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Whoo-doo-doo-dooh-dooh-doodoo-doodoo-Hitler!
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Guess the tune!
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[BtD] It's the Dambusters! I like this game!
Trying one of my own.....Television.
Tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum.
Tee-tum tee-tum tee-tum-tee-tum-um-tee.

(ending might be open to some artistic arugement!)

Lib] No its not! Think Proms!
[BtD] Rule Britannia? I can hear the introduction, I just can't remember how the verse starts...
BtD] Land of Hope and Glory, isn't it?
pen, Tuj] Not Rule Britannia - yes it is the bit that leads into Land of Hope and Glory, so its...
Lib] Seems familiar...
HB] Another clue please!!
Desperate requests With all the multiple guessing and such I've no idea what's been going on - could some lovely person give me a round-up of the results so far? :)
And then of course there's...
Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop,
doodoodoodoodoododoo doo doo dooo,
Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop,
deedoodoodoo, deedoodoodoo, deee dooo doooooo00OOOOO,...
Dooooo doooo doooo (dooDOOdoo)
Dooooo dooooo dooooo (dooDOOdoo)
DOOOOOO DOOOOOO DOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Patently not Beethoven's First.
ZK] OK!
  1. Bob the dog - ISIHAC Theme
  2. Chalky Coronation Street
  3. HB - Not guessed yet (A TV theme subliminally connected with Morse)
  4. Raak - Thunderbirds
  5. Kim - The Archers' Theme
  6. Rab - Roobard and Custard (Although try my guess of Desert Island Disks - it mostly fits!)
  7. Bob the dog - Pomp and Curcumstance, Edward Elgar
  8. Lib - ?TV theme
  9. ZK - I know this one! Damn I can't pipoint the tune it is so annoying!:o)

Can I make a call for order please, lets concentrate on HB's, Libs and ZKs before starting a new one and then play a la charades - if you guess correctly then you get to choose a new tune.
[HB] It's not Casualty, is it? It doesn't exacty fit the tune... or your clues... but it's worth a try! :)
ZK] Isn't that the Italian national anthem or something like that? If that's way wide of the mark, feel free to laugh!
[ZK] No, not Casualty. Rab was wondering about the counterpoint - well, there really wasn't any. That might help. Remember that I've already said it's the ENTIRE theme.
[Tuj] *laughing*
[Tuj] In fairness, it may be - I don't think I've ever heard it. But I doubt it. It falls into the genre of "cartoon," anyway.
ZK, is yours the theme to Jonathan Creek? (and I wish I could remember what its real name is)...
Clue for mine, saturday night telly too!
[Lib] I believe you're thinking of Saint-Saens' Dans Macabre (doodoo, doodoo, doodoo, doodoo....) and see my second answer to Tuj, which should have narrowed it down a bit for you.
What a great game this is! Once we've calmed down and are focusing on just one at a time. Shame Roobarb and Custard has already gone, because that it the greatest theme tune of all time.
ZK] Tchaikovsky - Warsaw Concerto?
[Btd] The "Warsaw Concerto" was written by Richard Addinsell for the film "Dangerous Moonlight" and, whatever its merits, has nothing to do with Tchaikovsky or even Rachmaninov. I think you mean the B flat minor concerto, but I don't think it is.
I had no idea that you'd all find my little snippet so hard. Shall I reveal all, or take three more guesses?
HB] Gi'us a clue...
OK - 1970's UK sit-com.
[HB] Rising Damp? It fits! (well, it does when I sing it)
Quote:
ZK - [Tuj] In fairness, it may be - I don't think I've ever heard it. But I doubt it. It falls into the genre of "cartoon," anyway.
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As to Herr Bratsche's offering, I have not a clue.
[HB] Unfortunately, I'm not particularly up on the tunes for these classic sitcoms. I don't think I could actually hum you one, which is disgraceful.
[pen] No. OK, another clue - BBC. Two more guesses before I have to give it you.
[ZK] The Perry Mason theme?
[HB] The Good Life?
[ZK] Tom & Jerry?
[Lib] Blind Date?

[Chalky] Right era, wrong show. That would have been "Dit dee dee dididi dee". One more guess before I claim victory!
[HB] Theme from Steptoe & Son?
[HB] Fawlty Towers?
No to all, and I say once more - it is a *cartoon* :)
[HB] The Muppet show almost fits, but it's not the entire theme... when you say "entire" you mean it's not repeated?
Oh, and the muppets ain't a sitcom....
[HB] goddit. 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.'
Assuming I'm right, here's another.
Dabba-dum dum dum
Dabba dabba dabba dum
Dabba dum dum dum
Dabba dum ba-dum ba-dum
Dabba dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum
Babba dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum
Dum dum
[pen] No yabbas, so it can't be the Flintstones.
[ZK]Dangermouse?
[pen] Easy - Blue Peter! (although you missed off the Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr at the start...)
[chalky] YAY! Blind date it is!
[Watty] Aye Aye Cap'n!
[pen] er, actually - now I look at it, it's not Blue Peter (Barnacle Bill), is it?
Dabba dum-dum-dumma
Dumma-dum-dum-dum
Dumma-dummadumma- dumma-dumma dumma-dummma-dum....
 It's the good old Sailor's Hornpipe. Hmm. More difficult than it looks, this game.
Meanwhile, another classic sitcom:

 

Yup,that's whole opening theme. Promise.

Porridge
Just a suggestion, if I may: we should number the entries as we suggest them: Penelope's "Blue Peter/Sailor's Hormpipe" theme was, I think, entry number 10, Watty's somewhat cryptic entry is Number 11, so whoever posts a new "tune" (which might be me in a mo) should number it as 12. We're all so good at numbering our postings (cf: "Just a Cheddar Gorge") so this should present no problems. Also, it will facilitate the occasional roundup of resolved and as-yet-unresolved tunes. By my estimation, as yet unresolved are:

3. Herr Bratsche's "Dit dit dit daa daa daa daa daa daa"; and
9. ZK's tantalising "Deee doo-doo-doop, deee doo-doo-doop".

Here's mine:
12.

Pa-pa-pa paah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pah-pah-pah pah-pada-paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, paaah pa-pa-paaah
pa-pa-pa-pada-pa-pa-pa pah-pada paah
Pa-pa-pa paaah, pa-pa-pa paaah da da Waaaaah-waaaah.

Cartoon, entire theme.

[Kim] Hokey Cokey - Number 9. is "Dangermouse" (I think...)
Certainly sounds like it could be. (400k wav file)
3. [HB] is that "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perin"?
[Bigsmith] That's the fella.
Pen got it with "Some Mothers Do Ave 'Em". The 'Morse' reference? Apparently the composer (Ronnie Hazelhurst?) got the rhythm (with slight licence) from spelling out the programme name in Morse code. And thus we have the short them I quoted in its entirety. May well be the cheapest ever original TV theme tune, with only 2 flutes playing it.
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