The 1960's were a decade of awesome theme songs. Not only those shown here, but The Avengers, The Fugitive, The Saint, It Takes a Thief, and many others.
Spectacular!!! The quality of the compositions, arrangements and the level of musicianship displayed in this era is just awesome!!!! Thank you so much for this!! :-)
Wow, what a great trip - so time travel is possible after all! I remember most of these. It was the theme from THE Cat that got me hooked on Lalo Schifrin. Thanks for posting this!
Holy cow! I'll bet I haven't thought of "Suspense Theater" (2:14) in almost fifty years, but that opening burned itself into my tiny four-year-old brain. I recognized it immediately, and all this stuff came pouring back. What I remember most is thinking the music and animation in the opening looked more exciting that what the show actually delivered, but the show might have been excellent for all I know. I was only a preschooler. I'm sure I had no idea what was going on in the stories.
What a wonderful video. Brings back a lot of memories. I remember most of the shows but some I never heard of. I have always like Hawk with Burt Reynolds. He is still a "hunk" today.
Many of us still fondly remember T.H.E. Cat. I find it interesting that one of the people associated with U.N.C.L.E. produced it. I think it ran either after Star Trek or U.N.C.L.E. on Thursday nights and is referenced in one of David McDaniels U.N.C.L.E. novels. I could never look at Robert Loggia after this show without thinking of Thomas Edward Hewitt Catt. :). The theme is also on an old LP by Al Hirt.
"Burke's Law" ,The Baron" and "Man in a Suitcase" - three of my mother's favourite shows which I was subjected to when I was about 7 or 8! They look great now and I've never forgotten those catchy theme tunes!
I was seven years old in 1960 , and my extra time was spent in front of a t . v. I don't remember these shows at all . some were possibly made for limited release in a test market area to see how they would play for broader release , so it's quite possible they were never released nationally. (So says my journalism degree . ha ha )
Wow..I was born in the 60's so I missed a lot of these shows...BUT..what I love is the music. The theme songs were SO cool back then...there are hardly any theme songs now to shows and that's pretty sad...thanks for posting!
Thanks for the memories!! Some of those themes still make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I`d forgotten that Burt Reynolds was ever that young.
Right now I'm 14 and I have always (since I was about 10) wanted to have lived back in the 50's instead of this shitty time. Back then everything was made by hand and with care and quality. I just wish I could have been a part of it. Sometimes I get sad because of the fact I wasn't part of the golden ages of our lives. If anyone wants to talk about these things pm me I might not respond right away but we can talk once in a while.
That's my favourite era for TV themes and movie soundtracks, stretching into the early 70's. Memorable melodies and adventurous instrumentation and arrangements without getting into the suckiness that would enter more often into the later 70's and beyond. Lots of cartoons had great themes too, Underdog, Spiderman and Rocket Robin Hood being great examples.
I was a child when these shows were on, so I didn't see too many of them. I did see two episodes of Man in a Suitcase though, an oddity, since hardly anyone in this country remembers it. Many of the themes are recognizable, and bring back good memories.That was a time when producers really demanded a theme song that the viewer would remember, like T.H.E. Cat. The opening to Suspence Theatre still blows me away.
Seeing "Amos Burke" & "THE Cat" again just blew me away, I loved both of those shows, but resigned to the chance that I'd never see them again onscreen, I never knew about "Mr. Broadway", I always rememberd Craig Stevens as "Peter Gunn", this was some absolutely incredible footage, I salute and thank you for posting it, Im going to look at it again and see which of the others jog a fond memory of yesteryear for me.
JOHNNY STACCATO will forever be engrained in my mind. Associated with Trio Channel and their Brilliant But Cancelled series that itself had too short a lifespan. Staccato is just AMAZING. If any of you have the chance to catch any episodes make sure to watch! It's truly a brilliant series. If you have episodes in your Library PLEASE share them here. That goes for any of the shows featured on this list!!!!
They're all original. I remember having seen most of them as you see them here. Only Man in a Suitcase is actually the end credits for a 2-part episode, I couldn't find the opening credits at the time, but the music is the same, though an extended version of it.
I remember Burke's Law, and I'd love to see that episode of Man in a Suitcase, as it includes Jeremy Wilkin, the second voice of Virgil Tracy in Thunderbirds.
