what tv show used yakety sax as its theme song
About the Song. The song Yakety Sax was written by Boots Randolph and James Q. âSpiderâ Rich in 1963. Randolph recorded the song and released it as a single 45 that same year. The Benny Hill Show ran first ran from 1955-1968, with Yakety Sax becoming the showâs theme song somewhere in between. The song typically was set to âchaseâ themed sketches heavy with slaptick sight-gags.