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1* U.S. television's {{Sitcom}}s regularly employ this trope:
2** ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' ("Here's the story of a lovely lady...")
3** The 1981 SequelSeries ''The Brady Brides'' rewrote the lyrics to explain that the two oldest daughters, Marcia and Jan, grew up and found husbands, and now all four adults live together.
4** In 2019's ''Series/AVeryBradyRenovation'', HGTV turned the house used for exterior shots into a close duplicate of the show's sets. The original "Brady Bunch" theme music got a new set of expository lyrics, "... That's the way that we remade the Brady House!"
5** ''Series/CharlesInCharge'' of our days, and our nights. Series/CharlesInCharge of our wrongs, and our rights. And I see I want, I want, Series/CharlesInCharge of me!
6** ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzY3EaJTuJk season one theme song]] is a direct send up of this trope, and sums up the show pretty perfectly. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMHz6FiRzS8 second season's]] is not quite as expository but could be considered to fit the trope as well.
7** ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' ("...So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools, movies stars...") Interestingly enough, though, the story recounted in the theme song is actually incorrect; it states that Jed found oil while shooting at food, while the first episode of the series shows us that Jed always knew there was oil on his land, he just didn't know it was worth any money. He was actually willing to pay the man from the oil company to take the oil away for him. Paul Henning, who created ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', also used expository theme songs for the other CBS rural comedies he produced in the mid-1960s. To wit:
8** "Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction/''Series/PetticoatJunction''..."
9** "''Series/GreenAcres'' is the place to be/Farm livin' is the life for me!" ... "Dahlink, I love you, but give me Park Avenue!"
10** ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''
11-->''Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere\
12From Zanzibar to Berkeley Square\
13But Patty's only seen the sights\
14a gal can see from Brooklyn Heights\
15What a crazy pair...''
16** ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' (Subject to somewhat of an [[MemeticMutation Internet fad]] -- "Now this is the story all about how / my life got flipped, turned upside-down..." )
17** ''Series/GilligansIsland'' ("...Five passengers set sail that day / For a three-hour tour / A three-hour tour...") The theme actually helped to get the show on the air in the first place! Creator/SherwoodSchwartz had trouble selling it to Creator/{{CBS}} because the head of the network thought it would be a pain explaining to everyone every week why they were on the island, so he wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIvslFMAaew an opening song to get the point across]]. It worked, but because it was a calypso and the show was set in the Pacific, it was drastically changed for the series...
18** ''Series/TheNanny'', in a deliberate retro spoof of 1960s shows ("... That's how she became The Nanny...")
19** ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' -- in the same vein as ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. ("Someday the mountain might get 'em but the law never will.")
20** ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' ("They're creepy and they're kooky / Mysterious and spooky..." -- * snap* , * snap* )
21** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYPNF4aIf0 theme]] to the [=McLean=] Stevenson sitcom ''Hello Larry'' is a hilariously clumsy attempt at this trope. It almost sounds like the producers just walked into the recording studio and handed the singer a copy of the pitch they gave the network, then told him to improvise a melody, change everything to second person and toss in some rhymes here and there. Not to mention the wonderfully {{narm}}ish line "Portland is a long way from LA."
22** ''Series/MisterEd'' ("A horse is a horse, of course, of course...")
23** ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'': "Dobie wants a gal who's dreamy..." The lyrics to this were by Max Shulman, who wrote the original stories.
24** ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' ("It's the future I can see / It's so mysterious to me...")
25** ''Series/RemoteControl'' ("Kenny wasn't like the other kids...")
26** ''Series/HannahMontana'': "Who would have thought that a girl like me / would double as a superstar?"
27** ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'', during the first season: "Five of us, and Mom working all day. We knew we could help her if our music could pay. Danny got Reuben to sell our song, and it really came together when Mom sang along."
28** ''Series/WandaVision'':
29*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WlmROcir8o One is used in the first episode]] as [[GenreThrowback a homage to classic sitcoms]].
30--->''She's the magical gal in a small-town locale!\
31He's a hubby who's part-machine!\
32How will this duo fit in and pull through?\
33Oh, by sharing a love like you've never seen!''
34*** And then Episode 7 ends with one following TheReveal [[spoiler:that next-door neighbor Agnes was actually WickedWitch Agatha Harkness, who promptly starts a HostileShowTakeover with a theme in the style of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' or ''Series/TheMunsters''. Said theme tune also doubles as a VillainSong.]]
35--->''Who's been messing up everything? It's been [[spoiler:Agatha]] all along!\
36Who's been pulling every evil string? It's been [[spoiler:Agatha]] all along!\
37She's insidious! So perfidious!\
38Bet you never even noticed, and the pity is, the pity is, (pity-pity-pity-pity)\
39It's too late to fix anything, now that everything has gone wrong!\
40Thanks to [[spoiler:Agatha]], naughty [[spoiler:Agatha]], it's been [[spoiler:Agatha]] all along!''\
41'''[[spoiler:Agatha]]:''' And [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals I killed Sparky]], too! [[EvilLaugh Hahahahahahahaha!]]
42* The Westerns that dominated American airwaves from the middle of TheFifties through the first couple of years of TheSixties produced a slew of them. Some of the best:
43** ''Series/Branded1965''
44-->All but one man died\
45There at Bitter Creek\
46And they say he ran away!\
47Branded! Scorned as the one who ran.\
48What do you do when you're branded, and you know you're a man?\
49Wherever you go, for the rest of your life\
50You must prooooove you're a man.''
51** ''The Rebel, Johnny Yuma''
52-->Away, away, away rode the rebel Johnny Yuma\
53Johnny Yuma was a rebel\
54He roamed through the west\
55And Johnny Yuma, the rebel\
56He wandered alone.
57** ''Series/{{Rawhide}}''
58-->Move 'em on, head 'em up,\
59Head 'em up, move 'em out,\
60Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!\
61Set 'em out, ride 'em in\
62Ride 'em in, let 'em out,\
63Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide.
64(Memorably covered by ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'')
65** ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''
66-->Have gun will travel, reads the card of a man\
67A knight without armor in a savage land\
68His fast gun hire, heeds the calling wind\
69A soldier of fortune, is a man called --- Pal-a- din\
70Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam\
71Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home
72(Almost as memorably used in ''Film/StandByMe'')
73** ''Series/FTroop'', as both a Western ''and'' a sitcom, manages to combine the heroic and the ridiculous in its exposition:
74-->''The end of the Civil War was near\
75when quite accidentally,\
76a hero who sneezed abruptly seized\
77retreat and reversed it to victory...''
78* ''[[Series/ArseneLupin1971 Arsène Lupin]]'' (1971-1974): The EndingTheme by Jacques Dutronc, "Gentleman Cambrioleur", essentially describes what the eponymous character does (i.e. being a GentlemanThief and TheCharmer).
79* ''[[Series/ArseneLupin1989 The New Exploits of Arsène Lupin]]'' (1995-1996): The theme tune for this one is short, but enough to mention the character's first name and his GentlemanThief activity.
80* ''Going Straight'', the ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' sequel, has Fletch sing that he's "going straight/Straight as an arrow/'Cos I'm fed up doing time"
81* ''Series/ItsAboutTime'' ('' It's about time, it's about flight . . .). Notably reversed when the astronauts returned to the present day with the cave family in tow.
82* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has ''The Ballad of Heisenberg'', a narcocorrido theme song used in the ColdOpen for the Season 2 episode "Negro y Azul".
83* ''Series/SmallWonder''
84* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' (Creator/{{PBS}} series)
85* ''Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego'', which also aired on PBS.
86* One of the games in the American version of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' is based on this concept.
87* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ("In the not-too-distant future, / NextSundayAD. / There was a guy named Joel / not too different from you or me..." Featuring a LampshadeHanging with the MST3KMantra.)
88** It got changed several times along the way, usually after someone left the show and was replaced. For example, once Joel escaped and Mike was sent to replace him, the theme went through its first change.
89* Parodied by the theme song to ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'', which goes off on weird meaningless tangents and only explains how he got a TV show at the end.
90-->''Oh-h-h-h... This is a story 'bout a guy named Al and he lived in a sewer with his hamster pal\
91But the sanitation workers didn't really approve, so he packed up his accordion and had to move\
92To a city in Ohio where he lived in a tree, and he worked in a nasal decongestant factory\
93And he played on the company bowling team, and every single night he had a strange recurring dream\
94Where he was wearing lederhosen in a vat of sour cream\
95But that's really not important to the story.''