They may be rare in some countries but The Baron is still being shown daily on Australian TV 50 years after it was first broadcast here. It appears to be on a loop. As soon as they get to the final episode they start again at episode one. Man in A Suitcase was also shown here in the 60s but in B&W. It has one of my favourite themes. I always thought the lead actor had blond hair but when I bought the set on DVD in colour I realised it was prematurely grey! It still did not detract from the fact that he was a dishy actor!
Totally agree with you, racookster. For a while I was trying to remember this intro. All I could remember was that it sort of spooked me at the time, I was a pre-schooler also. The images and the theme was all I could vaguely remember. I couldn't exactly remember what the show was, just the opening montage. Thank you RwDt09 for these.
Absolutely loved the theme to T.H.E. CAT--oddly, I have no memory of the show itself, but the theme song obviously made a big impression as I recall it to this day. (Didn't Harry Julian Fink have something to do with the Bond movies?) Also the last--Man In A Suitcase, a British series. Wonderful. Again, no clear memory of the series, but never forgot that catchy, dynamic theme. Thanks for sharing these.
I remember Burt Reynolds in HAWK (1966). I also recall AMOS BURKE and T.H.E. CAT, but not the others. Normal Fell ('Mr. Roper') was shown in 87th PRECINCT. He also was a detective at the beginning of IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD in 1963.
I had heard of Checkmate, Amos Burke, T.H.E. Cat, Man in a Suitcase, and more recently Baron. And I was watching Suspense Theater just yesterday! But what led me here was just my fooling around after I saw that film director Allan Arkush had favorited this clip...
Nice montage. Editing was superb. I was born in the mid 60's and I don't really remember any of these shows. However, I do recognize many of the actors as well as Dave Brubeck, who apparently did the music for Mr. Broadway.
Burke's Law aired '63-'65, It went spy in the fall of '65 when spies suddenly became in vogue. Reynolds played a cop on ABC's Hawk in the fall of '66 and again in Dan August in 1970-71.
Denteltv1 posted the full pilot in 3 parts on his RUclips site, search him out. You might come across maybe some snippets of other episodes elsewhere on RUclips or even the web. Very hard to come by I've found, though some buy-and-sell TV shows sites might offer TV rips of the show on DVDs, maybe even eBay.
Thanks I am 70years old I could not remember the name of the TV show Johnny staccato it's been bugging me for years, another thing added to my bucket list, thanks again.
Great upload. Proved to me that my memory isn't as sharp as I thought it was. The only one I remember is" Suspence Theatre". Love the Dave Brubeck on Mr. Broadway.
No surprise there...that's bona fide creepy, no matter how old you are. Only one of these I remember is Suspense Theatre, was maybe 5 or 6 at the time...came on at 9 pm (CT)one summer so it was getting dark and shadowy just like this open.
One of the things about watching TV back then is you didn't have to sit through 12 minutes of commercials to watch a half hour show.
It’s unusual now to watch any commercials and the good shows are much better
The 1960's were a decade of awesome theme songs. Not only those shown here, but The Avengers, The Fugitive, The Saint, It Takes a Thief, and many others.
Spectacular!!! The quality of the compositions, arrangements and the level of musicianship displayed in this era is just awesome!!!! Thank you so much for this!! :-)
Boy! I thought I knew 60's TV, but those were truly obscure! Well done.
You can see the influence legendary graphic designer Saul Bass had on the style of most of the credit sequences
Wow, what a great trip - so time travel is possible after all! I remember most of these. It was the theme from THE Cat that got me hooked on Lalo Schifrin. Thanks for posting this!
"Mr. Broadway" with Dave Brubeck on keys, Joe Morello on drums, and Paul Desmond on sax.
Larry, Taiwan
Holy cow! I'll bet I haven't thought of "Suspense Theater" (2:14) in almost fifty years, but that opening burned itself into my tiny four-year-old brain. I recognized it immediately, and all this stuff came pouring back. What I remember most is thinking the music and animation in the opening looked more exciting that what the show actually delivered, but the show might have been excellent for all I know. I was only a preschooler. I'm sure I had no idea what was going on in the stories.
What a wonderful video. Brings back a lot of memories. I remember most of the shows but some I never heard of. I have always like Hawk with Burt Reynolds. He is still a "hunk" today.
Many thanks for a brilliant compilation - I've never seen any of those before.
The Brubeck theme from Mr. Broadway sounds like a variation on "Take Five".
