The other day I was walking through a grocery store, something I rarely do ever, when I heard a song come over the radio and started to think. The song was by the Barenaked Ladies, you know not the actual naked ladies but the band from Canada. Okay, the guys that song is played during the opening of the Big Bang Theory. Yeah, there you go, now you know.
Well, a thought came through my mind and that was what if... Oh, there is more to the thought I'm just dragging it out because well, I can. Any how, the thought that came to mind was what if a Barenaked Ladies song was chosen for another television show would it be such a big hit? More or less a chicken or the egg type of thought. But that gets confusing because what if the Barenaked Ladies had used one of their songs on the show let's say Veronica's Closet, would you care?
You probably wouldn't care unless you were a relative of either someone who worked on the show or the Barenaked Ladies because no one I mean NO ONE liked that show and F the TV Guide Network for making anyone believe it was a good show.
Yet, I digress or continue onwards, so what if another song of the Barenaked Ladies was chosen for a sitcom what would the sitcom be based on? More scientists? A group of office workers trying to sell paper? A bunch of drunk at a bar? Or what about a cop drama? The possibilities of course are endless.
But with the song chosen by the band for the Big Bang Theory has the words of the show in it and well, some other stuff about science stuff that well, us not scientist don't quite understand. Or anyone trying to read that last sentence. What I'm trying to say is the song used for the shows theme has key themes that relate to the show like astrology and "since the dawn of man" and even mentions Albert Einstein.
So basically what I'm trying to figure out is there any other songs that could be used and if so what would the show be based on. After all it's not the first time a Barenaked Ladies song has been featured on a television show.
Let's take a look at a few of their songs and see if they take the theory if you will.............
Grade 9
The song is called Grade 9 and well it simply references the 9th Grade. It goes on to reference other things like the band Duran Duran, the Star Trek movie Wrath of Khan as well as to using some bully terminology. For bully terminology I mean calling someone a fatso or four-eyes. It also references clothes and activities that 9th graders face like school dances and taking tests.
So would this be a good song for a sitcom? Well, why not? I mean I could actually see this as a very successful sitcom, I mean you might not see the title Grade 9 Theory or something like they've done with the Big Bang Theory but it could work out. Especially for let's say on the Nickelodeon network or ABC Family.
The show could follow around a 9th grader who's just trying to fit into life or something like that. Heck what's the average school year 180 days? Turn each day into one episode and bam there you go, done and successful. I guess this whole show idea has the Boy Meets World or Wonder Years. Heck, maybe one of those stars has a son that could star in it? I mean we're about ready to find out where Fred or his brother Ben's children are up to. Unless there's another brother of this age?
I say yes to this show. I'm as they say in the industry saying green light it! Or make it happen!
Be My Yoko Ono
Now here is a sitcom idea. I mean if you don't understand that song title let me quickly explain it's about this female named Yoko Ono she was married to John Lennon and well, she made him quit the band. He fell in love with her and well, lived happily ever....
Sitcom gold probably. It's your basic love story sitcom but the whole time it's got the back drop of the guys band. Well, there a struggling band yet he's got some good stuff going on and what not.
Ehh... now that I think about it, it might be a better movie idea. Where the band starts one of the band members meets a girl and then drama ensues. Because who would want to see this as a weekly laugh factory? I couldn't think of anyone. Not even if we stayed Up All Night or even asked Whitney.
A
Yes, they have a song called A. Just the letter nothing more, nothing less. It's seeming about a couple trying to hold things together or a couple fighting or something. Well, it explains things that start with the letter A and go from angry to applesauce to argument to even Asshole.
The A Theory? Well, maybe loosely based around this couple on the verge of breaking up. I wish Blockbuster type places were still around because this could probably be a fantastic backdrop to this show. Maybe a mixture between the original movie Clerks and that movie with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston I think it was called the Break-Up.
You'd have each others friends trying to convince them to separate and some reason they always end up back in each others arms. I think it could work.
Shoe Box
A sitcom based on things found in a shoe box? Interesting idea almost seems like something that CBS came out with a few years ago and suddenly cancelled. A show starring a Big Bang Theory cast member it was called The Class.
There's a main character either male or female and they have this shoe box and they look into and remember something about their past and it's irregardless if its bad or good, it's just something about their past that's found in the shoe box.
Okay, maybe it's not a great idea. I'm not too sure, it's got a My Name Is Earl type of feel to it now that the thought of it has gone through the process of thinking.
Pinch Me
Oh, if you are a big Barenaked Ladies fan you'll know this song. If not you'll remember this song big time because its the one that has the line "I just made you say underwear"
How would this one work? Well maybe it's a show about nothing? No, that's been done. Well, how about it's a show where life could be miserable like nothing goes right but it's alright because it could be worse.
I don't know maybe this could be the best one yet. If you really try and think about it it could be. Like almost a cartoon type feel.......... Guy is a big guy but acts small.... ehh... still thinking......
Alcohol
Now here's a song we all can relate to. Those of us that aren't straight edge losers named C.M. Punk. A song about alcohol what could go wrong? How about a show about alcohol there hasn't been one done before right?
Well, yeah, we have Cheers and It's Always Sunny based in and around a bar or two. And well, how would this show work out? How about beer salesmen? They go around trying to sell their home made beer?
I think it's a hit! Let's go with this one!
It's All Been Done
How about this hit Barenaked Ladies song? Well, what's the point right? If it's all been done. Well, Simpsons did it. South Park did it. Why not redo it?
Or what if it's a time traveling sitcom show? Like Dr. Who but we can understand it and laugh with it.
I guess Bill and Ted already did it..........
One Week
Well, why not? It's like the biggest and baddest song of theirs and well, sitcoms come out what once a week? How about random things that happen in a week.
Maybe at the end of each episode we see a thing that says One Week Till... something happens. Like one week till pay day or something odd. Each week the story is resolved slightly. Unlike what we see in How I Met Your Mother.
Could work. Could be fantastic, needs a strong cast though.
If I Had $1000000
That's six zero's if you weren't counting. Throwing a number in front of that makes a million. Yes, a million doll hairs. Eh. I mean dollars. Now there is a theory!
A rich man? Na, maybe his cousin or his brother lives his lifestyle. Or maybe in his guest house or one of his other houses he never visits. And the joke is well, he's not rich but he can play rich until he gets caught. This sounds good to me.
Would it work? Well, does Allen from Two and a Half Men play it well? I think so. You need a strong comedian to play this roll though someone like a party character almost like Artie Lange but maybe younger like maybe my age. Like maybe me. Yeah, that's the person I want to see with a million dollars!!!
So there you have it a few of my Barenaked Ladies sitcom theories. I hope you found at least one or two you may or may not have liked. Hopefully you liked them all! Especially if you are in the business of making me a executive producer!!
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