1 00:00:15,919 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome back to this Surely you can't be 2 00:00:18,199 --> 00:00:21,879 serious podcast. This is our third episode on. 3 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 2: TV theme Songs. 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Indeed, this time we're going nineteen eighty five to nineteen 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,239 eighty nine. Yes, these are the top five theme songs 6 00:00:31,519 --> 00:00:33,840 from our experience, plus two honorable mentions. 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll each give an honorable mention, will each list 8 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:39,479 our top five. Whenever we're done, hit us up and 9 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:40,840 tell us whether you think we got it right, or 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:42,799 tell us whether you think we got it wrong. What 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,920 we'll do is kind of tease up each of these. 12 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:47,240 Try to guess, you know ahead, because we haven't gone 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,399 over our list with each other, right right. You know, 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,079 our prior to episodes have given some clues about what's coming, 15 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,399 but you may not have heard those yet. Be sure 16 00:00:55,439 --> 00:00:57,759 and go check those out. But Jason and I don't 17 00:00:57,799 --> 00:01:00,799 know what each other's lists are. Rules of the game 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,840 are It doesn't have to be exclusively eighty five to 19 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:08,319 eighty nine, just kind of has to hit that sort 20 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,239 of sweet spot. So there are a lot of shows 21 00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:12,920 that went on so long that they definitely overlapped a 22 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,200 couple of these time periods we're dealing with. The Other 23 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:18,319 is you don't get to have any songs that were 24 00:01:18,359 --> 00:01:21,439 not written specifically for the TV series, which means we 25 00:01:21,519 --> 00:01:24,280 lose out on Golden Girls, we lose out on the 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,959 Wonder Years, we lose out on Bosom Buddies. I mean, 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,680 there's a ton of great with children. Yeah, great theme 28 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:33,920 songs that just took a song from somewhere else. We're 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,879 not covering any of those today, which is a pity, 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,120 but we had to limit this list somehow. Now, I 31 00:01:39,159 --> 00:01:43,120 will tell you this, my friend. Yep, it was way 32 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,560 easier for me to find a whole bunch of songs 33 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:48,879 to pick from from our last episode than it is 34 00:01:49,079 --> 00:01:52,120 this episode, no doubt. As a matter of fact, I 35 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:55,280 specifically said to you there were a couple of songs 36 00:01:55,319 --> 00:01:59,439 that I had as honorable mentions in on my last episode, 37 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,599 and what I did was to go, Nope, I'm taking 38 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,959 those over and I'm moving them to the next episode, 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,840 because hey, they they hit somewhere in the time period 40 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:08,560 that we're talking about. 41 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,039 Speaker 1: Okay, well I did that with one. 42 00:02:11,319 --> 00:02:14,319 Speaker 2: Okay, I pushed it off. Okay, So if. 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: You're ready, I'm ready. Let's dive in. 44 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: Man, Let's dive in. Guys. These are episodes that we 45 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:20,479 love do and be sure and go and check out 46 00:02:20,479 --> 00:02:23,280 those old episodes. But it's just fun to talk about 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:29,360 these songs. So let's get going. Okay, Number five, five? 48 00:02:29,879 --> 00:02:33,199 Speaker 1: All right, so my number five. I told you that 49 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,120 I'm trying to separate the theme song from the show 50 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:39,439 because I would rate the show higher than number. 51 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: Five for this time period. 52 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, So I enjoyed the show better than I 53 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:43,520 enjoyed the song. 54 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: Okay. 55 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: In fact, I told you last night that is not 56 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:49,719 really all that great of a song, but I associated 57 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,240 so fondly with the show that it's going to be 58 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:57,280 high on my list. This song was sung by al Girou. 59 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: You know what I'm talking about? What you're talking about? 60 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:06,159 Some walk by night, some fly by day. 61 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: That's it, man, some. 62 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:18,879 Speaker 3: Change. 63 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 2: So the series is called Moonlighting. I'm not sure what 64 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,719 the song is called, but that's it. 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: The song is actually called Moonlighting. 66 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: Oh that's creative. 67 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. This song reached number twenty three on the Hot 68 00:03:33,879 --> 00:03:37,759 one hundred and nineteen eighty six and reached number one 69 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,520 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It also won two Grammys 70 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,719 in nineteen eighty eight, one for Best Male Pop Vocal 71 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,599 one for Best Song Written for. 72 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:50,199 Speaker 2: A motion picture or television. Although it is not my 73 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,759 style of music, this is a song that is very 74 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,199 enjoyable to listen to, and they're such strong nostalgia. When 75 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,199 I hear that song that I'm definitely with you, I'm 76 00:03:58,199 --> 00:03:59,120 with you, it is worthy. 