# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 342
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6821 "2024-12-03T02:21:44Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL Both shows featured Jim Henson’s muppets. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6822 "2024-12-03T02:24:07Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff Most of the characters were costumed, but some were puppets ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6823 "2024-12-03T02:26:52Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6824 "2024-12-03T03:16:14Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6825 "2024-12-03T04:59:13Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie 6. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6826 "2024-12-03T10:29:13Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie 6. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 7. Today’s Special Canadian children’s show from the 1980s, was also aired on Nickelodeon. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6827 "2024-12-03T12:07:25Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie 6. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 7. Today’s Special 8. Fireball XL5 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6828 "2024-12-03T14:04:38Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie 6. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 7. Today’s Special 8. Fireball XL5 9. Greg the Bunny ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6829 "2024-12-03T14:11:00Z")
**Shows Featuring Puppets** 1. The Muppet Show 2. SNL 3. H. R. Pufinstuff 4. The Howdy Doody show 5. Kukla, Fran and Ollie 6. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 7. Today’s Special 8. Fireball XL5 9. Greg the Bunny 10. Captain Kangaroo **Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6830 "2024-12-03T14:23:13Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) Sung by Grace Potter. That little “oooh-oooh” at the end is the icing on the cake, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6831 "2024-12-03T15:05:21Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6832 "2024-12-03T15:21:14Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6833 "2024-12-03T15:38:55Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) Agree with season 1 of Monk. The [subsequent theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Be5a86uA) (It’s a Jungle Out There), written by the talented Randy Newman, was amusing in terms of the lyrics but missed the mark musically. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6834 "2024-12-03T16:35:24Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission: Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1Ah) 6. [The History of Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTA50Z9Z0U) (theme from The Big Bang Theory by the Barenaked Ladies) _(I wonder how many people have ever heard the whole thing… ?)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6835 "2024-12-03T16:37:40Z")
[quote=“Cardigan, post:6833, topic:972711”] **Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) 6. [What we do in the shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SU0BcYSa4) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6836 "2024-12-03T16:38:25Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) 6. [What we do in the shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SU0BcYSa4) 7. [Game of Thrones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZE9gVF1QbA) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6837 "2024-12-03T16:42:47Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) 6. [What we do in the shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SU0BcYSa4) 7. [Game of Thrones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZE9gVF1QbA) 8. [The History of Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTA50Z9Z0U) housekeeping (admittedly, slightly out of order, but I’m not going to mess with it so long as everyone gets credited) ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6838 "2024-12-03T18:39:43Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) 6. [What we do in the shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SU0BcYSa4) 7. [Game of Thrones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZE9gVF1QbA) 8. [The History of Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTA50Z9Z0U) 9. [Bravestarr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUfJuOp7Dck&ab_channel=CartoonIntros) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6839 "2024-12-03T19:34:16Z")
**Shows with cool theme songs** 1. [Barney Miller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71tmVsKrE) 2. [Grace and Frankie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80j7CLFy-c) 3. [Rescue Me](https://youtu.be/HcY73-WP4sk?si=4JvLZkzk608Y_C-q) 4. [Monk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cml6-InI2-U) (first season only) 5. [Mission Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) 6. [What we do in the shadows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SU0BcYSa4) 7. [Game of Thrones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZE9gVF1QbA) 8. [The History of Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTA50Z9Z0U) 9. [Bravestarr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUfJuOp7Dck&ab_channel=CartoonIntros) 10. [The Sopranos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJpNmYeooQE&t=5s) pass ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6840 "2024-12-04T15:00:34Z")
Cartoons with cool theme songs 1. [Robotech](https://youtu.be/i4Y5fvWF1kU?si=bnNnZx-Ba-0hW-IN) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=343)