# Does Anyone Else Watch MNF Just For The Intro? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395 "2003-12-02T02:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/1 "2003-12-02T02:15:27Z")
MNF is Monday Night Football, of course. Watching the intro for tonight’s Titans-Jets game, which was pretty funny, I realized that sometimes I watch at least the intro even if I have no interest in the actual game. Anyway, does anyone else try to always catch the intro, even if not the whole game? ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/2 "2003-12-02T02:21:42Z")
The part where that washed up hillbilly is sorta hollerin’ to music about the game? That part’s a festering pile of donkey dung. If I wasn’t ready for some football I wouldn’t be watching ABC Monday night at 9pm during the NFL season. STFU and get on with the game already. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/3 "2003-12-02T02:34:59Z")
No, the part before that. Like the one they had tonight, which I guess was sort of a Producers/general vaudiville parody. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/4 "2003-12-02T02:36:18Z")
Other shows that I never watch but like to watch the opening: CSI Miami- Always catch the opening murder type scene, never watch the rest of the show. X-Files- Same thing. Martin and Tracey Ullman- I like the opening songs but never watched the shows. ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/5 "2003-12-02T04:01:52Z")
No. In fact I try to time it so I miss the hokey, crap intro. Crap IMHO, of course. OTOH, I did use to watch “Night Court” in part because I loved the theme song. I was also 14 years-old at the time, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/6 "2003-12-02T06:32:24Z")
OK, now I’ve got “Theme songs that were better than their shows” running through my head… Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, andOMYDEARSWEETSAVIORICAN’TSTOPSINGING:“Believe it or not, I’m walkin’ on air…” ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/7 "2003-12-02T07:06:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hampshire \* > \*\*Martin and Tracey Ullman- I like the opening songs but never watched the shows. \*\* I used to wonder who “Shabonkey A. Aynyer” was. . . and why they kept singing her name during the opening credits of “Martin.” ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-watch-mnf-just-for-the-intro/216395/8 "2003-12-02T07:40:20Z")
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