All of the T.H.E. Cat episodes can be seen on You Tube.
Awesome! Those studio musicians were spot on...
Many of us still fondly remember T.H.E. Cat. I find it interesting that one of the people associated with U.N.C.L.E. produced it. I think it ran either after Star Trek or U.N.C.L.E. on Thursday nights and is referenced in one of David McDaniels U.N.C.L.E. novels. I could never look at Robert Loggia after this show without thinking of Thomas Edward Hewitt Catt. :). The theme is also on an old LP by Al Hirt.
...it ran after U.N.C.L.E. here in Chicago - I never missed it!
I loved all those shows you mentioned and can identify the Fourth show on this list as "Burk's Law".😁😁💋💖
"Burke's Law" ,The Baron" and "Man in a Suitcase" - three of my mother's favourite shows which I was subjected to when I was about 7 or 8! They look great now and I've never forgotten those catchy theme tunes!
@redspice55
actually Burke's Law became Amos Burke Secret Agent. Both shows were produced by Four Star Productions.
Wow! I never thought I'd see "Checkmate" again! Thank you!
I have literally never heard of any of these shows, and I'm as old as dirt.
Did you live in the USA and were of TV-watching age in the '60s? (I was born in '55, and I remember most of these.)
Guess I'm older than you.
electrojones Born in ‘50. Some I remember, some I don’t.
Not old enough. I’ve heard of or seen most of them & I’m 68.
I don’t know how old dirt is But I suspect dirt doesn’t watch a lot of TV
I was seven years old in 1960 , and my extra time was spent in front of a t . v. I don't remember these shows at all . some were possibly made for limited release in a test market area to see how they would play for broader release , so it's quite possible they were never released nationally. (So says my journalism degree . ha ha )
Wow..I was born in the 60's so I missed a lot of these shows...BUT..what I love is the music. The theme songs were SO cool back then...there are hardly any theme songs now to shows and that's pretty sad...thanks for posting!
thanks for posting -- good memories
Thanks for sharing. I especially like T.H.E. Cat. Thanks for the memories.
Westernes
Thanks for the memories!!
Some of those themes still make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
I`d forgotten that Burt Reynolds was ever that young.
This was absolutely great! I'd forgotten them all so seeing this video and hearing the music brought it all back. Fabulous! (My favorite was HAWK.)
Some of these theme songs are better than the tv shows themselves.
:59 - "Original Music by Dave Brubeck" for the "Mr. Broadway" series.
OMG! I remember that nightmare-generating theme opening of SUSPENSE THEATER!! It CREEPED ME OUT bigtime! LOL.
Originally, they put the KRAFT logo above "Suspense Theater", the network sponsor. It was known as "Kraft Suspense Theater".
John Williams music.
Checkmate and T.H.E. Cat were 2 of my favorite shows when they were on.
The theme music all sound alike.
Now I want to see all these shows.
That brought back memories I thought I would never have again! Thanks!
I was born in the UK in 1952 and I remember 6 of these shows. Man in the Suitcase was a great favourite.
Right now I'm 14 and I have always (since I was about 10) wanted to have lived back in the 50's instead of this shitty time. Back then everything was made by hand and with care and quality. I just wish I could have been a part of it. Sometimes I get sad because of the fact I wasn't part of the golden ages of our lives. If anyone wants to talk about these things pm me I might not respond right away but we can talk once in a while.
I loved "T.H.E. Cat." Let me put that more emphatically: I LOVED "T.H.E. Cat"! CuffColl.
I really enjoyed these. Great stuff. Thanks
Mr, BROADWAY!
directed by GARSON KANIN!
Brubeck!
Off the wall great!
When jazz was mainstream! Thanks for posting!
EVERY ONE of these shows are better than what they are showing on TV, now!..
On network,yes;but cable,today;has better shows than these old network programs.
Rowlandph fucking hell YES
MeTV is pretty good
Couldn't agree more,those American Cops were great actors.
I want to see all of them.
I know that John Williams got his start doing TV scores. He said that they were given whole orchestras to work with in the 60’s . You can hear it.
2:14 'Suspense theater' intro.......... was visually and sonically,stark and creepy...
That's my favourite era for TV themes and movie soundtracks, stretching into the early 70's. Memorable melodies and adventurous instrumentation and arrangements without getting into the suckiness that would enter more often into the later 70's and beyond. Lots of cartoons had great themes too, Underdog, Spiderman and Rocket Robin Hood being great examples.
