# What's the most hated TV Show music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321 "2012-05-18T14:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/41 "2012-05-19T06:52:21Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I loathe the opening to **The Big Bang Theory**. I enjoy the show, but I have to DVR it so I can fastforward through that godawful song. It took me about three seasons before I had it memorized, only to discover the damn thing has three verses! (they’re not very good tho) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/42 "2012-05-19T07:12:22Z")
Justified. Never miss the show, always FF through the theme. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2i2UylxJ0) ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/43 "2012-05-19T08:46:26Z")
In addition to _Friends_, another one of my most hated is that of _Little House on the Prairie_ (both the song, and the show). Another demerit: _Two and a Half Men_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/44 "2012-05-19T08:51:20Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The theme to The Dick Van Dyke Show is frustrating because it starts out as something you can hum along to and then kicks my sinuses right in the crotch. Did you know there were lyrics to the DVD theme? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7DW9BZnhhAs/hqdefault.jpg "The Dick Van Dyke Show Theme [With The Rare Unused Lyrics]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DW9BZnhhAs) DVD has always been one of my favorite shows; it was always well-written and genuinely funny, and I always liked the theme as well. The whole production had _class_, something today’s sitcoms sorely lack. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/45 "2012-05-19T12:34:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > CHECKMATE with Sebastian Cabot. I remember when it was on TV, even though I was only five years old at the time. I could never figure out what that swirling mess in the opening credits was supposed to be, and I found Cabot (who, I think, played an English butler, pre Mr French) a kind of creepy character. > > This link is to the teaser from one show; the theme music is at the end. There’s at least one “old TV theme” collection on YouTube that has the opening credits to CHECKMATE as well… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg8asTWuLz4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg8asTWuLz4) There are at least two show-length clips of _Checkmate_ on YouTube (one with Jeffrey Hunter) that I decided were not worth linking to because there is too much story before you get to too little theme music, so I just meant that a short clip of the music was hard to find. But that swirly mess in the opening credits I always assumed was like Jackson Pollock art or oil-and-water designs. I never saw the show in color. And I agree that Cabot was a lot like Victor Buono, another “hefty” bearded character actor of the period, in that seeing him as a lead character was a bit weird. Even Doug McClure, with his substantial _The Virginian_ credits, was perhaps better known as a “hair model” for some hair tonic. But Shelly Manne (and His Men) had a terrific jazz album based on _Checkmate_ music that was fine. > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Justified. Never miss the show, always FF through the theme. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2i2UylxJ0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2i2UylxJ0) I do understand what you mean. One of my top 3 shows as shows, but near the bottom for music! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/46 "2012-05-19T12:59:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Agree. How about the theme from “The Brady Bunch”? I sing it when I’m in a vindictive mood and want to piss people off… 😃 Sing the lyrics of _The Brady Bunch_ theme to the tune of _The Ballad of the Green Berets_; it improves them both. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/47 "2012-05-19T14:14:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Did you know there were lyrics to the DVD theme? I actually did. Van Dyke was on _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_ a few years ago and that’s when I first heard them. Singing the lyrics does make the theme song more bearable, but I still sometimes forget and let myself try to hum it. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/48 "2012-05-19T15:52:38Z")
I heard a guy on TV singing lyrics to the whistling Andy Griffith show song. I think it was called “The Old Fishing Hole”. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/49 "2012-05-19T18:32:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Sing the lyrics of _The Brady Bunch_ theme to the tune of _The Ballad of the Green Berets_; it improves them both. Weird Al Yankovic did The Brady Bunch to the tune of The Safety Dance. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WkFMMCEa5AE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgSCg1MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBI4zrq9GFdhtHTEKguxc2XFDYpTA ""Weird Al" Yankovic: In 3-D - The Brady Bunch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkFMMCEa5AE) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/50 "2012-05-19T18:38:49Z")
Because my son has been watching this shit endlessly - Power Rangers. All of them. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/51 "2012-05-19T18:44:31Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I heard a guy on TV singing lyrics to the whistling Andy Griffith show song. I think it was called “The Old Fishing Hole”. Was it Andy Griffith himself? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6PVUit1-0Ck/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHSBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDccwQjJ_d8eiMlbP5KVLVDhAXoNQ "Andy Griffith sings TV Show Theme Song.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck) Also, the Bonanza theme had lyrics, too. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kA-PdP4k4Xw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGMgYyhjMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAAFqAHHH83pNwm55ZtO4LBGcHPlQ "Bonanza Theme Song By Lorne Greene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/52 "2012-05-19T22:42:58Z")
