Did you remember that there was a Punky Brewster cartoon as well? I’d forgotten about that. It appears that Frye was the voice for Punky there, too.
That intro makes me pine for the good old days of TV dinners in the aluminum tin. What can I say? I’m weird, I liked those. Plastic from the microwave just isn’t the same. :)
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. ;)
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…………….”
Alright, I really thought I’d posted the Kids Incorporated Theme last Thursday. Not sure where my mind is. Have you seen it lying around? Kind of a gray, mushy, slimy lump of summthin’. No? Okay.
Anyway, lucky you, you get two, yes two, themes in one! In one day, at least.
Scott Baio has been in my head for awhile (oh…’bout 20 years, I’d guess.. ;) ). He was most adorable as Chachi on Happy Days, but lost a little appeal when he marriedJoanie Cunningham (’cuz they were real people, you know?). Recently, he popped back in when I was reading about Kristy McNichol. Seems they may have dated in their teen years or something. So, for the last couple of days, the theme to Charles in Charge has been stuck in my head. Yep, for days. And nothing has managed to knock it out of there. Not even Busy Mom was able to trump it, though she did try to with Stevie Wonder’s Superstition. That lasted for a few hours. Then Charles was back.
So, I shall give you an opportunity to be driven crazy by this theme song, too. Enjoy. :)
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?
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 pottytraining 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.
This theme came to mind and, whaddya know, there it was for my viewing pleasure. I don’t even think that the VCR was all that popular yet when this show was on. Who knew a few decades later we could press a few keys on our laptop computers, access a website via our wireless connection, and conjure up just about any 80’s TV theme that we wanted? Would’ve sounded a bit like sci-fi back then (does still a little now to me!).
Anyway, here’s a good example of some classic 80’s fashion, graphics, and special effects. I don’t really remember the spaceship thing at the beginning, but all the bumbling around seems familiar. And the beetle ragtop rocks. My greatest memory of this is listening to the theme song on a record that my cousins had and belting it out in their living room. Strange what sticks with you, aye?
Because she was just so darn cute, right? And absolutely the epitome of 80’s fashion. 
