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Variations On A Theme: Vol. 3 of TV Series Closing Music (1950s, '60s & '70s & beyond)
The end credits of television shows were often either slightly different variations of the opening themes or completely different musically (such as Fireball XL5 and the second season of The Monkees). Sometimes the music was the same but the endings had different graphics. I found over 150 closings with significant differences from the openers and packed them into four volumes plus a bonus volume, although several (The Rifleman, Leave It to Beaver and Thunderbirds, to name a few) were NOT allowed by the KZread copyright cops. Still, you'll be able to enjoy nearly 2.5 hours of wonderful music in the five volumes. They don't make 'em like these anymore. And be sure to look for the numerous guest stars listed in the credits!
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1960s TV was Great. Thanks for the Memories.
This compilation stirs fond memories of growing up during this time. It was great to be a kid then. It wasn't all sunshine and lollipops but as the years fade my experiences I recall are the good ones. Thank you Fred for your time and effort you put into creating this for your fellow boomers or younger folks that want to see what these times were like.😊
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
It's my pleasure, jbaker.
Oh Fred, you had the tears flowing right off the bat (pun intended). This Week in Baseball was a major part of my youth, loving baseball as I did. I found that music in the KPM library, some years back. Tears subsided and a smile came as I watched, only for tears to come back near the end, with Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Superman to finish it off. So many great memories, when television was worth watching. Thanks Fred.
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Sweet comment, Doug.
Just finished watching and an awesome effort as usual, Fred.
I loved This Week In Baseball!
...I grew up in the 50s & 60s and this is part of the soundtrack of my yout'...
At 12:23 is the 1st closing theme from "Dragnet" which we were familiar with on the end credits in seasons 1 and 2, when we were living in Indiana watching Jack Webb and Harry Morgan in their series roles for the revival series four season run.
This is awesome. I can't wait to watch the others.
Memsy was soooooooo freaking cuuuuuuuuuuute! that little meow she did after all the shows she got featured on, just so adorable I can’t.
This Week In Baseball Best sports music ever!
You’ve hit another Grand Slam Fred!!! Thank you!! The Adventures of Superman was a perfect ending!! And… 12:39 - Kent McWhirter changed his name to Kent McCord, aka Officer Jim Reed, of Adam-12 fame!!! 👮♀️🚓🚔
@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
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Kent McCord was a close friend of Ricky Nelson.
You just keep hitting them out of the park with these end credits - great selections, great variety.
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Glad you're enjoying them, LS.
@DTD110865
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Funny that you described his work as "hitting them out of the park," since his first closing theme was "This Week in Baseball."
0:11 Gathering Crowds was the ABC Evening News theme for a short time. The opening theme, Jet Set, was also used on the NBC game show Jackpot.
We're in a good one because we start off with old school TWIB!!! Good to see that one again Fred. Eagerly awaiting volume 4. I always liked the Jack Davis artwork on the F Troop second season closing credits. On the Love American Style closing credits, the group credited as The Charles Fox Singers is actually the same one who sang on all the recordings by The Partridge Family. Re the Spider Man credits: Sadly, we just lost "Jazzy" Johnny Romita not long ago.
@FredFlix
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The Ron Hicklin Singers! Romita was one of my fave artists at Marvel.
@oluhamilton2121
Жыл бұрын
Jack Davis? I always thought it was Mort Drucker.
Another great compilation and thanks for including Star Trek in this one. There were a couple of surprises like Dragnet and Peter Gunn (by the great Henry Mancini) and then you closed with a superhero trifecta. One thing I did also notice was that a number of shows in this volume were produced at/by Desilu Studios which is a testament to just how powerful they were. A comparison to today's television would be that of Dick Wolf with 9 shows on 2 different networks. Looking forward to volume 4 tomorrow.
The Man from Uncle love it.....David McCallum is still alive he is 90. Just watched A Night to Remember recently he played one of the telegraph operators on the Titanic. Stingray. - AquaMarina loved that song all them years ago. Still sounds good.
@gidzmobug2323
Жыл бұрын
David Macallum is still on TV (in NCIS).
