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List Price: $21.98 | | Label: Tvt
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Released: October 25, 1990 |
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TeeVee Toons Presents Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's Track Listing:
1. Sesame Street
2. Muppet Show
3. Alvin Show
4. Speed Racer
5. Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
6. Inspector Gadget
7. Smurfs
8. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
9. Scooby Doo
10. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Ed Fournier, Michael Gray
11. Archie's (Everything's Archie)
12. Josie and the Pussycats - Rhythm Heritage
13. Dudley Do-Right
14. Fractured Fairy Tales
15. Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)
16. Home to Emily [From the Bob Newhart Show]
17. Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
18. Welcome Back, Kotter (Welcome Back)
19. Room 222
20. WKRP in Cincinnati
21. Taxi (Angela)
22. Barney Miller
23. Three's Company
24. Happy Days
25. Laverne and Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
26. Facts of Life
27. Good Times
28. One Day at a Time
29. Gimme a Break
30. Maude (And Then There's Maude)
31. Jeffersons (Movin' on Up)
32. All in the Family (Those Were the Days)
33. Sanford & Son Theme (The Streetbeater)
34. Dallas
35. Dynasty
36. Knots Landing
37. L.A. Law
38. St. Elsewhere
39. Marcus Welby, M.D.
40. M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
41. Waltons
42. Little House on the Prairie
43. Hart to Hart
44. Charlie's Angels
45. Wonder Woman
46. Love Boat
47. American Bandstand (Bandstand Boogie)
48. Solid Gold
49. Entertainment Tonight
50. Miami Vice
51. Theme from S.W.A.T.
52. Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)
53. Streets of San Francisco
54. Barnaby Jones
55. Starsky and Hutch (Gotcha)
56. Rookies
57. Kojak
58. A-Team
59. Name of the Game
60. Quincy, M.E.
61. Hill Street Blues
62. Simon & Simon
63. Magnum, P.I.
64. Rockford Files
65. NBC's Saturday Night Live
TeeVee Toons Presents Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's Reviews:
BETTER BECAUSE IT'S ALL ORIGINAL, BUT MISSING SOME GREAT STUFF! 
2009-06-11 - It's hard to complain when your getting 65 themes in one collection, but this volume has some pretty lame themes on it. Fortunately, it does have many great ones included too.
The themes sound quality range from OK to excellent, but this is an improvement over the first two CD's as far as sound is concerned. Also, some of the themes don't have the ending credits themes included, which would have been nice. Another problem is that some shows had different themes throughout their run and not all are included.
Over all this set is not bad, but be prepared for some disappointments. I own all 7 CD's from this set and many others, but for some reason some very cool themes aren't included. I've had to do some serious treasure hunting to find them on DVD's or VHS to transfer them to CD.
If you can find this at a reasonable price then buy it.
You've done it again!
2008-02-22 - This third volume of Tee Vee Tunes features television theme songs from the '70s & '80s, although a few shows from the '60s managed to sneak in, particularly in the "cartoons" category (like "Speed Racer" and "Dudley Doright"). I grew up during the '70s and '80s as a young TV addict, so this CD is very nostalgic for me. Most of the theme songs are the original TV versions, but a few of them sound like they may be rerecordings. This is very enjoyable to listen to if you are a TV fan.
This CD brings a smile to my face driving to work 
2007-05-30 - TV themes these days aren't written with the same charm or character that they use to be, so I love this CD. Actually I have all 7 of the TV's Greatest Hit's CD's, and have them all loaded up in my car's CD changer. They sure put a smile on my face as I wade thru the frustrating traffic to and from work. If you're somewhere between 45 and 60yrs old, you should love the entire collection. (I'm 53)
la
I love listening to TV.
2005-12-05 - First of all, these are ALL obviously the originals, I don't know how anyone could think they weren't. Secondly, if you're a TV addict, a child of the 80's, or just a pop-culture junkie, this is a must. It's 73 minutes of 65 TV theme songs, all for your nostalgic pleasure. Classics like "Three's Company", "Taxi", "Miami Vice", "Fat Albert", "Happy Days", "The Love Boat", and numerous others. There are a few shows sadly missing, but chances are they're on the other discs in the "TV" series, most of which are also this good. This also makes for a good game of "name that tune" with family or friends, or put in on during a party and listen to the conversation pick up. Overall, listening to TV is the best thing since watching it. Good luck finding it though.
Original Versions
2004-08-23 - Sixty five original versions of television theme songs. It is so good to find original versions of these songs as most of these type of albums you buy contain versions sung by some unknown non original artist or played by an orchestra without the lyrics and this fact is never mentioned on the outside of the CD cover with the purchaser only finding out they have been ripped off when they get home. Rest assured this sensational album contains nothing but original versions as you heard when you watched the show on TV.
Of course some shows updated their theme songs over the years so some songs on here may be slightly different to what you remember if you tuned in a couple of seasons in.
The Muppet Show and The Smurfs are two which later versions of exist but it is good to hear and own the initial series versions anyway. There is an official Muppet Show soundtrack with the later version on it if you really want it. I am yet to come across the later Smurf one however.
With 65 TV shows covered you really can't go wrong with this collection. Sure there are some great 70's & 80's songs from shows not included, but other shows would have had to be left off for them to be put on here and everyone has different taste. I don't know how old this CD is, I found it in a second hand music store but hopefully if there isn't already a sequel the makers will bring one out with shows like Astro Boy, Married With Children, Chips, Dukes of Hazard, Secret Valley, Round the Twist, Fraggle Rock and other classics. Also a 90's version with shows like Seinfeld, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Law and Order, X-Files and so on would be great.
I love listening to theme songs, I don't really know why, but the fact remains that this would be the greatest collection of theme songs on the one CD that I have ever come across. Usually you have to buy whole soundtrack albums to get just one song and the other songs on the album are nothing but fillers. This CD is a must have for any collector of theme songs, just buy it!
