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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Musical March Madness: Which theme will reign supreme?

Place your final bets, TV fans, because this melody melee is reaching its crescendo. We're down to two great tunes: the themes from "Batman" and "Cheers." Stylistically, they're about as different as two songs can get. It's kind of like trying to pick between Mozart's "Eine Kliene Nachtmusik" and "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang.

But we've come this far, and we can't wuss out now. One of these themes will soon be crowned The Greatest TV Theme of All Time. Will it be heavy-hitter "Cheers," which has dominated each competitor it's faced? Or scrappy giant-killer "Batman," which defeated such classics as "Mission: Impossible" and "Greatest American Hero"? Only you can decide, so let's get to it.

In this corner:




And in this corner:



I want a good, clean fight. No hitting below the belt. (That means you, Burt Ward.)

As always, leave your vote in the comments field, and may the best theme win.

-- Adam Reinhard, lifeisfunnybutnothahafunny@gmail.com

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13 Comments:

If it has to be, then it has to be Cheers.

Lovely thing, democracy, lovely.

By Blogger CarrieLynn, At April 2, 2008 at 7:02 PM  

We all want to be where everybody knows our name...

Cheers all the way.

By Blogger strandedtexan, At April 2, 2008 at 8:52 PM  

This can't get out of hand. Goin' with Batman.

By Anonymous Anonymous, At April 2, 2008 at 10:56 PM  

Again, with apologies to my beloved Dynamic Duo, there is no contest here. "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is clearly the greatest TV theme of all time. In fact, I'd like it to be our national anthem. "Cheers"!

By Blogger Andy Behrendt, At April 2, 2008 at 11:50 PM  

Ugh....

Cheers it is.

By Blogger Amanda, At April 3, 2008 at 12:05 AM  

No contest here ... Cheers!

By Anonymous Anonymous, At April 3, 2008 at 7:58 AM  

Cheers!!

"It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear." - Norm

By Anonymous Anonymous, At April 3, 2008 at 8:16 AM  

If a TV theme song can rise in popularity to the point where bars play it at bar close you have to realize it's true success.

"And everybody's glad you came" Cheers baby!

-- Sara

By Blogger Press-Gazette blogger, At April 3, 2008 at 9:34 AM  

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By Blogger Press-Gazette blogger, At April 3, 2008 at 9:34 AM  

Pure. West.

I'll pull for the underdog: Batman.

-- Tom

By Blogger Press-Gazette blogger, At April 3, 2008 at 10:49 AM  

You can't do the Bat-usi to the Cheers theme. I'll have an orange juice to go with my Batman theme.

By Blogger rozilla74, At April 3, 2008 at 2:10 PM  

Batman!

By Anonymous Anonymous, At April 4, 2008 at 8:12 AM  

Cheers in a landslide

By Anonymous Anonymous, At April 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM  

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