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Saying Goodbye To Vic Mizzy (1916-2009)
ScoreKeeper here to pay my respects to the "all together ooky" Vic Mizzy who passed away last week at the age of 93.
Mizzy was a veteran composer and songwriter whose credits include the films THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966), THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (1967), HOW TO FRAME A FIGG (1971), and television series such as THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1964-1966) and GREEN ACRES (1965-1970) which flaunted two of the most memorable sitcom themes in the history of television.
Mizzy's infectious theme from THE ADDAMS FAMILY, punctuated by two finger snaps, would cement his legacy in the annals of television music forever. A humble man with a glowing sense of humor, Mizzy often joked, "Two finger snaps and you live in Bel-Air," a reference to the affluent section of Los Angeles which he called home.
Here is Mizzy in his own words explaining how he conjured up the iconic theme and used it to direct the opening title sequence himself.
The world can not afford the loss of such a talented tunesmith such as Vic Mizzy. He will be missed and his legacy will endure with the music he left behind. On behalf of Ain't It Cool News I'd like to express our condolences to the Mizzy family.
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love those themes
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it's demise goes hand in hand with the quality sitcoms themselves.
i want family ties back!!
"shalalalaaa" -
...actually does a "classic" style sitcom theme song opening, check it out.
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. . . and go skeet shooting.
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... there is still a chance for a Soupy Sales obit? Vic died on Saturday.
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Psych and Monk come to mind over on USA. And it seems like all the shows my daughter watches have some sort of theme song. They're annoying as hell. Especially when you catch yourself humming the theme of a show you have never sat down and watched.
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what happened to likes of "hogans heroes", "cheers" and even "seinfeld"?? i argue that the last great theme was Elfman's "Simpsons" theme.
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Are you guys sleeping, or what? Mizzy is one of the big ones. RIP sir.
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just a huge icon in and overlooked community. and for my two cents, I think Dexter has the best opening theme song/intro on TV right now, although it's not very traditional.
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thanx for your great Adams Family theme.
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Memorable stuff.
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We will never forget, Harry.
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*snap snap*just for him
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He died a week ago...But RIP nevertheless.
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One of the great haunted house songs ever written. FYI, Mizzy also wrote songs that were recorded by the likes of Billie Holiday.
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CAPTAIN NICE came out in '67 as a spoof of BATMAN and THE GREEN HORNET. Didn't last even one season, but I can still recall most of Mr. Mizzy's theme. That's how indelible his music could be. RIP
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And yeah, where's the Soupy Sales obit.
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I never met the man, and it was either a little summer getaway house, or his daughter's house, but a friend of mine bought an old piano for $100. Turns out the daughter was telling us it belonged to her father, and he wrote The Addams Family theme song and Green Acres. Now I don't know if he did it on this piano or not, but it was kind of cool. Those are classic tv themes.
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Good Enough..
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Oct 27, 2009 11:21:56 AM CDT
True story, I fucked this guys niece
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buh duh duh dum
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Do you know how badly I wanted to title a post
"Byeoooooooooooooo!"
Now my life with always be missing something. Something work, a good woman, or children can never replace. -
He's late.
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Vic Mizzy was the first to record my friend Del Casher (inventor of the wah wah pedal for guitar for Vox) playing the wah wah guitar pedal for the soundtrack to "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken". This is the first time the wah wah guitar pedal was used in a recording.
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... are usually too embarrassed to put up an obit once they're late. Either that or TV icons - even as big as Ed and Soupy (who even got a long piece in Time Magazine)are - are not as worthy as the 2nd Best Boy who worked on Plan 9 From Outer Space for two weeks.
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The sheer, pure joy I get whenever I hear (or sing) the Theme to Green Acres is his ticket into heaven...
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