What classic show featured Patula Clark's song Downtown as its theme song?

Question

I think it was a show in the 1960's or 1970's

Answer 1

i don't know of a classic show but here are a few that did use Downtown.

Appearance in popular culture

"Downtown" was played in scenes in the episode "She Said, He Said, She Said" of Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire.
In the season 3 premiere episode of Lost, "A Tale of Two Cities", Elizabeth Mitchell's character Juliet Burke had this song playing in her home in the opening scene. The song was heard again in a flashback sequence in the season 3 episode "One of Us".

The song was used in "The Bottle Deposit, Part 1" episode of Seinfeld, where Jerry and George are discussing the meaning of Mr. Whilhelm's instructions (part of some important project that George is in charge of): "Everything you need... is downtown".

The song also was used in episode 272 ("Uncle Charley's Aunt") of the television series My Three Sons. Originally aired on February 17, 1968, the episode had Tina Cole as Katie singing the popular song with the rest of the Douglas family. They then decide to perform the song at Uncle Charley's local lodge when he's forced to put together a matinee performance, but all but one member of the family ends up not being able to attend.

In the movie Girl, Interrupted, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the girls at Claymoore sang it together.

In an episode of Will & Grace, Will first met Val when she completed the song after he began humming it.

In 1987, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (later to become better known as The KLF) sampled large chunks of "Downtown" to make their new single "Down Town".

Jackson Browne's 1983 album Lawyers in Love contained a Browne composition also titled "Downtown". While an entirely different song, Browne ad-libbed a few lines of his song to the melody of the Hatch/Clark original at the end, as the song faded out.

The song was sung by Lucille Bluth to General Anderson to get her son Buster out of military service in the Arrested Development episode "Switch Hitter".

The song was used in a Fido Solutions advertisement.

The song was heard on the soundtrack of the 1993 film Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. The classical pianist considered Petula Clark the best female vocalist of his generation and published several essays praising her talent and achievements.[citation needed]

In the 1993 episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", the Be Sharps hold an audition to replace Chief Wiggum. Groundskeeper Willie performs the song in his audition and, with his Scottish accent, pronounces the title as "Doontoon".

The song was used to introduce a feature on Children's BBC where viewers could send in pictures of themselves in their town (hence "Downtown") to presenter Phillip Schofield.

The song was used in an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D., sung in a karaoke bar.

The song was used in an advertising campaign by the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball for the opening season of Pacific Bell Park in 2000.

During the Vietnam war in 1965, United States pilots sent to bomb targets in heavily defended Hanoi during Operation Rolling Thunder were said to go "downtown",[6] in a time when servicemen would adopt many names from popular culture such as "the Jolly Green Giant" and "Fat Albert".

The song is featured in television ads for VISA credit cards that began airing in the US in March 2007.

The French language version of the song was used in the Canadian movie waydowntown.

The song was used during the opening scenes of Jaws 2 in 1978.

Hope that helps

Answer 2

Downtown Tv Show

Answer 3

In what country? I sure don't remember any TV shows with that theme, and I do remember the 60's very well.

Answer 4

you know that's an excellent question! I was thinking it was Mary Tyler Moore or Leverne and Shirley but apparently neither one of those are correct...i'm gonna have to do a little digging cause now you have me curious lol:)