The Next To Last Batch Of Honorables.

This, of course means that next time will be the last of the Honorables, and we
will proceed directly to the Top Ten.

Continuing on, in descending order, getting stronger as we go:

"The Red Buttons Show"

Not everybody, even just a couple of years younger than me, remembers that
Red Buttons hosted his own variety show in
Prime Time in the early to mid 50's.
I remember seeing it when I was seven, and really enjoying it.
It's virtually impossible to find this theme on the internet.
For the cognoscenti, The "Ho Ho song", a.k.a. "Strange Things are Happening" appeared to be his theme song.
And he certainly opened with it every week.
But it wasn't his theme song.
For those of you not familiar with the "Ho Ho song, A.K.A. "Strange things are Happening", there are several examples of it on YouTube.
I remember hearing the theme music for the Red Buttons Show when I was seven, and it was great.
It was kind of an instrumental version of "Ho Ho", but had enough individuality to
be it's own entity.
It stayed lodged in the recesses of my brain until I was in New York a few years ago and went to the Museum of Broadcasting.
The musical theme for the ending was the one I remembered when I was seven.
It was great.
It was served up in a minor key,and totally captured what was good about the Red Buttons show.
At some point, I will have a lot more to say about Red Buttons.
Probably at least a two-parter.

"The Virginian"

One of those majestic western themes that I really appreciated just before I changed
the channel.

"Married With Children"

Sinatra singing "Love and Marriage"? Hard to beat it. And they gave it a nice
ironic twist.
The song was actually written for Sinatra to sing in a Musical version of "Our Town"
on TV in 1955. With such other notable singers as Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint.

"The Trials of O'Brien"

Peter Falk, pre-rumpled, already breaking in his Columbo character. This time as
a lawyer. It had a great jazzy theme, that broke into a solid lush instrumental in midstream. Delightful.

"FDR"

A one season documentary shown on ABC in the sixties. FDR voice was done by
Charlton Heston. The show was illuminating, and the theme music was inspiring and gorgeous. Composed by my personal favorite, Alex North.

The last batch of Honorables will appear next time, then as advertised, it's on to the Top Ten.

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