I Found IT! The Opening Theme Song to the Lost Good Times Pilot aired on 1/24/74 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 05-27-2006, 01:30 PM

on CBS. Well this song set the tone for the comedy as you see James and Florida riding in back of a station wagon being taken from New York to Southside Chicago by their Cousin Wilbert

"We amovin on down to the southside, to a Ran down apartment in the sky

We amovin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the pie.

It was hard to keep food in the kitchen because of the numerous bills

If we had did more tryin, maybe we might have got up that hill

Now we are down in Low Leagues,

Because we didn't do our best

As long we live, it's you and me baby and ain't nothing wrong with that

we amovin on down to the southside, to a ran down apt in the sky

we movin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the PIE

Then I think James and Florida gets out the Station Wagon and say bye to the cousin and you see both walk in the project building looking depressed and the Opening Credits ends with a camera shot of the 17th Floor Apt

Sung by Roxie Roker in January of 1974

I hope to hear that song some day but I have to find the Original CBS PIlot first. HELP!!!

Janice · 05-27-2006, 01:33 PM

Solomon, you're killing me here!

Lamont · 05-27-2006, 01:46 PM

i do not understand your (il)logic on this one

a spinoff DOES NOT have to have a seperate pilot episode to be a spinoff

FOR INSTANCE-----

SUPPOSE that I am one of the writes of 24 and i decide that PRESIDENT LOGANS character should have his own show

I DO NOT NEED TO DO A PILOT that airs as a seperate entity or as part of "24"
i can just start off next season with LOGAN KNOWS BEST and its

STILL repeat STILL a spinoff

you are just plain wrong on this one

and going on and on and on about it even after Norman Lear and every tv book in the world CLEARLY states it is a spinoff

its cuckoo for cocoa puffs!

Norman Lear · 05-27-2006, 03:54 PM

Good one Solomon.

retrochick9 · 05-28-2006, 07:39 PM

OMG, I thought you were kidding at first, but that was for real???? I am DYING to see that!!! If you ever find that song or that pilot, you have to post it. I wonder why they don't show that sometime on TVLand??? I'm sure everyone would love to see it. I never knew that existed, that was some good research!!!

TVFactFan · 05-28-2006, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by retrochick9

OMG, I thought you were kidding at first, but that was for real???? I am DYING to see that!!! If you ever find that song or that pilot, you have to post it. I wonder why they don't show that sometime on TVLand??? I'm sure everyone would love to see it. I never knew that existed, that was some good research!!!

No actually i was joking and making fun of the members below who think GT is a spinoff

janice
brian damage
Brieannas21
ThomasE

Lamont · 05-28-2006, 09:58 PM

IS a spinoff
EVERYONE knows it but tvresearcher

u would think with all his "research" he would have learned it by now!

TVFactFan · 05-29-2006, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

IS a spinoff
EVERYONE knows it but tvresearcher

u would think with all his "research" he would have learned it by now!

well i did find a article with the executive producer saying GT was not a spinoff in 1974. So i would ay that was good research

Brieannas21 · 05-29-2006, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

well i did find a article with the executive producer saying GT was not a spinoff in 1974. So i would ay that was good research

I have yet to see that scanned article, which wouldn't make any difference in my beliefs that GT is a spinoff

CindyRoxiesLair2006 · 05-29-2006, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I have yet to see that scanned article, which wouldn't make any difference in my beliefs that GT is a spinoff

Good point made, Briennas dear...

Unless we see that particular article or whatever it may be, Solomon buddy, you're the "little man" in this whole not-a-spinoff matter... Sorry, kiddo...
THE MAJORITY RULES...GT is indeed a spinoff of Maude, and that's all there is to it.
(As a certain special sitcom character told her big brother during the end of a checkers game)
"Now, move somewhere, OR Give UP!"

Janice · 05-29-2006, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

well i did find a article with the executive producer saying GT was not a spinoff in 1974. So i would ay that was good research

On imdb.com, it states that Allan Mannings was a GT producer from 1975 to 1977. Didn't the show start in 1974?

If so, then Mannings wasn't involved in the process anyway. You know, the spinoff process.

ThomasE · 05-29-2006, 11:38 AM

That does not even matter. I read that article as well or I think I did and I remember Allan Mannings saying something to the effect that it is "not really a spinoff". I remember and understand where he is coming from. The term "really" is like "eh" it is but it really isn't but it is. Some people on this board who will remain nameless are selecting certain things to go by to keep their dream alive. Norman Lear's needle has bursted that balloon.

BTW, if the person who will remain nameless wants to make fun of us for thinking that the show is a spinoff, then they will have to poke fun at the other 11 people who voted in favor of the spinoff poll along, with the late John Ritter, Megan Mullauy countless others and Norman Lear himself and the dictionary that describes what a spinoff is. LOL. LOL.

