At the last minute we decided to throw something together with vampires. Enjoy!
I like the King Of Queens. Really do. It’s not really groundbreaking, but it’s like Everybody Likes Raymond. It’s about common mistakes and living with it. And unlike every other male as the dumbass fueled sitcom, it’s about slow burns, not snappy one-liners from the wife and kids.
You know, the ones where the kids say: “Dad, you should call the queer eye guys!” Followed by canned laughter.
Getting your wife drunk so she is more enjoyable is a good story line. It’s not Seinfeld’s ruffee to play with a girls toys, but it’s plausible. What makes the show decent is how it is able to come up with little details. It’s inevitable that she is going to find out and the man is going to get in trouble. But it’s the journey, isn’t it.
So when the father in on martini #2 waxing poetic, its not just that they are all oiled, its that he is saying lines like:
Hemingway wanted to be Faulkner, Faulkner wanted to be Joyce, and neither of them could hold a candle to Fitzgerald. AND HE WAS STUCK WITH ZELDA. Sure it is a joke that only one in a million get (we call it the Dennis Miller ratio), but it’s the flair of the actors and the subtlety they sneak in a highbrow show that has been called, by the creators no less, The adventures of Fatty, Oldie, and the Hottie.
The best moment in the show’s history is when Doug is faced with the possibility of having to live with his incompatible father in law. When he finally realizes the ramifications of this all, he doesn’t throw a fit. He simply watches his father eat his cereal in a manner that could be outlawed by the 8th amendment, and we see his face. Single Tear.
Anyway. It’s hard to recommend this show because your friend or coworker will likely not make it past 5 minutes because the theme song is that bad. Unless you are to come into every episode 5 minutes late, you will not want to watch this show. With a bad blues singer warbling “Well you’re driving home to your baby” (or something) you WILL change the channel.
Which brings us to:
THE GREATEST TV THEME SONGS EVER!!!!!
10. George of the Jungle: It’s the drums. But even more. It’s the Watch out for that… TREEEEE!
9. Ren and Stimpy: Jazzy, smart, and groovy. I wish I could track down a CD the show put out with all of their songs. Just sweet stuff.
8. Sanford and Son/ Curb Your Enthusiasm: They just set the tone with music that could be called idiotic, but the wah-wah brass just makes it great. I can only remember three things about my TV class in college. 1. L.A. Doctors. 2. TV is really racist when you look at it. 3. The theme to Sanford and Son. Ba-da-da-dun. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dunnnn.
7. Family Ties: A love song so sappy it actually works for a show that all of us look back on with memories far to kind. It’s not a good show, but we all remember it like it was the happiest show ever. Sha-na-na-na.
6. Dukes of Hazzard. Really, this seems less like a theme song than a song they stumbled upon and put it on the show. Patient, about the show, and performed like it’s not a one time gig. If the show tanked, this could have still been a hit.
5. Moon river- It’s in the only episode (or the only part of an episode) of Sex and the City I would call great. Wait, it’s not a theme is it. What about the theme from McBain’s short lived show on Fox which died because of the host’s inappropriate remarks about homosexuals. Hmm, maybe you all are homosexuals!
(I’m sorry)
5. The Love Boat – I got kicked out of my high school senior lounge for singing this. At full volume. With the wrong lyrics. It even has nautical lyrical references (it’ll float back to you). Set a course for bad date music.
4. Cheers. It’s the piano that gets you. It’s the ahhh’s in the background that harmonize and create the sublime familiarity. Because you can play this at a bar and everyone will sing it.
3. The Jefferson’s- I pray for the day when I get a group of guys to sing this at work when they have a good day. Not only does the singer seem to stumble multiple times in her delivery, (wee-hel-llll were movinnnnn on uhhhhhpppp), her messing up makes it better. Fish don’t fry in the kitchen, beans don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lot or ter-rye-enng, but we finally got over that hill.
2. All in the Family – Because the actors actually sang it, and sang terribly. And because I’m not putting Scooby Doo on this list. And because of Lisa’s Sax. We could use a man like Norman Lear again. Those, my friend, those were the days.
1. The Muppet Show. Tubas! Puppets! Falsettos and Baritones! People ripping on the show during the introduction. The most sensational, inspirational, celebration, muppetational, song ever!
