So why, you may ask, are we doing this?

Pure uncut nostalgia, mainly.

Dont examine it too closely, its an entirely shallow enterprise.

I have never seen this song on a karaoke machine.

Itsperfect for singing after sipping bourbon with your bros before finishing your perfect night with a big pillow fight.

The voice cast has got some impressive names (and a fewLord Of The Ringsconnections).

Its more fondly thought of than the 1997 film, both based on the Thirties Hal Foster comic strip.

Not a shock when you consider its by Russell T. Davies and features Pat Gorman as an extra.

When that clip gets to the theme music youll understand why.

Its like someone screaming You WILL BE SCARED right into your face over and over again.

Why bother with laborious exposition in your script when you might cram it all into your theme song?

Whats Bucky OHares raison detre?

To croak some toads.

What sort of rabbit is he?

Ah, a funky fresh one.

Thank you kindly sir.

This has set the scene for adventure and no mistake.

This is here because there arent enough childrens TV themes that sound like Divine Comedy b-sides.

Possibly Philippe Bouvet heard his work and decided to quit at the top.

Kids in 1993 didnt stand a chance.

Tune in next week for more of the in-depth analysis that keeps you coming back to Den of Geek.

The fact that this became a childrens series makes me curious as to the extended franchise potential ofRe-animator.

Another expert combination of the epic and nakedly commercial.

This song contains sage advice.

I have stayed away from trap doors all my life and I am currently still alive.

Wed learn so much, and so enjoyably.

Ah, but whichGrange Hill?

If theres any Quincy Jones influence here its lower in the mix.

Anything that asks of children Have you ever, ever felt like this?

Before you watch the video, see how much of this you’re free to remember.

A: We Are Devo!

), or from his work as a composer (includingDumb and Dumber,The Royal TenenbaumsandCrash Bandicoot.)

Alternatively, you might know him as the man who wrote Everything Is AwesomeforThe Lego Movie.

I have to include this as part of this sites subtle pro-Birmingham agenda.

Basically, no one looks at a picture of Terrence Hardiman anymore and thinks Oh, thats Terrence Hardiman.

We only split articles over multiple pages if theyre massive, like this one.

choose for entries 26-50.

Ramping up theLooney Tunesstyle, theAnimaniacstheme is long, self-aware, and on the cusp of being smug.

As the writer of this article I therefore have to like it.

Theres a good chance that you never actually watchedTeletubbies, but that you knew the theme tune anyway.

Arent cultural differences interesting?

Broadcast for twenty-two years.

It will astonish you to learn that the vocalist here is not actually from Tasmania.

Or indeed anywhere on that continent.

Nevertheless, the quiet/loud Men at Work homage thing wormed its way into plenty of heads.

Babarwas the first series to ask Would people like the Royal Family more if they were talking elephants?

Despite the answer obviously being yes, so far they have all stubbornly refused to have the operation.

You might have noticed a few names cropping up more than once.

Its fair to say Ron Wasserman knew his child-friendly action-orientated onions.

Not that David Arnold, no.

This, of course, remains his crowning glory.

This is the good shit.

That isnt what this is about.

I just thought you ought to know.

Thats 702 in the video.

For those of you unaware, Sonic is not too fast for the naked eye.

This would make a computer game franchise and animated series starring him untenable.

It was likeBlackadderfor kids.

Try it next time theres enough of you in the car together.

While low on lyrical nuance, this was an undeniably catchy deployment of the sound Na.

If anyone from North And South is reading this, could they write in and let us know just?

Neil Innes, a hero of childrens television, came up with this absolute beauty of a theme.

), mild peril and freeze-frame cliffhangers it certainly didnt hide these influences.

One of the things that made it different fromDoctor Whowas its incredibly jaunty theme music.