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5 unusual facts about Flowers on the Wall


A Dog's Show

The theme music was an instrumental version of the Statler Brothers song Flowers on the Wall.

Flowers on the Wall

Bruce Willis's character sings along to the line, "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo."

The song was used in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Pulp Fiction and as the title theme of the 2001-2002 BBC Radio 4 sitcom Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting.

The Statler Brothers re-recorded the song in 1975 for their first greatest hits album for Mercury Records, The Best of The Statler Brothers.

Lew DeWitt

Songs he wrote for the group include "Flowers on the Wall," "Things," "Since Then," "Thank You World," "The Strand," "The Movies," and "Chet Atkins' Hand."



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