Yeah, my last posted Theme Song Thursday was The Monkees intro on March 15, 2012, in honor of the (then) recent passing of Davy Jones. Wow. He's been gone five years already.
Anyway, somehow I got to thinking about TST because, well it's Thursday, and every Thursday Facebook is awash with throwback Thursday posts. But not me, damnit. It's theme songs or nothing! And for no other reason than that Angie D was a fine hunk of feminine patootie, back in the day. Shake those Pepper shakers.
Yeah, I know. I'm falling down on the job. Thanks for the reminder, Cuz.
I should have posted this last week, or has it been two weeks already since we lost Davy? Sad to say, but life truly does just keep rollin' on. Still loved me some Monkee though.
Please excuse Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein for the remainder of this lifetime. You see, I am sorry to report that my Juan passed away today at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in New Jersey, the victim of an apparent heart attack.
Juan was always a good boy and became interested in theater at an early age. His first big break came when he landed a role in the off-Broadway play, Naomi Court, which lead to work ON Broadway.
Of course most people remember my Juan for his role as a sweathog on the 1975-79 ABC series, Welcome Back Kotter. His father and I were so proud of him for landing that role. You should have seen the two of us and Juan's 10 siblings,all crowding around our little black and white teevee in our two-room Brooklyn tenement when the show aired Thursday nights at 8:00 on ABC.
Well, after Kotter faded from the airwaves, my Juan went on to numerous television appearances; too many to go into now, and frankly too much to think about under the circumstances.
I hope you enjoyed having Juan in your class. He always spoke so highly of you and Julie. Thank you for the positive influence you had on my Juan.
Sincerely,
Epstein's mother (Mrs. Bibbermann)
Robert Hegyes also holds the honor of being the first Random Celebrity Update to ever appear here at Hey Joe. Yes, he leaves quite a legacy indeed. And while it's already appeared as a theme song Thursday, I think it's appropriate that we replay it today in honor of Robert.
Actor Harry Morgan, passed away today at the age of 96.
Morgan was best known for his role as Sherman T. Potter on the looooong running tv show, M*A*S*H*. Morgan also gained fame as anally retentive LA Police Detective, Bill Gannon on Dragnet.
Today's Theme Song Thursday is in honor of Harry. My apologies in advance for the suck-ass theme song below. I tried to find one from M*A*S*H* but apparently copyright issues prevent them from being posted on YouTube. And Harry doesn't appear in the Dragnet theme. SO, you lucky dogs get to enjoy a little AfterMASH, where all the minor characters from M*A*S*H* went to kill their careers.
I honestly don't even remember this show and considering it only aired from 83-84, the peak of my "no life" years, chances are good that whenever it was on I was at home watching teevee with my parents. That is after I completed my shift at Skipolini's.
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