👍👍great job : " thanks for the memories:" 🙏📺🇺🇲
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Lance.
xilFderF is the be all and end all once again. I’m really enjoying this series derF, but you’re taking up too much of my time recently. We appreciate what you do. 🏆
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks once again, my impish friend.
GET OUTTA MY HEAD! About 3/4 of this is on my list of DVD future purchases. 😂
I remember most of these, but there are a few I had forgotten about. I'm making a list to see what's out there on the streaming services.
Seems like in the first season of Man from UNCLE the credits are shown over stills from the episode, while subsequent seasons had them over promo stills of Vaughn and McCallum.
Excellent idea! You are full of creative surprises!❤
Nice work Fred.
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, lucano57.
Thanks, again, Fred! I'm looking forward to the last two parts this weekend or whenever you release them. 5:30 - Possibly my favorite theme song from a show I've never seen, at least beyond credits on YT. I first heard it on one of my TV Toons tapes which I got back in the 1980s. I think I've seen another version of this closing which had much duller outro music after the main marionettes say their last dialogue. 6:35 - I thought that was a real woman at first glance, second glance I knew it wasn't. 12:25 - Jack Webb gave a lot of work to his ex-wife's new husband, Bobby Troup, casting him (and Webb's ex-wife Julie London) in EMERGENCY. Kent McWhirter was about to get a stage name, Kent McCord, when he was cast in ADAM-12. 13:20 - I love watching HAZEL (I've seen every episode now, mostly on FETV), but I can't stand the closing lyrics. I thought lyricist Sammy Cahn was lazy in having the lyrics repeat the same 4 words slowly. The lyrics only lasted about 8 episodes. This closing has to be from the sole color Season 1 episode about Hazel wanting a color tv set. Neat video from a Season 3 episode with a new 1964 Ford from a December1963 episode that I know I've seen at least once. I love the color Screen Gems sticks at the end, more than the later "S from Hell" logo.
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff again, Jon! And there will be 5 more volumes now.
AHHHHH THE MALLET CLANG I had to run out of the room when i was a kid😅
Fireball XL-5 and Stingray where 2 of my favorite shows when I was a kid.
We always looked forward to the closing credits for Star Trek...
Loving these Fred. They are keeping me going.
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Gregg.
This is super Fred wow thank you my friend
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Watch for 5 more volumes, friend Brenda.
@brendajeanproffitt6919
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@@FredFlix can't wait these are wonderful Fred good morning my friend I hope your family is doing good happy 4th of July to you and your family
@FredFlix
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@@brendajeanproffitt6919 And to you as well, friend Brenda.
@brendajeanproffitt6919
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@@FredFlix Thank you my friend
I like how on the last frame of The Man From UNCLE they say, "We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement without whose assistance this program would not be possible."
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, even though it never existed.
@chrischeshire6528
Жыл бұрын
My UNCLE was a lighting technician on Man From UNCLE. And other shows from the 60's. The crew people is who that ending dedication is for. And they all had UNCLE ID cards to prove it.
13:30 Incredible actress, Shirley Booth. During her 5 year run as the title character in _Hazel_ she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Actress (nominated for a third). These went along with her Best Actress Academy Award and her three Tony Awards for her stage work on Broadway.
@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
Жыл бұрын
Shirley Booth was a magnificent actress.
Well, you had me crying at 6:36. Never came to know what happened with Marina, Troy and Atlanta. 🤦🏽♀️ And you have a very happy lady here, Fred. Next! 🎵🎶🎵👑🤟
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
I think Troy was just stringing them along, Mercedes.
@merce10554
Жыл бұрын
@@FredFlixHa! 🤭
Another great compilation, as expected. Also, thanks for more nightmare fuel at 13:13, FredFlix...😰
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Sure thing, Luis.
Another round of pure gold tv themes! It's a shame YT won't let you run the DVD Show (I'm affraid to write the star's name as YT bots would probably censor my post!). Those two Gerry Anderson shows, Stingray and Fireball XL-5 had ending songs that could have made the Billboard with a little promotion. Hard to pick a favorite, but the Gunsmoke theme sure makes me dream of better times... But I could listen to all these themes all day instead of the mulch they have on radio these days. A job well done with your selections Fred! And thank you!
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated, Rangersly.
