# Worst theme song for a TV show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382 "2010-07-12T12:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/41 "2010-07-13T11:18:09Z")
Two And A Half Men. I might be biased because I hate the show with a passion but I doubt I could warm up to that theme tune even if the show was different. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/42 "2010-07-13T11:40:38Z")
[Garry Shandling show:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Garry_Shandling's_Show) “This is the theme to Garry’s show…Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song…How do you like it so far?..” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/43 "2010-07-13T11:51:38Z")
Bah, the Garry Shandling theme is _perfect_. The lyrics are doofy, but _Garry_ is doofy, so that fits, and the self-references are part of the show, as a whole. And the tune is catchy. (And the Spider-Man theme is dire. The music’s annoying, the lyrics are mediocre…except for the quoted line, which is just…dumb.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/44 "2010-07-13T14:10:30Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I guess I’m the odd man out again. I \*love \*the theme song from Enterprise. After TOS, it’s my favorite Trek theme song of all. I know a lot of people hate it, but I suspect that’s just because they think a ST theme song \*should \*be an instrumental. I prefer to think out of the box. Plus, it works so well with the video montage. I like it well enough, too; I don’t get all the hate. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/45 "2010-07-13T14:30:30Z")
The video montage was sentimental pablum, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/46 "2010-07-13T14:40:32Z")
If you can’t find a theme, try here: [16,373 TV Themes](http://www.televisiontunes.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/47 "2010-07-13T14:41:12Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Nothing tops, > > Where Indian fights are colorful sights and nobody takes a lickin… > > Where Redman and Paleface both turn chicken… F Troup? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/48 "2010-07-13T14:42:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I thought the opening song for the _original_ Smothers Brothers show (the sit-com they had prior to their controversial variety show) was pretty awful. I can’t find it on YouTube, though. Is this it? [Smothers Brothers Show 1st Version](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Smothers_Brothers_Show_-_1st_Version_%28The%29.html) Or this one? [Smothers Brothers Show 2nd Version](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Smothers_Brothers_Show_-_2nd_Version_%28The%29.html) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/49 "2010-07-13T14:44:17Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > **King of Queens** isn’t the best show out there, but it has some pretty funny moments. The theme song, however, sucks bee wang. I thought it was a pleasantly schmaltzy ballad, literally mediocre – not particularly good but not particularly awful either, but it fit the show about as well as strawberry syrup on lobster thermidor. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/50 "2010-07-13T14:46:36Z")
[The Ropers](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Ropers.html) weren’t even trying. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/51 "2010-07-13T15:07:29Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > F Troup? **F-Troop** yes, the first season in black & white, later they changed to an animated opening without the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/52 "2010-07-13T15:21:23Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > Two And A Half Men. > > I might be biased because I hate the show with a passion but I doubt I could warm up to that theme tune even if the show was different. You kidding? The theme is the best part of the show! Although the opening where they’re all “singing” the long version is vomit-inducing… The theme to _Joey_ is pretty horrible too. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/53 "2010-07-14T02:52:14Z")
The _Dukes of Hazzard_ theme. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/54 "2010-07-14T02:54:04Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > The video montage was sentimental pablum, too. I hated the song, but I admit a fondness for the montage. Although I agree that it is awfully sentimental. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/55 "2010-07-14T03:05:11Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > _sigh_, tell me. How does it feel to have no soul? Sometimes it feels like nothing at all. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/56 "2010-07-14T14:43:48Z")
[Cartoon Planet](http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=4C8OS49DwnM&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/57 "2010-07-14T14:51:52Z")
You take the good, you take the bad You take them both and there you have The Facts of Life ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/58 "2010-07-14T15:36:57Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I guess I’m the odd man out again. I \*love \*the theme song from Enterprise. After TOS, it’s my favorite Trek theme song of all. I know a lot of people hate it, but I suspect that’s just because they think a ST theme song \*should \*be an instrumental. I prefer to think out of the box. Plus, it works so well with the video montage. Nope, I’m with you. Me and the ex (reason not related) used to sing along to it. I use to take the piss out of Smallville’s though. “Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave me”. Not that I actually watch it anymore. It got dire very, very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/59 "2010-07-14T15:47:50Z")
Any theme song sung by Lee Majors (The Fall Guy) has to be mentioned as well! ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/60 "2010-07-14T23:29:09Z")
I hated when the guy from Blues Traveler all of a sudden started singing lyrics to Roseanne’s theme song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382.md?page=4)