now kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXrTpGV8qLiIbdU

[@mikewrasman5103]

I liked The Courtship of Eddie's Father very much as a pre-teenager.

[@Tiberius291]

I was 10 years old when this show aired, i also watched "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll and Lloyd Nolan.

[@oldmoneyswag6504]

I love this theme song

[@darcyguthrie5623]

Harry Nilsson

[@rongolf6807golf]

At 13 I wanted to kill myself but I made a promise to be a dad unlike mines was to me . I avenged my tears by loving my son to more than anything .

[@k.r.murphy4301]

Ronald Jenkins That is so beautiful. Both of my parents were downright evil. My older sister just passed bc my parents didn’t love her, they demeaned her and they didn’t show her how to make good decisions. Your tears were your motivation. As were mine. Be so proud of yourself for breaking the chain.

[@hopkinsonevil]

Sometimes I think I should just quit my job and be more like Eddie's father spending more time with my youngest son who needs me more than I need the job. I've been so cruel...

[@k.r.murphy4301]

Ferry Antoni. It’s never too late until it’s too late.

[@CraigCastanet]

Ronald, from one dad to another, hugs to you. God bless. You too, know the preciousness of sons. I'm sorry your dad did not. Love you.

[@chaoskl2183]

Walter

[@juliegorham]

Love this old song. I loved the show too! So thoughtful. We need another!

[@the93rdkid]

I loved this show, and I remember one episode where Eddie heard from a classmate that if his father didn't reprimand or spank him, he must not love him. So for the episode, Eddie keeps trying to get into trouble and finally reveals to his dad why he is behaving so.

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

I grew up thinking parents who loved their kids spanked them. I was so sure of it, yet didn’t like to admit to my friends that I was spanked when they weren’t. When I became a mom, so much of what I thought was normal and loving parenting were things I couldn’t do to my own daughter. It pains me that a show a long time before I was born got it, but my parents still did it to me.

[@nicecatholicgrl]

I love this show as a kid!! Watch this and the monkees faitfully! Lol

[@albertspearman2111]

Best TV dad ever!

[@priscillaford4761]

I named my first cat Mr. Bixby. I had such a crush on Eddie's father when I was 6❤

[@jessicawilson8059]

Watched this with my dad when I was like 7...too bad the show only lasted such a short time.

[@bobingalls4643]

Yes, you are old if you remember this. Remember Love American Style?

[@PaulSorensen-kf9xq]

I DO remember "Love, American Style". When I would get home from school it was on, as was Courtship of Eddie's Father. I don't know if they were on each day (this would have been early-mid 1970's so the shows would have been in syndication by then). And I sort of remember Gilligan's Island and the Monkees being on as well. Not sure if all four of these shows were on the same channel, or if I was spending 2+ hours in front of the TV before my folks came home from work.

[@1401minstrel]

Yep. I remember this and Love American Style. And yes, I'm old and proud of it! Love American Style's theme song was by the Cowsills. I miss the time when we had great TV theme songs, and they were sometimes sung by famous people.

[@harrycarrey5124]

The shows we watched as kids that you just wonder how did they even get on the air but then become a permanent memory.

[@boobraschmidt2199]

This show was so neat I loved it

[@paulwade1319]

god bless the spirit of bill bixby amen . paul wade

[@reginamcday1955]

I loved watching this show as a kid. 😊

[@diehard-schenker-fan7233]

Love Harry Nilsson!!

[@brettcurtis5710]

The late great Harry Nilsson - magic!

[@maryannwaters339]

Love it! ❤ Theme song "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." 1969-72.

