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.

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 Blue Men play a short snippet of the show's theme song, and one dons Doraemon's beanie.

Sheb Wooley, one of the original cast members, wrote the show's theme song.

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

" A Bowler Hat " presents the show's theme, as a samurai gradually becomes more modernized as he sells out to the Westerners.

Throughout the show's run, there was extensive Internet speculation as to whether the theme song and opening credits would be changed.

"', a single based on the show's theme song, reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1997 and remained in the Top 75 for 32 weeks, selling over a million copies.

In December 1997, BBC Worldwide released a CD single from the series, based on the show's theme song, called Teletubbies say " Eh-oh !".

Contributing the single " Boss of Me " as the theme song to the hit television series Malcolm in the Middle, as well as to the show's compilation CD, brought a new audience to the band.

The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident " Iron Chefs " in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient.

* The Balladeer ( voice of Waylon Jennings ) sang and played the Dukes of Hazzard theme song, " Good Ol ' Boys ", and also served as the show's narrator.

For the show's final two seasons, Schoolhouse Rock mainstay Lynn Ahrens ( who composed and performed a few Captain Kangaroo songs herself ) composed a new theme, entitled " Here Comes Captain Kangaroo ".

The second and most famous theme was composed by William Loose: " Bob & Merrill's Theme ", named for Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter, the show's creators and original co-executive producers.

The theme used in the show's pilot and console game is titled " Flash ", composed by Keith Mansfield, and the series theme is a loosely-based remix composed by Lee Ringuette, but credited to Score Productions.

Before 1987, the show's theme song was the Hank Snow hit " Hello Love ".

Similarly, in a 2002 show airing the weekend after the death of Senator Paul Wellstone, Keillor changed up the format of the show, starting off the show with Wellstone's favorite segment, Guy Noir, skipping even the show's theme song.

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.

Starting in 1973, and changing with each new season, an instrumental version of the show's theme played beneath the narration ; prior to this, a specific musical score played during the corporate credits.

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.

These games featured both the show's title logo on the game's packaging and label and the first several notes of the theme song played on the title screen of the games.

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 best-known and Sondheim's biggest hit song was almost an afterthought, written several days before the start of out of town tryouts.

* Medabots takes place in the 22nd century ; first mentioned during the show's initial dubbed intro song.

In the premiere show of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 10, 2010, Simon surprised Oprah and the audience with a song dedicated to Oprah and her show lasting 25 years ( an update of a song he did for her show's 10th anniversary ).

The show's biggest hit — the song that Rodgers believed " made " Rodgers and Hart — was " Manhattan " sung by Ruth Tester and Allan Gould.

The song was written and composed for the show's performance by another breast cancer survivor, figure skater Dorothy Hamill.

The show's writers admire Grammer's singing voice, and try to include a song for each appearance.

A rare surviving recording of the show's theme song, " When You Travel the Great Lincoln Highway ", survives online.

The show's theme song is " As Long as We've Got Each Other ," which was written and composed by both John Bettis ( Lyrics ) and Steve Dorff ( Music ).

The show's original pilot episode featured a calypso theme song by future film composer John Williams, and different lyrics.

A reminder of the tragedy appears in the opening sequence of the show's first season, when the theme song is played.

The musical style of the show's score was primarily Doo-Wop as the plot revolved around Doo-Wop group singers of the 1960s.

The show's creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus, but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage without his glasses, and his vision was so poor that he feared tripping into the orchestra pit.

In 2010, his character was involved in the show's dramatic 50th anniversary tram crash storyline, which was recorded live.

Claire was the main focus of the show's first story arc, featuring the popular catchphrase, " Save the cheerleader, save the world ".

The show's production team was tested when many core cast members left the programme in the early 1970s.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

Kershaw was also a script writer for the programme and the show's producer between 1962 and 1971.

Bill Podmore was the show's longest serving producer.

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.

Anderson moved to the BBC in 1996 and the show's name changed to Clive Anderson All Talk and was aired on BBC One.

She had maintained throughout the show's run that she was never diagnosed with either anorexia or bulimia, nor was she a user of illegal drugs.

The producers of Diff ' rent Strokes did not feel that a pregnancy would fit the show's wholesome image, so Plato was let go.

The act that appeared most frequently through the show's run was the Canadian comedy duo of Wayne & Shuster, making 67 appearances between 1958 and 1969.

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

She was a special guest at the 70th Academy Awards, where the show's host, Billy Crystal, introduced her as the " Beauty who charmed the Beast ".

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

Upon the show's American debut in 1999, it was an instant hit and became a regular part of ABC's prime time lineup until 2002.

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.

During the summer of 1992, a decision was made to end first-run production, and instead air highlights of the show's earlier years in a revamped program called Hee Haw Silver ( as part of celebrating the show's 25th year ).