Squirrel! And his pal, Bullwinkle the Moose.” Here’s both versions’ themes, though I could only find the instrumental for “Rocky and His Friends.” There’d normally be the narrator stating “time for ‘Rocky and His Friends’!,” followed by (after Rocky finishes his one-squirrel air show) “starring that Jet Age aerial ace, Rocket J. “Rocky and Bullwinkle” aired from 1959-1964, starting off on ABC as “Rocky and His Friends,” before moving to NBC in 1961 to become “The Bullwinkle Show.” Or rather, the second theme song, the famous “Meet the Flintstones” less so the original theme, which was just an instrumental tune (“Rise and Shine,” used as incidental music in the series).
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The longest running primetime animated series (until “The Simpsons”), “The Flintstones” theme song’s definitely a classic. The Flintstones “The Flintstones.” (Warner Bros.)
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This list is ranked in no particular order, and is focused on American TV cartoons-I’m not knowledgeable enough about Japanese animation to include such, though “Speed Racer” had a catchy theme. Quite simply, this wonderfully playful intro shows that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a lot more nuanced than that.Similar to my posts on top superhero theme songs, I thought I’d create lists of my favorite TV cartoon theme songs by decade. But amidst calls of “she’s so broken inside” from her animated crew, the toe-tapping tune also finds the time to dispel the notion that the show, and particularly its title, is sexist. Initially opting for the rapid-fire delivery of a rip-roaring Broadway show tune, the theme acknowledges both our hero’s flippancy (“one day I was crying a lot / and so I decided to move to / West Covina…”) and lack of self-awareness (“It happens to be where Josh lives / but that’s not why I’m here”). In just 32 seconds, Rachel Bloom and her cast of co-stars in cartoon-form perfectly embody the musical rom-com’s spirit, while neatly offering a quick catch-up for anyone who’s just succumbed to its many charms. We are, of course, referring to the impossibly perky show-stopping theme of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s superior first season. Plus, how great is it, really, to rhyme “horse” with “of course”? Here are the 50 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time. What will the future of TV intros bring? That we cannot say, but in the meantime we can celebrate old-school classics and some newer favorites (including those mood setters). There have been a few exceptions, like the quirky series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but they are also quasi-musicals already. More contemporary series like The Witcher and The Righteous Gemstones created incredibly catchy tunes within their respective shows, but alas, they will never break out into the intro (although unofficially they are definitely the shows’ theme songs). Sometimes those wordless ditties are pure gold, like the harrumphing waltz that begins every Curb Your Enthusiasm-or, for that matter, M*A*S*H*-but it’s not exactly the stuff of Archie and Edith at the piano or the old-timey photos ahead of Cheers, when a show’s theme could tell you a little story by itself. But it’s basically mood music, kind of like the screeching techno that began each episode of Silicon Valley. More paired-down and wordless intros have dominated, like in the case of two TV titans, Mad Men and Breaking Bad, but that’s not always a bad thing-led off every episode with a memorable credit sequence that captured an essence of the show- Mad Men’s ratting drums and melodramatic strings, Breaking Bad’s simmering slide guitar and sinister hissing. In 2008, Paste claimed “there’s no denying we’re past the golden age of the TV show theme song.” More than 10 years later, that still feels pretty true.