"""Somebody Stole My Gal"", and they made numerous commercial recordings for Decca. During the Second World War Cotton and his band toured France with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). After the war, he started his successful Sunday lunchtime radio show on BBC, the ""Billy Cotton Band Show"", which ran from 1949 to 1968. In the 1950s, composer Lionel Bart contributed comedy songs to the show. It regularly opened with the band's signature tune and Cotton's call of ""Wakey Wakey"". From 1957, it was also broadcast on BBC television. Cotton often also provided vocals on many of his band's recordings,"
"Billy Cotton Band Show The Billy Cotton Band Show was a Sunday lunchtime radio programme broadcast in the BBC Light Programme from 1949 until 1968. The band leader, Billy Cotton, was a larger-than-life Cockney character who started each show with the cry “Wakey-Wake-aaaay!”, followed by the band’s signature tune “Somebody Stole My Gal” (which was also featured in the video game Pop'n Music 9). The show transferred to BBC Television in 1956, usually on Saturday evenings at 7.00 pm. It ran, under various names, until 1965. Regular entertainers included Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, and the pianist Russ Conway. Pianist Mrs"
"Mills made her first television appearance on the show. Terry Jones and Michael Palin, both later to become members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, wrote jokes for the show. Billy Cotton Band Show The Billy Cotton Band Show was a Sunday lunchtime radio programme broadcast in the BBC Light Programme from 1949 until 1968. The band leader, Billy Cotton, was a larger-than-life Cockney character who started each show with the cry “Wakey-Wake-aaaay!”, followed by the band’s signature tune “Somebody Stole My Gal” (which was also featured in the video game Pop'n Music 9). The show transferred to BBC Television in"
"addition to this, cast members frequently play roles adding to the chaos during Cole's performances, such as Paul Brittain and Abby Elliott's dancing performances as Vili Fualaau and Mary Kay Letourneau, a student and teacher who made news for their sexual relationship. The show opens with Cole singing the show's lengthy theme song, ""What Up with That"". Cole welcomes the viewers to the show but his introduction to the show's topic generally leads into an encore of the theme song. Once the encore is finished he then introduces the show's three guests, the third always being Bill Hader playing Fleetwood"
"in the third season. Starting in season 3, episode 3 (""Barney the Invisible""), the opening and closing credits theme was the familiar vocal ""Meet the Flintstones"". This version was recorded with a 22-piece big band, and the Randy Van Horne Singers. The melody is derived from part of the 'B' section of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 Movement 2, composed in 1801/02. The ""Meet the Flintstones"" opening was later added to the first two seasons for syndication. The musical underscores were credited to Hoyt Curtin for the show's first five seasons; Ted Nichols took over in 1965 for the final"
"opened each show with his trademark theme song, ""Yoo Hoo, It's Me!"": (Audience): Pinky! Others in the cast: Betty Jane Howarth, Jimmy Brown, Molly Bee, Jack McCoy, Mel Koontz, Cindy Sue, Susabelle, Ken Mayer, Isabel Dwan, Sidney Fields, Margie Lizst, Milton Newberger and Jymme Shore. Adding to the show's bounce and style was master organist Gaylord Carter, who underscored every moment with appropriate accompaniment. In 1955, Lee collapsed on camera due to an infection. His normal antics were so energetic that apparently the cameraman and the show's director assumed the fall an ""ad lib"" part of his performance. The ""Peanut"
"opening night of the show's Boston previews. The song was initially released as a single on iTunes and Amazon.com's MP3 store and is currently available on the cast album Bombshell, with Hilty and the cast members' vocals from ""The Cost of Art"" on the track. An excerpt is sung in the rehearsal room where Ivy stops it because she cannot hear herself over Karen (Katharine McPhee), who is singing too loud. After lunch they try again, and again Karen is still too loud. Later in the episode, the full version is sung at Lyle's house on at birthday party as"
"each episode as the stuffed shirt Alistair Quince (an obvious parody of Alistair Cooke), who would soberly introduce the program in the style of ""Masterpiece Theatre"". These monologues were cut out of the later syndicated reruns. Korman also performed the voice of Thelma's unseen late husband, Carl, in flashback episodes. An extended version of the show's opening theme song, with repeated melodies, was used during the original NBC run, but was never used in reruns. The house and neighborhood shown in the opening credits differed between the original NBC run and the syndicated shows, leading to discrepancies such as in"
