# What was the last sitcom to have an introductory song with lyrics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592 "2014-02-18T03:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/21 "2014-02-18T22:41:26Z")
Do cartoons count as sitcoms? “a hundred and four days of summer vacation…” ---
**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 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/22 "2014-02-18T22:47:55Z")
_Psych_ has one. It’s original and written by the creator Steve Franks, and its lyrics include “I know you know that I’m not telling the truth.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/23 "2014-02-19T19:14:26Z")
_Dads_ misses it pretty close: the opening theme is a guy wistfully recalling how he had lots of how-many-stars-up-in-the-sky questions back when Daddy took him to the zoo – but the gag is that it’s a show where now-grown men (a) have no problem holding down jobs and owning their homes, but (b) have their hands full dealing with their freeloading fathers, who give plenty of useless advice and mostly just get in the way. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/24 "2014-02-19T21:07:56Z")
Wow, nobody called me on calling _Orange is the New Black_ a sitcom… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/25 "2014-02-19T23:31:17Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > Looking at TV Tropes (no link as a public service), the most recent one could be _Hannah Montana_. Disney more recently gave us _Good Luck Charlie_, where the gimmick is that episodes typically end with the Cool Big Sis recapping everything in a video-diary entry for her baby sister, who’ll need this advice in years to come, especially given her oddball parents. So of course the opening theme is that Big Sis singing about her jokey dad and the importance of hanging in there, baby – because I’ve been there; I survived; so just take my advice, even as toast gets burnt and misplaced stuff turns up on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/26 "2014-02-20T19:30:44Z")
As a Brit, the one that springs to my mind is _Only Fools and Horses_… Stick a pony\* in me pocket, I’ll fetch the suitcase from the van. Cos if you want the best 'uns, But you don’t ask questions, Then brother, I’m your man. Cos where it all comes from is a mystery, It’s like the changin’ of the seasons, And the tides of the sea. But here’s the one that’s drivin’ me beserk, Why do only fools and horses work? ============================================== \*Pony = £25.00 cash. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/27 "2014-02-20T19:56:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Didn’t The Cleveland Show have one? Family Guy and American Dad both have orginal intro songs too. It’s a very Seth McFarlane-y move. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/28 "2014-02-20T20:03:02Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Family Guy and American Dad both have orginal intro songs too. It’s a very Seth McFarlane-y move. Well, it’s an homage to Archie Bunker/All in the Family. ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/29 "2014-02-20T20:15:47Z")
_Mary_? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/30 "2014-02-20T20:57:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Well, it’s an homage to Archie Bunker/All in the Family. I meant it as it’s a very Seth Macfarlane-y thing to do homages, and to emulate bygone pop-culture icons such as having intro songs - Not that Seth MacFarlane started the trend of intro songs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/31 "2014-02-20T22:30:25Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > Do cartoons count as sitcoms? > “a hundred and four days of summer vacation…” You know, I’m fifty nine years old, and I like that show. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592/32 "2014-02-20T22:41:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Well, it’s an homage to Archie Bunker/All in the Family. Also an homage to another famous sitcom with “Family” in the title: > [@](#): > > It seems today, that all you see, is violence in movies and sex on TV… > [@](#): > > It’s a rare condition, this day and age, to read any good news on the newspaper page… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-sitcom-to-have-an-introductory-song-with-lyrics/681592.md?page=1)