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12:34 pm - 04/14/2012

'Frasier's' Tossed Salad And Scrambled Eggs Among Top 10 Weirdest TV Theme Songs



There was a TV theme song lyrical breakthrough this week, revealing that "Frasier's" bizarre TV theme song was ... still a bizarre TV theme song.

The theme song's composer revealed (via Best Week Ever) that "tossed salad and scrambled eggs" was a nice way to refer to the "mixed up," crazy patients of the TV radio therapist. But that isn't as nuts as it gets. While most shows choose the short and sweet lyric-less theme song path these days, the ones that take the opposite, hyper-literal route (we're looking at you, "Small Wonder") are the true heroes of horrible.

HuffPost TV rounded up 10 of our favorite bizarre TV theme songs -- literal, non-sensical and everything in between -- with some choice lyrics that always make us laugh.



'Frasier"



Tossed salad and scrambled eggs are metaphors for Frasier Crane's crazy patients? Really? Even a jazzy tune and a dumb explanation can't save this one from sounding strange.

"But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs/ They're callin' again."

'Small Wonder"



Sure, this TV theme song had quite a fantastical premise to set up, but we still laugh at this sung description of robot child Vicki.

"She's fantastic, made of plastic / Microchips here and there.
She's a small wonder / Brings love and laughter everywhere."


'Community"



"Community" uses a real song -- "At Least It Was Here" by The 88 -- and it's insanely catchy. But if you listen closely, it's also more than a tad morbid.

"Somebody said it can be here / We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year.
I can't count the reasons I should stay / One by one they all just fade away."


'Wonder Woman" (hello)



"Wonder Woman" has a custom earworm of a theme song. While not terribly bad, it was just ... weird. The lyrics mostly made sense, and called a lot of attention to her fighting for rights in satin tights, but these have us stumped. Under what? (She's too flawless for you.)

"Wonder Woman / Get us out from under / Wonder Woman."

'M.A.S.H."



The "M*A*S*H" theme was also titled "Suicide is Painless" -- what a great message for a show about the hardships of war.

"Suicide is painless / it brings on many changes / and I can take or leave it if I please.
The game of life is hard to play / I'm gonna lose it anyway."


'Blossom"



Ignoring the wonderfully bad fashions (because there was a time when they were stylin'), we're left with a little girl dancing around to a song that heavily relies on the made-up word "opinionation." This family sitcom theme sure has a lot of depressing undertones:

"Stop all your fussin' / Slap on a smile / Come out and walk in the sun for awhile ...
'Cause in my opinionation the sun is gonna surely shine."


'Baywatch"



The opening images of "Baywatch" make total sense. But the lyrics? Kind of creepy, especially when you think about David Hasselhoff singing them: He will always be there.

"'Cause I'm always there / I won't let you out of my sight / I'll be there -- never you fear / I'll be there -- forever and always / I'm always here."


'Mr Belvedere"



Painfully long, the "Mr. Belvedere" theme song made it feel like his employers were living just fine on their own ... until he came along and made them a tad snobbish.

"Streaks on the china / never mattered before / who cares / ... According to our new arrival / Life is more than mere survival / We just might live the good life yet."

'The Fall Guy"



Making the life of a stuntman sound cool while rhyming his stunt abilities wasn't easy. "The Fall Guy's" death-defying life -- dying for a living on TV -- was complicated, but all the leading lady name-dropping was more than a little strange. (Special shout-out to Sally Field and Bo Derek!)

"I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs / Blown up for Raquel Welch / But when I end up in the hay / It's only hay ... hey hey."


'Walker Texas Ranger"



Setting aside the slow-mo fight scenes and fly-fishing hijinks of the opening credits, the fact that star Chuck Norris was allowed to sing (OK, speak-sing) the show's theme song -- which is just a creepy, simpler version of "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" -- is amazingly awful.

"'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you.
Any wrong you do, he's going to see.
When you're in Texas, look behind you
'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be."


SOURCE

Any other songs not on this list you find to be creepy?

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mistressboy 14th-Apr-2012 04:51 pm (UTC)
I am glad other people are puzzled by the Frasier theme song, I thought it was just me being stupid!
grlfrinly 14th-Apr-2012 05:21 pm (UTC)
just came here to say this
davejohn 14th-Apr-2012 06:02 pm (UTC)
ikr...i was at first like