"opening provided many nightmares and sleepless nights, forcing some to change the channel when this opening began. The montage opening served until the late 1960s when another introduction was produced, featuring the word ""Chiller"" rendered in white paint on a black board, then lifted up, the gooey white paint slowly running down the board like blood while creepy chamber music played in the background. The bumper to this version simply showed the painted ""Chiller"" as a title card. It is unknown if this opening was the original, dating from the show's inception or if it was created out of necessity;"
"sequence. Kenny's muffled lines are altered after every few seasons. His lines are usually sexually explicit in nature, such as his original lines, ""I like girls with big fat titties, I like girls with deep vaginas"". The original opening composition was originally slower and had a length of 40 seconds. It was deemed too long for the opening sequence. So Parker and Stone sped up it for the show's opening, having the band's lead singer Claypool re-record his vocals. The instrumental version of the original composition, though, is often played during the show's closing credits and is wordless. The opening"
"""The Bob Clampett Show"", the titles were replaced with title cards of a colorized Porky Pig Looney Tune, with ""The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"" as the opening music. The Looney Tunes title card cuts to the Blue Ribbon title card with ""Merrily We Roll Along"" as title music. The Looney Tunes drum with Porky Pig saying ""That's All Folks!"", also closes the cartoon. This was done to identify the short as a Looney Tune, since the Blue Ribbon titles miscredited the short as a Merrie Melody. The opening title cards are not correct, since the 1942-43 season was the first in"
"The first two series used a relatively sombre instrumental version of the closing theme for the opening titles; from series III onwards this switched to a more upbeat version. Goodall also wrote music for the show's various songs, including ""Tongue Tied"", with lyrics written by Grant and Naylor. Danny John-Jules (credited as 'The Cat') re-orchestrated and released ""Tongue Tied"" in October 1993; it reached number 17 on the UK charts. Goodall himself sang ""The Rimmer Song"" heard during the series VII episode ""Blue"", to which Chris Barrie mimed. In 1998, on the tenth anniversary of the show's first airing (and"
"with lyrics written by Everett Sloane, who also guest starred as Jubal Foster in the episode ""The Keeper of the Flame"" (1962). Whistling in the opening sequence, as well as the closing credits sequence, was performed by Earle Hagen. One of the show's tunes, ""The Mayberry March"", was reworked a number of times in different tempo, styles and orchestrations as background music. The show's sole sponsor was General Foods, with promotional consideration paid for (in the form of cars) by Ford Motor Company (mentioned in the credits). Initially, Griffith played Taylor as a heavy-handed country bumpkin, grinning from ear to"
"red but mostly bare. Clarabell! And since the day that he was born, He's honked and honked and honked his horn. Clara, Clara, Clarabell! Throughout the entire series run Clarabell had no lines of dialogue; he often pantomimed, using hand gestures and facial expressions which were understood (and translated to the audience) by Buffalo Bob and the cast; Clarabell's only means of audible communication was a small toy horn he always carried. But during the series finale that aired on September 24, 1960, Clarabell repeatedly pantomimed that he had a very big surprise for the viewers. Throughout the episode, the"
"by a featured vocalist, such as Vicki Anderson or Marva Whitney, and an instrumental feature for the band, which sometimes served as the opening act for the show. A trademark feature of Brown's stage shows, usually during the song ""Please, Please, Please"", involved Brown dropping to his knees while clutching the microphone stand in his hands, prompting the show's longtime MC, Danny Ray, to come out, drape a cape over Brown's shoulders and escort him off the stage after he had worked himself to exhaustion during his performance. As Brown was escorted off the stage by the MC, Brown's vocal"
"then Billy Mills' theme song to fade. Later, Harlow would meet up and visit with the McGees and work in a Johnson Wax commercial, sometimes assisted by Fibber and Molly. Much of the show's humor relied on recurring gags, unseen regulars and punch lines that sometimes popped up here and there for years. The show would usually open the 30-minute broadcast with the audience in full laughter with Harlow Wilcox announcing, ""The Johnson Wax Program with Fibber McGee and Molly!"" In the episode of December 19, 1944, ""Fibber Snoops For Presents In Closet"" (at 3:59 is a perfect example of"
"the death of Billy Aldrich (Alec Baldwin) in the process. In 1972 and 1974, the serial received a Daytime Emmy for Best Drama. During that period until a new opening sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his announcing the animated ""Laramie Peacock"" color opening in the 1960s and 1970s) would inform the audience at the beginning of each episode: """"And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-award winning program) dedicated to the brotherhood of healing."""" The iconic theme song, which stayed with the program through 1981, was composed by in-house musician Robert Israel at Score"
