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Scheduled To Appear – 10/15
“Na-na na-na na-na na-na Batman!”
It’s a safe bet that most of the world could identify the theme song from the campy ’60s show with just the first eight notes.
Or how about this one? “Da-dum da-dum da-dum, dum da-da dum da-daaa dum”
Again, it probably wouldn’t take more than the first six or seven notes for most people to recognize the theme from the movie and TV versions of Neil Simon’s “Odd Couple.”
Neil Hefti, the composer of both songs, died last weekend.
Hefti, 85, was a prolific songwriter, who scored dozens of movies and television shows and composed and arranged tunes for Woody Herman and Count Basie.
But to generations of TV viewers, he’ll always be the guy who wrote that kick-ass “Batman” theme song, for which he won his only Grammy.
Wednesday, October 15
Brad Wollack, Chris Franjola – “Chelsea Lately”
Finesse Mitchell – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos”
Jon McLaughlin – “Bonnie Hunt”
Richard Lewis – “The Daily Show”
Queen Latifah, Kenny Chesney – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Ray Lamontagne – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”
Anthony Green – “Last Call with Carson Daly”
Thursday, October 16
Bernadette Peters – “Live with Regis and Kelly”
Natasha Bedingfield – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
War – “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
Ne-Yo – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Lenka – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Nikka Costa – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”
Tally Hall – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” – rerun
Hot Chip – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun
Friday, October 17
Richard Lewis – “The View”
Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters – “Live with Regis and Kelly”
Queen Latifah, Kenny Chesney – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Diahann Carroll – “The Tavis Smiley Show”
Alonzo Bodden, Chris Franjola, Margaret Cho – “Chelsea Lately” – rerun
Robin Thicke – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos” – rerun
Frank Caliendo, Tim Montana – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Black Kids – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Ludacris, Mike Birgbiglia – “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”
Will Ferrell – “Late Late Show with Conan O’Brien” – rerun
Bo Burnham – “Last Call with Carson Daly” – rerun
Saturday, October 18
Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Guy Clark, Joe Ely – “Austin City Limits”
Adele – “Saturday Night Live”