@lorraineminor71
Жыл бұрын
Love your remark about the Gunsmoke theme; I know exactly what you mean. My grandmother loved TV westerns and Gunsmoke was her favorite, I miss the days of watching it with her.
Raise your hand if you've ever found the urge to blurt out a line from "Spoonful of Sugar" from "The Sound of Music" during the theme from "Hogan's Heroes." 👋😉
Today's young people 35 and under Don't care about this or want to hear about these shows, people or anything to do with the past regardless of how much better it was than Now. Its not only horrible but unforgivable as well PERIOD!!!!!
Sad. Lisa Loring (Wednesday) left us recently. Interesting timing. Shortly after Wednesday premiered on Netflix
@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc
Жыл бұрын
John Astin, who played Gomez, is the only surviving cast member of the Addams Family.
and wooooooow, I normally associate goodson/todman with games. the rebel was a step outside of the normal wheelhouse.
Grandma had control of "The Box" so she could mute themes as well as commercials.
Some networks you watch these shows on, throws the end titles in a small square on the left and starts the next show in a small square on the right. Or they make it small with an ad for something stupid on the right. I hate that!
You can play the closing theme to I Love Lucy, but they won’t let you play the closing theme to The Dick Van Dyke show? I guess this is just one of those things that make you go hmm. 🤔
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Thing is, they allowed it when I went through checks. A week later, trying to post it, they say no. It made me trip over the ottoman.
@marthawelch4289
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@@FredFlix You OK?
@FredFlix
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@@marthawelch4289 Sure. I know how to roll like Van Dyke.
@marthawelch4289
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I8
@DTD110865
Жыл бұрын
@@FredFlix A relative of mine had a girlfriend once who one time said the word "fun" with the same quiver in her voice that Mary Tyler Moore had, and I busted out my own imitation of the theme from The Dick Van Dyke Show. This was one of those moments when you really wish you had a camcorder rolling.
Nice compilation again a lot was made at Desilu
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Thanks God for Desilu, Rolf!
Did anybody else notice that many of these shows, and also the shows in volume 1 and 2, use Glen Glenn sound? Or am I just nitpicking?
"Wonder Woman": and to this day, Lynda Carter has no idea how much easier she made puberty for me! :)
@markcornish2519
Жыл бұрын
I had my wonder woman poster right next to the Farrah fawcett one. Then added a Cheryl Ladd one!
Memories! Sad in a way because it's the END of each episode. Red Skelton surprised me in a way because I thought he had been canceled before logo graphics adopted that lens flare approach pioneered by the 7Up commercials in the 70's. The Stingray closing always cracks me up: there is Troy's real girlfriend pining over his framed picture while he's banging Marina on a cruise ship. Even puppets can be scumbags!
@FredFlix
Жыл бұрын
Troy kept stringing her along, David. But their relationship was hanging on by a thread. (ouch)
@davidrosler5413
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@@FredFlix ROTFLOL! WELL OKAY ! A CHALLENGE! But wooden-headed Troy always was a dummy, a mere puppet of Commander Shore, just a political marrionette. His life was always getting tangled. Poor Marina in the middle if it all, she was such a doll. And what a figure!
@FredFlix
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@@davidrosler5413 You win, David!
@davidrosler5413
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@@FredFlix im so proud of myself. Then again, perhaps not. But a great video just the same. Love it!
@davidrosler5413
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@@FredFlix when the hell did I become 5413? What the hell is that all about?
You cut off the theme from "Family Affair"!
Jack Webb was great doing everything, until he bought 77 Sunset Strip and ruined the entire format.
15:36- MARVIN MILLER: "'THE TEXAN'......was presented by---- VICEROY! *VICEROY CIGARETTES!* 'A Thinking Man's Filter.....A Smoking Man's Taste'!"
@gidzmobug2323
Жыл бұрын
I see that Mark Goodson and Bill Todman produced something other than game shows.
@fromthesidelines
Жыл бұрын
Yes, they did! They produced a live mystery anthology, "THE WEB" (1950-'54); an unsuccessful sitcom, "ONE HAPPY FAMILY" (1961); and "THE RICHARD BOONE SHOW" (1963-'64), an anthology featuring Boone and a repertoire company of performers. They were also responsible for "BRANDED" (1965-'66).