but with the show i began to love that song for no reason
shteved 14th-Apr-2012 04:51 pm (UTC)
Fraiser was just awful and boring.
shteved 14th-Apr-2012 04:51 pm (UTC)
Frasier*
roxas39 14th-Apr-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
Nope
backincharge 14th-Apr-2012 04:54 pm (UTC)
I used to think that until I actually watched it one night and I liked it. It wasn't the best thing I watched but it's pretty good.
crucified 14th-Apr-2012 04:56 pm (UTC)
lol.
nemoteen 14th-Apr-2012 05:00 pm (UTC)
um, it's amazing.
sandstorm 14th-Apr-2012 05:01 pm (UTC)
The latter seasons, yeah.
grammaire 14th-Apr-2012 05:01 pm (UTC)
wrong
ch33rylips 14th-Apr-2012 05:01 pm (UTC)
Not at all.
menorahmajora 14th-Apr-2012 05:09 pm (UTC)
falsehoods, slander and lies.
violue 14th-Apr-2012 05:10 pm (UTC)
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSE
jigglemypuff 14th-Apr-2012 05:11 pm (UTC)
Cheers was much better, but Fraiser wasn't bad.
baicancook 15th-Apr-2012 06:47 am (UTC)
Cheers 4 life
sofiascarlett 14th-Apr-2012 05:12 pm (UTC)
lol no
quote_me_once 14th-Apr-2012 05:14 pm (UTC)
as a child, yes.
as an adult, you lyin'
nationalboner 14th-Apr-2012 05:17 pm (UTC)
No.
it_has_been 14th-Apr-2012 05:32 pm (UTC)
title or description
emmakinney 14th-Apr-2012 05:55 pm (UTC)
Wow, I would hate to go through my life as wrong as you...
hedgerowbustle 14th-Apr-2012 06:00 pm (UTC)
I'm with you. I never got the love of that show. And I hated the Fraiser character on Cheers to. Heck, I just don't like Kelsey Grammer.
tuluum 14th-Apr-2012 06:54 pm (UTC)
iconic and amazing
ghostley 14th-Apr-2012 07:21 pm (UTC)
Wrong.
bush_tetra 14th-Apr-2012 07:28 pm (UTC)
smh @ ur taste
kstew 14th-Apr-2012 07:39 pm (UTC)
lies
darkwarrior 14th-Apr-2012 07:44 pm (UTC)
Nah it was OK, but over time it got grating, particularly Niles and Daphne.

Niles unrequited stalking was funny except when he started actively harming her life with it. Once it was requited? Fuck that shit. He was a sad stalker who loved her from the second he saw her and stalked the hell out of her while being a married man, and Daphne never showed the slightest interest.

Then suddenly the writers just thought "fuck that" and had it that she was subconsciously in love with him as well. Then they got together and it mostly went perfectly. I know it's not reality but that is a really fucked up message IMO. Hold on for 7 years, she'll come around.
dives 14th-Apr-2012 07:45 pm (UTC)
Nope.
guliety 14th-Apr-2012 08:01 pm (UTC)
no its hilarious
bnlmaroonvwbug 14th-Apr-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
i have to agree. i think people are disagreeing because of the dog lol.
bellyroomfan 15th-Apr-2012 04:20 am (UTC)
iawtc! i've tried to rewatch it and it is just horrible.
leopard_legs 15th-Apr-2012 05:29 pm (UTC)
when there's nothing else on I find myself putting it on
and mum watches it in the morning before she goes to work...it's just a nice, enjoyable show
jilicious 15th-Apr-2012 10:23 pm (UTC)
failure
kidviciousdonna 14th-Apr-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
I loved dancing and singing along with the Blossom theme song when I'd watch it after school.
mmmdraco 14th-Apr-2012 06:36 pm (UTC)
Well, that's just your opinionation. ^_^
paupiedequincey 14th-Apr-2012 07:11 pm (UTC)
I loved Blossom when I was little. She was a couple years older than me when it was on and I totally looked up to her in a way.. (same with Clarissa Explains it All)

Its sad there aren't any girls on TV like that anymore for little kids to look up to.
Even if they aren't totally "sexy" now they are still "cool, pretty, popular" girls.

I LOVED that Blossom wasn't a very pretty girl but her personality made her cool. She was more like a real girl in that way.
wits 14th-Apr-2012 04:55 pm (UTC)
the blossom theme looks like a parody of itself
dharmavan 14th-Apr-2012 04:56 pm (UTC)
How dare they say one bad word about the Mr. Belvedere theme song. I'm going to dropkick them like I did to my jacket as I came through the door.
songs4polarbear 14th-Apr-2012 04:56 pm (UTC)
Never could get into Frasier.

Edited at 2012-04-14 04:57 pm (UTC)
fanabana 14th-Apr-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
Painless is the dentist who wants to commit suicide because he can't get it up. It's only weird if you haven't seen the movie.
onmyshore 14th-Apr-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
Fuck yeah M*A*S*H

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That's basically all I'm here for.
mothflavour 14th-Apr-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
the only flaw free show.
onmyshore 14th-Apr-2012 05:08 pm (UTC)
This is accurate.

(Your icon cracks me up every time I see it.)
queenofissues 14th-Apr-2012 05:51 pm (UTC)
I watch this every night and I'm really sad whenever I miss it or they move it to a different time.
egalitarianmuse 14th-Apr-2012 06:55 pm (UTC)
I am always here for M*A*S*H. I've got the first season on DVD. Love that show.
jordoofus 14th-Apr-2012 07:07 pm (UTC)
YUP
skeletwin 15th-Apr-2012 12:04 am (UTC)
i love this show so much
crucified 14th-Apr-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
The theme song Frasier wrote for his radio show in that one episode is the best.
sandstorm 14th-Apr-2012 05:00 pm (UTC)
"ON OUR SHOW! ON OUR SHOW!"

I love that so much.
ladysherlock 14th-Apr-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
where did you get your Brave icon, if you don't mind me asking?
crucified 14th-Apr-2012 05:05 pm (UTC)
lmao me too. It kills me every time.
violue 14th-Apr-2012 05:08 pm (UTC)
xD I was just watching that episode a few days ago

The whole catalogue of human behaviour from the abhorrent to the monstrous lurks behind a locked door to which one man holds the key!


he's so modest
nationalboner 14th-Apr-2012 05:17 pm (UTC)
HAHAHA YES I love that ep.
babysinclair 14th-Apr-2012 04:59 pm (UTC)
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA

DAVID HASSELHOFF SANG THE THEME TO BAYWATCH???????????????

My childhood self who watched that dubbed in Spanish just died for loving that theme.
ch33rylips 14th-Apr-2012 05:05 pm (UTC)
omg ikr I didn't know that... I still love it tho... omg this motherfucker must make so much money off the royalties from that song.
babysinclair 14th-Apr-2012 05:06 pm (UTC)
As batshit insane as he is, he knew what the fuck he was doing with Baywatch and selling it to syndication.

He should be honored, yet he is mocked for eating a burger drunk on tape.
chikntetrazzini 14th-Apr-2012 05:17 pm (UTC)
No, he didn't. They're just saying, imagine if he did.
crazylike_afox 14th-Apr-2012 05:02 pm (UTC)
The M*A*S*H theme song comes directly from the movie.

And I love Frasier. I used to hate it as a kid but I watch the shit out of it now, same with Seinfeld and Cheers.
hotcement 14th-Apr-2012 05:21 pm (UTC)
ditto! i watched a lot of seinfeld when i was younger but it was one of those shows i really hated. and then idk one day a few years ago it just clicked.
mothflavour 14th-Apr-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
HERE FOR M*A*S*H
thegleampt2 14th-Apr-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
idc i love frasier. i'm in the process of watching the whole series on netflix.
mots_inutiles 14th-Apr-2012 05:14 pm (UTC)
me too, it's making me love it even more.
nationalboner 14th-Apr-2012 05:19 pm (UTC)
I have all the seasons on DVD. It's one of my all-time favourite shows.
vinyamar 14th-Apr-2012 05:57 pm (UTC)
ahh me too, except i bought the seasons.

i just finished 8 last night. the first 5 seasons are SO good. still like the show, but it does start to lose its quality.
mothflavour 14th-Apr-2012 05:06 pm (UTC)
Also, the fact that this man wrote the Frasier tossed salads thing:
grammaire 14th-Apr-2012 05:08 pm (UTC)
DARRYL!!!!!!!
xpirate_queenx 14th-Apr-2012 05:10 pm (UTC)


Wh

What
crucified 14th-Apr-2012 05:11 pm (UTC)
omg.
a_way_of_sin 14th-Apr-2012 05:25 pm (UTC)
:O
yousaidlog 14th-Apr-2012 05:32 pm (UTC)
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT
neonxstardust 14th-Apr-2012 05:44 pm (UTC)
I still have him on facebook, he seems so nice & it makes me feel bad remembering the super mean comments about him!
drownanddive 14th-Apr-2012 06:16 pm (UTC)
That guy?! Mind=blown
ladypolitik 14th-Apr-2012 06:21 pm (UTC)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
kstew 14th-Apr-2012 07:41 pm (UTC)
omg
ch33rylips 14th-Apr-2012 07:57 pm (UTC)
OTIS SCREAM
starlet_19 14th-Apr-2012 09:55 pm (UTC)
Photobucket

Flawless human being tbh
violue 14th-Apr-2012 05:07 pm (UTC)
SOME PEOPLE STAND IN THE DARKNESS

AFRAID TO STEP INTO THE LIGHT
violue 14th-Apr-2012 05:09 pm (UTC)
WAIT WHAT DAVID HASSELHOFF WAS THE SINGER??

THAT ADDS A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF EPIC
tigermilk 14th-Apr-2012 05:32 pm (UTC)
No, they're saying imagine if he was singing that song. It would make it creepy.
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