"Kathie Kay Kathie Kay (20 November 1918 – 9 March 2005) was a singer from Lincolnshire, known for her radio and television appearances in the ""Billy Cotton Band Show"" during the 1950s and 1960s. Her best known recordings are ""We Will Make Love"" and ""A House With Love In It"". Kathie Kay was born Kathleen Thornhill in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. She began her career as a tot with the famous Corona Babes Stage School as Connie Wood, then moved on to appear with Hughie Green as head girl in his gang show; he was later best man at her wedding. She"
"sketch normally involves one bear hurting the other, or being disgusted by the other's actions. This segued into the opening credits, during which musical director Cameron Bruce (formerly of GUD) and house band ""The Bearded Ladies"" played the show's theme song. For a short period during the second half of 2007, Clayton Doley stood in as musical director, and the band was known as ""The Sideshow Misfits"". As well as the opening and closing themes, the house band played walk-on music for guests, riffs between segments, and sometimes accompany guests, musical or otherwise, as they performed. Host Paul McDermott introduced"
"2. The show continued on NBC radio every Saturday morning at 11:30 through April 11, 1953. There was an adventure story to open the show, plugs for Buster Brown shoes, and Froggy the Gremlin might sing a song or annoy a guest, such as Shortfellow the Poet or Alkali Pete the Cowboy. The character ""Midnight the Cat"" actually spoke a few lines on the show and Smilin<nowiki>'</nowiki> Ed was always prone to sing a novelty song or two by plunking his magic twanger. The term ""plunking"" may have come from McConnell's habit of plunking the strings on his piano to"
"at every show have been: ""Cryin'"", ""Stop Messin' Around"", ""Seasons of Wither"" (with ""Hangman Jury"" as an intro occasionally), ""Sweet Emotion"", ""Draw the Line"" and ""Walk This Way"". Other songs played included ""Toys in the Attic"", ""Eat the Rich"", ""Love in an Elevator"", ""Jaded"", ""Mama Kin"", ""S.O.S. (Too Bad)"", ""Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"", ""Walkin' the Dog"", ""Big Ten Inch Record"", ""Baby, Please Don't Go"", ""What It Takes"", ""Rag Doll"", ""Dream On"", ""Back in the Saddle"", ""Last Child"", ""No More No More"", ""Lord of the Thighs"", ""Pink"", ""Rattlesnake Shake, ""Train Kept A-Rollin'"", ""Dirty Water"", ""One Way Street"", ""Livin' on the"
"these was Sugar Bear (Sugar Crisp), who sounded like Bing Crosby and was voiced by actor Gerry Matthews. There was also a postman named Lovable Truly (Alpha-Bits), a young Asian boy named So Hi (Rice Krinkles) and Rory Raccoon (Post Toasties). A long-play record album was also released as a premium in the year of the show's debut featuring the characters (voiced by the same stars as the animated cartoon) singing with re-written lyrics familiar songs such as ""Jimmy Cracked Corn."" The show was perhaps best noted for its abundance of well-known vocal talent. In addition to Leonard, Carl Reiner"
"the theme opening music for the early Western Films starring Ray ""Crash"" Corrigan and his 2 co-stars under their movie roles as ""The Three Mesqueteers"". It is also featured in the 1937 screwball comedy ""The Awful Truth"" (sung by Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy), the 1948 film ""Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"" (sung by both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), the 1967 off-Broadway musical ""You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"" (sung by the cast as a glee club rehearsal number), the 1980 film ""Where the Buffalo Roam"" (sung by Neil Young over the opening credits), the 2009 film ""The"
"sight gags and slapstick, the show was continually rewritten throughout its run to remain topical; it opened with newsreel clips of Adolf Hitler speaking in a Yiddish accent, Benito Mussolini in blackface, and Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking gibberish, before the real-life Olsen and Johnson burst through the image (actually, a transparent sheet in front of the screen). A circus atmosphere prevailed, with dwarfs, clowns, trained pigeons and audience participation adding to the merriment. Chorus girls left the stage to dance with audience members or sit in their laps. Laundry-filled clotheslines were strung across the theater over the audiences' heads, and"
"of Howlin' Wolf's band, Bobby Anderson; Alberto Gianquinto, a pianist equally comfortable playing jazz, blues or classical music; and harmonica man and singer, James Cotton. First night out, the emcee at the club asked the band's name so he could announce them. For lack of a name, one of the band said, The James Cotton Blues Band. The name stuck. After a while, Sam Lay was replaced by Francis Clay. Clay, a veteran of Dizzy Gillespie's and Cab Calloway's big bands, Jay McShann's group and Muddy Water's band, brought a new dimension to the band and Tucker further developed his"
