Schlemiel Schlemazel - TV’s Best Theme Songs

“We’re movin’ on up … to the top!” Today, the girls rank the top 10 TV theme songs as voted on by the PCPS social media society (and yes, themselves). Did an instrumental theme song make the list? Which sleeper show squeaked into the top 5? And which two shows battled it out for the #1 spot? LISTEN to find out … and to hear Carolyn, Kristin, and Michelle sing many of them, naturally.

~ TV shows discussed include: The Jeffersons; Eight is Enough; Mary Tyler Moore Show; M*A*S*H; One Day At A Time; Partridge Family; Welcome Back, Kotter; Hawaii Five-O; Little House on the Prairie; Family Ties; Facts of Life; Courtship of Eddie’s Father; Joanie Loves Chachi; Love Boat; Greatest American Hero and more.

~ Who got a warming sensation from the “Little House on the Prairie” tv theme song?

~ Who is Mike Post and why should we care?

~ Did GenX-era tv shows have the best theme songs?

~ Listen to Kristin sing the theme from “Wonder Woman”

~Why do Laverne & Shirley say, “Schlemiel, Schlemazel”?

~ What tv theme song composer was an original member of “Lovin’ Spoonful” and whose godmother was Vivian Vance aka “Ethel Mertz”?

~ What TV theme songs topped the Billboard charts?

~ Who knows the correct lyrics of the “One Day at a Time” theme song?

Links

Makin’ It opening

Killers & Violent Femmes sing “Lavern & Shirley” theme song

“The 50 Best TV Themes of all Time” from Paste Magazine

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