I have been binge-watching several different favorite TV shows, and for the purposes of this post, I will use one particular show as an example: “Alfred Hitchcock Pres... more I have been binge-watching several different favorite TV shows, and for the purposes of this post, I will use one particular show as an example: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (beginning in 1956). I fondly remember watching its reruns every now and then as a child, then sometimes throughout my teens, and later into my young adult years. The sound of the theme music is indelibly etched in my memory banks. As I was watching the second season’s reruns tonight, it occurred to me that even though the theme sound has no lyrics, it’s just music, I don’t remember it ever having changed over the years. I’m fortunate in that I’m seeing the episodes in chronological order, so as I reacquaint myself with the show, it’s possible that later seasons just may have changes in the theme music, but I think that’s unlikely. An extension of those thoughts led me to wondering about other shows where that might have been the case, such as “Gilligan’s Isl... less
