Ted Knight Show Opening Credits

[WhatsAYak]

The revamped version wasn't bad...I liked the new theme mix, and Lisa was def a cutie. :-) In fact, they were set to begin production on a 2nd season under this new format when Ted Knight passed away.

[coolwafferman]

I wonder did this show air on the same syndicated network like "Mama's Family".

[bigkevcxzae]

Ted knight died while this show was still being made

[NWO4EVER3000]

Take me back to 1987!!!! This was the show.

[MrLogoman007]

Hey, whatever happened to Henry and Muriel's kid? Did he get written out?

[kbirdusa]

In the fifth season (the final one set at the duplex), they showed the episodes out of order. So the episode where Jackie moved to Italy for a fashion job didn't air until later in the season, even though it was produced earlier. So it seemed like she vanished into thin air, when in actuality they had produced an episode which explained her departure.

[wonderglory]

Where's the location of the house used in this intro?

[sickandtiredofmorons]

This is not the Ted Knight Show

[klwewf]

@sickandtiredofmorons When this aired originally in 86, it had become the "Ted Knight Show". It confused a lot of people because it was the same characters. For syndication, it became "Too Close For Comfort". And, one of the reasons for that was so people like you (who think they know) wouldn't be confused. This is all fact, if you doubt it, looking it up will be easy enough. Your YouTube name is very funny and ironic! LOL

[DontPAss2JOE]

Does anybody which hip-hoppers might have flipped that theme song?

[LastNetwork2]

@DontPAss2JOE Somebody named "Lord Digga" sampled the theme song for a track called "Who You Rollin' With". Needless to say, it's an "Interesting" use of the theme.

[alwrig]

This is a good lesson in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Why retool the show and get rid of the girls to boot, especially the latter? Sure, the maid is cute, but it's just not the same, especially with Sara off the show.

[thunderstruck665]

Pat Carroll aka, the voice of Ursulla the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid.

[toastietube]

I think it had been canceled by ABC and ran in first-run syndication for its final season. Not sure why the Too Close For Comfort title still shows up, as it had changed to The Ted Knight Show for syndication.

[ILuvEthnicGuys]

@toastietube ... When Ted Knight died after the completion of the first season of the re-vamped format ("The Ted Knight Show") the single season series was added to the syndication package for "Too Close For Comfort" and the opening credits were edited to include the TCFC logo.

[ThePaddyjoejr1]

Pat Carrol Is so HOT & SEXY!

[brookswrld]

Can anyone find a better copy of this version. Such memories....

[barnesandnoblenook]

I thought during the last stretch of the show (when they ditched the duplex and the daughters) and Henry and Muriel (and Monroe!!!!!!! ugh!) moved because Henry wrote for the paper, the show was changed to The Ted Knight Show (kind of a stupid decision so late in the series run).

[ArtistTree]

This tune has been stuck in my head for decades but I couldn't remember what is was; relief at last! :)

[wdc2998]

I never saw this season, why did they get rid of the hot girls and keep JM J Buttocks?

[mr10tomidnight]

@wdc2998 I agree with you.I don't understand why Jackie just vanished into thin air early in the final season when the Rushes still lived at the duplex.Sara with her HOT SEXY TIGHT NO BACK POCKET jeans hung around until the end but she never followed her parents and Monroe to their new place.I could NEVER get enough of Monore always getting on Henry's nerves.I'm sure the fans feel the same way.

[MrLogoman007]

@wdc2998 Because, like Bill Daily did years earlier, and Jaleel White would do years later, Jim J. stole the show. He became the breakout character.

[mysticx0]

i wonder what happened to Lisa Antille, i had a big crush on her as a kid

[liz326522]

Ted Knight was so very strikingly handsome...

[tctyankee]

I like this opening intro alot. It is much better and beautiful.

[videosensei]

very smooth indeed

[Trance1972]

I liked this intro even better than the original one

[headlesskittys]

back when san fransico was a great place to live

[CAPTJACKAUBREY69]

I thought you said, "back when san francisco was a gay place to live"....

[McSpacerson]

still is

[1970sFeel]

I wish I had the money to live in Marin

[bhickman3]

This is NOT the Ted Knight Show. This is from "Too Close For Comfort."Please retract and try again.

[klwewf]

The title was changed to "Too Close For Comfort" for syndication purposes. When it aired originally, it was called "The Ted Knight Show". Please, do the proper research, retract YOUR statement & try again.

[cfs89]

You are right this was The Ted Knight Show. I remember it back in its original run. It was going to be renewed for a second season,but unfortunately Ted Knight paSSED AWAY.

