Messing around on various BitTorrent sites the other day a number of things accidently found their way onto my hard drive. One was the complete discography of George Carlin, which i am very much enjoying working my way through. Something a little more random however was a file containing a couple of hundred classic TV theme tunes.
Every now and again Jeff from View from the Cloud runs a spot the TV theme tune contest. I’ve managed to get a few of them in the past (Gentle Ben and Ren and Stimpy off the top of my head) but have always suffered from the fact that Jeff inconsiderately choses American TV shows rather than British. The racist swine.
Never being one to shy away from stealing someone else’s ideas I have devised my own fiendish quiz, this time with a definite UK bias. The circle is now complete. When I left him I was but the student, but now I am the master.
So let’s have your guesses then. In the interest of international relations I’ve tried to throw in a couple shows that have been aired on both sides of the Atlantic.
Track 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (537) Track 2: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (420) Track 3: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (421) Track 4: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (517) Track 5: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (508)
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 5:09 am
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 7:51 am
I have a horrible feeling that the third one was Worzel Gummidge though? I’ll come back to the rest when I’ve woken up a bit more ;o)
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Penelope – I wouldn’t worry about getting old. Most of the shows are pretty old in the first place, maybe you’re just getting young. And yes, number three is Worzel Gummidge (”a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake”)
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 10:57 am
1: The Avengers (A classic theme tune!)
2: Drop the Dead Donkey
3: Worzel Gummidge
4: The Saint (I’m surprised no-one recognised this from the remake!)
5: Follyfoot
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Just for you I’ll do another one next Saturday.
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
It helps that my local radio station has been running a “Guess the into theme” competition for the last few months, so I’ve been listening to *lots* of theme tunes on YouTube recently.
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on Aug 16th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
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on Aug 17th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I was also rubbish at it.
I say: The Avengers, Pass, Wurzle but that’s not my guess – it’s nicked off your comments, Randall & Hopkirk?, Follyfoot (farm?).
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on Aug 17th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I’m going to do another one next saturday. Same bat time, same bat channel
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on Aug 21st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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on Aug 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
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on Aug 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
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