And now for something completely different:
ROSEBUD. Yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait that’s terrible.
Click somewhere on the page to proceed.
You have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press one.
You know, the ones where the kids say: “Dad, you should call the queer eye guys!” Followed by canned laughter.
Getting your wife drunk so she is more enjoyable is a good story line. It’s not Seinfeld’s ruffee to play with a girls toys, but it’s plausible. What makes the show decent is how it is able to come up with little details. It’s inevitable that she is going to find out and the man is going to get in trouble. But it’s the journey, isn’t it.
So when the father in on martini #2 waxing poetic, its not just that they are all oiled, its that he is saying lines like:
Hemingway wanted to be Faulkner, Faulkner wanted to be Joyce, and neither of them could hold a candle to Fitzgerald. AND HE WAS STUCK WITH ZELDA. Sure it is a joke that only one in a million get (we call it the Dennis Miller ratio), but it’s the flair of the actors and the subtlety they sneak in a highbrow show that has been called, by the creators no less, The adventures of Fatty, Oldie, and the Hottie.
The best moment in the show’s history is when Doug is faced with the possibility of having to live with his incompatible father in law. When he finally realizes the ramifications of this all, he doesn’t throw a fit. He simply watches his father eat his cereal in a manner that could be outlawed by the 8th amendment, and we see his face. Single Tear.
Anyway. It’s hard to recommend this show because your friend or coworker will likely not make it past 5 minutes because the theme song is that bad. Unless you are to come into every episode 5 minutes late, you will not want to watch this show. With a bad blues singer warbling “Well you’re driving home to your baby” (or something) you WILL change the channel.
Which brings us to:
THE GREATEST TV THEME SONGS EVER!!!!!
10. George of the Jungle: It’s the drums. But even more. It’s the Watch out for that… TREEEEE!
9. Ren and Stimpy: Jazzy, smart, and groovy. I wish I could track down a CD the show put out with all of their songs. Just sweet stuff.
8. Sanford and Son/ Curb Your Enthusiasm: They just set the tone with music that could be called idiotic, but the wah-wah brass just makes it great. I can only remember three things about my TV class in college. 1. L.A. Doctors. 2. TV is really racist when you look at it. 3. The theme to Sanford and Son. Ba-da-da-dun. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dunnnn.
7. Family Ties: A love song so sappy it actually works for a show that all of us look back on with memories far to kind. It’s not a good show, but we all remember it like it was the happiest show ever. Sha-na-na-na.
6. Dukes of Hazzard. Really, this seems less like a theme song than a song they stumbled upon and put it on the show. Patient, about the show, and performed like it’s not a one time gig. If the show tanked, this could have still been a hit.
5. Moon river- It’s in the only episode (or the only part of an episode) of Sex and the City I would call great. Wait, it’s not a theme is it. What about the theme from McBain’s short lived show on Fox which died because of the host’s inappropriate remarks about homosexuals. Hmm, maybe you all are homosexuals!
(I’m sorry)
5. The Love Boat – I got kicked out of my high school senior lounge for singing this. At full volume. With the wrong lyrics. It even has nautical lyrical references (it’ll float back to you). Set a course for bad date music.
4. Cheers. It’s the piano that gets you. It’s the ahhh’s in the background that harmonize and create the sublime familiarity. Because you can play this at a bar and everyone will sing it.
3. The Jefferson’s- I pray for the day when I get a group of guys to sing this at work when they have a good day. Not only does the singer seem to stumble multiple times in her delivery, (wee-hel-llll were movinnnnn on uhhhhhpppp), her messing up makes it better. Fish don’t fry in the kitchen, beans don’t burn on the grill. Took a whole lot or ter-rye-enng, but we finally got over that hill.
2. All in the Family – Because the actors actually sang it, and sang terribly. And because I’m not putting Scooby Doo on this list. And because of Lisa’s Sax. We could use a man like Norman Lear again. Those, my friend, those were the days.
1. The Muppet Show. Tubas! Puppets! Falsettos and Baritones! People ripping on the show during the introduction. The most sensational, inspirational, celebration, muppetational, song ever!
And now for something completely different:
ROSEBUD. Yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait that’s terrible.
Click somewhere on the page to proceed.
You have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press one.
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