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<blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 442867" data-attributes="member: 4960">Yes, they should have made that movie! Thank you for sharing this piece of info because honestly, I had always been a little put off that it seemed like Tom Hanks had made it so &#039;big&#039;(ok pun intended) and didn&#039;t do anything to try to help his old friend. That was kind of unfair on my part because obviously, as with this instance, Peter could have just refused, for whatever reason. Peter added a great element to Newhart, even if it was a lot more subtle than the waves Hank&#039;s was stating to ride.Yeah...the theme song. Apparently &quot;Shake Me Loose&quot;, the version sometimes heard in syndication was actually the song written to be the theme song, but ABC didn&#039;t think it made the grade, and they went with a remake of Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;My Life&quot;.Well, apparently even remakes are too costly because by the time I was watching it on the USA network in 92, it had the initially rejected song as the intro. Not to mention all DVD&#039;s have it as well. There were still some channels that showed it with &quot;My Life&quot;, at least back in the late 90&#039;s/early 2000&#039;s. I&#039;m thinking WUAB...possibly TBS??The rejected intro was always used, even in original airings as the closing instrumental. So, we just never heard the words until syndication stopped paying for licensing the Joel song.Again, yes, they should have made that movie. Peter was a great talent in his own right. May he rest in peace.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bobby Southworth, post: 442867, member: 4960"] Yes, they should have made that movie! Thank you for sharing this piece of info because honestly, I had always been a little put off that it seemed like Tom Hanks had made it so 'big'(ok pun intended) and didn't do anything to try to help his old friend. That was kind of unfair on my part because obviously, as with this instance, Peter could have just refused, for whatever reason. Peter added a great element to Newhart, even if it was a lot more subtle than the waves Hank's was stating to ride. Yeah...the theme song. Apparently "Shake Me Loose", the version sometimes heard in syndication was actually the song written to be the theme song, but ABC didn't think it made the grade, and they went with a remake of Billy Joel's "My Life". Well, apparently even remakes are too costly because by the time I was watching it on the USA network in 92, it had the initially rejected song as the intro. Not to mention all DVD's have it as well. There were still some channels that showed it with "My Life", at least back in the late 90's/early 2000's. I'm thinking WUAB...possibly TBS?? The rejected intro was always used, even in original airings as the closing instrumental. So, we just never heard the words until syndication stopped paying for licensing the Joel song. Again, yes, they should have made that movie. Peter was a great talent in his own right. May he rest in peace. [/QUOTE]

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