![]() ![]() With its fast pace, kickass guitar, and lyrics that are pretty easy to remember. And when the song ended, so did my tolerance for the show. It was the only thing I ever looked forward to whenever this show came on. NC (voiceover): Alright, as much as I hate this show, I have to admit I really do love this theme song. With some great animation and great tunes, Thundercats is easily the purr-fect combo. So good that we didn't even care if the opening WAS better than the show half the time. With that said, the opening theme song did a great job of hyping us up. I mean look at this, they're barely moving a muscle.DO SOMETHING! Ah well. I mean, as soon as the show started, the characters NEVER moved like in the opening. In fact, maybe it did it a little too well. With the rock guitar, female singers and fast-paced speed, Thundercats had us all ready for action. I mean look at that animation, how can you not be hyped after watching this opening. NC (voiceover): FUCK YEAH! Not only did this show have a great song, but it also had a kickass opening as well. Whichever one you like better, Carmen Sandiego certainly knew how to keep a good song in our heads. And when you're a show that's TRYING to be educational, you sure as hell better write something that our short attention spans can remember. NC (voiceover): I think the game show version is a LITTLE bit catchier, but the cartoon deserves an honorable mention. NC (voiceover): And the other was a cartoon, with a full choir singing all the way through. Sample of Carmen Sandiego game show theme One was a game show where the entire theme song was played acapella NC (voiceover): Number 9-This character was so popular that she actually got 2 hit shows, with 2 hit theme songs. With that said, Reading Rainbow is the perfect placement for the Number 10 spot. Or the fact that it WAS the only show that actually made us wanna read books. Still, you can't fault the song for being so damn catchy. NC (voiceover): Dude, if every book played this when I opened it, I would never read again. What IS that thing anyhow? (referring to the synthesizer riff) Once you hear that obnoxious synthesizer in the opening, you're gonna be humming this crap for the rest of your life. My only problem with this song is that they never DO tell you how to get to Sesame Street! I mean where the Hell is it, Chicago, Brooklyn, New York? How DO you get to this damn place? Whereever the hell it is, it made for a really great song, and the perfect beginning for our countdown. NC (voiceover): For many of us, Sesame Street was the first show we ever saw, and it only figures that the theme song would be as irritatingly catchy as the lessons it teaches us. So, sit back and enjoy the Top 11 Catchiest Nostalgic Theme Songs.īeethoven's Fifth Symphony starts playing, accompanying a title card labeling the list Why Top 11? Because I like to go one step beyond. So, that's why today I'm paying tribute to the Top 11 Best Nostalgic Theme Songs ever. ![]() They were fun, clever, enjoyable, and CATCHY as hell! In fact, some of these songs still stay hidden in the darkest corners of our memories, just waiting for inopportune moments to jump out of our heads and ruin our concentration. Theme songs played a huge part in our childhoods. NC: Hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic, I remember it so you don't have to.
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