TV Theme Song Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Answer: F Troop

This military sit-com ran for 2 seasons (1965-67), only the first season featured lyrics by Irving Taylor (music was by William Lava). The lyrics referring to soldier Wilton Parmenter (Ken Berry), a private that became a war hero quite by chance. He was promoted to the rank of captain and given the command of Fort Courage - a remote outpost on the western frontier. Most of the plots involved Sergeant O'Rourke's (Forrest Tucker) schemes to promote his illegal Native American souvenir business while keeping it a secret from Parmenter. On hand were Cpl. Agarn (Larry Storch) and Chief Wild Eagle (Frank de Kova) as O'Rourke's business partners, Wrangler Jane (Melody Patterson) who sets her cap for Parmenter, and other assorted oddballs manning the fort.

Answer: Gilligan's Island

This inane but popular sit-com aired for 3 seasons and revolved around seven people surviving on an uncharted island after their sight-seeing boat was wrecked in a storm. Gilligan (Bob Denver) was a naive and somewhat bumbling first mate of the ill-fated vessel.

The "Skipper" (Alan Hale, Jr.) could usually persuade Gilligan to do his bidding with mild threats. Also on the passenger list were two millionaires (the Howells), a glamorous movie star (Ginger Grant), a high school science teacher ("The Professor"), and a small-town girl (Mary Ann). Most of the episode plots revolved around the castaways attempts to survive while planning to get off the island or deal with happenstance visitors who never seemed to remember to tell anyone about the stranded people.

The theme was written by written by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle.

Answer: Family Guy

"Family Guy" is an animated series created by Seth McFarlane who also provides voices for many of the characters. Relying heavily on politically incorrect satire, it was cancelled after 3 seasons in 2002. Fan outcry persuaded the FOX network to bring the series back where it has remained a staple of their Sunday night "animation domination" lineup.

It was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won three and even had a spin-off featuring one of the supporting characters, Cleveland Brown, which lasted 4 seasons.

Answer: The Addams Family

"The Addams Family" was based on "New Yorker" magazine cartoons by Charles Addams. The theme song was written by Vic Mizzy who also penned the "Green Acres" theme. This group was not the typical American sit-com family. What they considered "normal" was seen by other people as weird at best, and definitely macabre.

Heading the family were Gomez (John Astin) and his wife Morticia (Carolyn Jones). A host of other odd family members rounded out the cast: Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan), children Pugsley (Ken Weatherwax) and Wednesday (Lisa Loring), Grandmama (Blossom Rock) and hairy Cousin Itt (Felix Silla). Also frequently seen around their creepy mansion were butler Lurch (Ted Cassidy) and Thing (a disembodied hand).

Answer: Maverick

Maverick was the surname of two brothers, Bret (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly), who earned their living by gambling in the old west. They found plenty of adventure, romance and trouble in their travels. The two actors alternated in the weekly episodes, but Garner seemed to have the more prominent, popular role This series started out as a straight western, but Garner started adding little humorous ad-libs which almost turned it into a comedy.

It aired from 1957 to 1962. This show's theme song music was written by David Buttolph with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Answer: Carol Burnett Show

Carol started her career in show business on television, playing bit parts on several comedy and variety shows. She even did stage work and was the star of the Broadway comedy "Once Upon a Mattress". Her big break was when she became a regular on "The Garry Moore Show".

In 1967, Carol brought her own variety series to TV which lasted until 1979. Among the "regulars" were Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. When Waggoner left in 1974, he was replaced by comic Tim Conway and the show became even more popular with Conway's mugging and ad-libbing, often breaking up the other cast members. Carol's theme song,"I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together", which she sang at the end of each show, was written by her husband at the time, Joe Hamilton.

Answer: American Bandstand

This music show, aimed at adolescents, debuted in 1957 and aired for 30 years with producer Dick Clark acting as emcee for much of its run. It featured popular music stars of the day as well as "Top 40" style recorded music to which audience members could get up and dance. The original theme music was written by Charles Albertine. Words were later added by Bruce Sussman.

Answer: The Love Boat

This series ran an amazing nine seasons (1977-86). The only premise for this show was romance. It offered viewers several story lines per episode, featuring big-name guest stars and often involving the ship's crew. Heading the cast as Capt. Stubing was Gavin MacLeod, an alumnus if "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

Other crew members were the ships' doctor, Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), purser "Gopher" Smith (Fred Grandy), bartender Isaac Washington (Ted Lange) and cruise director Julie McCoy (Laureen Tewes).

In 1979, Jill Whelan joined the cast as Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter by an former girlfriend. The theme song was composed by Charles Fox and Paul Williams.

Answer: The Rebel

Nick Adams starred in the role of Johnny Yuma, an ex-Confederate soldier, who drifted through the post-Civil War west. Each episode involved him in a different situation with a different cast. Johnny Cash sang the theme composed by Richard Markowitz and Andrew J. Fenady.

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies

Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen) was a poor man living in the Ozarks when one day his rifle shot penetrated the soil and oil began to bubble up. With his new found wealth, he packed up his belongings, and with his daughter Elly Mae (Donna Douglas), mother-in-law "Granny" (Irene Ryan) and nephew Jethro (Max Baer, Jr.) in tow, moved to Beverly Hills.

The comedy sprang from the hillbillies efforts to adjust to upper crust society and probably more effort on the part of society to adjust to the Clampetts. Also rounding out the cast was avaricious banker Milburn Drysdale (Raymond Bailey) who handled and ferociously guarded Clampett's bank account, the bank's plain-looking but amorous secretary Jane Hathaway (Nancy Kulp) and Drysdale's ultra snobby wife, Margaret (Harriet MacGibbon).

This series ran for 9 seasons. The theme was composed by Paul Henning and sung by blue grass vocalist Jerry Scoggins.