77 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,759 Speaker 1: I think next year we need to do an episode 78 00:04:01,919 --> 00:04:06,960 Miami Vice versus Moonlighting television show to television show. 79 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,439 Speaker 2: That would be a tough one. I know what I 80 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:11,560 would pick. No, I don't know what you would pick. 81 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,199 I love them both you or yeah, you're a you're 82 00:04:14,199 --> 00:04:16,120 a hard fan boy on both of those. I am. 83 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,439 I am. Yeah, that'd be an interesting episode. Okay, all right, 84 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:20,560 ready for my number five? 85 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,399 Speaker 1: What's your number five? 86 00:04:21,439 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: All right? You ready? Ready? The show involves for Special 87 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:28,720 Forces unit members tried by a court martial for a 88 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:30,319 crime they did not commit. 89 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: And one guy who's so ill, temperate and he can 90 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:47,560 never fly. 91 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: This is the A team. How are they going to 92 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,519 knock out mister T this episode? 93 00:04:53,439 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: I told you they fire automatic weapons all the time 94 00:04:55,959 --> 00:04:57,399 and nobody ever gets shot. 95 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,879 Speaker 2: So this is this is really a great story. The 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,560 guy who came up with this show had just gotten 97 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,720 fired from ABC for not being able to come up 98 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:11,560 with a show. Really. Yeah, the guy's name You may 99 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,759 have mentioned it when we were talking in our last episode, 100 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:16,360 But the creators of the show are a couple of 101 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,839 guys named Stephen Knell and Frank Lupo. Stephen Kanell had 102 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:24,720 just gotten fired from ABC. Brandon Tartakoff of NBC Fame 103 00:05:25,319 --> 00:05:28,120 had hired them and said, give me a show, and 104 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,240 this is what he came up with. And when he 105 00:05:30,399 --> 00:05:34,240 came to pitch it to him, he said, Okay, it's 106 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,920 a combination of the Dirty Dozen and Mission Impossible and 107 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,160 Magnificent Seven and Mad Max and Hill Street Blues. What 108 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:48,839 what with mister T driving a car? That's Bill mister T. 109 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,519 Speaker 1: Really at that moment, mister T was such an icon 110 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,839 in the eighties. Oh sure, if you could have landed 111 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,839 mister T, then that's enough to get at Greenland. 112 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 2: This is I mean, this show is nineteen eighty three. 113 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,759 By the way, first episode appeared after Super Bowl seventeen, 114 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,199 nineteen eighty three, Mister T was about to become you 115 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:11,240 wage in nineteen eighty three. That's right. 116 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: You know what's funny about mister T. Yeah, so he 117 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:16,240 obviously played Clever Laying in Rocky three. 118 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 2: Yes, He was also. 119 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: Todd Bridge's bodyguard. Todd Bridges willis of different strokes. 120 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 2: That's right. Yeah, yeah, he was a bouncer and a 121 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,040 fighter and a bodyguard. I've forgotten about that. Yeah, there 122 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:34,600 you go, fantastic. And I looked at mister T a 123 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:37,360 little bit, you know previously, just those rabbit holes that 124 00:06:37,399 --> 00:06:39,800 I go down for no particular reason at all. But 125 00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:42,439 his mister T was so that people had to address 126 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,759 him with respect. Yeah, Like he didn't like anybody calling 127 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,480 him boy, and so you can call me mister T. 128 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:52,839 And he was a bouncer and people would forget or 129 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,399 lose or maybe have ripped off their jewelry as things 130 00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:59,879 were getting heated. Huh. And that is how he came 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,399 to wear all of his goal chain. 132 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: Wow, that's a good story. 133 00:07:02,759 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, So this music for the A Team was 134 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,720 written by a guy you may have heard of named 135 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,399 Mike Post Yeah, and a writing partner of his name, 136 00:07:12,439 --> 00:07:14,759 Pete Carpenter. Same two guys who came up with the 137 00:07:14,759 --> 00:07:15,800 theme for Magnum p. 138 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,199 Speaker 1: I guys are studs, man. 139 00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:18,439 Speaker 2: How many times have we said their name? 140 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:18,639 Speaker 4: Now? 141 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: I don't know, bunch yep, take another shot. Okay, you're 142 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,399 a turn. Tell me what you got for number four, sir. 143 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 4: Four? 144 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:27,639 Speaker 2: All right. 