I chose 1981 music as my theme this year. My newest novel The Summer of Princess Diana is set in the summer of 1981, and oh! the music! Let’s take a look back at a pivotal time in the music industry.
Also known as “Believe It or Not,” this song was written by Mike Post, best known for his TV theme songs (Law and Order, NYPD Blue, The Rockford Files, among others). Sung by Joey Scarbury, it was his only hit. The TV show The Greatest American Hero ran on ABC from 1981 to 1983. I never watched it, but the theme song hit the pop charts. The show was about a high school teacher who gets superhuman abilities from a group of aliens. It also starred Robert Culp and Connie Sellecca, and the star, William Katt, first appeared as the unfortunate prom date of Carrie in Carrie.
Here’s the clip from the TV show:
Fans of Seinfeld will remember George Costanza changing his outgoing answering machine message to this:
Martha Reynolds Writes 
It makes me want to go back and watch some of those episodes! ZD
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Never watched the show, but the song got a lot of radio play.
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I loved that show and it was such a great theme song. Weekends In Maine
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It was fun!
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ha ha. funny clip. 😀
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I didn’t know this one, also I wasn’t a regular at Seinfeld, but I enjoyed the clip anyway!
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Thanks, Tamara!
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I love, love, loved this song as a kid. I remember trying to tape it off the radio.
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Ha! Liam, I was ALWAYS trying to tape songs off the radio!
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And the DJ ALWAYS talked over the song!!!
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That was fun, Martha. I’ve watched (almost) all the Seinfeld shows but missed this one!
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So funny, Jacqui!
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As soon as I saw the title, I knew you’d bring up the Seinfeld episode! Watch this video, the first song is a parody of The Greatest American Hero song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAIZ9RsqSU8
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OMG, that is brilliant! Thanks, Jamie!!
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I watched this, cracked me up that he lost the instructions to the suit 🙂
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Hari OM
Never knew there was such a show, despite being familiar with the song! YAM xx
G=Guru!
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Never watched the show, either!
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I didn’t see the show but the music is very familiar. The Seinfeld clip is hilarious.
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Hi Linda,
I’m enjoying your blog!
I think the song had a good amount of radio airplay (man, that’s how I discovered music!). Love the Seinfeld clip, too!
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I remember the show though it didn’t watch it.
Fun tidbit: William Katt’s mother was Barbara Hale who played Perry Mason’s secretary Della Street on the Raymond Burr series.
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Ooh, good trivia!
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A great trip down memory lane.
I best remember the era of Mike Post TV theme tunes for The A Team
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Right? And The Rockford Files!
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Guilty Barry Gibbs and Barbara Streisand
On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 3:04 AM Martha Reynolds Writes wrote:
> Martha Reynolds posted: ” I chose 1981 music as my theme this year. My > newest novel The Summer of Princess Diana is set in the summer of 1981, and > oh! the music! Let’s take a look back at a pivotal time in the music > industry. Also known as “Believe It or Not,” this song was wr” >
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Looks like a humorous show. Believe it or not is such a peppy number.
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Thank you!
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Never heard of that TV show but I do remember the Seinfeld episode. I have seen them many, many times.
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Denise, I never watched the show, but have seen every Seinfeld episode multiple times, so this was fun!
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I have to admit I really dug that show as a kid.
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Thanks for commenting! Following your blog now.
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Yay! Welcome and thank you! Happy to be connected.
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