96* This was a common feature among Creator/{{Sid and Marty Krofft|Productions}} shows.
97** ''Series/HRPufnstuf'': "But the boat belonged to a kooky old witch/Who had in mind the flute to snitch..."
98** ''Series/{{Lidsville}}'': "Falling, falling, into the hat he fell ..."
99** ''Series/SigmundAndTheSeaMonsters'': "There's nothin' like a day out on the beach / When all it does is ra-a-ain / You need somebody else to make / The sun come out again..."
100*** and there was another theme tune in the later episodes that served the same purpose: "Now Sigmund the sea monster/And Johnny and Scott are friends..."
101** ''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl'': "Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl, fighting all evil things.."
102** ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974'': "Marshall, Will and Holly / On a routine expedition..."
103** Even the 1991 ''Land of the Lost'' revival used an expository theme tune, but with an early 1990s pop sound.
104--->"Now we've crossed the line, falling through time\
105Living in the Land of the Lost\
106What a world we found, deep underground\
107Living in the Land of the Lost"
108* Constantly parodied on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Theme tunes such as "Mr. Short-Term Memory," "It's Pat", and "The Girl with No Gaydar" always accompany the eponymous recurring sketches.
109* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
110** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' features a [[ThemeTuneExtended full-length version]] of the theme song in later episodes.
111-->''They've got a power and a force that you've never seen before\
112They've got the ability to morph and to even up the score\
113No one will ever take them down\
114The power lies on their si-i-i-i-i-i-iiiide...''
115* ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''
116** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''
117** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive ''
118** ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' does this to such an extent as to render watching the actual show moot, as it basically gives everything away save the ending.
119* The mostly dramatic (and certainly not a sitcom) ''Series/SeaChange'' manages a pretty expository theme tune: "Don't want to live in the city/My friends tell me I'm changing". Complete with shots of the drive out of the city to the coast.
120* The first two seasons of ''Series/RedDwarf'' do this after the theme, which was disguised as a distress call describing the situation. The closing theme was originally meant to be an ExpositoryThemeTune referring to Lister's overall plan to settle on Fiji when they returned to Earth ("I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose/Drinking fresh mango juice"). Since this was never mentioned after the first few episodes it's largely meaningless, something the composer is quite happy with.
121* ''Here Come the Double Deckers''
122* Parodied in ''The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo'' whose theme song raves on about how brave and selfless the sheriff is (though we know he's actually greedy and incompetent) played over a montage of the disasters Lobo and his men cause. It ends with Sheriff Lobo, who's been striding down a line of deputies standing by their patrol cars, calling "Move 'em out!" whereupon they all drive off at the same time causing one big pile-up.
123* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' played with this trope a little. Charlie was assigned to compose a theme song for the animated adaptation of a comic book called "Oshikuro, the Demon Samurai". But Charlie was only given a very vague description of the show, making his lyrics narrating an inaccurate version of the Samurai's characterization (besides sounding happy and campy like a theme song from a 1980s cartoon). The entire episode shows Jake trying to teach his uncle about the actual story of the comic book and how he should write the song. In the end, Charlie sent the new version of the song (which the viewers never hear), but the studio preferred the first happier and inaccurate version. Amusingly enough, Jake is furious with how horrible the campy intro is, but both Charlie and Alan enjoy it.
124* ''The Smothers Brothers Show'' ("My brother dear was lost at sea / Without his water wings / So now he is an angel / And he does the most amazing things!")
125* ''Series/SpaceCases'' ("Once upon a time at a school in outer space / There was a class of misfit kids from all around the place...")
126* ''Series/{{Shameless|UK}}'' may fit here, having one of the lead characters speak (as opposed to sing) over a basic tune, a la ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''.
127* Most 1960s to late 1980s {{tokusatsu}} had these types of themes to various levels. Some such as Fireman's OP only made smaller references such as to his henshin device, but others like most early Ultra themes hit you over the head with references to the show.
128* The one season Creator/BruceCampbell wonder, ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'', was almost a throwback: "In 1801, the Revolution had been won, and Uncle Sam's favorite son, had a job he needed done..."
129* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''. The opening and closing themes sung by Creator/EricIdle describe the main character, Victor Meldrew, quite well. ("It's true that my body has seen better days / But give me half a chance and I can still misbehave")
130* ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture'': "Meet a boy named Phil and his family, on vacation from the 22nd century..."
131* Parodied by ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow'' ("This is the theme to Garry's Show/The theme to Garry's show/Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song/I'm almost halfway finished/How do you like it so far/How do you like the theme to Garry's Show/This is the theme to Garry's Show/The opening theme to Garry's show/This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits/We're almost to the part of where I start to whistle/Then we'll watch "It's Garry Shandling's Show"/This was the theme to Garry Shandling's show.")
132* ''Series/TheGoodies'' had two sets of lyrics over the course of its run. The first set listed some of the services the Goodies might be able to provide (A circus or a seaside pier/A sausage or a can of beer,/A stripper or a clown/Prices going down/We can make it happen here). The second was a more generic description of the Goodies themselves (Here we come, into town/Gettin' up, fallin' down).
133* ''Welcome to Series/LazyTown / A place where you'll wanna stay\
134You'll meet Robbie with his Rotten plan / And Sportacus saving the day\
135Stephanie is new in town / And soon she and Ziggy are friends...''
136* ''Series/WonderWoman, Wonder Woman./ All the world's waiting for you,/ and the power you possess./ In your satin tights,/fighting for your rights/And the old Red, White, and Blue!''
137* ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'''s theme song starts off with "Off to the races; I'm going places; Might be a long shot; Not gonna waste it; This is the big break; And it's callin' my name"
138* Forgotten sitcom ''Series/BestOfTheWest''.
139* British GameShow ''Series/ChainLetters'' explains the rules of the game for its ThemeSong. The jingle between rounds also explains that whoever is currently in shot is the Winner So Far.
140* Why even bother watching the first episode of ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}''? The theme song is basically a synopsis of the whole thing.
141* ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad''
142-->Superhuman Samurai!\
143Superhuman Samurai!\
144They're gonna amp it up!\
145And kick some giga-butt!\
146They're gonna rip it up!\
147Our hero always makes the cut!
148* ''Series/TheSuperSproutletShow''
149* ''Series/MyMotherTheCar''
150--> A 1928 Porter; That's my mother dear.
151* ''Series/{{Hank}}''
152--> He'll get his degree; His phi beta key; and get them all for free; That's Hank!
153* ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub''
154--> Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
155* ''Series/ToTellTheTruth''
156--> Only one of these people is the real (''name of participant'') and is the only one sworn [[TitleDrop to tell the truth]].
157* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'''s EndingTheme is technically something of an exposition describing the title character, but it's so meandering, oblique, and metaphorical that it barely counts.
158--> And maybe I seem a bit confused / Well maybe, but I got ''you'' pegged!
159* ''Series/DickAndDomInDaBungalow''
160--> Wake up Dick and Dom, and get out of bed\
161Get youselves dressed, there's a crazy day ahead.\
162There's so many things to do and lots of people to meet\
163In Da Bungalow and on the street...\
164(Go Go Dick and Dom!)
165* The short-lived 1981 sitcom ''Series/OpenAllNight'' took this to its logical extreme by having a theme song that told the entire life story of the protagonist, from birth to the present day.
166--> This is the story of Gordon Feester
167--> Born in Ohio the day before Easter
168--> Had a normal childhood, did OK in school
169--> Graduated from Columbus High in 1962...
170* In a rare modern example, ''Series/TheExes'' has one as of its second season. Previously the opening was just a title card featuring the leads, now it details exactly how they each got divorced, introduced by their divorce lawyer (who lives across the hall), and moved in together, "now just call us [[TitleDrop the Exes!]]"
171* ''Series/TheSlammer'' ("You've been convicted of a howling showbiz crime...")
172* ''Nearly Departed''
173* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'' has one in which the Aquabats ([[ThemeTuneRollCall quite literally]], at one point) introduce themselves.
174-->We're a band of five heroes\
175We're out to save the world you know\
176We'll travel the land in our Battle Tram\
177We're the Aquabats! The Aquabats!
178* ''Life with Derek'' ("It used to be my mother and my sister and me, a happy little family, and all right with me. But Mom got married; that's when everything changed. Some things were lost, while others were gained...")