TVFactFan · 05-29-2006, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasE

That does not even matter. I read that article as well or I think I did and I remember Allan Mannings saying something to the effect that it is "not really a spinoff". I remember and understand where he is coming from. The term "really" is like "eh" it is but it really isn't but it is. Some people on this board who will remain nameless are selecting certain things to go by to keep their dream alive. Norman Lear's needle has bursted that balloon.

BTW, if the person who will remain nameless wants to make fun of us for thinking that the show is a spinoff, then they will have to poke fun at the other 11 people who voted in favor of the spinoff poll along, with the late John Ritter, Megan Mullauy countless others and Norman Lear himself and the dictionary that describes what a spinoff is. LOL. LOL.

That article should always have this debate end in a way like i said before-We will never really know the real answer, especially since someone involved in the production of the show said something the complete opposite of what Lear said.

Brieannas21 · 05-29-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

That article should always have this debate end in a way like i said before-We will never really know the real answer, especially since someone involved in the production of the show said something the complete opposite of what Lear said.

Whatever Mannings said doesn't matter since Norman Lear DEVELOPED the show. So Lear trumps anything Mannings or anyone else says. The Developer has the last say

TVFactFan · 05-29-2006, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brieannas21

Whatever Mannings said doesn't matter since Norman Lear DEVELOPED the show. So Lear trumps anything Mannings or anyone else says. The Developer has the last say

Whatver-lol

05-27-2006, 01:30 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,073	I Found IT! The Opening Theme Song to the Lost Good Times Pilot aired on 1/24/74 on CBS. Well this song set the tone for the comedy as you see James and Florida riding in back of a station wagon being taken from New York to Southside Chicago by their Cousin Wilbert "We amovin on down to the southside, to a Ran down apartment in the sky We amovin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the pie. It was hard to keep food in the kitchen because of the numerous bills If we had did more tryin, maybe we might have got up that hill Now we are down in Low Leagues, Because we didn't do our best As long we live, it's you and me baby and ain't nothing wrong with that we amovin on down to the southside, to a ran down apt in the sky we movin on down to the southside, we never got a piece of the PIE Then I think James and Florida gets out the Station Wagon and say bye to the cousin and you see both walk in the project building looking depressed and the Opening Credits ends with a camera shot of the 17th Floor Apt Sung by Roxie Roker in January of 1974 I hope to hear that song some day but I have to find the Original CBS PIlot first. HELP!!!

05-27-2006, 01:46 PM	#3
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	tvresearcher i do not understand your (il)logic on this one a spinoff DOES NOT have to have a seperate pilot episode to be a spinoff FOR INSTANCE----- SUPPOSE that I am one of the writes of 24 and i decide that PRESIDENT LOGANS character should have his own show I DO NOT NEED TO DO A PILOT that airs as a seperate entity or as part of "24" i can just start off next season with LOGAN KNOWS BEST and its STILL repeat STILL a spinoff you are just plain wrong on this one and going on and on and on about it even after Norman Lear and every tv book in the world CLEARLY states it is a spinoff its cuckoo for cocoa puffs!
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05-28-2006, 09:58 PM	#7
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	GOOD TIMES IS a spinoff EVERYONE knows it but tvresearcher u would think with all his "research" he would have learned it by now!

05-27-2006, 01:33 PM	#2
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Solomon, you're killing me here!

05-27-2006, 03:54 PM	#4
Norman Lear Sitcom Guy Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 30, 2006 Location: California Posts: 5	Good one Solomon.

05-28-2006, 07:39 PM	#5
retrochick9 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: On the couch, in my jammies, watching TV! Posts: 620	OMG, I thought you were kidding at first, but that was for real???? I am DYING to see that!!! If you ever find that song or that pilot, you have to post it. I wonder why they don't show that sometime on TVLand??? I'm sure everyone would love to see it. I never knew that existed, that was some good research!!!

05-29-2006, 11:38 AM	#12
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	That does not even matter. I read that article as well or I think I did and I remember Allan Mannings saying something to the effect that it is "not really a spinoff". I remember and understand where he is coming from. The term "really" is like "eh" it is but it really isn't but it is. Some people on this board who will remain nameless are selecting certain things to go by to keep their dream alive. Norman Lear's needle has bursted that balloon. BTW, if the person who will remain nameless wants to make fun of us for thinking that the show is a spinoff, then they will have to poke fun at the other 11 people who voted in favor of the spinoff poll along, with the late John Ritter, Megan Mullauy countless others and Norman Lear himself and the dictionary that describes what a spinoff is. LOL. LOL.