# Worst theme song for a TV show?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382>\
**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:** 4\
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**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 23, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/101 "2010-07-23T00:22:47Z")

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How do you know if wasn’t “I am the sun and the air” for the purposes of the show?

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/102 "2010-07-23T04:16:28Z")

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Frasier’s theme song, that ghodsawful thing about tossed salads and scrambled eggs.

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**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 23, 2010, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/103 "2010-07-23T10:17:19Z")

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> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#):
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> _Diff’rent Strokes_.

On the other hand, with [a different theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12uc08Yvxg0) the show becomes something else entirely.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-theme-song-for-a-tv-show/546382/104 "2010-07-23T13:46:28Z")

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> [@Olentzero](#):
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> The end of the Civil War was near  
> When quite accidental-ly  
> A hero who sneezed  
> Abruptly seized  
> Retreat and reversed it to vic-  
> Tory!  
> His Medal of Honor pleased and thrilled  
> His proud little family group  
> When pinning it on  
> Some blood was spilled  
> And so it was planned  
> He’d command…  
> F TROOP!  
> Where Indian fights  
> Are colorful sights  
> And nobody takes a lickin’  
> 'Cos paleface and redskin  
> Both turn chicken…

When drilling and fighting get them down,  
They know their morale can’t droop,  
As long as they all relax in town  
Before they resume, with a bang and a boom … F-Troop!

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