Also featured were two music videos (" Long Hard Road Out of Hell " by Marilyn Manson and " Criminal " by Fiona Apple ) not included in any of the show's regular episodes.

O ' Daniel had parlayed the show's popularity into growing power within Light Crust Flour's parent company, Burrus Mill and Elevator Company and wound up as General Manager, though he despised what he considered " hillbilly music.

The show's theme music, a cornet piece, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, reminiscent of northern band music, was written by Eric Spear.

The band also contributed most of the show's original music, including " My Lovely Horse ", as used in the episode " Song For Europe " and " My Lovely Mayo Mammy " for the episode " Night of the Nearly Dead ".

Barry Gray, the show's creator, also composed the music for the series.

The show's additional legacy — probably its main one to most of the Southern and rural viewers in particular — was the hundreds of performances of country music, bluegrass, gospel music, and other traditional styles, that were featured on it during its run.

The show's organiser, Bob Geldof, other musicians such as Elton John and Dave Grohl, and various music journalists commented that Queen stole the show.

The show's winner, which ended up being a male-female rap duo, was promised a record deal and funding to produce a music video, which would then enter MTV's heavy rotation.

The show's disco dance segments were emceed by Jim Johnson, a DJ on Ottawa's leading pop music radio station, CFGO ( which at the time was co-owned with CJOH ).

This music package was re-arranged / recorded for the show's final season.

The series ' theme song, " Under the Gun ," was written by Randy Newman, who also performed it in the series ' title sequence music video-style in a recording studio, complete with a full backing band and the show's cast ( appearing out of character ) serving as an audience.

Beginning circa Episode 40, the music changed from a full-length instrumental specific to the corporate credits to an upbeat, marching band-type instrumental version of the show's theme.

This sequence was used as the opening of a 1975 documentary on the success of the series in schools that was included in The Best of The Electric Company Volume 2 DVD boxed set ; however, the music from the show's opening was used for the documentary.

The network suffered considerable public embarrassment when it lost the rights to the show's theme music following a protracted lawsuit launched by the song's composer and publishers.

The show's theme music also featured on two minor UK hit singles in 1991, " Summer's Magic " by Mark Summers and " Magic Style " by The Badman.

features a number of musical games, which feature one or more of the show's resident musicians playing live backing music.

It became a hit for the channel, spawning many future stars in both music and acting during its nine-year run, including Martika ( who went by her real name of Marta Marrero in the show's first season ), eventual Party of Five co-stars Scott Wolf and Jennifer Love Hewitt ( billed as Love Hewitt ), and Stacy Ferguson ( later known as " Fergie " of The Black Eyed Peas ).

But shortly after production began, Cassidy convinced music producer Wes Farrell that he was good enough and he was promoted to lead singer for show's recordings.

Despite the show's minuscule budget, Countdowns original director Paul Drane was able to create several memorable music videos especially for the show, including the classic film-clips for the AC / DC hits " It's A Long Way To The Top " and " Jailbreak ".

The new show's theme music was an updated, more orchestral version of " TWX in 12 Bars ".

The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer.

Another example is the episode " Meet Binky ", in which Arthur learns that his favorite band Binky is composed of holograms and that their music is actually recorded by two older, unattractive individuals ; a reference to the Milli Vanilli scandal, something which the show's intended audience may be unfamiliar with.

" These catchphrases, his trademark silver bullets, and the theme music from the William Tell overture are remembered by the millions who came of age during the decades of the show's initial popularity or have viewed the television series.

According to the show's website, it is scheduled to reopen for an open-ended commercial run in the Fall of 2011.

Another of the show's signature elements is that many songs end on a single brief note played by one or more instruments.

The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

The parameters of each show must be tailored in accordance with local weather conditions at showtime: in clear weather the high show is performed ; in overcast conditions a low show is performed, and in limited visibility ( weather permitting ) the flat show is presented. The high show requires at least an ceiling and visibility of at least from the show's centerpoint.

He is probably most famous for sacking Peter Adamson, the show's Len Fairclough, in 1983.

The Rovers Return Inn is the main meeting place for the show's characters.

" Sullivan had little acting ability ; in 1967, 20 years after his show's debut, Time magazine asked " What exactly is Ed Sullivan's talent?

Like Brooke, he is uncritical of the show's journalistic tactics ( although in the episode Judge and Jury, he has reservations about their persecution of a priest accused of rape, mainly because he is a lapsed Catholic ); in fact he is usually the confidante of the executive producers, and the one they can trust to do what is needed to get a good story, or to persuade Mike to present a story.

In A Hole In The Heart ( part 2 ), to placate a director from charity organisation Rotary, she allows the executive producer to yell at her and pretend to fire her over one of the show's decisions, when in reality she is receiving a large pay rise in return for her part of the act.

In most cases such material is not considered canon within the show's mythology ; however, in some instances the books, magazines, etc.

The show's creators, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, have said that the Coleman character is a personification of one of Avenue Qs central themes: that as children we are told we are " special ", but upon entering adulthood we discover that life is not nearly as easy as we have been led to believe.

According to the show's executive producer, Terry Lickona, this is the first and only time in the show's long history that an episode went unaired.

The view presented in Seinfeld is arguably consistent with the philosophy of nihilism, the idea that life is pointless, and from which arises a feeling of the absurd that characterizes the show's ironic humor.

* 2003 – Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the show's tigers, canceling the show until 2009, when they rejoined the tiger that mauled Roy just six years earlier.

The show's popularity eventually declined and it was moved to the 6. 30 p. m. slot in 1992, yet the series retains consistent viewing figures in Australia and is still running today, making it Australia's longest-running soap opera.

In the show's fourth season, Kes is replaced on the ship by Seven of Nine, a Borg drone ( known colloquially as Seven ), who was assimilated as a six-year-old Human girl but liberated from the collective by the Voyager crew.

Throughout the series, they are generally depicted as antagonists, who are always at war or in an uneasy truce with the United Federation of Planets, the show's galactic organization of which Earth is a member.

The show's theme song, " The Ballad of Jed Clampett ", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

The show's theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy, and co-written with Judy Hart Angelo, lent its famous refrain, " Where Everybody Knows Your Name ", as the show's tagline.

" Writers drew on the show's many archetypes, with previously established characters stepping into the roles left by the original cast.

Throughout the first seven seasons of the series he has a complicated relationship with Lana Lang, as well as his self-perceived guilt over the fact that the meteor shower that killed Lana's parents and created most of the superhumans he fought in the show's first few years was caused by his rocket coming to Earth and dragging pieces of Krypton with it.

During the initial episodes, Gumby's voice was provided by Ruth Eggleston, wife of the show's art director Al Eggleston.

Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor prize suppliers, who in turn usually do so for the purposes of product placement.

The show's name was coined by show business talent manager and producer Bernie Brillstein and derives from a common English onomatopoeia used to describe the braying sound that a donkey makes.

By that time, the show's name became Transitions, which was also the name of a four-volume series of mix albums by Digweed released every six months during 2006-2008.

It was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and first performed in the eighth episode of the show's first series, " Full Frontal Nudity " ( 7 December 1969 ).

The original concept found expression in a series of novels written by Tomino soon after the show's conclusion, and elements of the storyline weaved themselves into Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack.

The series was originally set to run for 52 episodes but was cut down to 39 by the show's sponsors, which included the original toymakers for the series.

The opening theme, " The Mickey Mouse March ," was written by the show's primary adult host, Jimmie Dodd.

In 1929, Gordon was starring in the title role of " Serena Blandish " when she became pregnant by the show's producer, Jed Harris.

A feature film version of Bellbird entitled Country Town was produced in 1971 not by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation but by two of the show's stars, Gary Gray and Terry McDermott.

This new serial was created by the producers of Vera Sto Deksi, and it has eclipsed that show's success.