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Theme Song Thursday: Night Court

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:40:30 +0000

By far, one of my favorite sitcoms ever was Night Court. It happens to be one of Bald Man’s, too, and this was his pick for this week’s sitcom theme. We should actually watch it together sometime, now that we’re both old enough to finally get all of the jokes.

Enjoy.

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Theme Song Thursday: Cheers

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:40:42 +0000

I know, I know, I’m a day late. In addition to having the flu, I was having technical difficulties last night. Thanks for your patience.

The theme to Cheers is just comforting, I think. It’s gotta be one of my top ten favorite theme songs ever. Here you go:

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Theme Song Thursday: Roseanne

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:14:54 +0000

Why Roseanne this week, you ask? No other reason than that the Chicago Bears are in the Super Bowl, and that Roseanne was set ~~near Chicago~~ in Illinois. (I thought Lanford was supposed to be near Chicago, but over at Wikipedia, you find that the actualy location of Lanford varied depending on which episode you were watching. Wikipedia also goes into the whole Becky switch thing that went on. That bugged me.) That’s it. Nothing more.

Roseanne entered the sitcom arena with a bang, at least in our house. We watched this show together and laughed every week. By the end of it’s run, though, it just seemed to have overstayed it’s welcome. However, in reruns it can still get a good chuckle out of me. That’s never a bad thing, right?

Without further ado, the theme to Roseanne. I do actually really like their theme song. And please, please, please, if you ever catch me sporting the ‘do on Jackie (Laurie Metcalf, who was born in Illinois and attended ISU with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise, and John Malokovich. Weird.) here, tie me down and shave my head.

“Wait a minute…what are you all doing here? And why do you have clippers? AAAAAHHHHH…………….”

/me runs from fashion police

Oh, and go Bears!

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Theme Song Thursday: Kids Incorporated

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:06:17 +0000

Kids Incorporated. One of those Saturday morning shows (at least I think that’s when it aired, when else would it have?) that I remember loving, but I no longer have any idea why I liked it or what the plot was even. Kids dancing, that’s what I remember. You can head over here to see what Wikipedia remembers about it.

Enjoy the theme song, and watch for Fergie (Stacey Ferguson) of the Black Eyed Peas. She’s the first one to be credited. Crazy, huh?

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Theme Song Thursday: Small Wonder

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:35:51 +0000

Okay, so I’m gonna go ahead and make a Thursday Theme out of this whole theme song thing. Hmmmm…that was a lot of “th’s” in that sentence. Odd.

Anyway, we both know that you could look these up yourself, but we also both know that you won’t. I will, because it’s my job. (heehee, this is my job. That still floors me.) And besides, if you were to look these up, you’d actually have to remember all of these often ridiculous shows. Unlike me, I’m sure you’ve relieved your poor little brain cells from requiring to retain all of this inane information, and allowed them to move on to bigger and better things, like quantum physics and, um, other smart stuff.

But no, not me. I’ve made my brain cells suffer with the preservation of loads and loads of useless facts and memories. (Surely you believe me. Were I not speaking truth here, I could’ve come up with a much better phrase than, “loads and loads.” Must be all the potty training that has that stuck in my head.)

Okay, so, I’ll get on with it. Small Wonder. Was that the oddest show ever? What was the premise of having the robot girl in the house anyway? I’m sure Wikipedia knows. Let’s go find out:

Small Wonder (1985–1989) was a low-budget half-hour American sitcom, created by Howard Leeds. The storylines revolved around V.I.C.I. (pronounced Vicky), an android in the form of a 10-year-old girl, built by Ted Lawson, an engineer/inventor for United Robotronics, in an effort to assist handicapped children. The robot is taken home by Lawson so that it can mature within a family environment. V.I.C.I.’s features include superhuman strength and speed, an AC outlet under her right arm, a parallel port under her left arm, and an access panel in her back. Despite this, the Lawson family tries to pass the robot off as their adopted daughter.

I told you they’d know. Here’s the theme for your viewing pleasure. Please don’t try to make too much sense if it, it’ll just hurt your brain.

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Spence as Mr. Belvedere

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:13:39 +0000

I’m sitting here watching King of Queens, and it’s the episode where Doug’s (Kevin James) friend Spence (Patton Oswalt) becomes the houseboy for Doug’s other friend, Deacon (Victor Williams). And, all of the sudden, they do a bit where Spence is very Mr. Belevedere-like and play they theme song to the show. Very fun for me.

I was sad to hear that King of Queens will be ending this May. It’s had a good run, and has cracked me up for years. In a world dominated by reality shows, though, the sitcom seems to be having a hard time keeping the attention of Americans in the prime time spots. I’m gonna miss this one.

I remember when it first came on and I kept looking at the main character, Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini), trying to figure out why she seemed familiar to me. I finally realized that she was Samantha’s (Alyssa Milano) friend from the old neighborhood on Who’s the Boss. Man, I loved that show!

btw: Have you voted in the Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones poll in the pink sidebar on the right? Please do! Thanks.

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Facts of Life Theme Song

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:15:07 +0000

Since it’s been stuck in my head since my last post, I figured I’d make you suffer along with me. Actually, I really like this theme song, and it’s fun to see all of the characters again. Jo (Joanna Marie Polniaczek—and I remembered all of that, except for the spelling of the last name—scary) was too, too cool. If only I had the The Facts of Life – The Complete First & Second Seasons, I could see it whenever I wanted! One of these days.

And go here for fun quotes from the show. My favorite was Mindy Cohn’s character Natalie saying, “Who wants to be a skinny pencil? I’m happy being a magic marker! ” Have I mentioned my great love of Sharpies?

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Too Close for Comfort

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:47:21 +0000

It must be 80’s Sitcoms Theme Song week here, because I keep getting drawn back to these videos on YouTube.

Too Close for Comfort came up when I was with my sister and my friend playing the Trivial Pursuit 80’s Edition game a few months back. I was so frustrated because I could not come up with the name of the show. I just kept picturing Ted Knight with that dumb cow puppet on this hand. And there they are, Ted and the puppet, in the opening credits.

Enjoy:

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