145 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: So this show ran from nineteen eighty two to nineteen 146 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,360 eighty nine, but the show really didn't become a hit 147 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:37,639 hit until nineteen eighty four when it was slotted after 148 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,720 The Cosby Show, Gotcha, And then it got a boost 149 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,519 of rocket fuel when the star was in a movie, 150 00:07:45,759 --> 00:07:47,720 one of the biggest movies of nineteen eighty five. 151 00:07:49,199 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: So this has to be family ties. 152 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 3: I bet we've been together for a million. 153 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,879 Speaker 2: Yees, and I bet we will beat together for a 154 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,040 million more. Yes. 155 00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely. The song is called without Us, Okay. This song 156 00:08:16,759 --> 00:08:19,040 was written by Jeff Barry and Tom Scott, which we 157 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,800 talked about in our last episode. 158 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, they were the guys who came up with the Jeffersons. 159 00:08:23,839 --> 00:08:24,439 Oh there we go. 160 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,519 Speaker 1: Okay, So they did the Jeffersons, They did doua Diddy, 161 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,879 Diddy did do Ron Ron Ron Iron Iron. They also 162 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,519 did then he kissed Me. Oh yeah, okay, the leader 163 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:38,120 of the Pack, and as you said, the song that 164 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,200 inspired Joe Elliott to write pour Some Sugar on Me. 165 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 2: Sugar Sugar by the Archies, Sugar Sugar by the Archies, Fantastic. 166 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,519 Speaker 1: Yeah by the way. We've talked about this song already 167 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,720 in the previous episode the first ten episodes of Family Ties. Yeah, 168 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:56,720 the singers were Dennis Trafano and Minnie Sterling. After that, 169 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,480 they said, you know what, let's give this theme song 170 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:00,639 a boost by giving. 171 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 2: It some better voices. 172 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,919 Speaker 1: Okay, So Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams took. 173 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: Denise Williams though that would have probably been from our 174 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,039 Footloops album correct. 175 00:09:10,799 --> 00:09:14,399 Speaker 1: Footloose soundtrack episode, she sang the song Let's Hear It 176 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,519 for the Boy. 177 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: Well, next nam on. 178 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: The love It, Love It dude, there you go number 179 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,200 four to you, sir. 180 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna try to blow your mind with a 181 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:37,799 little trivia before I even tell you what the show 182 00:09:37,919 --> 00:09:40,759 is or the song. Are you ready? Yeah? Okay, So 183 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,080 two episodes of this show, and I had a ton 184 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,399 of episodes. Two episodes of the show was written by 185 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:50,000 our friend mister Stephen Desusa of eighties fame, especially Die 186 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:53,840 Hard Yes, and one of the episodes was written written 187 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,559 by Richard Matheson, whose son would go on to be 188 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,559 part of the writing team that wrote Bill and Ted's 189 00:09:58,559 --> 00:09:59,480 Excellent Adventure Sure. 190 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: Matheson wrote, I am legend. 191 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,799 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, come on, So okay, I'm giving you more 192 00:10:04,799 --> 00:10:07,440 clues without telling you what this is, right, hang on, Yeah. 193 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:09,919 Speaker 1: I know Stephen Desusa worked on The six Million Dollar Man. 194 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,159 Speaker 2: It's not that's seventies. Yes, okay, keep going. Okay. There 195 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,200 is an actor that is involved with this show, key 196 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,240 actor involved with this show, who is also involved with 197 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,919 another eighties show called Saint Elsewhere, which I mean very 198 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:27,799 well could be on this list, right, great interest song 199 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,039 on Saint Elsewhere. And he was also involved in a 200 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,960 movie from the sixties that had a fantastic soundtrack where 201 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,480 he played Dustin Hoffman's dad. He was the dad in 202 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,039 the Graduate. But you never see his face in this 203 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,759 TV show. You only hear his voice. 204 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,919 Speaker 1: What are you talking about? 205 00:10:49,879 --> 00:10:52,639 Speaker 2: His character is a car. 206 00:10:53,039 --> 00:11:05,639 Speaker 1: This is night writer, you got it. This is the 207 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:09,120 guy who plays the judge in the Bruce Willis movie 208 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,000 Blind Date. 209 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 2: I don't even word. 210 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,399 Speaker 1: He says, you'r honor, He's Tracy honored the call time. 211 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,399 Speaker 2: Sorry, Oh my goodness. 212 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: This is John Larrah Kat and Kim Basinger. 213 00:11:22,519 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. 214 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:25,879 Speaker 2: William Daniels, Yes, William Daniels. William Daniels was the name 215 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:27,679 of the guy who played kid. He was Doctor Craig 216 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:31,120 on Saint Elsewhere he was mister Braddock or something like that. 217 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,240 On the Graduate, he is the voice of Kit. Of course, 218 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:38,440 we have the introduction of David Hasselhoff to the world. 