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Impressions
03-10-2003, 11:45 PM
Can you name any sitcoms that changed their original theme song, this includes if they changed the vocalists or instruments, remixed, made slight changes, or even revamped the entire original theme song. Here some examples:

1) The Cosby Show
2) Diff'rent Strokes
3) Happy Days
4) The Facts of Life
5) The Brady Bunch
6) Gilligan's Island

Brian
03-11-2003, 12:10 AM
The Partridge Family changed their theme substantially after their first season.

Adamantium
03-11-2003, 12:13 AM
NewsRadio went from scenes of New York City (seasons 1,2,3) to the actors doing wacky stuff in New York City (4) to a very short theme with no names.

Janice
03-11-2003, 01:19 AM
Barney Miller
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Family Ties
Everybody Loves Raymond

James
03-11-2003, 03:41 AM
Growing Pains - some 1990s version instead of good ol' B. J. Thomas :crying: really made me quit watching the show

The Wonder Years - the same song was used ("With A Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker), but a different part of the song was played for the last two (high school) seasons

Step By Step - parts were cut out in the later years

Full House - see above

Perfect Strangers - see above

Leave It To Beaver - a slower jazzier version was used for the last season or two (when the family gets in the car and drives away)

SBTB Geek
03-11-2003, 01:25 PM
Small Wonder

PanamaMike
03-11-2003, 06:22 PM
Mad About You
Wings
Murphy Brown
Designing Women

ClassicTV4Ever
03-11-2003, 06:59 PM
ALF
Silver Spoons
Gimme A Break
Too Close For Comfort
Charles In Charge
Alice
Roseanne
Nurses

LucyFan
03-12-2003, 08:12 PM
The Brady Bunch
The Munsters
The Lucy Show
Here's Lucy
Bewitched

David
03-13-2003, 06:29 PM
Three's Company sounded a bit different from season to season

David
03-13-2003, 06:29 PM
Drew Carey Show

David
03-13-2003, 06:30 PM
Full House and Step By Step got shortened in their last seasons... I actually liked it best in their last seasons..

David
03-14-2003, 03:31 PM
Also Sabrina the Teenage Witch!:cool:

mstewart
03-16-2003, 03:53 AM
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob Newhart Show
Silver Spoons
The Facts of Life
Differn't Strokes
That Girl
Growing Pains (Liked the first season when it was just B.J. Thomas)
A Different World
The Cosby Show (Every season a new variation of the theme music)
Rhoda (Loved the sax jazzy version of it in the final season.)