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RetroGuy2000 · 11-25-2018, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by catsrule

I like that Growing Pains theme too. While the original theme was good, the acapella theme was even better, nice harmonies on it.

Yep!
I didn't know this until recently, but there are at least two slightly different versions of the acapella, one used for Season 6, and one used for some Season 7 episodes.

stevea · 11-25-2018, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeL

last season of happy days intro for year 11

Wish I'd thought of that. That has to be the absolute worst.

Any sane person working with the show, screening it before the season, would have said, don't fool with a winner. Leave it the way it was.

RetroGuy2000 · 11-26-2018, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Any sane person working with the show, screening it before the season, would have said, don't fool with a winner.

No sane people were still working on Happy Days by that point; they all left after the first 100 episodes. How else do we explain the introduction of characters like KC Cunningham, Chachi, Mork from Ork, and Ted McGinley?

DJM77 · 11-26-2018, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I actually liked the acapella Growing Pains theme.

One theme song change I didn't like was the bizarre theme song change on Eight is Enough. They changed it to this horrible, sappy dreck, sung by the oldest son.

I can't stand the acapella version of the Growing Pains theme.

I like both of the Eight Is Enough theme songs, but there probably aren't many other people that like the one with vocals on it.

DJM77 · 11-26-2018, 09:12 AM

The reason that the writer of that blog can't find a video of the final year's Designing Women theme is because the final year didn't have a theme.

bmasters9 · 11-26-2018, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DJM77

The reason that the writer of that blog can't find a video of the final year's Designing Women theme is because the final year didn't have a theme.

So basically, there was no final-season title track on that 1986-93 CBS comedy; it just started cold?

icecream · 11-26-2018, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM77

I like both of the Eight Is Enough theme songs, but there probably aren't many other people that like the one with vocals on it.

I like the vocal theme for Eight is Enough too. And I have heard that one a lot more than the first theme, with it being the one shown on the theme songs site I have bookmarked.

DJM77 · 11-26-2018, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bmasters9

So basically, there was no final-season title track on that 1986-93 CBS comedy; it just started cold?

I'm not sure if an 11 second instrumental can count as a title track.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3odh3y

BigManMike · 11-26-2018, 07:15 PM

How about the last season of Diff’rent Strokes when it was on ABC? It wasn’t bad but it was nowhere near as good as the original.

Edward216 · 11-27-2018, 01:59 AM

The Drew Carey Show, in one of the later seasons (Maybe it was the last season I can't remember) they used some lousy version of Five O' Clock World as a theme song. I think it was specifically recorded for the show but either way I absolutely hate it.

Ed.

treky · 11-27-2018, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

I agree.

so do I.

danderson400 · 11-29-2018, 05:14 PM

When they replaced the original theme for Another World, "Another World Theme" by Charles Paul, and replaced it with the "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" song, with Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris.

bmasters9 · 11-30-2018, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by danderson400

When they replaced the original theme for Another World, "Another World Theme" by Charles Paul, and replaced it with the "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" song, with Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris.

This is what I thought was replaced with that Gayle/Morris song:

bgva · 12-01-2018, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeL

last season of happy days intro for year 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WLTsr_xgcs

I agree. This is an example where the composers threw in too many unnecessary elements to try and freshen things up, but it just sounds over the top.

One of the later seasons of Remington Steele (I think season four) had the same problem...it was too much going on.

I was never a fan of the second That 70s Show theme.

RetroGuy2000 · 12-01-2018, 05:31 PM

The third season closing theme of The Land of the Lost replaced a great theme, and wasn't as good. It was this weird banjo version.

11-26-2018, 09:12 AM	#20
DJM77 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 5,559	The reason that the writer of that blog can't find a video of the final year's Designing Women theme is because the final year didn't have a theme.

11-26-2018, 07:15 PM	#24
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,021	How about the last season of Diff’rent Strokes when it was on ABC? It wasn’t bad but it was nowhere near as good as the original.

11-27-2018, 01:59 AM	#25
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,630	The Drew Carey Show, in one of the later seasons (Maybe it was the last season I can't remember) they used some lousy version of Five O' Clock World as a theme song. I think it was specifically recorded for the show but either way I absolutely hate it. Ed.

11-29-2018, 05:14 PM	#27
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 650	When they replaced the original theme for Another World, "Another World Theme" by Charles Paul, and replaced it with the "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" song, with Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris.

12-01-2018, 05:31 PM	#30
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	The third season closing theme of The Land of the Lost replaced a great theme, and wasn't as good. It was this weird banjo version.