Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales

It's fun to talk about TV theme songs, so that's what Kirk and special guest Leigh Sales did. Does this episode need any more introduction than that? Probably not.

Check out Leigh's wonderful podcast Chat 10 Looks 3

A YouTube Playlist of many of the themes discussed (and some they didn't get to)

DISCUSSED/REFERENCED:

• The Office Theme - “Handbags and Gladrags” - 1967 by Mike D’Abo, perf. Big George Webley -
• US theme 2005 by Jay Ferguson
• Parks & Recreation - 2009, by Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones
• Welcome Back Kotter - by John Sebastian (1974 - 1979)
• “Suicide is Painless” by Johnny Mandel, from MA_S_H
• The Nanny Theme by Ann Hampton Callaway
• The Brady Bunch theme by Frank De Vol & Sherwood Schwartz
• Gilligan’s Island theme by Sherwood Schwartz (lyrics) & George Wyle (music)
• Beverley Hillbillies theme by Paul Hennig feat. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
• Money For Nothing/Beverley Hillbillies by Weird Al Yankovic from UHF, 1988
• "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits from Brothers in Arms, 1985
• The Americans theme by Nathan Barr
• "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" by Wig Wam from Peacemaker, 2021
• The Pi Song from AsapSCIENCE
• Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 by Franz Schubert
• “Green Acres Theme” by Vic Mizzy
• “Woke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3, from The Sopranos
• "A Beautiful Mine" from Mad Men by RJD2
• “Sex and the City Theme” by Douglas J. Cuomo
• Six Feet Under theme by Thomas Newman
• Breaking Bad theme by Dave Porter
• House of Cards Theme by Jeff Beal
• Tank! by Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts

LEIGH'S MUSIC PICKS:

1. Frank Sinatra Live at the Sands, ‘66 with the Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones
2. INXS - Kick, 1987
3. The Villagers - Becoming a Jackal, 2010

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