SquidBillies opening theme song is often sung by different artists.
Slightly off-topic, but has anyone else seen the theramin made from a badger? I shit you not. Badgermin.
Eh, I prefer the standard theremin. We don’t need no stinking badgers.
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I have grinned.
Dukes of Hazzard is another with a verse not on the TV show.
I’m a good old boy
You know my mama loves me
But she don’t understand
They keep a-showing my hands and not my face on TV, haha
Same with Sesame Street:
It’s a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To happy people like you
Happy people like
What a beautiful
I held back on sharing this one, because, it shows my intense geekiness.
A childhood favorite of mine only played the following theme with lyrics during the closing of the pilot/movie, or at least, that’s the only time I heard it during syndication. I half remembered parts of it, and of course remembered it fondly. I still enjoy the theme (cheesy as it is), but the lyrical glurge… [ shakes head in shame ]
( this link has the spoken intro, followed by the theme which normally played at the end, with the lyrics so that you might shame me)
I love that song, and I am not ashamed at all. I will admit, the tenor-verging-on-soprano occasionally sounds a bit whiny. I wish they had gotten a baritone to sing it.
How about this one?
Which leads me to ask, how many other theme songs were sung in the first person?
Alice
Frasier
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Scrubs
Greatest American Hero
Crap! Skunked me by 5 seconds. Believe it or not.
…it’s just me 
After further review:
Charles in Charge
Saved by the Bell
The Mind of The Married Man (Cy Coleman’s “I Love My Wife”)
Dave’s World(?)
Fame
Golden Girls(?) — Thank You For Being A Friend
Friends
First person theme songs:
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Reba
First person?
WKRP. I assume it’s supposed to be about Andy. He started out as the main character.
“Baby if you’ve ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me.” Not sure who he is singing to, though.
Not the “went to the bomma sham, pot a hill a bit uh huh” closing theme.
I wasn’t much of a fan of this show, but I will ALWAYS be a fan of the theme…I personally can’t think of a classier, more cosmopolitan theme than this one❣️
That instrument is also known as the “tannerin” for obvious reasons. It’s kind of like a theramin set up as a sort of keyboard (non-functional, just as a pitch reference) with a slider. A picture would explain better:
