A couple of weeks ago I posted some movie themes. This week we move to the small screen.

Joan Jett “Love Is All Around” (theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Listening to this song gives me a mental picture of Mary Tyler Moore in black leather and spandex. I like that picture. A lot.

The Wedding Present “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” (Theme From Cheers)
The crunchy guitars save a pretty sappy tune.

The Jody Grind “Peter Gunn Theme”
Who knew this song had lyrics?

Dig “Fat Albert Theme”
This is what Fat Albert’s band would have sounded like if Bill Cosby had been into the Chambers Brothers.

Elvis Costello “Little Boxes” (Malvina Reynolds, theme from Weeds)
This one’s a little different because it wasn’t written specifically for the TV show. I like how the producers of Weeds started having a different artist cover the song each week in Season Two.

Elvis does bitter sarcasm better than almost anybody working today but I still can’t wait to hear Randy Newman’s version later this season.