And Then There's Maude

And Then There's Maude

"And Then There's Maude (Maude's Theme)" was the theme song for the television series "Maude", written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Dave Grusin, and performed by Donny Hathaway.

Keeping with the theme of the liberal persona Maude (played by Bea Arthur) embodied, the theme lyrics compared many historical figures to Maude, such as Lady Godiva, Joan of Arc, Isadora Duncan and Betsy Ross.

Columnist Christopher Muther of "The Boston Globe" picked "And Then There's Maude" as his favorite television theme song of the 1970s. [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/02/22/groovy_collective/ Groovy collective] February 22, 2006]

The song was also parodied on the "Family Guy" episode "No Meals on Wheels", in which it contains an extended version with a comically larger number of historical references to Madame Curie, Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony, Pocahontas, Indira Gandhi, Babe Zaharias, Amelia Earhart, and Cleopatra. [ [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080617205308AArElz1 Yahoo! Answers] ]

The song is also a mainstay at University of Wisconsin-Madison hockey games. The UW Varsity Band plays "And Then There's Maude" before the beginning of every Badger home game.Fact|date=April 2008

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Misheard song lyrics [http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/hathawaydonny.shtml Maude's Theme Lyrics] or Mondegreens


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