Opinions are like belly buttons - everybody’s got one. I must compliment you on your thought-provoking (and polysyllabic) post. Some posts to blogs (including Take A Knee) don’t offer a whole lot of deep thought.

The Cheers theme song, especially the long version, does sum up the essence of the show. Guys do want a place where everybody knows their name. My nickname years ago at the Stillwater Winery in Troy, Ohio was Norm. Stillwater was a very Cheers-like place. Ioannis will back me up on this. The singer just doesn’t get the job done in portraying that Cheers is a MAN’S place.

I consider myself to be an excellent player of Trivial Pursuit. Some of my previous posts to Take A Knee and TY Sports have exposed me as a repository of obscure knowledge. Unlike Texas Hold ‘Em, you don’t need a “poker face” to be good at Trivial Pursuit. I think your connection between filling in the wedges of the playing pieces and getting a piece of the pie is a bit tenuous. It’s the thought that counts, and I refer readers back to my first sentence.

Some themes have been an assault on my auditory nerves, but none (so far thankfully) have been an assault on my genitals. I hope your mute button is close at hand for the theme music that hits you as a “nut-punch”.

I also hope that your post, and my too-long response, will challenge other readers of Take A Knee to weigh in with their most-loved and most-hated theme music. It will be a good topic to keep us going until football season stars. BTW, I like almost all of the theme music for NFL broadcasts.

How dare you list several of the great TV Themes among your list of “The Bad”?

Cheers - Great song, especially the long version. If you haven’t heard the long version, then you’re missing out. Even the short version is a great song because it perfectly sums up what was great about the show. We all wanted a place like Cheers where we could walk through the front door and everyone would announce our presence.

The Jeffersons - A perfect song for accompanying a game of Trivial Pursuit. Incessant playing of “We’ve finally got a piece of the pie” after you’ve been awarded a pie piece is far more effective than shouting “In yo face” to your opponents.

Mary Tyler Moore (or MTM as the cool kids call it) - Okay, not a great theme, but still…I can’t be the only one who dreams of recreating the opening sequence…okay, maybe I am.

For me, the Entertainment Tonight theme was always a nut-punch when I was growing up. I’m not sure why.

You’ve only begun to scratch the surface on TV Theme Music - the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. As a tried and convicted Baby Boomer, let me add to your list.

THE GOOD

Hawaii Five-O
LA Law
Rawhide
Peter Gunn
Dallas
Magnum PI
St Elsewhere

THE BAD

Cheers (loved the show, hated the song)
The Jeffersons
All in the Family
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Maude

THE DOWNRIGHT UGLY

What’s Happnin?
My Mother the Car
Friends

I’m sure this list will generate further discussion. Ioannis has been uncharacteristically quiet on the subject.

No matter which black and white TV show came on first, Ty shouldn’t have been taking his pants off in either case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-E8u2o48ts