219 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,120 Hoff Yes, the hofst the Hoffman. 220 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: We talked about this in our previous episode. 221 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 2: Uh huh. 222 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: You've got a dude who assumes an identity in a 223 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:49,360 talking car and I'm in that's it. Yeah, that's all 224 00:11:49,399 --> 00:11:49,679 I need. 225 00:11:49,799 --> 00:11:52,639 Speaker 2: It's got a cool little light that goes along the hood. Yeah. 226 00:11:52,720 --> 00:12:03,399 I can't tell you how much I wanted that. By 227 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,279 the way, just a little trivia bit on Ready Player one. 228 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,200 The car that he created, the ECDO eighty eight, I 229 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,440 believe is what it was called, was a combination of 230 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,759 the DeLorean from Back to the Future, the Ghostbusters car, 231 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,759 and Kit from Night Rider. 232 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,519 Speaker 1: We really need to have a top five eighties vehicles 233 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:21,759 conversation one of these days. 234 00:12:21,799 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 2: We definitely do. By the way, I have to think 235 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,960 that The A Team is the only show in history 236 00:12:27,159 --> 00:12:28,600 that made a van cool. 237 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: That's right. 238 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 2: The music in this episode is by a guy named 239 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,799 Glenn Larson, who you mentioned him in our last episode. 240 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:38,080 He did The Fall Guy. He was a member of 241 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,000 the four Preps with Ed Cobb, who is the guy 242 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,159 that wrote Tainted Love. I mean, pretty cool little mix 243 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,080 up of stuff that we've got there. Fantastic love it, 244 00:12:47,519 --> 00:12:48,039 love it all. 245 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: Right, So we're on to my number three. Three, My 246 00:12:53,279 --> 00:12:57,120 number three you mentioned in our last episode. Okay, this 247 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,919 is a police drama that was above my head at 248 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,320 this age, right right. This show ran from nineteen eighty 249 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,879 one to nineteen eighty eight. This song is written by 250 00:13:05,879 --> 00:13:09,759 our man, Mike Post and it is a piano over 251 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:13,639 a intense police siren. This song, of course, is from. 252 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:39,759 Speaker 2: Hill Street Blues. Okay, I mean I will listen to 253 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:40,960 that song every day. 254 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:41,799 Speaker 1: It's a great song. 255 00:13:41,879 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 2: Right, And he came up with it in a half 256 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,120 an hour. I mean he came up with a half 257 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:45,440 an hour. 258 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: That guy's a stud. 259 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 2: He is now some of the other things, like he 260 00:13:48,639 --> 00:13:52,559 also did NYPD Blue, which is again Stephen Bosco, same 261 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,000 group of guys. Right, here's the story on that one. 262 00:13:55,039 --> 00:13:56,559 By the way, I know we're probably not gonna mention 263 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,480 that particular show. Yeah, Stephen Bosco and the other creator 264 00:13:59,519 --> 00:14:02,879 of NYP, he'd get together for lunch and so he's like, 265 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:04,639 come on, guys, tell me about the show, what are 266 00:14:04,639 --> 00:14:07,000 we gonna do? Stephen Bosco is like, we're thinking maybe 267 00:14:07,039 --> 00:14:10,000 it just starts with just drums, and he's like, you 268 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 mean like Hawaii ive O or something. He's like, no, no, no, no, 269 00:14:12,399 --> 00:14:15,759 just drums and he's like okay, right, and then the 270 00:14:15,799 --> 00:14:17,840 other he's like, well, what's your thought? And the other 271 00:14:17,879 --> 00:14:21,360 guy's like, my word is the subway. And he's like, 272 00:14:21,519 --> 00:14:23,720 are you guys freaking kidding me here? You're giving me 273 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:25,879 drums in the subway and I'm supposed to come up 274 00:14:25,919 --> 00:14:29,120 with a song from that, right. So that one took 275 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,559 him three weeks, and he had a little bit of 276 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:36,000 an inspiration from the Drums in the Air Tonight by 277 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,240 Phil Collins. So when you hear this song, know that 278 00:14:38,279 --> 00:14:42,279 he was thinking drums the subway Phil Collins. 279 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:54,879 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I can see that. It's really cool. The 280 00:14:54,919 --> 00:14:58,440 crashing of the drums, right, the hard pounding drums. 281 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:58,879 Speaker 2: Yep. 282 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about a song here in a minute 283 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:04,879 that is sort of Tan Gentle to Phil Collins. 284 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:06,639 Speaker 2: Okay, ready for my number three. 285 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:07,879 Speaker 1: I'm ready for your number three. 286 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,919 Speaker 2: I'm thinking I'm gonna throw you a curveball in this one. 287 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:11,360 I hope that I do. I hope that I do. 288 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,159 Speaker 1: I love curve balls. 