Theo wrote:Mynock wrote:I'm forty and I've had this conversation more than once....
Me: Hey Brain, can you play the theme song from that cartoon I liked when I was five?
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Oh, TELL me about it! I'm doing the following straight from memory (born in 1960) .... LOOOOOOOONG term memory I guess. Some quizzes for you all too.
Afterwards I added links for your reference if you do not recognize the 'toon.
"Flintstones! Meet the Flintstones! They're a modern stone-age familyyyy..."
https://youtu.be/uq7noaMwLfg"There's George Jetson ........... His boy Elroy.........Daughter, Judy............."
https://youtu.be/0JQbeCAlF6s?t=7"Tra la laaaaaaaaa! ...... La la-la la!....Tra la la, la la-la laaaaa!"
(You Guess It)"Scooby Dooby Doo! Where are you? You're ready and willing. If we can count on you, Scooby Doo, I know we'll catch that villain!"
https://youtu.be/0_C2HJvtRDY"George, George, George of the jungle. Strong as he could be!"
https://youtu.be/D8rViF7V_oA"Overture, dim the lights. This is it, we'll hit the heights. And oh what heights we'll hit..... On with the show this is it!"
(You Guess It)Popeye never DID get lyrics in his opening theme, did he? Well, blow me down.")
He did sing "Popeye the sailor man" sometimes, but the opening theme was always instrumental.
https://youtu.be/NAW20PhGAbI"when you find your life in danger...When you're threatened by a stranger ...When it looks like you will take a lickin'!"
(You Guess It)"King Kong! You know the name of King Kong! You know the fame of King Kong! Ten times as big as a mannnnnn!"
https://youtu.be/jSqYbqgyffM(I recall this one well because it came on just as I had to leave for Catholic Catechism class each Saturday.....I was so bummed!)
"Tommmmm slick! Tommmmm slick! You know the reason why.... he's the best of all good guys!" (
A big favorite!!)
https://youtu.be/BLXInbNQG6II use to remember the words to "Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales", but I guess those brain cells actually got re-used for something else...maybe remembering reruns of "Married with Children"
https://youtu.be/5LqP6Cchmjs
"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne