That’s right. These are the absolute best 80’s TV show theme songs. Now, when I say “songs” I mean “songs” – not just musical themes. That’s for another post, because there’s a ton of those too. These are full on songs – with words and shit – that made TV shows from the 80’s at least somewhat tolerable.
G.I. Joe
I loved this damn cartoon when I was a kid. Watching it filled me with excitement and my closet with tons of kung-fu grip enabled action figures that I eventually shot up with BB guns or tied firecrackers to.
The Dukes of Hazzard
As if being primed as a kid to be a soldier by G.I. Joe wasn’t enough for mainstream media, I was also being primed to live life as a backwoods hick scofflaw! This was one of my all time favorite shows ever since the invention of the cathode ray tube…whatever that is.
3-2-1 Contact
How can you not love a theme song with such a funky ass opening guitar lick?
Perfect Strangers
Despite those godawful electronic drums this has to be one of the most uplifting theme songs ever! It totally makes me want to pack up, move to a foreign country and move in with a complete stranger!
The Greatest American Hero
It’s sad to think that this bumbling dope with the white guy afro was The Greatest American hero – beating out even Superman! But the 80’s were a crazy time!
Bosom Buddies
Nothing is more comedy gold than a man dressing up as a woman, so you can imagine how funny this show was…it had TWO men dressed up as women! The two real bonuses of this show are A) It stars a young Tom Hanks from back when he was funny, and B) It actually uses a Billy Joel song in the intro.