289 00:15:12,159 --> 00:15:13,679 Speaker 2: Okay, Okay, I'm just going to tell you that we've 290 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:16,159 talked about the creator of this show before. Okay, we've 291 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,039 talked about the composer for this show before. I'm going 292 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,559 to tell you that another composing duo was involved with 293 00:15:23,679 --> 00:15:27,080 this show for one episode. The episode was called The 294 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,039 Family Dog, and the composer that is not the composer 295 00:15:31,039 --> 00:15:33,039 of the theme music, but was the composer for that 296 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,440 episode is Danny Elfman and his guitarist from Oingo Boingo, 297 00:15:37,799 --> 00:15:42,600 Stephen Bartek. Okay, but the series was created by somebody 298 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,679 that we've talked about before and a composer that you 299 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,679 always keep together with. 300 00:15:47,759 --> 00:15:50,759 Speaker 1: That guy got anything, well, I thought I had it, 301 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:51,879 and then you threw me off. 302 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: Okay, I'll give you one more hint. Okay. Another episode 303 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,159 of this show was supposed to be a story called 304 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,919 Battery Not Included, but the show creator liked it so 305 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,279 much that he decided to direct an entire movie called 306 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,440 Batteries Not Included. 307 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, this has to be So this is 308 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:10,960 Steven Spielberg. 309 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:32,679 Speaker 2: You got it, amazing stories, you got it. Yes, So 310 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:37,279 of course that Amazing Music is by John Williams. Always 311 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,399 things you put together. I mean you can hear it. 312 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,559 Once you hear that, you go, oh yeah, I hear 313 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:44,679 Indiana Jones and Jaws and all of the other obvious 314 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:47,759 John Williams is in there. It is one of my 315 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:53,639 favorite theme musics from the late eighties. Great show Amazing Stories, 316 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:56,759 which was kind of a Twilight Zone kind of deal. 317 00:16:57,039 --> 00:16:59,320 One of my favorite episodes had Mark Hamill in it, 318 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,799 where he was kind of a hoarder and then ended 319 00:17:01,879 --> 00:17:05,319 up becoming rich from hoarding stuff because they all became antiques. 320 00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:08,160 Show only ran from eighty five to eighty seven, but 321 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,079 I thought it was a brilliant show. 322 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: Wow, I have not thought about that show. 323 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 2: And forever I thought of my three curve. 324 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 1: That's a good one. Okay, I like it, all right, Okay, 325 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,240 all right, So here's my curveball to you. 326 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 2: Okay. 327 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 4: Two. 328 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:26,319 Speaker 1: This is a little tricky because I could have literally 329 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,519 put this in early seventies, which we haven't done late seventies, 330 00:17:30,839 --> 00:17:33,000 early eighties, late eighties. 331 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: Okay, So I've got a guess. Okay, is it the 332 00:17:36,519 --> 00:17:39,319 love boat? No love? All right? Go ahead, all right. 333 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: So the name of this song it's known as Heavy Action. 334 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,720 That's the title of the song. Okay, okay, yeah, Now 335 00:17:46,839 --> 00:17:50,160 is written by this guy named Johnny Pearson. He's British. 336 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:53,400 The song was commissioned by the BBC. Now, okay, I'm 337 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,680 telling you this is a curveball. It has since become 338 00:17:55,839 --> 00:18:01,440 synonymous with a sports show in the UK, Superstars. The 339 00:18:01,519 --> 00:18:07,119 first four notes have become synonymous with American sport as well. 340 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,960 Let me play this for you and see what you think. 341 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,240 I can see you're stumped. 342 00:18:11,559 --> 00:18:16,839 Speaker 2: I am completely and totally stumped. Okay, hold on to 343 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:38,400 your socks. Okay, So the TV show that you're talking 344 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:39,839 about is Monday Night Football. 345 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Monday Night Football. 346 00:18:42,519 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 2: Okay, that is a bit of a curveball. I was 347 00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:48,400 really struggling. I wasn't thinking about sports shows, but well, 348 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,680 obviously that is unmistakable. 349 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,079 Speaker 1: Yeah. So this is the song that they would play 350 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:57,000 behind Howard cosell Is, he's like recapping the highlights and 351 00:18:57,079 --> 00:19:00,720 for me, my football awakening have kind of in the 352 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:03,359 early to mid eighties, and so for me that's a 353 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,960 big deal. Monday Night Football was huge to me, and 354 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,880 so Heavy Action. 355 00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:12,039 Speaker 2: Johnny Pearson love it. Great one that's a great one. 356 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,079 Speaker 1: It did not become the official theme for Monday Night 357 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:19,839 Football until nineteen eighty nine, nineteen years after. 358 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,799 Speaker 2: It was composed. Wow, that is crazy. That is awesome. 359 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: There you go. 360 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 2: Okay, so we're onto my number two. Right. I have 361 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,240 a prediction that I'm going to make right now here 362 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,880 we go. I believe that my number two is your 363 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,279 number one, probably so, and so I'm going to hold 364 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:40,839 off until we do honorable mentions, Okay, and then I'm 365 00:19:40,839 --> 00:19:43,160 going to give you the lead in and I'll see 366 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,559 if we'll see if I'm right, Okay, yeah, yeah, okay, 367 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:49,119 all right, all right, so here we go, Yeah, honorable mentions. 368 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,920 We'll come back to Jason's number one, and maybe my 369 00:19:52,039 --> 00:19:54,440 number two, I don't know, and then my number one. 370 00:19:54,759 --> 00:19:55,160 All right. 371 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: So my first honorable mention is a song written and 372 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,079 composed by John Bettis and Steve Dorf. 373 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 2: Okay, Stephen Dorf, he's an actor, right, dwarf man? Okay, okay, yeah. 374 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: So BJ Thomas nineteen seventies singer. My dad loved BJ Thomas. 375 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:16,839 He sings the first season by himself, then in the 376 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,839 second season he teams. 377 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: Up with a lady. 378 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:23,519 Speaker 1: We've talked about Jennifer Warrens, and then in season four 379 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,039 they dropped Jennifer Warrens and they add Dusty Springfield, another 380 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,599 lady we've talked about. And the song, of course goes 381 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,640 to the TV show. 382 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 2: Growing Pains and starring Kirk Cameron and mister Allen Thick, 383 00:20:43,559 --> 00:20:46,200 who wrote one of the TV shows that we talked 384 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,759 about in our prior one of the TV showed theme 385 00:20:48,799 --> 00:20:55,400 songs that we talked about in our prior episode we 386 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,160 got and I'm not sure how it fell off my list, 387 00:20:59,519 --> 00:21:02,839 but he also wrote something that's worthy of an honorable mention. 388 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,319 And since you just did Growing Pains as your honorable mention, 389 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,720 I'm gonna boot it off of my list and insert 390 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:10,720 this one, okay. He also wrote the theme music for 391 00:21:10,759 --> 00:21:13,920 the TV show that was a spinoff of Different Strokes 392 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,839 called The Facts of Life. You take the good, you 393 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,000 take a bad, You take them both them There you 394 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,759 have the backs of light, the backs of life. There's 395 00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:24,000 a time you got nice. 396 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: You take the good, take the bad, take you both 397 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:28,559 the facts of life. 398 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 2: That nice? 399 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: That's good? 400 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I like it. Yeah, So he and his wife. 401 00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: Alan Dick wrote that song. 402 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:36,759 Speaker 2: Yeah. 403 00:21:36,759 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: Wow, it's crazy, right, that is crazy By the way, 404 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,559 Jennifer Warrens, just in case you don't know who she is. 405 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:58,200 She is the singer on this song right here, which. 406 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,519 Speaker 2: Of course we talked about on our Dirty Dancy episode. 407 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:02,599 Be sure and go check that one out. We compared 408 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,000 movie to movie, an album to album, Dirty Dancing versus 409 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:09,640 Saturday Night Fever. A great bunch of stories in all 410 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:10,480 of those episodes. 411 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:10,759 Speaker 4: Yep. 412 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 2: Okay, So honorable mention that I just gave to you 413 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:18,799 was facts of Life. Your honorable mention was growing pains. 414 00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:21,519 If you've got one more honorable man, one more honorable mention, Okay, 415 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:23,519 I do too, but it was one that you already 416 00:22:23,519 --> 00:22:27,000 talked about. My other honorable mention was Moonlighting. We've covered it, 417 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,160 So what have you got? 418 00:22:28,279 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: I have Moonlighting higher on my list than you did. 419 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, you did, wow, because. 420 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: We talked about it. You said you really like that song. Okay, 421 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,799 So my honorable mention is bass heavy. In fact, it 422 00:22:39,839 --> 00:22:43,279 starts out okay, very heavy on the bass. 423 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm surprised. 424 00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 1: I'm trying to disguise that. 425 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:46,839 Speaker 2: Okay. 426 00:22:47,319 --> 00:22:49,799 Speaker 1: This was composed by a guy named Jack Elliott, who 427 00:22:49,799 --> 00:22:53,119 wrote themes for Barney Miller and Charlie's Angels. 428 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't. 429 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,759 Speaker 1: Really tell you anything else other than you've got John Larroquette, 430 00:22:57,799 --> 00:23:00,720 you've got Markey posts oh night Court course. 431 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 2: Yeah that's a great one. Yes, yeah, I love that 432 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,759 little bass intro. Great yep. Okay, okay, So that's our 433 00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:17,720 honorable mentions. We're onto your number one. I'm going to 434 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:21,000 start by by giving you a little info on my 435 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,359 number two because I think it's the same song. I'm 436 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,640 sure it is, but I just thought it was crazy 437 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,000 that right after we've done the episode on Vivid with 438 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,599 James Buckley, that I come across another member of the 439 00:23:35,759 --> 00:23:39,839 Maha Vishnu Orchestra that we talked about. Were like, what, 440 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,960 I mean, how often are you going to run across 441 00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:46,079 that orchestra? And I've done it twice in two episodes. 442 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,799 Speaker 1: I could not believe it when I saw that. 443 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 2: Right, the keyboardist for the I mean one of the keyboards, 444 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,759 but a key keyboardist for the Mahavish New Orchestra was 445 00:23:56,839 --> 00:23:59,759 the guy named Jan Hammer who's gone on to compose 446 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:03,559 a million other songs, but you probably best know him 447 00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:08,119 from this TV series that ran from nineteen eighty four 448 00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:10,880 to nineteen eighty nine. Am I wrong? Did I pick 449 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,480 your number one? 450 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 4: He nailed it one. 451 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: The Miami Vice theme. Okay, before we get off of 452 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,359 this one, Okay, I don't. Actually I have a pretty 453 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,119 good idea what your number one is. In fact, I 454 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,720 think I know what it is. But this so far 455 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,039 is the only song to hit number one on the 456 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:47,839 Hot one hundred. Yeah, this song hit number one November 457 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,319 ninth of nineteen eighty five. It's mind blowing how popular 458 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,039 this TV show was. The soundtrack was. I would love 459 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,799 to take a deep dive on this soundtrack next year. 460 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think so. We talked about maybe doing 461 00:25:02,599 --> 00:25:06,759 this soundtrack versus the Beverly Hills cop soundtrack with Axual 462 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,240 f on it. I think that'd be a great matchup 463 00:25:09,279 --> 00:25:09,519 to do. 464 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,759 Speaker 1: Miami Vice soundtrack and just listen to this. 465 00:25:11,839 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 466 00:25:12,279 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: The week that this hit number one, your top five 467 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,640 is We Built This City by Starship, You Belong to 468 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,839 the City by Glenn Frye. Another song from the Miami 469 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,559 Vice soundtrack, Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears. We 470 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,000 hope to cover that part time Lover by Stevie Wonder, 471 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:30,039 which is a horrible song. Oh that's a good song 472 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,480 and then Miami Vice theme number one. 473 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:35,079 Speaker 2: And I mentioned a little bit ago in the pilot 474 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,680 episode you have the song in the Air Tonight by 475 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,119 Phil Collins, which was the part of the inspiration for 476 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,480 the theme for it from NYPD Blue by mister Mike Post. 477 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: By the way, we are not sponsored by Tube, but 478 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:52,359 I'm gonna throw out a commercial for them. Toby has 479 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,480 incredible content, including the entire series of Miami Vice Sweet 480 00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:00,759 Love It, of which I'm working my way through Nice. 481 00:26:01,079 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 2: That show, of course, was created by Anthony Yekovich and 482 00:26:05,519 --> 00:26:09,880 largely Michael Mann. Also season four produced by Dick Wolf. 483 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,039 Speaker 1: All Right, so this brings us to your number one, 484 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,079 which it has to be where everybody knows your name. 485 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 2: You nailed it. 486 00:26:24,559 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 3: Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. 487 00:26:30,039 --> 00:26:34,079 Taking a break from all your worries. Sure, what help along? 488 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:41,039 Wouldn't you like to get away? 489 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes you've gone well out the mod and knows your name? 490 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 4: Yes. 491 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 2: So, as we mentioned, several songs can go from one 492 00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:56,240 era to another era, this is one of those that 493 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,119 stands the test of time. Jason put it in his 494 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,759 as his number one spot in the previous episode that 495 00:27:02,799 --> 00:27:06,799 we did our part two on this series for nineteen 496 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,920 eighty through nineteen eighty four. Obviously, this series went on 497 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,240 into the nineties. 498 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: Put it down the nineties list. 499 00:27:13,519 --> 00:27:17,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, sure. But this song beautiful It is by a 500 00:27:17,319 --> 00:27:20,720 guy named Gary Portnoy. Jason mentioned in the last episode. 501 00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:22,519 He was a guy who had never written a theme 502 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:25,599 song before. He was a musician, obviously, but he had 503 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:32,119 actually just gotten fired from his musical staff position. And 504 00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,359 a friend of his, who you mentioned in the last 505 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,920 episode who helped co write this song, is sitting down 506 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:43,319 to dinner with a Broadway producer, and the Broadway producer says, hey, 507 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,960 do you know anybody who writes music? I'm looking for 508 00:27:46,319 --> 00:27:50,319 songs for my show, and she's thinking, Gary just got fired. 509 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,279 Here's a chance for him to land on his feet. 510 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,000 That's great. So they write this song for the show, 511 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,200 and somehow it ends up a little bit later on 512 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,720 in the hands of the Charles brothers. My clue for you, 513 00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:04,960 had you not guessed this, by the way, my clue 514 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,279 for you was going to be sit ubu, sit good dog, 515 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,240 Good dog, and you would have gotten it right off 516 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:10,480 the back. 517 00:28:10,519 --> 00:28:11,799 Speaker 1: I would have I love cheers. 518 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 2: So here's just an interesting piece of information. My mom 519 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,039 went to school with Glenn Charles and Less Charles. Really 520 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,400 my grandmother, her mother was an administrator at that school 521 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:27,440 that they grew up in in Newvada. 522 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: Really, yeah, that's fantastic. 523 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 2: Thanks. So they of course created the show Cheers. They 524 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,519 had gotten this song that was being featured in a 525 00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:42,519 Broadway musical and they thought perfect, except the Broadway producer said, no, 526 00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:45,880 you're not going to use my song, right, And so, 527 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,799 as you mentioned, they went back to the lady Judy 528 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,720 hart Angelo and said, can you come up with anything else? 529 00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:54,799 And how many songs did you say? 530 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: They sent, so they came up with my kind of 531 00:28:58,039 --> 00:29:02,319 people rejected in an other day, rejected, right. 532 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,799 Speaker 2: And so this was kind of their final ditch effort. 533 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,119 But when Glynn Unless Charles heard it, they were like, 534 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,839 this is great, and then they thought, well, who's going 535 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,960 to perform it? You know what, we like the way 536 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,160 you sing it. So Gary Portnoy, the writer of the song, 537 00:29:17,359 --> 00:29:19,440 is the man that you hear performing it. I mentioned 538 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,680 on our last episode. I always thought, I frequently thought 539 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,119 that it sounded like Woody Harrelson singing. And I just 540 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,240 feel like they updated the song a little bit over 541 00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:31,240 the years because it just it had a more vibrant feel. 542 00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:33,000 Maybe they just remixed it. I'm not sure. 543 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 1: Well I did read that they they doubled him, they 544 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,319 tripled him, and they quadrupled him to give it that 545 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:40,000 sort of chorus thicker. 546 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 2: Feel I got you. Well. As it turns out, the 547 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:45,279 Charles brothers were so confident in their ability to get 548 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:48,440 it done that they did not even attend the recording session. 549 00:29:48,599 --> 00:29:50,960 Just said you got this, and we have a song 550 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:55,559 that is maybe maybe the best song of the entire decade. 551 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,799 Speaker 1: That's TV themes, sure sure, and maybe the best show 552 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:00,960 the entire decade. 553 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:01,519 Speaker 2: Yes. 554 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: Now, the interesting thing was is that the show was 555 00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:08,079 dead last in the ratings when it first came out. Yeah, 556 00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:10,920 but they had people who would call into the TV 557 00:30:11,039 --> 00:30:14,599 station and request the sheet music for that song. Nice, 558 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,319 So the song was actually a hit before the show was. 559 00:30:17,519 --> 00:30:19,319 Speaker 2: That's fantastic boom. 560 00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: Great choice. 561 00:30:20,759 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 2: By the way, those two guys also produced the TV 562 00:30:24,599 --> 00:30:29,440 series Taxi, which has a really very memorable theme song 563 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,599 as well, which reminds me. After we did our big episode, 564 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,599 we had a guy on Instagram called the Orgami Wizard. 565 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,319 Let's go check out his Instagram page. Yeah, some cool stuff, 566 00:30:40,319 --> 00:30:42,519 but he hit us up and said, love the show. 567 00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:46,839 But you you mentioned that Tom Hanks was in Happy Days, 568 00:30:47,119 --> 00:30:50,240 but you didn't mention that he was also in Taxi. 569 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,519 I went and looked it up, and sure enough, he 570 00:30:52,759 --> 00:30:55,880 was in an episode of Taxi same time as Happy 571 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,759 Days had gotten fired from or had lost Bosom Buddies, 572 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:06,680 and he played like Christopher Lloyd's pot Brownie eaton religious 573 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,480 experience in front of a lava lamp. Guy, is it's great? 574 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:11,599 A little bit of trivia right there for you? Love it? 575 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:13,319 Love it? Okay? 576 00:31:13,559 --> 00:31:17,759 Speaker 1: So that concludes our late eighties top five. 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