Best TV Theme Songs (5-4-20)

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Starting with the NFL longtime writer Joe person tweeted this over the weekend while had this discussion with someone last week. No way. Cam Newton signed with anyone as a backup continue to rehab and weight for travel restrictions to lifts or teams can examine them worst-case. He waits until a starter gets hurt. I put this question out on twitter interested in your perspective on it. What is more likely to happen ahead of the 2020 season cam signing on as a backup seems to be the only options available to him right now or can flat out retiring because while you might just reject the back end of that something you haven't considered, I think you'd rather retire and become a back backup any day of the week. This isn't me saying that's going to happen. Honestly, I think teams get to come to their senses and pick him up. However, I don't think retirement out of the question especially after antilock open that door last summer. Think about this in terms of quarterbacks.

The last decade quarterbacks who have played a lot of games. Who was taken more abuse than lock obviously luck had the shoulder problems. It was an angle he was dealing with all last off-season, leading to him saying I'm done with the process of there being pain and rehab trying to get back on the field so we set on stepping away.

The only quarterback I can put up against Andrew lock in terms of being injured as often in dealing with injuries that are comparable in terms of the severity it's can it Says I've had. Yes, it looks like on Instagram things are going great with his foot. But there's a difference between being able to pass a physical and being able to deal with the rigors of a 16 game NFL schedule which starting in 2021 could become a 17 game NFL schedule where she had it more and more often, Pat Willis, Andrew lock player stepping away from the game look equally, who was very close to camp.

So I really don't think it's completely out of the question. Also, cam is a smart guy.

He understands the quarterback position is maybe the most political position in all of sports apposition. It has it's the closest an athlete comes to being a politician publicly. That's why there are no interesting quarterbacks when their speaking to the media. They speak like politicians do.

Tell me something drew breezes said that's really interesting very illuminating Tom Brady over the last few decades.

How about Russell Wilson. They all master the art of putting words into a sentence saying things without actually producing any substance like a true politician. What I think it's the same reason you don't see many presidential nominees on either side except opportunities to become a vice president. Once there, once there presidential bid falls apart because once you are labeled as being a backup quarterback.

That's what you are right. You're not an MVP anymore. You're not a starter. Once you become a backup that is who you are. If you're trying to become the president and that bid falls apart if you accept the vice president bid you're always going to be vice president candidate. Fill in the blank, which is fine if that's what your goals are. I don't think cam's goal is to be a VP cam's goal is to be a starter to be a president unlike cam cam also or to the unlike Andrew luck cam also has several post-football opportunities available to him. I'm speaking about television. He clearly has an interest in that field. He has his own production company runs a YouTube channel is quite active on it had the Nickelodeon show after the Super Bowl appearance. He's been on TV game shows, so he has a flair for showmanship for celebrity, the way that he dresses his polarity he would do great on TV. He's an entertainer. I don't think he's going to be an analyst even though Monday Night Football still looking for the replacement for really John Gruden because Jason Witten didn't pan out there. Not happy with what Bulger McFarlane did last year. If they were smart they would go after cam there but the coronavirus pandemics affected so many aspects of the country.

I don't think the financials would justify bringing in someone like cam without any TV experience. There may be later in the week we could get into what Monday Night Football is doing at this point, but I do see him having no role whenever his football career ends on TV playing the Michael straight hand like role being Jesse Palmer baby not being on the bachelor but interviewing celebrities being a part of sports on the periphery. He's not the guy was going to be on NFL network or ESPN breaking down games, criticizing and applauding players that are currently blank.

I don't think that's what cam ultimately is going to want to do whenever that time comes. Your thoughts are welcome on twitter at sports on triad 336-777-1600 is the phone number if you care to chime in that way, John Curry, the director of athletics at Wake Forest to join us in less than 10 minutes a lot of stuff to do today.

