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This episode, packed with 34 opening and closing theme tunes, will focus on the theme music of seven representative military sitcoms from the 1950s up to the present, some of them well-known, some of them forgotten. Here are the series and theme tunes included in this episode: YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH/THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW/SERGEANT BILCO (1955-1959) 1955-1959 syndicated reruns opening and closing titles Music composed by John Strauss; opening voice-over by Phil Silvers BONUS THEMES: CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? 1961-1963 opening titles Music composed by John Strauss; lyrics written by Nat Hiken McHALE'S NAVY (1962-1966) 1962-1963 opening and closing titles Music composed by Axel Stordahl 1963-1964 opening and closing titles Music composed by Axel Stordahl 1964-1966 opening and closing titles Music composed by Axel Stordahl; arranged by Jerry Fielding BONUS THEMES: BROADSIDE 1964-1965 opening and closing titles Music composed by Jerry Fielding DAY BY DAY 1988-1989 opening titles Music and lyrics written by Axel S