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

There was another show Ted had after "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1978 also called "The Ted Knight Show" - maybe that's the one you are referring to...

[klwewf]

Please explain.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Too Close for Comfort is my all-time favorite show.

I love it to this day.

The original show with the two daughters living downstairs was by far the best.

God bless Ted Knight.

He was a genius.

Thank you for posting this.

George Vreeland Hill

[oldschooldogy]

The maid was extremely hot! What I really love about her is, even though she is really hot, she looks pure, innocent, and wholesome--not whorish or slutty. This is my kind of woman.

[asadassalaam]

I agree 100%...the maid was very beautiful in a pure and wholesome way.  If only the women of today were like her.

[ACcountryFan]

what's strange to me is when I watched the show in reruns in the late 1980's on the local FOX station it had this same theme but a different opening...this opening was the "Ted Knight Show" opening but with the previous show's name on it, "Too Close For Comfort", as the uploader pointed out...these mid '80s episodes were mixed in with the early '80s episodes in syndication.

[bobthenerve]

The theme song brings back memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CWC880]

ain't that the truth

[tmsan74]

i always watched this show when it was on. it was good and it was funny

[hurley911]

I'll take Jm J to  block!

[arthurv2008]

I agree, the maid Lisa Antille was hot. The only show I remenber was when Lisa's character was taking a night class and her teacher propositioned her ("He want to sleep with me!")

Being only about 14 at the time, my first thought was 'So do I'

Since this was a family show her character didn't. I don't know how she got the teacher. (Ted Knight might have died before Part 2 was filmed or broadcast. Usually, when an actor dies, they shelve remaining episodes even if they were not broadcast.

[Tampa0123456789]

Hey does anyone know who did the theme song? I know there was a simalar song like it but it had words. Would realy apricate it if someone knew.

[bigloner]

Johnny Mandel was the composer. His most famous music was the theme to M*A*S*H "Suicide Is Painless" (both movie and TV versions)

[DigitalJediMaster]

I was wondering why the Too Close for Comfort theme. I remember when the Ted Knight show premiered and Ted's subsequent passing. "I hate kids. Even when I was kid I hated me."

[unimaxer]

Love this theme, and opening. Sounds a lil sad considering Ted Knight died before the next season they were going to film.

[klwewf]

The percussion & bass line on this tune is "sick". One of the best themes ever.

[DarthTigreros62]

yea, I only watched this show for the opening!!! I use to hate Monroe.

[LeoBurns728]

Now, now and now, please leave funny name calling to yourself. That was not very nice! He was a helluva an actor... Pretty funny to me!

[VaultMasterDBT]

He obviously meant gay in the uncool sense (although it's a definition I do not condone; just saying so because it's not like his sexuality would have anything to do with this), due to the nature of the Monroe character. Then again, Jim's not that different in real life.

[agenttorpor]

What a cultured, refined comment. Pat Carroll (as Hope Stinson) should sit on your head.

[klwewf]

You mean JM J. Bullock. That's the cat's name. Funny dude.

[snoopy64116]

Now he calls himself Jim J. Bullock. I wonder what gave him the idea to spell "Jim" as "JM."

[bigloner]

Regardless of how anyone feels about gay people, there was no need for that take on his name!

[agenttorpor]

This theme is sooo smooth, I drank a jug of Courvoisier and lit a few Virginia Slims.

[joesenter]

LOL

[DJICE1977]

I LOVED TO WATCH THIS SHOW AS A KID.

[blacksilverjose]

iloved this show as kid in the 80s

[psykes30]

Thank you for posting!

[TampaRed]

Awesome, thanks.

[blaqceeza]

I like the later versions better, though this is very relaxing. Does anyone know what happened to the other verions on YouTube? I can't seemed to find them

[lpcamaroboi]

The closing theme to this season is awesome too.

[lpcamaroboi]

One of my favorite shows, and my favorite version of the theme, THANKS!!!

[videosensei]

this sounds real smooth i like it

[TENZINTSOMO]

what happened to the other opening theme?

[mojay11]

Love this theme song and the original one. Man I forgot about the latina maid Lisa Antille on the show, she was hot. I was looking up some info for her on IMDB she hasn't done other acting roles since this show.

[dua72]

This will be a great ringtone!

[klwewf]

The only other thing I remember her being in off hand was an episode of the A-Team called "The Bells Of St. Mary". She was a singer in an all girl group that hired the team. It was a really good episode. I wonder if it's posted here on YouTube.

[TampaRed]

Right. Isn't this the second incarnation of the show? Didn't they live in an apartment building earlier? And didn't they have a blonde daughter? I was just a little sciver at the time, so it's a little blurry.