Don Shula passes away at 90 years old. Louisville receives a notice of allegations. All of that later this hour but I want to shift things to last night's last dance episodes episodes five and six Michael Jordan he's drawing criticism today for his Republicans wear sneakers to comment from decades ago Jordan, he's not backing down on them and he showed the most ridiculous assertion that I heard last night and I continue to see trumpeted the day is that his legacy will be forever dampened by not speaking out on social issues to anybody who believes this here is all I got for you. Here's a question that I have what were Babe Ruth's politics. How about Tiger Woods.

Do you know what Peyton Manning who Peyton Manning voted for about Derek Jeter are those players legacies affected by you. Not knowing what their politics are, this could not be any stupider. Mohammed Ali oh he spoke out on social issues. He spoke against the war.

That's why you seem to be one of the iconic athletes of the 20th century. I have a feeling all he would've been great regardless because you know he was a multi-time heavyweight champ. He was tremendous on TV had this great personality. I think there's a lot of revisionist history that happened with Ali. I think many of the people that applaud him speaking on social issues probably never heard what exactly he believed it. I don't think I think even the day. A lot of what Ali said in the late 60s and early Saturday 70s would still be incredibly controversial. Now, not criticizing him for believing those things I just don't believe his career was magnified for having those beliefs. Michael he broke it down in a perfect way. He said I didn't really follow it that closely.

I wasn't an expert on the subject, so we didn't want to attach his name to the North Carolina Senate candidate that was going up against Jesse Helms in 1990 he didn't want to do it. It reminds me of my approach here to coronavirus. You might've noticed in the last month and 1/2.

We haven't done a lot of coronavirus talk on the show I went up pretending it does exist, but my expertise is not viral diseases.

My expertise is not what's gonna happen in the next few months with it what path were going down when it comes to this pandemic. I do have a lot of expertise talking about cam Newton and Wake Forest basketball search. Steve Forbes is good to be a guest with us tomorrow. And again, John Curry, and five minutes. I think there is value in talking about things that you're an expert on I think it protects them as well. Like Lebron James he seemed to be this guy speaking on social issues that matter to him. But clearly last October.

China was a blind spot.

It was a really tough situation because if you're going to say all these things happening in your country that your support above them that you're against.

Why not speak again something that so clearly communism.

While it would hurt the MBA. It would hurt your own bottom line. It was a blind spot for Lebron. I think saying that you're not going to address politics altogether flatly because Republicans by sneakers to ultimately it's the smartest business thing to set and Jordan. He's not just representing himself. He's representing Nikes representing the bulls is representing the MBA.

It's the smartest stance for him to take their edit protects himself.

Also, let's consider this.

It seems the people who believe Jordan should have been more expressive, or just assuming he has the same politics as they do. If that is in fact true.

Jordan believe something else. I have a feeling the response would be completely different. Real quickly before get the John Curry let's go to Corian Highpoint real quickly.

Cory what you got on quarterbacks of free agency Andy Dalton. The cowboy J Miss Winston essay cam Newton still looking for a team per credit card for Marsha. So what your about the word you think cam would go think we do have moved to that you just mentioned, Jamie commanded both previously being suitable starters you know and you will like what you thought I'll give you one team Cory thanks for the phone call I think the Denver Broncos make a lot of sense for me strong organization with a quarterback coach. You can vouch for him. Mike Shula, of course, lost his father today. Don and I think both those factors matter what the panther signings a lot a guys from Baylor a lot of guys from Temple. These guys that Matt rule can vouch for Mike Shula camps quarterbacks coach in office coordinator. He can vouch for Tam at his best, and I still see an unproven quarterback. There Andrew lock is a second-round pick from last year. I'm not saying he can't get it done. I'm not saying that he wanted beat out cam if they went head-to-head, but I do remember Denver drafting a quarterback in the first round that quarterback winning a playoff game and then Denver having an opportunity to upgrade that off-season with the former MVP.

