Television buffs should know that the catchy theme to the Bob Newhart Show, written by Lorenzo Music, is titled "Home to Emily," but I added that "funky" to the title of this post because what I found on YouTube is not the original theme, but a funk version recorded by the Inner City Jam Band.
The music comes from a YouTube channel belonging to a vinyl collector, and I think it's pretty cool. I kept imagining Bob strutting through Chicago in bellbottom pants and a gigantic afro, and everyone on the series replacing the ubiquitous "hi, Bob" with "hi, Funky Bob." You can skip to about 1:38 to hear the actual song in its entirety, or you can listen to VinylJunkie's introduction and stare at his insane collection of records. Seriously, that's a pretty sweet collection.
Does anyone have a favorite alternative version of a classic TV theme? I know they do this with movie themes a lot, but I don't hear too many TV themes done in different styles. I'd love to hear a country western version of WKRP in Cincinnati.
Wait, no I wouldn't.
Anyway, enjoy the song.
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5-29-2007 @ 8:33PM
Joe said...
I seem to remember there was a disco version of the "I Love Lucy" theme in the 70s too.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:23PM
MrC said...
Almost as cool as the techno a-team theme (as featured in the british show Spaced ;-) )
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5-29-2007 @ 4:40PM
BigTed said...
Lorenzo Music was quite a multitasker, having written for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," created "The Bob Newhart Show" and voiced Carlton the doorman on "Rhoda" (as well being the voice of Garfield for many years).
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5-29-2007 @ 10:04PM
Aron Head said...
I am particularly fond of Joan Jett's version of the Mary Tyler Moore theme.
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5-29-2007 @ 10:12PM
Robin Diane Goldstein said...
he just keeps rocking back and forth... back and forth... back and forth... back and forzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................
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