Friends
These people really were my friends right? They were my age and seemed to be living through the same things as me. The show’s song, which became a hit for the Rembrandts, will always conjure up an image of the gang dancing in front of the sofa and side tables, which were inexplicably outdoors. Joey had the long-in-the-front hair and Chandler wore that horrible oversized sweater vest.
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Friends.html
ER
The theme song had a certain forbidding tone. It seemed to warn viewers that soon we would be watching minor characters battle for their lives, die on gurneys, undergo painful procedures, and get lots and lots of tubes stuck down their throats. Though ER is still on the air, I don’t think anyone has watched it since all the cool guys left. Remember the good old days with Mark, Carol Hathaway, and Doug? When Carter was just a kid trying desperately to impress Benton?
http://www.televisiontunes.com/ER.html
Roseanne
The theme song, which had a bluesy feel, ended with Roseanne’s loud cackling laugh. I can picture how the blue-collar family was sitting around the kitchen table while the music played. I loved this show. I still love this show. It took the family sitcom and added a much-needed edge with characters who were fat, ugly, poor, and foul-mouthed—but still cared about each other. Who wouldn’t want to hang out with them?
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Roseanne.html
Sex and the City
Like just about every woman in America, I considered Charlotte, Samantha, Carrie, and Miranda to be my friends. For real. I cannot wait to catch back up with them at their new movie. As for the theme song, when I hear that instrumental, I immediately picture the bus going by with Carrie’s face on the side and splattering her with muddy water while she is wearing that silly tutu. Those were the days, right?
http://www.televisiontunes.com/Sex_and_the_City.html
