TOP 9s... TV THEMES GROOVIE GOOLIES

Don't know about you, but sometimes past memories play tricks with me.

Things I thought I loved then, I discover through rediscovery that they were in actual fact, shit.

Like The Groovie Goolies.

Several years ago, I found a GG video for the princely sum of one pound, and excitedly put it into my player. Wish I hadn't bothered. 

However, there was a silver lining. I put it up on eBay and was rewarded with a 1500% return.

Cool theme tune, though...

TOP 9s... TV THEMES FAMILY TIES/GROWING PAINS

OK, so I've cheated a little. Whatever. It's my blog. I make the rules, and I can break them too.

These two shows always seemed to make a nice pair. I was a big fan of both (Family Ties probably won by a whisker).

I always thought it was Alan (father of Robin) Thicke singing the theme to Growing Pains, but thanks to my mate Andrew, I now know it's actually BJ Thomas, with Jennifer Warnes. Dusty Springfield duetted on the Season 4 version.

Used to fancy Kirk Cameron too. Until he went all born-again-Christian-apeshit-cray-cray...

TOP 9s...SINGING ACTORS

This time I thought I'd choose 9 actors and actresses who have tried their hand at singing, with various degrees of success.
It was tough: I have literally hundreds of examples to choose from.
Hopefully this is an eclectic mix.
Enjoy...

Top 9s : SINGING ACTORS : SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL SOME BOTH You Don't Know Me Meryl Streep

Is there anything Meryl Streep can't do??

Is it not enough she is one of the greatest actresses of all-time, without possessing some fine vocal chops too?

 I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the Thatcher flick. Preview enclosed...

Top 9s : SINGING ACTORS : SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL SOME BOTH Fish Heads Barnes & Barnes (Bill Mumy)

LOVE this. Even have the shaped picture disc (fish head, natch). For those of you who don't know, Barnes and Barnes were a duo which included the talents of one Bill Mumy, best known as Will Robinson from Lost In Space.

Top 9s : SINGING ACTORS : SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL SOME BOTH Send In The Clowns Elizabeth Taylor

My equal favourite actress of all-time. In fact, this song is taken from the movie, A Little Night Music, which brings both my favourites together. (The other being Diana Rigg).

Elizabeth (R.I.P.), I love you, but this is truly awful.

Top 9s : SINGING ACTORS : SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL SOME BOTH The Lurch : Ted Cassidy

For someone so flippin' tall (6' 9"), Ted displays some nifty dance moves in this novelty number, 'The Lurch'.    
And just to link Ted and Patrick Macnee together, Cassidy can be heard providing temporary voice tracks of the Ceylon Imperious Leader in the original Battlestar Galactica TV pilot movie, before Patrick was brought in to voice the character.