Good to know we didn’t date. 
Apologies if someone else has already posted these –
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That latter theme became a hit after it was released as Nadia’s Theme after the ‘76 Olympics.
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Sometime around the age of 3-4, our babysitter would watch it every day. At that age, I thought the show was called “The Young and the Rest of Us”.
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Hope his son recovered after being referred to as an idiot! Guess he’s not such an idiot since he made over a million dollars for his five minutes of effort!
Ok, now time for thematic great open theme songs. Here’s to the absolutely wonderful Larry Hagman:
- “Dallas”
- “I Dream of Jeannie”
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The Wonder Years (yes, I know it’s a cover of a song made famous by some English rock band)*
*can you tell I’m not a fan? 
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Particularly since Altman earned 75K for directing the movie.
Ok, I REALLY need to stop and get back to work. But here are two cowboy theme songs:
- “Rawhide” (I confess to never having seen the show, but the Blues Brothers are my inspiration. This is both kinds of music: country AND western!
- “Bonanza”
And one that simply doesn’t belong in the cowboy theme, but it’s pretty cool anyway, sung by the super Cindy Lauper:
Not my favorite, but iconic. Who didn’t have an English teacher who cited this as an example of the split infinitive?!?
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I loved that show. And also – how amazing was that bunch of “unknown at the time” residents–Ed Begley, Jr, Howie Mandel, and Denzel Washington!!!
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Great one, and William Shatner was, is, and always will be a simply amazing actor. He can play seriously and then completely shred himself and NOT take himself seriously.
(Hasn’t the split infinitive prohibition been overruled?)
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Thankfully most of us know now how irrelevant it is to say that. Yes, it’s a so-called “split infinitive,” but no, that’s not really a rule in English (it made sense in Latin, because you couldn’t).
Edit: Crossposted with @mynameiswhatever
This theme song isn’t an oldie, but I think it was great!
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The Golden Girls “Thank You For Being a Friend”.
Cheers “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”
Friends “I’ll Be There for You”
Happy Days “Happy Days”
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sesame Street
Mickey Mouse Club
The Lone Ranger “William Tell Overture”
Drew Carey Show “It’s a Five O’Clock World”
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Oh my gosh, that’s what my oldest son called it when he was 5! LOL.
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This was a big favorite at our house
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GREAT show and GREAT theme song…indeed, they actually might have been giants!
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Ouch. I’m gonna need a little help from my friends to get over that one. 