I was a child when these shows were on, so I didn't see too many of them. I did see two episodes of Man in a Suitcase though, an oddity, since hardly anyone in this country remembers it. Many of the themes are recognizable, and bring back good memories.That was a time when producers really demanded a theme song that the viewer would remember, like T.H.E. Cat. The opening to Suspence Theatre still blows me away.
Mr Broadway - this has all the Dave Brubeck hallmarks.
Interesting selection of long- forgotten opening sequences, keep them coming!
I recognized Paul Desmond's sound in about 3 notes. Great stuff.
Seeing "Amos Burke" & "THE Cat" again just blew me away, I loved both of those shows, but resigned to the chance that I'd never see them again onscreen, I never knew about "Mr. Broadway", I always rememberd Craig Stevens as "Peter Gunn", this was some absolutely incredible footage, I salute and thank you for posting it, Im going to look at it again and see which of the others jog a fond memory of yesteryear for me.
I remember really liking T.H.E. Cat. Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat.
A classic with such great music. Amazing what they were able to do in 30 minutes. Today they can't do much with 60 minutes.
JOHNNY STACCATO will forever be engrained in my mind. Associated with Trio Channel and their Brilliant But Cancelled series that itself had too short a lifespan. Staccato is just AMAZING. If any of you have the chance to catch any episodes make sure to watch! It's truly a brilliant series. If you have episodes in your Library PLEASE share them here. That goes for any of the shows featured on this list!!!!
hatednyc I’ve been a serious fan of John Cassavetes since I was a kid!!
Man in a suitcase, what a theme! Has to be one of the best ever. Cheers again RwDt09 for this upload, yet again a fantastic job.
Thomas Hewitt Edward.....Cat
as a kid i remember and LOVED that show, .....came years before It Takes A Thief
same kinda premise tho'
Excellent compilation. Agree with Edwardgfan, it was a time when style and creativity were used in the titles. It set the tone for the whole show.
They're all original. I remember having seen most of them as you see them here. Only Man in a Suitcase is actually the end credits for a 2-part episode, I couldn't find the opening credits at the time, but the music is the same, though an extended version of it.
WOW! Great shit, reminds me of the old addage of the cover over-shadowing the book. Green Hornet's theme is the apex of The 60's.
They put more effort into the opening than the shows themselves
NEATO..THX for posting!!
He also wrote the theme for "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)"
Thanks so much - my mom loved Checkmate and I had forgotten the theme, but I remember now! You are the best!
Wow, these are awesome. Makes me want to watch all the shows, especially the one with the Brubeck theme.
Super jazzy, Daddio! Love 'em all!
I remember each and every one of these shows and watching them on TV.
Spies, secrecy, mystery, intrigue. It was a time of that. It was a time of both fun, and fear, real fears.
2:15 : I remember that opening sequence scaring the heck out of me as a child
T.H.E. Cat was one of my favorites, but I couldn't find the theme for it 'til now. I wish it were on youtube by itself!
Mr. Broadway, Music by Dave Brubeck? Written and Directed by Garson Kanin? HOLY CRAP!
That had to be great.
Only lasted for 13 episodes in 1964 on CBS.
I remember Burke's Law, and I'd love to see that episode of Man in a Suitcase, as it includes Jeremy Wilkin, the second voice of Virgil Tracy in Thunderbirds.
Dave Brubeck wrote music it is worth remembering...I remember my dad talking about a couple of these.
They may be rare in some countries but The Baron is still being shown daily on Australian TV 50 years after it was first broadcast here. It appears to be on a loop. As soon as they get to the final episode they start again at episode one. Man in A Suitcase was also shown here in the 60s but in B&W. It has one of my favourite themes. I always thought the lead actor had blond hair but when I bought the set on DVD in colour I realised it was prematurely grey! It still did not detract from the fact that he was a dishy actor!
@CarolinaNIM Suspense Theatre runs weekend overnights (Can't remember if it's Saturday or Sunday) on Antenna TV right now.
This is truly tv history. I had never seen any of these before.
Thanks for posting!
Totally agree with you, racookster.
For a while I was trying to remember this intro. All I could remember was that it sort of spooked me at the time, I was a pre-schooler also. The images and the theme was all I could vaguely remember. I couldn't exactly remember what the show was, just the opening montage.
Thank you RwDt09 for these.
