# Topic Playlist (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 236
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4701 "2025-06-29T03:05:38Z")
**TV Themes** 1. Mission: Impossible, by Lalo Shifrin 2. _The Rockford Files_, by Mike Post 3. Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater), by Quincy Jones 4. Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano 5. _Barney Miller_ - Dan Ferguson 6. _Batman Theme_ - Neal Hefti 7. _The Twilight Zone_ - Marius Constant 8. Suicide Is Painless (Theme from _MASH_) - Johnny Mandell Mike Altman earned millions in royalties for having written the lyrics, even though the lyrics were never once sung on the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4702 "2025-06-29T03:22:05Z")
**TV Themes** 1. Mission: Impossible, by Lalo Shifrin 2. _The Rockford Files_, by Mike Post 3. Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater), by Quincy Jones 4. Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano 5. _Barney Miller_ - Dan Ferguson 6. _Batman Theme_ - Neal Hefti 7. _The Twilight Zone_ - Marius Constant 8. Suicide Is Painless (Theme from _MASH_) - Johnny Mandell 9. I’ll Be There For You - The Rembrandts From _Friends_. The network wanted to use “Shiny Happy People” by REM, but the band turned them down. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4703 "2025-06-29T03:25:15Z")
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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4704 "2025-06-29T03:31:02Z")
**TV Themes** 1. Mission: Impossible, by Lalo Shifrin 2. _The Rockford Files_, by Mike Post 3. Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater), by Quincy Jones 4. Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano 5. _Barney Miller_ - Dan Ferguson 6. _Batman Theme_ - Neal Hefti 7. _The Twilight Zone_ - Marius Constant 8. Suicide Is Painless (Theme from _MASH_) - Johnny Mandell 9. I’ll Be There For You - The Rembrandts 10. _Bojack Horseman_, by Patrick Carney Of the Black Keys. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4705 "2025-06-29T15:35:00Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4706 "2025-06-29T15:36:52Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4707 "2025-06-29T15:42:05Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4708 "2025-06-29T15:46:48Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4709 "2025-06-29T15:54:09Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4710 "2025-06-29T16:49:08Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day 6. Fool That I Am - Etta James ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4711 "2025-06-29T18:15:12Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day 6. Fool That I Am - Etta James 7. Stupid Girl - Garbage ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4712 "2025-06-29T18:47:48Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day 6. Fool That I Am - Etta James 7. Stupid Girl - Garbage 8. Jack the Idiot Dunce - The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4713 "2025-06-29T18:50:33Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day 6. Fool That I Am - Etta James 7. Stupid Girl - Garbage 8. Jack the Idiot Dunce - The Kinks 9. Rednecks - Randy Newman _…and we don’t know our ass from a hole in the ground…_ ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4714 "2025-06-29T19:22:54Z")
**Songs about stupid, foolish people** 1. Fool On the Hill - the Beatles 2. What a Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers 3. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx 4. Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 5. American Idiot - Green Day 6. Fool That I Am - Etta James 7. Stupid Girl - Garbage 8. Jack the Idiot Dunce - The Kinks 9. Rednecks - Randy Newman 10. Fool, If You Think It’s Over - Chris area Pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4715 "2025-06-29T19:39:57Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4716 "2025-06-29T19:42:18Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 2. I Hope You’re Happy Now - Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4717 "2025-06-29T20:28:02Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 2. I Hope You’re Happy Now - Elvis Costello 3. GoldenEye - Tina Turner ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4718 "2025-06-29T20:48:37Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 2. I Hope You’re Happy Now - Elvis Costello 3. GoldenEye - Tina Turner 4. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4719 "2025-06-29T21:00:16Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 2. I Hope You’re Happy Now - Elvis Costello 3. GoldenEye - Tina Turner 4. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC 5. Get Him Back! - Olivia Rodrigo Actually can be a song of revenge or of reconciliation; the narrator vacillates between the two over the course of the song. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4720 "2025-06-29T22:33:57Z")
**Songs of revenge** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon 2. I Hope You’re Happy Now - Elvis Costello 3. GoldenEye - Tina Turner 4. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC 5. Get Him Back! - Olivia Rodrigo 6. Goodbye Earl - The [Dixie] Chicks Mary Anne helps her best friend Wanda kill her abusive husband Earl, and then hide his body. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=237)