# Big Bang Theory theme song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097 "2017-02-17T19:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/21 "2017-02-20T12:44:59Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yeah, they really screwed up the science in the lyrics. It should be: > > Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, > Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. **Wait** … > The Earth began to cool, > and then the dinosaurs came, > but they got too big and fat, > so they all died and they turned into oil. > And then the Arabs came > and they bought Mercedes Benzes. > And Prince Charles started wearing > all of Lady Di’s clothes. (I couldn’t believe it.) > And it all started with the Big Bang. And then there’s Maude… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/22 "2017-02-20T13:59:26Z")
If they cared, it would be an easy fix. Just put a B sound in there at the right pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/23 "2017-02-20T14:22:20Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If they cared, it would be an easy fix. Just put a B sound in there at the right pitch. It is like the opening theme for _Family Guy_ where it always sounded like Stewie said “effin’ cry” instead of “laugh and cry.” They eventually redubbed it to be more clear. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/24 "2017-02-20T17:05:03Z")
I like the song, lyrics and all. What bothers me about the opening is the timeline scrolling across the bottom; it is neither linear nor correctly logarithmic. It’s like they don’t even try to get stuff like this right. I’ve been tempted to slow it down someday and see if all the images are in historical order, and if they synchronize with the timeline, but I suspect I’d be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/25 "2017-02-20T17:20:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It is like the opening theme for _Family Guy_ where it always sounded like Stewie said “effin’ cry” instead of “laugh and cry.” They eventually redubbed it to be more clear. Wait? It’s not “effin cry?” _Checks original intro_ _Checks current intro_ How about that. I didn’t even notice they redubbed it. The original still sounds like “effin cry” to me (I simply do not hear any “l” in there), and, once that was seared into my brain, I just never noticed that there’s a bit of an “l” in the new version, and I think I’ve watched every episode of it. Makes a heck of a lot more sense as “laugh and cry.” ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/26 "2017-02-20T18:30:29Z")
Count me among those who know it should be “billion” but hear “million” no matter how hard I try. But then, the one time I mentioned it to someone, she said she heard “billion,” so there’s that. Thank you, **Wheelz** and others, for allowing me to stop thinking I’m crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/27 "2017-02-20T18:36:44Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It is like the opening theme for _Family Guy_ where it always sounded like Stewie said “effin’ cry” instead of “laugh and cry.” They eventually redubbed it to be more clear. Probably a whole lot easier for Seth MacFarlane to redub himself than for TBBT to get the Barenaked Ladies back to the studios to get them to say “billion” with emphasis on the ‘b’. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/28 "2017-02-20T20:55:25Z")
After the first couple of lines of the _BBT_ song, I basically “give up and let it wash over me”; but until this thread, also I’d always heard the last words of line one, as “a hot _damn_ state”. Though not hard of hearing as such, in general I don’t have a good ear… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/29 "2017-02-20T21:14:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Wait? It’s not “effin cry?” The problem is when an American tries to do a British (or Australian) accent, the short ‘a’ is where they trip up the most. They never seem to get it right, inverting it from round to flat or flat to round almost every time. So “laugh” in a correct British accent would not get confused, but in a belaboured affected accent doesn’t roll off the tongue, hence being misheard. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/30 "2017-02-20T23:04:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve been tempted to slow it down someday and see if all the images are in historical order, and if they synchronize with the timeline, but I suspect I’d be disappointed. Well, the 3.5" floppy disk comes before the Empire State Building, so, you’d be right. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097/31 "2017-02-23T11:10:07Z")
Wait, it’s **autotrophs** not _ **artichokes** _!? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-theme-song/780097.md?page=1)