tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post748995380161148708..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Episode 4: Scaring Tourists and Other DelightsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8283346054918680432017-02-12T14:30:32.336-08:002017-02-12T14:30:32.336-08:00Does the first person who can name all those TV sh...Does the first person who can name all those TV shows win a prize?Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67909787215031470132017-02-12T14:28:52.708-08:002017-02-12T14:28:52.708-08:00Don't the best things in life usually involve ...Don't the best things in life usually involve nudity?Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4196087645138680792017-01-29T12:46:52.112-08:002017-01-29T12:46:52.112-08:00ScottyB; LOL at your observation about the QUANTU...ScottyB; LOL at your observation about the QUANTUM LEAP theme. It was indeed way long, but still entertaining. That would never happen today, unless there were a million pop-up or scrolling ads for Doritos throughout.<br /><br />Remember back when TV theme songs often actually became Top 40 hits? A few off the top of my head:<br /><br />SOUL TRAIN (MSFB by TSOP)<br />WELCOME BACK (John Sebastian)<br />HILL STREET BLUES (Mike Post)<br />THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO (aka Believe it or Not)<br />COPS (Bad Boys by Inner Circle)<br /><br />I think even an extended version the CHEERS theme was released in 1983, but never made it very far. And that cheesy song by Billy Vera and the Beaters (not the theme song) that was featured on FAMILY TIES? Are there others?<br /><br />Frank Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62028579678634544822017-01-29T12:21:27.930-08:002017-01-29T12:21:27.930-08:00Really enjoying these podcasts, Ken. This one migh...Really enjoying these podcasts, Ken. This one might be the best yet, although I'm sure I've heard the auditioning story before -- did you tell this on the blog a few years back?<br /><br />I may be alone in this, but I want to hear more behind-the-scenes stories from AfterMASH. Interested in the backstory when a show is going rapidly downhill. Chris Gumprichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356161744000819692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47540673452555443582017-01-27T07:24:44.621-08:002017-01-27T07:24:44.621-08:00Speaking of Bob & Ray, did you ever see Zootop...Speaking of Bob & Ray, did you ever see Zootopia? I think the DMV se=cene is some lost Bob & Ray routine.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10233626802056006812017-01-26T13:47:21.766-08:002017-01-26T13:47:21.766-08:00Podcast inspired question, and I probably already ...Podcast inspired question, and I probably already know the answer. Did you see the auditioning actor ever appear in anything?<br /><br />Four down, all very enjoyable.bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78855689888526362572017-01-26T11:32:59.013-08:002017-01-26T11:32:59.013-08:00Great show. the stories are the best. Naked guy w...Great show. the stories are the best. Naked guy was funny, but the Bob Elliott story was touching. i LOVED Bob & Ray. Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66897325800263490502017-01-26T09:21:43.141-08:002017-01-26T09:21:43.141-08:00Your TV-show song montage at the start of this ...Your TV-show song montage at the start of this 'cast just reminds me how much the TV industry has done to eliminate the theme song. I grew up roughly same time Ken Levine did, and the theme song was a major element of a show back then. Sure, it gave you enough time to hurry up and take a piss before the show started, but it was an announcement that set a show's tone and identity. And a lot of them stood on their own on the radio too, or were already-existing, longer songs that shows latched onto and edited down to fit 30 seconds or so. I miss 'em. (Except not the 'Quantum Leap' theme. You could go take a shit and it would *still* be playing when you came back from the john.)ScottyBnoreply@blogger.com