Any column that mentions My Mother the Car is worth a link.

One of my useless skills is remembering the lyrics to long forgotten theme songs. My Mother the Car is one of those. I was five when the show aired, which is probably why I loved it:

Audience demographics was an emerging science in the mid-1960s. My Mother the Car was a huge hit with younger viewers, but no one at the time knew just how to exploit the youth market with anything other than cartoon series.

Given what we know about Manny and his mom, I don't think she's been reincarnated yet. :-)