How sad is this? Test your TV theme knowledge

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:32 pm

http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=56

Match the TV theme soundbyte with the show. I need to get out more...

Score: 100% (15 out of 15)

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:53 pm

I got:

Score: 87% (13 out of 15)

As expected I'm not very knowledgeable on TV shows from the past twelve years. That's when I picked up the anime addiction drug.

I was purely guessing on five of them. Those were the five most recent TV shows and I've barely watched those shows.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:04 pm

Well how sad is this: I got 15 out of 15 and have never seen Dawson's Creek or Melrose Place and have seen MAYBE one episode each of Ally McBeal and Raymond. and maybe 3 of Frazier.

Sick. sick, sick me.

Post by **JWR** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:04 pm

13 out of 15

goofed between fraiser & everybody loves raymond 2 shows I never watched.

vampyreshoujo · Post by **vampyreshoujo** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:41 pm

blueheaven wrote:I need to get out more...

You and me both.

15 out of 15.

Yay... ?

(Though a few I did guess on using the wonderful process of elimination.)

Thanks for the link; that was fun.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:59 pm

15 of 15.

I never watched Ally McBeal but that sound bite just seemed "right." I have such fond memories of Welcome Back Kotter, Melrose Place and The Monkees! I freakin' loved The Monkees!

I watched some of Everybody Loves Raymond but I absolutely hated that show. Didn't their show feature different intros? I almost forgot what Mork & Mindy's intro sounded like till I heard it again.

Great link Brian, that was a real blast from the past.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:59 pm

Once more? Thats okay I forget things all the time.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:13 pm

I got a 15 out of 15!

Hey, I'm happy about it.

I hate Everybody Loves Raymond and Ally McBeal but I still knew their theme songs when I heard them. And through the process of elmination, I got the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as I've never seen that before.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:13 pm

Most people hear about me that way.

vampyreshoujo · Post by **vampyreshoujo** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:22 pm

duotrouble wrote:I got a 15 out of 15! Hey, I'm happy about it.

You're such a geek, DT.

I freakin' loved The Monkees!

Aww... I haven't seen The Monkees in such a long time. Love that theme song.

Same for Welcome Back Kotter. Are either of those shows currently rerunning?

HotIce · Post by **HotIce** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:05 pm

heh... I only got 6/15... i really don't watch TV much at all.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:53 pm

Glad I'm not the only couch tater on the forum. And those who did not score high, walk proudly.

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:18 pm

Ha - I don't even watch TV, and I got 11 right.

That is kind of scarey.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:26 pm

vampyreshoujo wrote:
I freakin' loved The Monkees!
Aww... I haven't seen The Monkees in such a long time. Love that theme song. Same for Welcome Back Kotter. Are either of those shows currently rerunning?

Remember the episode of The Simpsons, where little Marge had a lunchbox with the Monkees on it and the kid on the school bus made fun of her for it?

Girl: Ew! You like the Monkees? You know they don't write their own songs.
Marge: They do so!
Girl: They don't even play their own instruments.
Marge: No...no!
Girl: That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat.
Marge: Aaaaaaaah!
Dr. Zweig: Kids can be so cruel.
Marge: But it's true. They didn't write their own songs or play their own instruments.
Dr. Zweig: The Monkees weren't about music, Marge. They were about rebellion, about political and social upheaval!

The Monkees were famous for pretending to play Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart songs, but they did eventually write and perform their own music. The man who created The Monkees, Bob Rafelson, was also a movie director (The Postman Always Rings Twice, Head, Blood and Wine). He hired Don Kirshner to supervise the music side of the Monkees but they often butted heads. This caused him to later go on and create The Archies, an animated band that would be "easier to manage." The groups most famous song was "Sugar, Sugar."

Sugar, ah honey honey
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you
Honey, ah sugar sugar
You are my candy girl
And you've got me wanting you

Ahem.

As for Welcome Back Kotter reruns, they were showing them on Nick-at-Nite at one point, but I'm not sure if they are anymore. I'll probably break down and buy the DVDs.

Goldknight · Post by **Goldknight** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:38 pm

15/15 = 100%

Anime-Beta TNG

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