Alan Thicke
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I am.
I am.
You know, I've been happy with all of them.
My music is the soundtrack of the dark side of your life.
Well, Facts of Life had the most clever rhyme scheme, I think.
It was always a bit of a challenge.
a bit of an art form to write those uh jingles for uh sitcoms because your challenge was to explain the whole show and put it in context and set you up and you had 24 seconds to do it and had to try to make it uh reasonably memorable musically too so uh it was an interesting job and uh i i liked what we accomplished uh uh in in the rhyme of that on different strokes i sang that theme that's my voice uh probably an octave and a generation earlier
But that was paid.
What happens now is that, you know, the ringtones technology didn't even exist back then.
But nowadays, apparently, college kids go into a bar and after hoisting a little beer pong, they bet each other on who can remember the most lyrics from shows their parents watched.
And that's how I make my money these days.
It'll cost you, because I get royalty.
This could cost you anywhere between 30 cents and a buck.
But here goes.
Stand back.
Well, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum.
What might be right for you may not be right for some.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I can hear the walking ovation.