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culturebox Those Were the Days How do today's shorter, simpler TV theme songs stack up to the classics of the genre? Posted Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, at 7:10 AM ET
These days, pretty much everyone has a favorite television theme tune. Some people like a credit sequence that sets up a show's back story (Gilligan's Island), some go for a catchy melody (late-'70s Doctor Who), while still others prefer a perfect evocation of the show's atmospherics (the classic Edward Gorey-illustrated Mystery curtain-raiser). But if current trends continue, the youth of 2025 probably won't even recognize the term theme tune. To continue reading, click here. June Thomas is Slate's foreign editor. You can e-mail her at intpapers@slate.com or follow her on Twitter.Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Nevada's 3rd District Might Just Be the Most Important House Race in the Country What Does Being Trapped in a Mine for Two Months Do To Your Health? Stephen Hawking Thinks There Are Many, Many Universes, and None of Them Has God | Advertisement |
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