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Saturday, 23 January 2010

Dr. Horrible vs. Batman

TV star Neil Patrick Harris clearly has musical talent, given his song-and-dance appearances on everything from The Emmys and Sesame Street to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and even the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother. Last fall, Cartoon Network series Batman: The Brave and the Bold recruited NPH to play Music Meister, a bad guy whose hypnotic voice forces everyone around him to sing and dance to his whim -- including Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary, plus an assortment of familiar baddies. They even released a soundtrack album.

Batman: the Brave & the Bold "Drives Us Bats" Music Video

Speaking of Dr. Horrible, here's when he interrupted the Emmy Awards ...

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Opening Theme: SPIDER-MAN LIVE ACTION 1970s

From the 1977 live action series Spider-Man.

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

OPENING CREDITS

Friday, 25 December 2009

BIONIC WOMAN on DVD!

UPDATE: Alas, as of this writing, Hulu is no longer offering free episodes of this show. However, it is finally coming to DVD.

The Bionic Woman (1976-1978) stars Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers. After a devastating accident, a medically reconstructed woman uses her superhuman abilities to fight for good.

More TV episodes and Main Titles:
Watch CHARLIE'S ANGELS episodes free online!
Police Woman 1.4 "Seven Eleven"
Police Woman 1.6 "Only A Game"
Police Woman 1.11 "Smack"
Police Woman 2.2 "The Score"
Rock out with MANNIX!
Mystery TV Themes: MANNIX
Mystery TV Themes: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
Crime TV Themes: S.W.A.T.
Unaired '60s Batgirl pilot

Sunday, 20 December 2009

Unaired '60s BATGIRL pilot

Saturday, 24 May 2008

TV Themes: Marvel Super Heroes

My wife and I finally got to see the Iron Man movie yesterday -- and LOVED it. In honor of the hilarious post-credits teaser of things to come, here are some classic (if lovably goofy) 1960s TV intros from Marvel superhero cartoons ...

IRON MAN

THE HULK

THE MIGHTY THOR

CAPTAIN AMERICA

THE SUB-MARINER

Monday, 24 December 2007

Mystery TV Themes: BATMAN (1966)

Spotlighting the great themes from mystery/crime TV shows ...

BATMAN (1966)
With its colorful BAM! ZOW! approach, this swingin' Sixties vision of the Dark Knight was a camp parody of the Batman mythos, owing little to the dark pulp origins of the character, created in the 1930s and inspired by masked vigilantes The Shadow and The Spider. (My comics friends may never forgive me for featuring it.)

The oft-copied, oft-parodied snazzy theme song was written by Neal Hefti, an important composer and arranger of the big band bebop era who went on to write for film and TV in the 1960s and '70s. Hefti began arranging professionally in his teens, and went on to work as trumpeter, composer and arranger for the likes of Woody Herman, Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra. In the '50s, Hefti led a big band of his own, which featured wife Frances on vocals.

Working with film and TV in the 1960s, Hefti's credits include How to Murder Your Wife, Barefoot in the Park -- and the original film The Odd Couple. The score for the latter was repeated for the classic sitcom, which ran from 1970-1975.

BATMAN (1966) on TVGuide.com
THE ODD COUPLE (1970) on TVGuide.com

BATMAN (1966) episode guide, summary at TV.com
THE ODD COUPLE (1970) episode guide, summary on TV.com

BATMAN (1966) DVD news at TVShowsOnDVD.com
THE ODD COUPLE (1970) DVD news at TVShowsOnDVD.com

BATMAN OPENING CREDITS

THE ODD COUPLE OPENING CREDITS

More themes:
BONES
CAPTAIN AMERICA
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
CHECKMATE
DAN AUGUST
HARDY BOYS / NANCY DREW MYSTERIES
HART TO HART
IT TAKES A THIEF
JUDD, FOR THE DEFENSE
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER