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Five Classic TV Shows with Awkward Opening Narration
In the days before streaming services and DVR, viewers sometimes missed the first episode of a TV show. To fill in new viewers who were tuning in for…
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Jen Heller
Gilligan was an evil genius. Prove me wrong.
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip... or was it? Gilligan’s Island was a lighthearted, silly, oddball sitcom that…
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Jen Heller
Top 10 Best Instrumental Sitcom Theme Songs of All Time
Nothing beats a catchy theme song with fun lyrics you can sing along to, but some instrumental sitcom theme songs are so catchy that I find myself…
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Jen Heller
Top 10 Best Lyrical Sitcom Theme Songs of All Time
On Newhart, TV producer Michael Harris (Peter Scolari) once said, “I don’t think I could ever really be happy doing a show that didn’t have a catchy…
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Jen Heller
My Top Five Favorite Sitcom Odd Couples
The “odd couple” has been a sitcom trope since even before The Odd Couple was a sitcom. An odd couple refers to two people who are complete opposites…
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Jen Heller
Lament for the Longsuffering Boss
In the 1980 film, Any Which Way You Can, Cholla, the leader of the Black Widows motorcycle gang, raises his eyes to the Heavens and cries, “Why me Lord…
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Jen Heller
Every sitcom has a boxing episode. Prove me wrong.
The boxing episode is one of the most prevalent sitcom tropes. Whether the characters themselves are boxing, they’re attending a boxing match, or…
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Jen Heller
Sitcoms convinced me I'd get a lot more singing telegrams.
The singing telegram is a common sitcom trope, but I’ve never received one in real life, nor have I ever heard of anyone receiving one. I’ve never seen…
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Jen Heller
Four Public Domain Songs You Didn’t Know Were Racist
Public domain songs are songs to which no one holds the copyright, which means anyone can use them in any medium for free. They’re ubiquitous in…
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Jen Heller
Top 10 Sitcoms with the Most Sitcomy Intros
A sitcomy intro should feature certain elements: characters looking surprised by the camera before pausing to smile, silly clips from the show, warm…
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Jen Heller
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