Friday, March 2, 2018

Name That TV Show!

I grew up with three channels on the television, Channel 7, Channel 12, and Channel 16.  On a clear day, you might be able to move the rabbit ears and get PBS broadcasting Bob Ross painting happy trees through the fuzzy snow-filled television screen!  Nowadays, I often mill around with various songs dancing around in my head and many of them are theme songs from several television favorites.  Can you guess how many shows I mention in the two paragraphs below?  Let's see how good you are!!!

Isn't it a beautiful day in the neighborhood?  Would you be mine?  Could you be mine?  If so, why don't you come and knock at our door because we've been waiting for you, Schlemiel and Schlimazel?  Has anyone told you that we're moving on up?  I just heard the other day that we're moving to the East side to a deluxe apartment in the sky.  Why?  We finally got a piece of the pie that a lovely lady with three very lovely girls gave us.  Yes, all of them had hair of gold, like their mother, and the youngest one had curls.  Did you listen to that story about the man named Jed?  He was a poor mountaineer that barely kept his family fed and had a hard time keeping his head above water, making a way when he can but temporary layoffs can be expected.  I know, right!  Good times!

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale about a fateful trip.  The trip started from a tropic port aboard a tiny ship, the love boat, and it was making another run.   The love boat promised something for everyone.  Something exciting and something new, goodbye grey sky...hello blue!  The weekend comes along and I've got to get my cycle humming along ready to race to you, Jeannie, you're fresh as a daisy.  I just love how you amaze me!  Let's ride with the family down the street through the courtesy of Fred's two feet.  Who is Fred?  Oh, I forgot to mention that he is just a guy that hollered "de plane, de plane" to his boss.  What a mystery that was!  You're not fooling me because I can see the way you shake and shiver.  You know we got a mystery to solve, so be ready for your act.  People love you everywhere you go and children cross the street just to say "hello".   My heart was under lock and key but somehow it got unhitched.  I never thought my heart could be had, but now I'm caught and I'm kinda glad to be to be Bewitched!

3 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh...I'm sure I'll miss some. Mister Roger's, Laverne & Shirley, The Jefferson's, The Brady Bunch, The Beverly Hillbilly's, Good Times?, The Love Boat, I dont' know what the cycle humming along reference is, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flintstone's, Scooby Doo, don't have a clue on the children cross the street, Bewitched! How did I do?

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