"the Royal Air Force. After the end of the war, in the early 1920s, he worked at several jobs, including as a bus driver, before setting up his own orchestra, the London Savannah Band, in 1924. At first a conventional dance band, the London Savannah Band gradually tended towards music hall/vaudeville entertainment, introducing visual and verbal humour in between songs. Famous musicians who played in Billy Cotton's band during the 1920s and 1930s included Arthur Rosebery, Syd Lipton and Nat Gonella. The band was also noted for their African American trombonist and tap dancer, Ellis Jackson. Their signature tune was"
"of the show often say the word in a comical context, such as, ""Billy Bong, can I taste one of your balls?"" Lydia repeatedly yells ""Shut up!"" or ""Stop!"" to stop the three children in the house from doing something. However, the children always carry on after she has left. The entire opening sequence is animated. It starts in black and white with Billy B. Ong playing a song on the piano (""Those Endearing Young Charms"", the series' theme song), followed by another clip of him eating a fishball. Billy then tries to push a fishball into his son Max's"
"Blanc's death in 1989, Barney has been voiced by Jeff Bergman, Frank Welker, and Kevin Michael Richardson. Various additional character voices were created by Hal Smith, Allan Melvin, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, and Howard Morris, among others. The opening and closing credits theme during the first two seasons was called ""Rise and Shine"", a lively instrumental underscore accompanying Fred on his drive home from work. The tune resembled ""The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)"", the theme song of ""The Bugs Bunny Show"", also airing on ABC at the time, and may have been the reason the theme was changed"
"Heywood Banks Heywood Banks (real name Stuart Mitchell) is an American comedian, and writer and performer of humorous songs. His songs include ""Toast"", ""Fly's Eyes"", ""Wiper Blades"", ""Pancreas"", ""Big Butter Jesus"" (a song about the King of Kings statue), ""18 Wheels (on a Big Rig)"", ""The One Eye Love"" & ""The Cat Got Dead"". Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio program ""The Bob and Tom Show"". His most popular and widely known song is called ""Toast,"" (played on a toaster with a pair of forks). Another recurring song that B&T occasionally play is ""Trauma to the Groin."" Heywood's"
"Billy Cotton band at the end of 1929, a move which provided him with a more prominent platform, both on the concert stage and also on radio, and allowed him to record his first jazz solos and vocal features (which included scat singing). He played briefly with Roy Fox in 1931, and then stayed in that band when Lew Stone, Fox's former pianist, took over leadership the following year. It was with Stone's band that he firmly established his reputation. When Louis Armstrong visited London in 1932, Gonella met his idol by begging the staff at Boosey and Hawkes's music"
"opening was later added to the first two seasons for syndication. The musical underscores were credited to Hoyt Curtin for the show's first five seasons; Ted Nichols took over in 1965 for the final season. During the show's final season, ""Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)"", performed by Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, in a clip from that season's first episode, was used as alternate close music. In 2010, a PRS for Music survey of 2,000 adults in the UK found that the ""Meet the Flintstones"" theme tune was the most recognised children's TV theme, ahead of those for"
"who always began by singing ""Come in, come in, it's nice to see you..."" The show always ended with Andy Stewart and the cast singing, ""Haste ye Back"": The performers were Jimmy Shand and band, Ian Powrie and his band, Scottish country dancers: Dixie Ingram and the Dixie Ingram Dancers, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Ann & Laura Brand, Moira Anderson & Kenneth McKellar. All the male dancers and Andy Stewart wore kilts, and the female dancers wore long white dresses with tartan sashes. Following the demise of the ""White Heather Club"", Andy Stewart continued to feature regularly in"
"King Cotton (performer) King Cotton is the stage name of Dicky Sony, a Texas blues singer born in 1945 in Navasota, Texas. He was the lead vocalist and founding member of the blues/rock band Navasota in 1969. King Cotton achieved particular notoriety in the past two decades due to his appearance with John Cusack and Tim Robbins in the 1988 film ""Tapeheads"". Most notable about his role as Roscoe (the ""Chicken and Waffles"" king) is his end-titles song ""Roscoe's Rap"", which has become a cult favorite on YouTube.com. He also appeared in the 1989 film ""Blaze"" starring Paul Newman as"