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  Josh Groban sings TV theme song medley at Emmy Awards

  posted by matt | 09.22.08 | permalink | 9 comments

  I never thought I’d be typing this, but Josh Groban gave a stellar performance at the 2008 Emmys / The Academy Awards, doing an amusing medley of television theme songs. There was quite a variety, and I think I was most impressed with seeing Groban do the South Park theme (1:45 in or so). Also notable is the theme song from Cops about 2:45 in.

  Here’s a list of all the TV theme songs Josh Groban sang or made reference to:

  The Simpsons
  Friends
  Happy Days
  Golden Girls
  Mister Roger’s Neighborhood
  The Andy Grifith Show
  The Love Boat
  Law & Order
  The Addams Family
  The Muppet Show
  The X-Files
  South Park
  The Jeffersons
  Baywatch
  The Brady Bunch
  COPS
  Law & Order
  The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  Saturday Night Live
  The Late Show with David Letterman
  Late Night with Conan O’Brien
  The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
  Two and a Half Men
  Rawhide
  Gilligan’s Island
  M*A*S*H
  The Carol Burnett Show
  Cheers
  I Dream of Genie

  Tell us what you think in the comments below!

  Tags: 2008 academy awards, baywatch, cheers, cops, emmy, Friends, gilligan's island, golden girls, happy days, i dream of genie, josh groban, late night with conan o'brien, law & order, M*A*S*H*, medley, mister roger's neighborhood, montage, rawhide, salute, saturday night live, snl, south park, television, the addams family, the andy grifith show, the brady bunch, the carol burnett show, the fresh prince of bel air, the jeffersons, the late show with david letterman, the love boat, the muppet show, the muppets, the simpsons, the tonight show with johnny carson, the x-files, tv theme songs, two and a half men, x-files

• songspeak

  It’s gonna take a montage

  posted by matt | 05.14.08 | permalink | comment?

  In anything where you need to go from just a beginner to a pro, you need a montage. This tidbit of wisdom comes from possibly the greatest action / puppet flick I’ve seen, Team America: World Police.

  The two dorks who created South Park, Matt Parker and Trey Stone, annoyed about what they considered to be the U.S. tendency to want to “police the world”, made this satirical move about a group of militants trying to destroy a plot by Kim Jong-il to deploy weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Rather than make an animated feature, they somehow decided to make an action movie using a cast of marionettes.

  The music is particularly awesome, featuring songs like America, Fuck Yeah, and Freedom Isn’t Free, but my favorite is probably the Rocky-inspired Montage. Here’s a clip of it (a treat especially for those who are trying to learn Spanish!).

  Also, it’s pretty awesome that these hooligans are so talented as musicians. Their band, DVDA performs a lot of the music in their various productions.

  Tags: 00s movies, matt parker, montage, south park, team america, trey stone