Counterforce

I’ve had the theme song to Top Chef in my head for approximately 1,000 hours. I blame this on my job, which forces me to watch each episode of the show mutliple times, and on myself for being in love with Padma Lashkmi and Gail Simmons.

I also look like this when eating ribs.

So, here is a list of other opening songs I like. Let’s start with Top Chef and get that monster out of the way.  The best way to title this song is: WE’RE GOING TO COOK THE SHIT OUT OF THESE CORNISH GAME HENS, BRO!

The Office has an excellent theme song. I also like how they’ve never changed frizzy haired Pam to the new learned how to use hair product Pam. NBC hates us and doesn’t want us to have the opening credits, so instead here is a talented young lady playing the song on the piano:

Daria has an opening theme song that yells out: it’s 1997, people. And pissed off teenage girls will never get this kind of representation on television again.

Veronica Mars was another show that did a smart thing by using an actual song instead of making up a fake song. In this case, the Dandy Warhols “We Used To Be Friends”.  Season 3′s opener featured a slower version of the song.  Some very resourceful teenagers created the following amazing video, a fake opener for Gossip Girl (where Veronica Mars’ Kristen Bell lends her vocal talents as narrator) using the Veronica Mars theme song. It’s actually really clever:

To continue with the trend of forgotten WB shows, the theme song to Popular was always so confusing to me, especially since the show is just high camp and nothing more. If you don’t know, Popular created one of the finest characters in Gay Pop Culture (the only pop culture that matters): Mary Cherry. And the song is a really strange strung together studio songwriter ditty about having to choose between looks or character. Oookay.

To say goodbye, we’ll end with we started with beautiful brunette brilliant Gail Simmons. Til next time.