TV Theme Quiz Answers

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Both the TV Theme Quizes generated a lot of traffic but not many people emailed me about them. For those keeping score at home, several people completed the first quiz but the best score I heard for the second was 20 out of 26. In retrospect, I think some of ...

Does This Look Strangely Familiar?

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Yes, it is the long rumoured American version of Outrageous Fortune. Actually, according to Wikipedia, it is the second attempt at a US remake - the first did not get past the pilot stage. It will be interesting to see if it turns up here. No related posts. Related posts brought to ...

TV Theme Quiz

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

I have made a new TV Theme Quiz, so much more elaborate than the last few that it deserves its own page. Start the TV Theme Quiz The last quizzes were solved too quickly, so this one is extra difficult although none of the shows are really that obscure. Feel free to ...

Opening Lyrics Quiz II – The Quickening

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Below are the lyric fragments of 16 opening (or closing) themes to "classic" TV shows for you to guess. Feel free to post your answers in the comments, using Google is cheating... Baby, if you've ever wondered, Wondered whatever became of me, I'm living on the air in Cincinnati... Friendly faces everywhere Humble folks without ...

Opening Lyrics Quiz

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Last months Opening Narration Quiz was a minor success, so here is the sequel, this time with the lyrics to opening (or closing) theme songs. Guesses in the comments, no cheating. It's like you're always stuck in second gear, Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your ...

Fatso

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I just joined Fatso - it seems like an OK deal if you like to watch DVDs. Their library includes a lot of TV shows and old movies, and they have a great feature where they send the DVDs in a TV series in sequence so you never get stuck ...

Opening Narration Quiz

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

You know what is wrong with television today? Not enough opening narration, that's what! Back in the day, you could count on the producers to slap a few words together to sum up the premise of the show you were about to see, little tone poems worming their way into ...

The Inevitable Doctor Who Follow Up Post

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Typical! No sooner do I post an excellent Doctor Who retrospective video than my attention is alerted to an even better one. For your consideration: And that's the last one, I promise. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Inevitable Doctor Who Post

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Not feeling nerdy enough? The following video should fix that right up, it's 45 years(!) of Doctor Who stories edited into 8 minutes. What? Thats not enough Doctor Who? Perhaps you need one of the almost 300 remixes of the awesome theme music. That should hold you over until the new ...

A simple question with serious ramifications for us all

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Given that we are living in the twenty first century with the knowledge and culture of the whole human race at our fingertips; how is it possible that Hulk Hogan manages to feature on two prime-time TV shows simultaneously? No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts ...