late 80's-early 90's disney toonage...Darkwing Duck theme Vs. The ducktales theme

oh and Tale Spin is better then both topic themes

totally OTM.

The horn thing at the beginning of "Duckula" is the production logo/spot for the company that made that show, which I'm recollecting as "Thames" - maybe with a picture of Big Ben or Parliament or something?

Two years late, but anyways: Yes, it was Thames Television, a TV station that was the London weekday franchise of the ITV network. Though the show was actually made for Thames by Cosgrove Hall, a Manchester based animation studio that at one point apparently employed John Squire of the Stone Roses. The "horn thing" was based on an old Victorian tune that went "Who will buy my sweet lavender?", and the accompanying picture was actually a collage of various London landmarks that rised spookily out of the center of the screen.

Two other Cosgrove Hall cartoons that really need to be mentioned here (though they were never shown in the US) are Chorlton & The Wheelies (which somebody once mashed up with "The Real Slim Shady") and their adaption of The Wind In The Willows, which had a genuinely lovely end credit theme. Both can be Youtubed.

Was the Wind in the Willows one that included "Mister Toad, if he pumps (?) up more, he's gonna expl-o-o-de"? I'm at work and can't YouTube - but I remember that one at least.

I used to have an MP3 of some meat-n-potatoes ska band knocking out a presumbly crowd-pleasing rendition of the "Gadget" theme.

There was a ska-funk band (called The Illustrious Skunk, oh the lolz) at my college that performed the Inspector Gadget theme.

Was the Wind in the Willows one that included "Mister Toad, if he pumps (?) up more, he's gonna expl-o-o-de"?

No, I don't know that version but this is very different to what I imagine that sounds like - this is quite wistful and gentle.

Opening titles on Youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRR7yDe7Muk

...and the closing titles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsViELwLUk

Me, above: "the Alvin and the Chipmunks show from the same period (the best Chipmunk song ever, by a long, long margin - I may have to rip it off at some point)."
Revelation: it sounds exactly like mid-period Van Halen! Specifically "Dreams" off 5150! This changes everything!

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:10 PM Bookmark

Is there a thread for posts you find by yourself that you just can't even understand or relate to whatsoever? I'm sure I've never heard 5150 by Van Halen, and listening to the track right now I'm really not sure what I was talking about here...I guess the drumming on the chorus sorta reminds me of Theodore but ...yeah, this is really baffling.

I only just now realized what a rip-off the Duck Tales theme is of "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates. I don't think this diminishes either song, but it's still kind of a shock.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, August 2, 2007 11:34 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ wau

Was the Wind in the Willows one that included "Mister Toad, if he pumps (?) up more, he's gonna expl-o-o-de"? I'm at work and can't YouTube - but I remember that one at least.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

finally found this - it's the Rankin-Bass adaptation from 1987, featuring the very Gollum-esque Toad. Song begins around 3:10 in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLuQK3aRIZ8&feature=relmfu