179* CBS's 1967 expy of ''Franchise/{{Batman}},'' ''Mr. Terrific'':
180* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'' actually changes up the second half of its expository theme tune to recap the plot of the current episode, and also to vary the SnicketWarningLabel.
181** The Bad Beginning, parts 1 and 2:
182---> ''"Three children lose their home and go to live with someone awful. He tries to steal their fortune with a plot that's not quite lawful. It's hard to fathom how the orphans manage to live through it, or how a decent person like yourself would even want to view it."''
183** The Reptile Room, parts 1 and 2:
184---> ''"The Baudelaires are living with a man who studies snakes. He's jolly, and he's secretive, and makes a few mistakes. Spoiler alert! A villain comes to steal and murder, and so if I were you, I wouldn't even watch one minute further."''
185** The Wide Window, parts 1 and 2:
186---> ''"The Baudelaires' new guardian is wracked by fear and panic. They end up on a boat that might as well be the ''Titanic''. We polled a bunch of adults; 99% agree there must be something happier on stream for you to see."''
187** The Miserable Mill, parts 1 and 2:
188---> ''"The lumber mill is where the Baudelaires are forced to work. The eye doctor is sinister, the owner is a jerk. They end up in a fiendish plot with logs and hypnotism. The very thought of watching should be met with skepticism."''
189* A variation on the theme (no pun intended) in ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero''. While the tune in the opening credits itself ("Believe It or Not" by Joey Scarbury) was not expository, the opening credits during the theme were basically a visual expository recap of the first episode or two, explaining the premise.
190* The ''Series/{{Kidsongs}}'' TV show has one of these, the kids dressing up an abandoned TV station in the syndicated 1st season, and the kids going to the local TV station to pitch their show to the owners in the subsequent seasons on PBS.
191* Another PBS show, ''Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}'', has a theme tune that also fits this trope to a T: "While walking in the woods one day Chris and Martin saw something strange: a little leaping lemur who liked to bounce and play..."
192* ''Series/TheSproutSharingShow''
193* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'': BOTH "Brand New Day" and "Chica's Here."
194* ''Series/SproutsWigglyWaffle''
195* The one thing anyone who has seen ''Series/TheHappyApple'' remembers is the expository theme tune set ToTheTuneOf ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'':
196-->''Nancy is junior secretary\
197In an advertising agency...''
198* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'':
199-->''Barney is a dinosaur\
200From our imagination\
201And when he's tall, he's what we call\
202A dinosaur sensation\
203Barney's friends are big and small,\
204They come from lots of places\
205After school, they meet to play\
206And sing with happy faces...''
207* ''Series/TheOldenDays'':
208-->Men come from Cooper's Crossing,\
209And Darwin in the south\
210From the dusty plains of Innisfail\
211To the Murrumbidgee's mouth\
212Through bush fires, snakes and tinea,\
213Drizzle, drought and flood\
214None of those will hold them back,\
215When someone cries out 'Mud!'\
216(Oh) Mud, boys, mud;\
217We'll give our sweat and blood\
218Though our backs may break,\
219Our beards are fake\
220We'll all pretend the sets don't shake...\
221Mud, boys, mud;\
222We'll deck them with a thud,\
223The fires may burn,\
224the floods may drench\
225But we'll still have a buxom wench\
226And keep on shouting 'Mud!'
227* The [[InternationalCoProduction Australian/American series]] ''The Lost Islands'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtVJqFqrnMw&feature=emb_logo a beauty of one]].
228* The CBBC game show ''Trapped!'' had one of these in its original run, delivered by [[TheFairFolk The Voice]] in the form of a fairy tale-esque poem:
229-->This is not a fairy tale, come and play the game\
230If you want to take the tower on, you have to say [[TheDragon his]] name\
231It's Wiley Sneak, Wiley Sneak, Wiley Sneak\
232(pause)\
233Now it's off to the tower, you'll be up against each other\
234Sabotage the game my friends, but do not blow your cover\
235I am waiting for you, kiddies, who will take the rap?\
236'Cause only one will escape, and the rest...\
237[EvilLaugh] ''[[SuddenlyShouting YOU'RE]]'' '''''[[TitleDrop TRAPPED!]]'''''
