Vintage TV thread

[ronmac]

I always like the them from The Bill Cosby Show.



And the Sanford & Son theme.

[SunRunner2]

^ So God's name wasn't Jim?

Hey, I got it!

[GuitarGeek]

Greatest theme music ever:

[frinspar]

Probably one of the first places I ever head a "Mood symplifier" (or maybe it wasn't specifically a Mood model...well, you know what I mean). That, the Four Seasons song (Oh What I Night, or whatever it's actual title is) and Uriah Heep Live were probably the first places I heard one. Also had a really cool sort of country style guitar solo originally (which either edited out during later seasons, or at least during some rerun broadcasts).

Yup, great solo. Nice and twangy, little bit of overdrive. Great dynamics and feeling in it.

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

^ So God's name wasn't Jim?

No, it's Harold.

"Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name..."

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Yes, obviously he's poking them on their foreheads, but there must've been some mishaps.

That was the point of curving the fingers up - if they slipped, they'd go up the forehead, not down into the eyes.

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Greatest theme music ever:

Seconded!

[Vic2012]

Watching the Flintstones. Fred is boss for a day.....

[SunRunner2]

Watching the Flintstones. Fred is boss for a day.....

Giving hell back to Mr. Slate at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company, huh?

[ronmac]

Giving hell back to Mr. Slate at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company, huh?

It's not like he ever fed him dog food like Ralph Kramden did.

[SunRunner2]

It's not like he ever fed him dog food like Ralph Kramden did.

Ah, yes; Krammar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer. Good one to recall.

[ronmac]

Good one to recall.

It's second nature.

[Dave (in MA)]

It's not like he ever fed him dog food like Ralph Kramden did.

Making it a link because the thumbnail gives it away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kcobKdm6LI

[ronmac]

I used to record Letterman every night and watch him the next day. I remember this one. I can't believe it's been more than 30 years. Fuck, am I old.

[SunRunner2]

Making it a link because the thumbnail gives it away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kcobKdm6LI

Oh, boy. One's greatest aversion to tasting a particular substance comes out in full glory here! You could hear the audience gag-laughing as he tried them both.

[progmatist]

I used to record Letterman every night and watch him the next day. I remember this one. I can't believe it's been more than 30 years. Fuck, am I old.

I worked the swing shift, and got home just as Letterman was starting.

[Dave (in MA)]

I always like the them from The Bill Cosby Show.

I'm sorry, but that is no longer permissible.

From now on you'll have to consider it a Quincy Jones tune called "Hikky Burr".

[ronmac]

I'm sorry, but that is no longer permissible.

From now on you'll have to consider it a Quincy Jones tune called "Hikky Burr".

What a shame, too. I would love to listen to his old comedy albums, which were pretty much the best ever. Of course, that pales in comparison to anything his victims have to live with.

[SunRunner2]

What a shame, too. I would love to listen to his old comedy albums, which were pretty much the best ever. Of course, that pales in comparison to anything his victims have to live with.

I think you still can listen to his old comedy albums, as they were performed by his prior self and have little (or nothing) to do with his later transgressions or his victims. I actually watched a movie with Kevin Spacey in it the other evening and enjoyed it and his performance. I didn't feel that I was enabling him or that it was disrespectful to his alleged victims to view him in that role.

[Dave (in MA)]

[GuitarGeek]

I think you still can listen to his old comedy albums, as they were performed by his prior self and have little (or nothing) to do with his later transgressions or his victims. I actually watched a movie with Kevin Spacey in it the other evening and enjoyed it and his performance. I didn't feel that I was enabling him or that it was disrespectful to his alleged victims to view him in that role.

Well, there's the Spanish Fly piece on one of his records, which I gather a lot of people think is "uncomfortable" now, due to what's come to light. But the rest of the stuff is pretty hilarious, still, things like the Noah suite or They Put A Nut On Every Car, or the piece on Why Is There Air album about the $72 car.

[ronmac]

I think you still can listen to his old comedy albums, as they were performed by his prior self and have little (or nothing) to do with his later transgressions or his victims. I actually watched a movie with Kevin Spacey in it the other evening and enjoyed it and his performance. I didn't feel that I was enabling him or that it was disrespectful to his alleged victims to view him in that role.

Of course I can listen to them. And I have. But it's a different experience. And, how do we not know he did the same thing back then? People don't just become sex offenders overnight.

[ronmac]

I never heard that before. The opening credits is a different number. None of this appeared in the clsing credits, either.

[Dave (in MA)]

There were a few different versions used on the show, and then there were others recorded.

[3LockBox]

Yeah, Bill kinda ruined his legacy. It's like watching Naked Gun and seeing OJ Simpson.