The quarterback I'm speaking about Tim Tebo and his replacement was Peyton Manning so Denver they seen it happen before it's low risk is good to be cheap is 30 years old. Why not have cam go into a situation where there some familiarity there and cam Newton go to an organization that could benefit with them having the winning roster. A team that could benefit having a motivated cam on a cheap deal. I think that's a team that makes a lot of sense. I don't put cam in the same box as Jamison Randy Dalton and I don't think you should either just look at the resumes will tell you everything you need to know okay the director of athletics for Wake Forest John Curry. He will take us behind the scenes on the Steve Forbes higher next of the drive third sloshed with Josh Gray call a more vicious monster and he knows his horse back to the drive to Josh Graham on sports hub try time for let's get crazy. To be honest, Robert. I have a lot of things that have been doing all my mind the last 72 hours. I bet you do as well at Harding to join us one hour from now the big boys of the day at 5 o'clock all right if you want in on the segment where we suspend journalistic integrity for 10 minutes each week, 336-777-1600 is the phone number hot takes only we won't judge it take for being too hot, but we will judge it for being too cold especially if it's now were all stir crazy write-downs were thinking about crazy ideas.

Hot takes only bring them at 336-777-1600. It's time for let's get crazy crazy. All right, Robert you want to start. Should I ask you a question that either way is not matter to me with… Keep stalling to see how far with you, go if you want to. I really didn't matter though games I feel like it's good to be a much more difficult hurdle for high school and college games to get off the ground. If school is canceled or delayed. Then pro sports.

So if there are any high school or collegiate sports to talk about. Come September, the NFL, there cannot figure out a way even if they need to go to Congress to approve of it for their not only to be games on Thursday and Sunday and Monday but filling the void left by high school football in the hypothetical and college football working to be talking about NFL schedules nationally speaking with games Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday five days out of the week. We have football one game Thursday one game Friday.

A handful game Saturday. A full slate of full slate on Sunday and then Monday you have one game as well.

This presents an interesting opportunity.

Most of the money that's made by Lee. Now come from television, if it's all television and no fans are allowed to within gains in the venue in which they're playing. I think the only way owners can recoup television dollars is by enhancing the TV deal one year only one time except today, Amazon hey Netflix hey box, CBS, ABC, you can carry one of these games clears the price and you're going to get massive ratings as a result.

Also, owners are to be able to recoup dollars loss by not having fans in attendance.

Robert feel like the idea though. Yeah I'm all hung down for Tuesday and Wednesday to hear about every day, every day of the week NFL football schedule and I don't care I don't worry about travel semantics. All right, Robert.

Let's get crazy.

I think Vince McMahon should be the next sports figure to get a 10 part documentary covering off of Jimmy's murdering his why lively. The only believe this was whole coding in the steroid. I guess Rachel takes probably want Christian want me there so much stuff you can go into his childhood. I think I'm at least I would love. I don't know if it transcends sports like and I'm not saying it does.

I just think you need to. One documentary is not to be enough know all know there's so much stuff, it would have to be like a 10 hour documentary all right. I watched castaway over the weekend. I believe that to be Hank's best performance you wanted to pump air horn like the Forrest Gump if it's not Forrest Gump it's Philadelphia. It's not bad for a story. If not that it's sleepless in Seattle. Performance cannot be a cartoon like there's no acting jobs on the phone but well. Robert thinks that castaway deserves a little bit more love than I was originally giving it. I mean, Hank's, he carried the entire movie.

I think it's entertaining. I don't know how it's entertaining. I don't know how it works. I will know how many actors could do what Hank's D in castaway. I really don't know. I guess Matt Damon maybe did some of that in the Martian, but there just are a lot of guys pay the movie were not to have any music and you're going to be on an island all by yourself talking to a volleyball make it happen are, let's get away and in Greensboro weighing let's get crazy.will get her to regain the lawn, Dalton Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl no Playoff Way, Super Bowl. With the Dallas Cowboys that the former talking about here takes me 367-1600 Robert K. Crazy.

I J.Crew filed for bankruptcy. Yes, and I think it is a lot more brands that you know like American Eagle gas The life shut down to stop sending me emails. Maybe I I've I successfully pushed all the J.Crew and any other stuff like that to my spam folder.

Remember in college. It was they were stacking. Yeah, they're very aggressive. All right, I need to get to this hot take chocolate milk is a suitable average for an adult order, I love chocolate no food is an owner of a motor at a restaurant I put this on Twitter for those he didn't see the true story. Saturday I ordered takeout from a restaurant my girlfriend she sitting right next to me and she's picking fun at me because I said I can add a chocolate milk on the side and they said yeah like a kids chocolate milk. I said no like a goal really gets to go.

Yeah, we can do that for you there records that I doubted like a serial killer chocolate milk was a burger and fries and further fries. I was there. Bradford outlooks of the mill to I don't know about should not be ashamed for wanting some chocolate milk. Okay like you just run a heavy alcohol guy. I love beer but on the social drinker and since you can't really get together with people I've been drinking chocolate milk more than I've been drinking the juice Robert he will close us out yes or Law & Order has the best known lyrical TV theme song against stranger things and I had so many more right but I'm telling you should've wrote me maybe but that's mate guy you got to come up with stuff to the okay. You're saying non-lyrical is music. Yes, I but just know there are no lyrics so it can't be like. I think the Jeffersons is the best TV theme song as I would push back only only maybe for the X-Files who yeah that's a good one. Having that done. I got it transcends maybe would you say that ESPN noise would be categorized as a TV theme song is then maybe I football you yeah maybe that letter talking that versus that you think about law to be both of them honestly I'm asked this question on Twitter to figure it out what the best non-lyrical TV theme, then we can get to the bottom of that's been let's get crazy coming up why I do not believe retirement out of the question for cam Newton. This is the drive back on the dry use sports to drive with JavaScript on sports hub triad man. This all makes me think about summer wanting to get out of the water be at the beach, hopefully sometime soon. We could do that.

I know somebody is capitalizing on being out on the lake for good friend Ed Hardin Greensboro news and record you can follow on Twitter at@_Hardin, as I welcome you and that I'm getting flooded on Twitter because Robert he went to the radio microphone and said law and order, as you it's not fast TV theme song without lyrics and it and I'm just looking at my twitter feed and I'm just seeing without any other context people just think Knight Rider Magnum PI office. The Simpson Sanford and son succession Hawaii 50.

It just continues and continues to before we get the wake basketball. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear TV theme song without lyrics Vandergrift all all Robert, I think you've met your match.

I think Andy Griffith for local reasons, historic reasons, that's tough debate. It is your right as that's the one slip my mind is pretty good at this game. Also Ed you're somebody I haven't seen your take quite yet in the pages of the news and record on Steve Forbes, the new head coach of the Demon deacons. What do you like the most about this hire for weight because it does seem like with wake having its pick of the litter, they hired a coach that may be in the normal cycle they want to be able to get that's probably true. He might've been encouraged to go along thinking think they have a relationship going, but I do something messily wanted all along right are not a typical white card at all. Not even have the classic pedigree I think is a great one everywhere. Then yes you do now is hold the program together. I mean, when you look at the winning percentage. 75% winning percentage. It's not one of the lesser bid major conferences, the Southern conference. I think out of the 26 bid majors.

It ranks seventh last year. Put that in perspective the a 10 was second or third on that list so your you're talking about a pretty good conference.

A coach was just dominant and it and even though he doesn't have any experience go to get a private school or you know the way he recruited East Tennessee State doesn't really translate to Wake Forest. I think the fact that he helped recruit top 10 recruiting classes at Tennessee and has justice wealth of knowledge and experience a comes along beginning coaching nearly 30 years. I feel comfortable that what ever holes you could pick through his resume in terms of it being a fit. This is a guy that can adapt. What say you know all of our absolute didn't do the classic athlete that stupid games will likely to coaches who were a lot like my coach emphasis on defense at home playing hard it was. It was a battle fun to watch either of those coaches good one anyways games for structure couple years I was like, sit back and watch it almost like a watch cohort, we asked John Curry earlier in the show he wasn't going to go talking about contract figure. So I tried to ask. I think tried to craft the question in a way where he could answer something in response to the Jeff Goodman report about trying to get under the $15 million.

They don't feel he's owed it. I think the way I framed it was. Do you feel Danny Manning filled his opportunity were his obligations as Wake Forest basketball coach and he just politely declined to answer that question. What do you think happening with all of that because Jeff Goodman told us last week that he thinks retention rate is going to be a part of this year. I think there was something there with a qualified contractor and what were looking at now is a legal standoff, but both retain counsel, Danny got a really good local attorney who went Wake Forest. There's an irony is Danny against what sorts of really gearing up to be a protracted legal battle and a settlement was made.

We never hear how it ends, or burial will could end up what's your bet may not think I think with this pandemic with everything on hold. There's plenty of time to work something out. I just don't see this courtroom Wake Forest Way that either. I just think we can settle some point, gentlemanly thing to do contract.

The contract wording in there. The good strong case and hardens with the series on Twitter at@_Hardin, I'm not sure if you watched the last dance Michael Jordan.you series, but the gambling that he he participated in on the golf course. Quite often, it's been a topic of the day and even names such as slim bowler who took a lot of Michael's money, including a $57,000 check in Charlotte heat. He became part of the public conversation as well. What you think of somebody who loves golf and obviously a lot of this happening in the state of North Carolina. Over the years.

Back in the 90s, how what you think of when you think of Michael Jordan's gambling and the competitive's competitiveness. He had on the golf course. They go hand in hand, had to be the best ping-pong player. He had to be the best pool player basketball took up golf.

He had to be the best golfer is already one of the best golfer that he added gambling to just look to add to the excitement played around a golf and honors LT and Michael would play from beyond the tips you actually go to the back of the tea box before she could go and put 1 foot out of the box and that's where he drove.

Everyone just competed with himself. So I think the gambling part of just this just the excitement it adds to how do you see that day was Michael and LT behind not very well. I kept looking over my back to get it meant to let them pass it along the bay fighting that we really are. What is Hardin's policy on letting people pass. Well, gentlemen agreement. It's an unwritten rule faster for some swindler who ever played for the difference was we will turn we had a little more self wider. Scott recalled one of her succulent very sorry to not plant. According to matchplay rules that are competing with each other. How would you describe your last outing out on the lake. Well I was out fish, wife will she you spent a good time to schedule over that of trees and she's catch of fish under me while I'm gone on myself. She called a crappy one crapping in five years go crappy second concert went out.

She's also getting bigger than I how will how often does your wife beat you never will. The first time she has got bigger fish as you have got more and different species.

I'm learning from her now and you're the best man. Stay say thanks for doing this is done that Hardin out fishing being out fish by his wife on Twitter at@_Hardin setting up the rest of the week got big show tomorrow.

Billy Gillespie, former head coach at Texas A&M who had an assistant named Steve Forbes. He's good to be with the steering damper football.com to be our guest tomorrow as well. Oh yeah, and that Steve Forbes, probably should lead with that code Forbes to be our guest as well. Robert is going to be on speed outing on Wednesday.

B.you to be in studio with thoughts. The NFL's release to get schedule on Thursday just a big week really big week but I'm not letting Robert off the hook.

See what I did there, not letting them off the hook on this comment that he said last hour that Law & Order: SVU is the greatest TV theme song without lyrics and it it's hard to be Andy Griffith. Yeah, that was a sneaky pool by him and I get that a lot of these older TV shows are going to have less lyrics and am having is overseeing a lot of the like Hawaii 50 and Hill Street blues but also let me shut something down real quick Hill Street blues does not even is not even the 15th on this list. Feudalism someone thing that is lyrics and the 18 not even close.

And I get a faded out. I know if you have one you want to throw in your 336-777-1600 is the phone number on Twitter at sports on triad. I'm just looking at this laundry list includes Reba Zoey 101 is that like Lizzie McGuire would Zoey 101 Zoey 101 was a Nickelodeon show where Jamie Lee Spears got at the end of the first season in real life. And then they canceled the show are, let's go to Jeremy and Greensboro Jeremy in Greensboro to be the best TV show without TV theme music without lyrics, you're forgetting about the one-man Magnum PI dirigible.

I didn't forget about Magnum PI the original lot better planet right now you think this is better than everything else. You have it on site. The helicopter are all come together all right. Didn't matter here I don't think counting is visible right helicopters looking at that woman in the water degenerate kings as Rick and Morty.

I'm seeing Sanford and son 33 677-1600 continue to contribute to Frank Frank in Winston-Salem. Frank, where are you headed, when it comes to TV theme shows without lyrics and be my that is a really strong one.

Miami Vice is great Mike all right there you go. That's Frank in Winston-Salem, get a just delivering is the stench of cocaine I was about to say like your life is like everybody on the show. All right, just take all the calls that we have as many as we can on the show here Miami Vice. I think it might belong in the top three top four know how we could put this out will pull because I'm seeing so many put out there right now I don't even know if we can do a poll question here.

You only get four options like anchorman, putting side-by-side with Talladega nights and old-school elf that was easy right. This is not this will be in my talk through this layout. This is very Robert Walsh Tom and Winston time you're on sports on triad. What would you nominate the left guitar riff man when talking about thanks for the call Tom. I guitar riff know me like it is great. I grew up on the only just record it and and play VHS for me so I can record red standup is very wrong. Oh my gosh if you just know this. Your let you watch him abstain up while younger people that don't even know what this is right now.

I venture to say that people who are under the age of 30 might not know what the song is there something 30 and you also are somebody you appreciate things in the 70s and 60s. Quite often I walk into the studio. This is a back story and Robert will just be watching old 1970s videos and TV shows Sanford and son. I don't think it's really on the radar. People who are generally younger than 30 years old, but that is very high up on the board. Let's go to Jack in Winston-Salem overhead Jack really quickly give me the sports not sports.

Given the TV theme song that you thinks the best without lyrics about to go with which words but there were quite incrementally, but yet that's if you want to add to the category or or have the iconic of the show to the category man that helped her somewhere yeah see we can't do that game because Breaking Bad it's a terrible song but it's a great show that the quality of the show can't infiltrate itself into the type of song were talking about. Thank you for the call. You just can't have it that way. Robert will take one more. Justin and Elkin Justin TV theme song without lyrics Barney Miller to Bonnie Miller. You will hear a really cool little it also basically started out Barney Miller going to limit thank you for the call.

Justin going on. I don't know if this is so let's figure out together. What the hell Barney Miller is if you're in your car Mad Hatter is just not know what Barney Miller is. I'm sorry I'm not a big TV show guy, but I know all the classics. Barney Miller is the one I want to figure out here if Robert can to get up right now what you think it is actually played a minority.

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I think it's a preference thing. I think you can just decide that it's not like Andy Griffith.

I think most people would agree belongs in the top three agreed the office we acted like compartmentalizes into Eros. The office is the modern era Andy Griffith it's older but I don't think anybody's disagreeing with Andy Griffith. Then again, if you can only pick one Sanford and son or Andy Griffith. Where do you go where you go with that and I don't know where you go in between is a game of thrones, the Simpson's. I honestly just don't know. You take one more you get James and Clement all right James a Clemens real quick what we got time for one more. James and Clemens go right ahead. Exact opposite Miami Vice thing from the younger than the rest will get you in the know my hello there San James thanks for listening show changes. I like it always have to walk and I would just fall asleep on the couch to the house.

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