21 episodes
It Needs To Be Catchy Joey, Daniel & Greg
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- TV & Film
TV Theme Songs! You know them, you love them, Netflix lets you skip them. But how well-versed are you in their history? And which ones do it best? Wonder no longer - now there's a podcast! Why is there a podcast? Well, once upon a time, Daniel made the mistake of expressing his opinion on Facebook. Joey read this opinion, and decided that what Daniel desperately needed was a master class on theme songs: their history, their legacy, and their place in the cultural canon. Armed with the idea of THE COMFORT SIGNAL (TM), Professor Joey; the only student Daniel; and producer Greg take a deep dive into what qualities make a theme song great. The It Needs to Be Catchy theme song is the Happy Boy End Theme by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3854-happy-boy-end-themeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/extended-license
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Episode 20: Alan Hawkshaw
American audiences might not be familiar with Alan Hawkshaw, but he's a stone-cold legend; from casually hanging out with The Beatles in Germany in his early days, to touring with Donna Summer, to writing theme songs for Arthur C. Clarke. In this week's episode, we talk with him about his amazing career as well as KPM Musichouse, the firm that transformed the theme song industry in Great Britain.
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Episode 19: WandaVision
To this day, Daniel has not watched WandaVision. Why not, you ask? Who knows? If I could have solved the mysteries of his mind, we wouldn’t need this podcast in the first place. Yet, within the bitter ashes of a mind wallowing in the cultural wasteland are the life-giving nutrients of opportunity; namely, the opportunity to play these themes for Daniel for the first time and get his genuine gut reaction. Will the lessons I taught him take root and allow him to identify the key influences...
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Episode 18: Snuffy Walden
In this landmark episode, we are joined by the legendary theme song composer of such shows as Thirtysomething, The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, and My So Called Life: fellow University of Saint Thomas alumni and Houston native Snuffy Walden! And if one guest isn't enough, we are also joined by friend of the show (and self-professed superfan) Aaron Stryk. Let’s be honest: you probably don’t deserve this much entertainment. Aren’t you lucky that Joey, Daniel, and Greg are the gen...
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Episode 17: Kevin Macleod
What kind of theme song podcast would we be if we didn't talk about our own theme song.? Well... We have the composer of our theme song, Kevin MacLeod, on the show with us and we forgot to ask him about it. We had a great time anyway, and now we have an excuse to have him back on the show soon!
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Bonus Episode: Jeff Davis
While we have the week off, Joey has been stuck in a teacher in service day and came up with this gem. We hope you enjoy and we will see you next week!
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Episode 16: La Musica
En este episodio, regresa Jack Tomas para hablar sobre los temas musicales de las telenovelas y que son de Puta madre.[On this episode we welcome back Jack Tomas (That’s All I Have to Say podcast) to talk about telenovelas and how bad ass the theme songs are].