waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (08/22/83)
These are answers to a couple of questions posted recently on the
net in this news group. The source is "The Complete Directory to
Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946 - Present" (an excellent reference
book for the type of discussions we have been having: about 1000 pages
thick). Anyway....
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Soupy Sales Characters:
White Fang, the Giant Dog (you only saw his paw)
Black Tooth, the kindest dog in the U.S.
Marilyn Monwolf (curvaceous friend of above two)
Herman the Flea
Willie the Worm
Pookie the Lion
Hippy the Hippo
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Added to the list of TV westerns:
Riverboat (1959-61):
Grey Holden................Darren McGavin
Ben Frazer (1959-60).......Burt Reynolds
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Hit theme songs from regular television series (based on songs that
reached Billboards Top 60; NOTE: "theme" means a instrumental). Number
one and two songs are indicated:
All in the Family (Those Were the Days): 1971,#43
Angie (Different Worlds): 1979, #18
Barretta (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow): 1976,#20
Batman (theme; hit twice by two different groups): 1966,#17 ; 1966,#35
Ben Casey (theme): 1962, #28
Beverly Hillbillies (The Ballad of Jedd Clampett): 1962, #44
Bonanza (theme): 1961, #19
Charlies Angels (theme): 1977, #45
Dr. Kildare (Three Stars will Shine Tonight): 1962,#10
Dragnet (theme): 1953,#3
The Dukes of Hazzard (sung theme): 1980,#21
The Greatest American Hero (Believe it or Not): 1981,#2 <-------------
Happy Days (sung theme): 1976,#5
Have Gun Will Travel (Ballad of Paladin): 1962, #33
Hawaii Five-O (them): 1969, #4
Here Come the Brides (Seattle): 1969,#38
I Love Lucy (variation; Disco Lucy): 1977,#24
Laverne and Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True): 1976, #25
Makin' It (sung Theme): 1979,#5
Medic (Blue Star): 1955, #29
The Men (theme): 1972,#38
Mission: Impossible (theme): 1968,#41
Mr Lucky (theme): 1960,#21
My Three Sons (theme): 1961, #25
Peter Gunn (theme): 1959,#8
The Rockford Files (theme): 1975, #10
Route 66 (theme): 1962, #30
S.W.A.T. (theme): 1975, #1 <--------------
Secret Agent (Secret Agent Man; two versions [vocal and instrumental]:
1966,#3; 1966,#54
Welcome Back, Kotter (Welcome Back): 1976,#1 <--------------
Zorro (theme): 1958,#17
There is also another list of hit songs from individual telecasts (some
were sung on a single show of a regular series). But, I gotta get some
work done and don't have time to get into it now.
Happy Searching in the Crevices of Your Mind,
Walt Tucker
Tektonix, Inc.
Wilsonville, OR.