Imagine having Dave Brubeck to write your theme music. Excellent!
And Henry Mancini wrote the theme to Craig Steven's other hit, Peter Gunn.
I think Amos Burke Secret Agent later became Burke’s Law.
Loved the show Hawk, with Burt Reynolds. RIP....
Burt Reynolds also did 2 other shows, Dan August & Evening Shade.
it was the other way around. Burke's Law became a Secret Agent with the James Bond craze..
Absolutely loved the theme to T.H.E. CAT--oddly, I have no memory of the show itself, but the theme song obviously made a big impression as I recall it to this day. (Didn't Harry Julian Fink have something to do with the Bond movies?) Also the last--Man In A Suitcase, a British series. Wonderful. Again, no clear memory of the series, but never forgot that catchy, dynamic theme. Thanks for sharing these.
I must have been too young. The opening graphic on Suspence Theater I remember, and the name T.H.E. Cat, but neither the shows nor the music.
Superb selection! Another reason why I’m a new subscriber!
Thanks for those -- 87th precinct and checkmate were great TV themes and graphics.
I miss this stuff though I can't tell you why.
I could have sworn Gene Barry was The Barron, my memory is definitely going!!
Man in a Suitcase has to be one of THE best theme tunes ever.
I remember Burt Reynolds in HAWK (1966). I also recall AMOS BURKE and T.H.E. CAT, but not the others. Normal Fell ('Mr. Roper') was shown in 87th PRECINCT. He also was a detective at the beginning of IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD in 1963.
I had heard of Checkmate, Amos Burke, T.H.E. Cat, Man in a Suitcase, and more recently Baron. And I was watching Suspense Theater just yesterday! But what led me here was just my fooling around after I saw that film director Allan Arkush had favorited this clip...
Love those Jazzy TV themes!
I used to watch one of these shows with Mom, and another with Dad. Good memories, thanks for posting :-)
Love this mix! It's funny how many of thiese shows are memorable for their theme songs, rather than their longevity in prime time.
I love the old stylized jazz theme songs.
Wow! I remember about half of these programs.
The Baron and Man in a Suitcase...awesomeness personified...
Awesome! Thank you for compiling these.
"Suspense Theatre"was a short lived classic.
Loved the graphics for that intro.
I can't believe this...I am getting tearful as I see and hear the themes from the shows that I watched long ago. Thanks.
Never were modern jazz and trombones more popular!
Nice compilation. I remember most of these--I think the theme from "Checkmate" was one of the best.
series que veia de joven......gracias por subirlos.
Yup;kids-This is what we watched on TV 'back in the day'.Thanks for a great post !
Nice montage. Editing was superb. I was born in the mid 60's and I don't really remember any of these shows. However, I do recognize many of the actors as well as Dave Brubeck, who apparently did the music for Mr. Broadway.
I used watch some of these programas in Honduras(central america) during the 1960s( i was a kid). thank you for sharing.it was excellent.
Burke's Law aired '63-'65, It went spy in the fall of '65 when spies suddenly became in vogue. Reynolds played a cop on ABC's Hawk in the fall of '66 and again in Dan August in 1970-71.
i thought i might have knowen any movie from that era but wow i only remebered two of them great job i loved it.
you just can,t beat the 60s tv or music for that matter,,brilliant decade so innovative its untrue
Denteltv1 posted the full pilot in 3 parts on his RUclips site, search him out. You might come across maybe some snippets of other episodes elsewhere on RUclips or even the web. Very hard to come by I've found, though some buy-and-sell TV shows sites might offer TV rips of the show on DVDs, maybe even eBay.
Thanks I am 70years old I could not remember the name of the TV show Johnny staccato it's been bugging me for years, another thing added to my bucket list, thanks again.
You need to look for the show "Burke's Law." It was one of my favorites as a kid. Amos Burke was a millionaire who was also a detective.
Great upload. Proved to me that my memory isn't as sharp as I thought it was. The only one I remember is" Suspence Theatre". Love the Dave Brubeck on Mr. Broadway.
WOW-WEE! THOSE WERE THE DAYS-LOVE "EM-TWO THUMBS UP! WAY UP!!
No surprise there...that's bona fide creepy, no matter how old you are.
Only one of these I remember is Suspense Theatre, was maybe 5 or 6 at the time...came on at 9 pm (CT)one summer so it was getting dark and shadowy just like this open.