And I watch a lot of TV, period. But with my Apple TV currently on the fritz, I've been catching up on old DVDs, like Perry Mason, the Avengers, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Brisco County and such.
Boy do these guys devote a lot of opening airtime to theme songs and entertaining vignettes of the stars. Sheesh, you have to fast forward for about 10 minutes each show just to get the actual plot started.
And when you're binge-watching them, this becomes tedious in the extreme. One more Perry Mason theme song and woe be the next dog-walker who happens by.
Worse, just when you get to a turning point in the plot, they play some ridiculously loud music - way, way lounder than the dialog. Dramatic effect in the day no doubt, but loud enough to make my wife yell from another room just like Estelle Costanza "turn that crap down!"
It gets worse - and don't breath a word how I know this - the Gilligan's Island theme even names each cast member and their role in the show.
Just shoot me.
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