238* ''Creator/HamishAndAndy’s Gap Year'' - The USA series featured one, frequently interrupted by people who believe they should be saying “holiday”.
239-->Gonna hit the road, learn about life and the universe\
240Gonna put our money in a skin-coloured purse\
241Gonna do something brave, gonna face our fears\
242Gonna step up, be men, and take a gap year\
243"Hold on? These guys are just going on a holiday!"\
244No, [[InsistentTerminology it's a gap year]], enrich our minds, maybe catch a play\
245"It really does sound like it's a holiday."\
246No, cause we're gonna see the USA in an educational way\
247"[[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's the definition of the holiday!]]"\
248We'll research American beers, so let's have three cheers\
249That it's perfectly clear that we're definitely on a gap year\
250"Holiday!"\
251Gap year, gap year
252* Done during the [[TrappedInTVLand sitcom segment]] of the ''Changing Channels'' 5th-season episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. The show typically followed the TitleOnlyOpening formula at the beginning, but this episode opened up with a ''Series/{{Full House}}'' style opening, complete with expository lyrics:
253-->''Town to town, two-lane roads''.\
254''Family biz, two hunting bros''\
255''Living a lie just to get by''\
256''As long as we're moving forward''\
257''There's nothing we can't do''\
258''Together we'll face the day''\
259''You and I won't run away''\
260''When the demons come out to play''\
261''Together we'll face the day''
262* Viciously parodied on ''Series/{{Ellen}}''. The setup: A season 3 running gag had Ellen apologizing at the start of the episode for not having the theme song ready yet or doing various bits as if filling time where the opening titles should be, then holding up a sign board with the show's logo. After a whole season of that, for episode 24 ("When the Vow Breaks (Part 1)") we get an excited Ellen announcing the theme was finally ready:
263--> '''Ellen:''' Finally! We have our opening titles, so roll it!\
264[''A cheesy opening credits sequence plays.'']
265--->Who...has a perfect smile?\
266Who...has a comical style?\
267Who likes to hang out with her friends? Who, who, who? Ellen!\
268There's Spence and Paige and Audrey and Joe--they're her friends on every show!\
269They visit her at her booksto'!\
270She lives in an apartment!\
271Who...has a perfect smile?\
272Who...has a comical style?\
273Who likes to hang out with her friends? Who, who, who? Ellen!\
274Ellen, you crazy gal!
275-->[''The sequence ends and we see Ellen standing in the same place she was before'']\
276'''Ellen:''' ...That's it? ...That's what I've been waiting all season for?...I LOVE IT! Yeah!
277* Also parodied by Music/WeirdAlYankovic on his children's series, ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'', which explains how Al got the show... while adding multiple irrelevant details that are "[[LampshadeHanging really not important to the story"]].
278* The TV adaptation of ''Literature/AdrianMole'' had "Profoundly in Love With Pandora" by [[Music/IanDuryAndTheBlockheads Ian Dury]]:
279-->My mother's heart and soul,\
280Have gone halfway up the pole.\
281My father's on the dole,\
282This is taking its toll.\
283My friend Bert is much too old,\
284And his dog's beyond control.\
285Though it sometimes seems they're droll,\
286It's a nuisance on the whole.\
287\
288I'm profoundly in love with Pandora,\
289My poem has an intellectual theme.\
290The tenderness with which I adore her,\
291Goes all bouncy in my dreams.
292* ''In Sickness and in Health'', the SequelSeries to ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' had ''three'' versions, due to two {{Retool}}s:
293** At first the song was about Alf Garnet dealing with old age and Elsa being in a wheelchair, ending "After all these years, I'm finally pushing you about. That's 'cos in sickness and in health I said 'I do'".
294** After the death of Creator/DandyNichols, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim and therefore of Elsa]], the second season theme changed to be Alf mourning her, and complaining that his pension's been cut, concluding "For richer or poorer, I'm bloody poorer, that's a fact. That's 'cos in sickness and in health I said 'I do'" with Creator/WarrenMitchell shouting the "bloody poorer" line over the Music/ChasAndDave rendition.
295** And in the fourth season, the song gets changed halfway to describe the new set-up of Alf moving to Australia and courting a rich widow. "For richer, not poorer, 'cos I'm fed up being skint. That's why in sickness and in health, I'll say 'I do'."
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