In honor of National Poetry Month.
Because: If this ain't POETRY, then I dunno what IS.
Here are selected lyrics for various television theme tunes.
Without googling them, how many can you name?
1.
Cause all I see is a tower of dreams
Real love burstin’ out of every seam
2. Guessed correctly by MIKE "The Great Space Coaster"
A comet ride of fantasy
To a place where dreams are fast and free
3.
I believe I'll run on, see what the end will be
I believe I'll work on, find out what waits for me
4. Guessed correctly by NEIL ELLIS ORTS "Joanie Loves Chaci"
3.
I believe I'll run on, see what the end will be
I believe I'll work on, find out what waits for me
4. Guessed correctly by NEIL ELLIS ORTS "Joanie Loves Chaci"
You look at me, soft as any touch could be
And suddenly, there's magic when you look at me
I feel like I'm in heaven every moment when you look at me
5.
I want a happy ending
I’m tired of pretending
Won't let 'em get the best of me
(Wo wo wo wo!)
6. Guessed correctly by TMC "Saved By The Bell: The College Years"
And suddenly, there's magic when you look at me
I feel like I'm in heaven every moment when you look at me
5.
I want a happy ending
I’m tired of pretending
Won't let 'em get the best of me
(Wo wo wo wo!)
6. Guessed correctly by TMC "Saved By The Bell: The College Years"
I'm standing at the edge of tomorrow
And its all up to me how far I go
I'm standing at the edge of tomorrow
7.
Just when you think there’s no one around who’s caring,
Along comes a friend who offers a hand in sharing,
And things start looking fine
8. Guessed correctly by MIKE "My Two Dads"
You can count on me
No matter what you do
You can count on me
No matter where you go
9. Guessed correctly by MIKE "Who's the Boss?"
And its all up to me how far I go
I'm standing at the edge of tomorrow
7.
Just when you think there’s no one around who’s caring,
Along comes a friend who offers a hand in sharing,
And things start looking fine
8. Guessed correctly by MIKE "My Two Dads"
You can count on me
No matter what you do
You can count on me
No matter where you go
9. Guessed correctly by MIKE "Who's the Boss?"
There were times when I lost a dream or two
Found the trail, and at the end was you
10. Guessed correctly by TMC "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?"
Found the trail, and at the end was you
10. Guessed correctly by TMC "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?"
Well she’ll ransack Pakistan & run a scam in Scandinavia
11. Guessed correctly by NEIL ELLIS ORTS "Maude"
Lady Godiva was a freedom rider
She didn't care if the whole world looked
12. Guessed correctly by MATTKP "Solid Gold"
She didn't care if the whole world looked
12. Guessed correctly by MATTKP "Solid Gold"
The music has magic
You know you can catch it
If you let the songs take control
The sound starts to glisten
The more that you listen
And slowly it turns into gold
13.
There’s a magic in the early morning we found
When the sunrise smiles on everything around
14.
You’ll have some fun now
With me and all the gang
15.
Life’s not the French Riviera, believe me,
Life’s not a charity ball
16.
Life is such a sweet insanity
The more you learn the less you know
17. Guessed correctly by NEIL ELLIS ORTS "The Partridge Family"
You know you can catch it
If you let the songs take control
The sound starts to glisten
The more that you listen
And slowly it turns into gold
13.
There’s a magic in the early morning we found
When the sunrise smiles on everything around
14.
You’ll have some fun now
With me and all the gang
15.
Life’s not the French Riviera, believe me,
Life’s not a charity ball
16.
Life is such a sweet insanity
The more you learn the less you know
17. Guessed correctly by NEIL ELLIS ORTS "The Partridge Family"
We had a dream, we’d go travelin’ together
18. Guessed correctly by MIKE, "Perfect Strangers"
Standing tall, on the wings of my dream
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream
19.
Maybe the world is blind, or just a little unkind
20. Guessed correctly by JP "The Golden Girls"
Your heart is true
18. Guessed correctly by MIKE, "Perfect Strangers"
Standing tall, on the wings of my dream
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream
19.
Maybe the world is blind, or just a little unkind
20. Guessed correctly by JP "The Golden Girls"
Your heart is true
You're a pal and a confidante
21.
He just keeps on movin’
Ladies keep improvin’
Every day is better than the last
22. Guessed correctly by MATTKP "Charles in Charge"
New boy in the neighborhood
Lives downstairs and it is understood
21.
He just keeps on movin’
Ladies keep improvin’
Every day is better than the last
22. Guessed correctly by MATTKP "Charles in Charge"
New boy in the neighborhood
Lives downstairs and it is understood
*The "My Two Dads" answer puts Mike as the frontrunner...
16 comments:
Is #11 Maude?
#17 is the Partridge Family.
The rest has me baffled. And I thought I knew my tv theme songs. Maybe a bunch of them are from the 90s? I kind of dropped out of tv in the 90s . . .
wild wild guess . . .
Is #4 Joanie Loves Chachi?
It should be if it isn't.
Yes to all three!
(you got my stuff in yer email, ja?)
#6 is Saved by the Bell: the College Years
#10 sounds like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
VERY good! On both counts!
I was hoping someone would get SBTB:TCY
#2 is The Great Space Coaster
#9 is Who's the Boss
And I think 18 is Perfect Strangers.
Also, I'm glad someone threw in some SBTB so TMC could play.
Next up will be nothing but Step by Step, Boy Meets World and Rugrats so he, CMQ, and the rest of the young'ins can play.
That's 3 points to you, Sir Mike!
The thing about Step by Step and other shows such like
--> I mighta mentioned this before, but an ex student of mine, her father was a writer and producer in LA and he created those shows. He was also a writer for Happy Days. So, he, like, invented the Fonz. Which is very cool. I think I remember her even saying that Patrick Duffy wrote one of her letters of recommend to get into college.
Pretty sure the first one is Full House. 20, of course, is Golden Girls. 15 is fucking haunting me. I definitely know it.
The rest? He'll, I just woke up. I'll think later.
12 - Solid Gold? not from memory, but deducing from lyrics
22 - Charles in Charge? I want Charles in charge of me.
yeah, baby, i got yer stuff right here.
(and i should be working it instead of obsessively looking at your trivia questions, but you know, these things take time and procrastination.)
I think #8 might be My Two Dads.
Or, I have the tune in my head completely wrong.
Side note: an ex-girlfriend of mine was once in the fan club of that chick who starred on My Two Dads. And not ironically.
Correct on both counts-- the song and, alas, the sadness.
That chick was also the oldest daughter in Step by Step.
#1 is Full House. I thought the "Charity Ball" thing was from All in the Family but that seems too easy.
No, not Full House. :-/
I'll give a hint for that one, tho->
There was a mom, a dad, a son, one and a half daughters (ahh the mystery), an aunt, a cousin, a grandma, and one really annoying neighbor.
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