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Greatest opening and theme song in the history of Television


In looking at it now, the words to the song, so perfect and fitting. The images synched to the music, concluding with the iconic hat toss. Mary smiling , whirling around, and tossing that cap, as if to say-here i am world. And then the freeze frame of Mary at her most beautiful, and that smile, the most perfect ever created.

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When something like that happens, a song written by someone who really has nothing to do with the show, and it is writing from a small outline, and it perfectly fits the show like a glove, we can call that divine intervention.

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Season 1 theme is good, season 2 and on theme is great.

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No, not. But pretty good.

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It takes me back whenever I hear the theme to those saturday nights. Wonderful memories.

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Obviously none of you ever watched Peter Gunn.

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I was surprised the song was released as a one hit wondert.

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"Greatest" is always subjective, and this theme is a great one, but I'll take the original Hawaii 5-O theme over MTM.

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