[@MultiPaulomota]

when I was young a series of my life

[@northernbettygirl]

Bill Bixby, what a sweet man. Loved him in this show, My Favorite Martian (as Tim) and he broke my heart in The Incredible Hulk as David Banner. I still love and miss him 🙏🏼

[@lindalackey5011]

I use to love this show

[@Silverado1st]

I always loved this song! Even though I had a daughter, this could've been our theme song from all the silly fun we had, making up Yo Mamma jokes, flying kites, playing hide and seek, from peek a boo and Saturday morning cartoons to playing the first Matrix game. Then we kinda went our separate ways, she went the way of Runescape and I got sucked into the World of Warcraft black hole. My heart goes out to all who missed out on those moments in life with a parent or being one.

[@Silverado1st]

Then my daughter brought to my attention videos she watched called Salad Fingers and I tried to figure out where I went wrong lol. But suddenly cartoons I grew up with didn't seem so bad!

[@TrishBell1]

aw so cute, how can one night smile with this one.

[@lam533]

Few years later became the star pitcher for Roy Turner's Yankees

[@user-gt1io7nm9m]

Bill Bixby was also in another television show in mid 1970's called the Magician...

[@ACwebseries]

Watching an old episode of South Park. One of the storylines was about Stan looking up to his father Randy and one scene played out like a music video. The song was a knock off of COEF theme song. Knew it instantly.

[@BerlinerinToni]

Which season(s) was this opening montage from, does anyone know? I found another version of it where most of the video footage is filmed on a beach, but this is the one I remember seeing as a kid: a lot of running, swimming in the pool, and riding in that tiny MG. I think I liked the theme song and intro more than I liked the show itself! 😊 What a great memory from the early- to mid-'70s. ✌✌

[@user-wl9ed5xt5w]

Porsupuesto que recuerda mi infancia hace exactamente 50años 😢

[@redtidalwave3377]

This was a long time ago.. im old... 😢

[@anadthebarbarian]

You get a share due to the audio quality- it's about time *thumbs up*

[@jckrell]

Why does KZbin ruin these videos by putting advertisements for other videos on top of them with 25% of the video left?

[@teresaprivate4590]

Did anyone else grow up wishing he was Dad? ;( :)

[@Replayability]

Wasn't there a quick instrumental fade off at the end instead of cutting off like that?

[@BuellStreetBlaster]

Don't make Eddie's father angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

[@1401minstrel]

😅😅😂😂🤣🤣

[@Shell0517nj]

Netflix "Unstable" brought me here.

[@TheGlssr60]

I think it's funny how the intro shows them doing all these things together but in the show I don't remember them doing anything like that together.

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

I loved this show 😂❤❤❤❤ #thewonderyears

[@yolandambridges474]

I remember the theme song but nothing of the show. No one I ask "do you remember. ..." even recalls the show lol

[@inthemix7640]

+Yolanda Marie Bridges i loved this show and didn't miss it. it was on in the 60s or early 70s. it was about a single dad raising his son.

[@yolandambridges474]

That's all I remember. Single dad raising his son and a foggy memory of peanut butter sandwiches - not sure if the sandwiches were affiliated with the show like a running theme or if I ate sandwiches while watching :)

[@inthemix7640]

+Yolanda Marie Bridges i don't remember any details of the show except that I really liked it. I think I was about the age of Eddie and his dad was really cute. as far as the peanut butter sandwiches, that was probably both them eating it and you. :)

[@Stinkbug74]

@@yolandambridges474 I think I recall the maid always fixing him peanut butter sandwiches. Now I wish I could remember her name.. I always liked her, she was such a sweetie.

[@chiefscheider]

​@@Stinkbug74 Mrs Livingston, played by Miyoshi Umeki.

[@billhallock3062]

love harry nilssson

[@Frankdfn]

It sounds weird but every time i Queen's Best Friend i think of this show.

[@Fred.Carpenter]

Mr. Eddie's Father

[@1401minstrel]

Love me some Harry Nilsson.

