Reasons to hate NBC’s Singing Bee
- Survey questions like “Which of the following TV themes do you like to listen to after a long day?” (what?!?)
A) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
B) Cheers
C) Friends
D) Gilmore Girls
- Wannabe rockers who think they’re on American Idol
- Contestant #30 from 12/28, Scott – possibly the biggest douchebag ever. That says a lot.
- Celebrity cameos from people like Welcome Back Kotter’s Robert Hegyes and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
- Sony noise-canceling headphones product placement
- Stylized renditions of the Scooby Doo theme
- Poll questions like: “Which of the following TV shows has the most hummable theme song?”
A) Jeopardy
B) Andy Griffith
C) I Dream of Jeannie
D) Friends
- The Honey Bees have a blog and it hasn’t been updated in nearly two months (perhaps no one thought this show would go anywhere?)
- Contestants sing an octave too high
- The contestants are pre-selected, but they pretend they’re not
- Survey questions like “Which of the following TV themes would like you like as your own personal theme?” (what?!?)
A) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
B) M*A*S*H
C) Friends
D) Gilmore Girls
- Ray Chew? The Groove?
- Joey’s extended end of word shouting “Does anybody want to win some monaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!”
- Sony product placement a second time in the same show
- The Groove attempting to sound like the Muppets for the Muppet theme song
- Joanie and Potsie show up for a cameo
- Songs where the title of the song is the answer (e.g. Facts of Life)
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