I wonder if those songs with unheard lyrics have them for the same reason as [Star Trek](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkpqpTZt4g). The lyrics writer gets half the royalties for all performances, even lyricless. [Bewitched](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyroxZ5mE0) also had lyrics. I’ll have to think about my response to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/53 "2012-05-20T00:44:23Z")
1970s Match Game. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/54 "2012-05-20T01:04:34Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I think the reason so many people detested the Enterprise theme was because it wasn’t some kind of majestic piece of music composed for the series (or in the case of ST:TNG at least a redress of the theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture), but rather a pop tune composed by Diane Warren and lifted from the film Patch Adams. It was also sung by a Rod Stewart soundalike. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sYjDc8i4I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sYjDc8i4I) Not just those things but it also sounds like Christian Rock. Star Trek is NOT a Christian show. It was just fundamentally a wrong choice. Or correct considering the series. The show Suddenly Susan had a great theme the first season. A nice rock version of Ode to Joy on electric guitar. Then it changed to some sort of lesbian pop song Awful. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/55 "2012-05-21T15:15:34Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Was it Andy Griffith himself? > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck) > > Also, the Bonanza theme had lyrics, too. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw) So did Hogan’s Heroes, Dick van Dyke, Leave It to Beaver, and many other shows: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ss7-8iBpIos/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gTCgpMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCW5rdpodSlYzRWHyTOHTtrGcoUTw "Hogan's Heroes Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7-8iBpIos) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7DW9BZnhhAs/hqdefault.jpg "The Dick Van Dyke Show Theme [With The Rare Unused Lyrics]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DW9BZnhhAs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OYaDR0WV-vs/hqdefault.jpg "The Toy Parade, AKA The Leave It To Beaver Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaDR0WV-vs) These lyrics were used in the last two seasons, but I much prefer the earlier lush orchestral version: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zoh1LGADKI8/hqdefault.jpg "That Girl Opening Title") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoh1LGADKI8) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Vx4xntslGA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGAgZShLMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAinswjWeRo1CHGI_KHQKU5Rm7uSA "Theme Song to That Girl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vx4xntslGA) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/56 "2012-05-21T15:37:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Was it Andy Griffith himself? He’s listed as the artist, yes. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/57 "2012-05-21T16:05:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Also, the Bonanza theme had lyrics, too. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA-PdP4k4Xw) More than one version: https://www.youtube.com/embed/jPOZ5AzRZcw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque There are also two vocal versions of the Hawaii Five-O theme, one by Sammy Davis and the other by Don Ho: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wn06KJNbVEs/hqdefault.jpg "Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the theme from "Hawaii Five-O"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn06KJNbVEs) [http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/5-0lyrics.txt](http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/5-0lyrics.txt) I’ve heard the Don Ho version, but can’t seem to find a recording of it. You can request it here: [http://hollowearthradio.org/home/search](http://hollowearthradio.org/home/search) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/58 "2012-05-21T16:12:18Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7fn7PKzf5tk/hqdefault.jpg ""I Love Lucy" Theme Song (w/ Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fn7PKzf5tk) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321/59 "2012-05-21T19:26:52Z")
One can’t argue with the Barney theme, but a terrible one not composed by brain sucking aliens from outer space is [The Double Life of Henry Phyfe](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=double%20life%20of%20henry%20phyfe%20theme&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CFMQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXVPHgTHpWmw&ei=Opa6T-zRItGl2AXswZCsCQ&usg=AFQjCNHq6gtpMvVCuz29jFndKdhcTfQe3Q&cad=rja). To be fair, no worse than the show itself. The theme from Batman on the other hand exactly illustrated what that show was all about. If you didn’t like the theme, and changed channels, you were just saving yourself from a show you wouldn’t have liked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-hated-tv-show-music/622321.md?page=2)