[@peggypenny1]

shes a warm hearted person wholl love me till the end..............sailor gutzler

[@ash14171]

I’ve been trying to find this song to download and i can’t find it on iTunes 😭😭😭

[@justintyme1449]

You know this could be a hilarious mash up.......car drives away, edit in spare tires hulk out 😂 Scene where he is shopping with his son and edit in the hulk smashing the toy tank Add the classic pay phone hulk out of course 😂

[@anonymoushuman8344]

I remember the show fondly from when it was in syndication in the 70s. But the lyrics of the song describe a situation that is not healthy. The singer seems to use his son emotionally as a substitute for adult friends and even for a spouse. It's healthy and normal for a parent to relive the joys of childhood through appropriate play. Making one's child one's best friend is not. It's what is sometimes called "emotional incest."

[@LeftysLefty]

My Mother abandoned us when I was 9 the year before the show came out and for the life of me I couldn't understand why my father wasn't like Eddie's father. As an adult I understand it's all a television trope but as a real life Motherless kid this show certainly set me up with very false expectations.

[@Mike-pj1kv]

People let me tell ya bout my best friend? My dad was my dad. My best friend is my friend.

[@CharlesCCRidesChandler]

People..!..let me tell you 'bout my best friend...etc...)O(...

[@douglasmachacek9579]

Look out kid! The Incredible Hulk is chasing you!

[@1acroyear1]

Hah! Let's see a show about father-son relationships today.

[@heatherferreira4225]

Production costs money. So back the series. We'd make one. I'd die to see a series like this on American airwaves again, and I'm a woman.

[@20alphabet]

No doubt it'll be a show with two homosexual men dicking the little boy.

[@oldmoneyswag6504]

Two and a half men is the closest well get.

[@MoniqueFromPlymouth]

My generation was introduced to Bill Bixby in "The Incredible Hulk" when the show was first broadcast on CBS. With the popularity of "Hulk" at the time, my local TV station started showing reruns of "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" obviously for those who want to see more of Bixby. I am sure it was the same across all the U.S. TV markets.

[@ohioplayer]

U should check out my favorite martian

[@madonnaamadonnaa8580]

J adore!

[@madcat61207]

What style of music is this?

[@1401minstrel]

Pop

[@luvyesmusici4886]

I'm a great dad, just not as fashionable, patient and polite as Bill was. ;-)

[@ivelissediaz9583]

The shaq brought me here.

[@timsmith2933]

I love this post and this song brings my 54 year-old self right back to childhood. But watching Bill Bixby really hug and kiss this child actor is a little disturbing by 2020 standards. I've always liked Bill... hope he wasn't a creep.

[@melsmith2669]

Well it is no worse than always hearing the flimzy guy from Restaurant Impossible and his ex wrestler wife from wwe always bragging about how lucky they are to have each other and how they are the perfect adorable lovely amazing power couple (soulmates) and how they married up when they got married 8 years ago in May 2012. Oh my god. If I hear about that annoying shit one more time I am going to be nauseatingly sick.

[@glynisbell9097]

RELAX already......geez!

[@mitsuomits9077]

This sounds so much like Revolution from The Beatles🧐

[@user-jc3kf8zy9u]

مسلسل 😘

[@nostradumbass4984]

I seem to be in the minority here. I also watched this show as a kid in the ´70s, and it bored me to death.

[@jamestatumpeddicord8061]

Lisa, k o l e the smartest boy I have ever known he's smarter than most men and he's only 8 years old Lisa freeze cold freeze is a beautiful boy Jay is a beautiful son your free will is your free will🌈 I heard you and his father speaking you should be very proud of yours children especially the one called k o l e I would never say such a thing to you to where he could hear it I would never say anything like that you're an educator mama a good teachers hard to find ,,,the neighbor... Levi petticord AKA James

[@daleknight777]

Idk bout them lyrics

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

Hey, Warner Archive... who's the douchebag you hired to put these videos up? They can even manage not to cut off the beginning and ending. FAIL.

[@Marybaeza-gt7cz]

Omg one of worst shows ever!!!