List of 10 : Ten Great Former Soap Opera Themes or Intros

Soaps    List of 10 

   We have looked at a lot of Soaps here on Joshuaonline , this time we thought we do a rarity for this site a List.  Since the list  has the word great  in it, that means it's  mostly subjective  so your results may very in agreement. Though if you have a favorite you can tell us .  For this list  we have decided to do soaps that are no longer running , and American Soaps.  We may do later lists of UK soap intros and of ones that are still running. We may have included one primetime , American soap in here too because they are rarer and you'll see.   Let's get started.

10. Dark Shadows   

We've written about this soap before , it's the most interesting thing . The soap is about vampires and other supernatural things  so it's theme really fits , it has the  dark haunting feel to it. I can compare the  sound it makes to ghosts. It does have a feel to it that makes it stand out. 

9. Passions 

   For a Soap that did it's own thing  and could get dark  even supernatural ...the theme song really could throw you off.    The theme song is called  "Breathe" By  Jane French , it is really a great theme and deserved that daytime Emmy.

   here is the full theme 

8.  All  My Children  (Early 90's theme) 

This one was a hard one because this show has a lot of Themes that I love , but in the frame of this top ten list this is the one that goes into the list.  The Drum and piano bring into the theme then the sax takes care of the rest. I love the mixture it fit All My Children Well.

7. Guiding Light  (1975 theme/intro ) 

    This one is light and simple , it feels like  a summer afternoon which is something  of an interesting affect for a  a Theme song. The Intro around this time is short and sweet. It's the sun coming  through some tree leaves and branches.
 
    I chose the closing for the featured video because it's longer  , you can see the intro here .

6.As The World Turns (1990's Theme) 

    As The World Turns  themes seemed to be the classiest themes I've heard in a soap  , this was a harder choice but I feel the 1990's theme has a simpleness to it ,yet a grandeur which is a lot to say for a soap theme. It's not long  in the intro but it does it's job and feels so well done. 

      
     That it's I am calling that number.  I chose the ending credits, glad I found one without the annoying voice over ,gosh networks shut up sometimes.   Here is an intro from the same period 

    

5.Ryan's Hope

   This is  a soap we have covered in a Lookback .   "Ryan's Hope" Theme is a happy  and optimistic sounding theme it may  even through you off  from the what comes after it ,which could be happy or not. The theme really captures you into the show.
  As the note the theme didn't change really through the show's history , but the opens did the open I picked was from 1980 and even the images of New York seem happy and optimistic it fits the music well.

                           

4. The Edge of  Night 

        We have covered this soap before  in a lookback , but theme , well the more famous theme is interesting one. It has a spooky haunting sound with an ominous feel too it.  For a crime and mystery soap the theme fits very well.   

   

                           For a bonus here is the theme with words to it .     If I were to  put this seperate it would be on this list as it's own the Jazzy disco version is amazing. Here 

3.  Sunset Beach (First theme) 

      We've written about Sunset Beach here before . It's theme is amazing , it has a great melodrama sound . It really gets you ready for the soap , the intro itself doesn't do much  just showing you the faces of who is on the show , so the music really brings the flare.
 
                      

2.   One Life To Live  (Mid 80's theme) 

     This one is also my favorite  themes of One Life to  Live , the music is upbeat and lively (maybe the pun was intended) It's a catchy one , It gets stuck in my head where it can at any point randomly just  pop in my head and I hum it.

                             
               Also the closing credits  of course have more you listen to that here 

Now there is more after the Jump including my  number 1 pick.

List of 10's : Our favorite Sabrina the Teenage Witch episodes

List of 10's 

     Sabrina the Teenage witch came out 20 years ago to  ABC and ran for 7 seasons  and switched networks in the middle.  I love this show, if it's on I will watch it (unless it's at very late night and I am sleeping) . This is hard list to do , for me , because I love more than ten episodes of this show. What this list will be is just 10 favorite episodes, and for fun ...no ranking.(The Numbers mean nothing , they are just numbers)  So let's jump in. 

  

1.  As Westbridge Turns (Season 1 Episode 21) 

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   I love this episode because they do a great job at soap opera parody there's love triangles, there's a janitor with an eye patch, there's amnesia. It is  a fun episode taking all those things making a great story. Plus 12:36 (P.M) for fans of the show you know what I mean.   It also shows how great Sabrina and Harvey's relationship is how even remembers the time they met, 

2. Sabrina the Teenage Writer (Season 3, Episode 18)  

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   Similar to the first one , where Sabrina uses a magic typewriter (because of course it was) and writes a story and turns out real and she has to fix everything.  It's a fun episode, I really liked the interaction between the expiry characters  like the Libby expiry character Lydia Kissandkill (great name) attacks Mr.Kraft. And Mr.Kraft's  expiry Dr.Bad is a funny character.  The Windows 95 joke made laugh hard for some reason.  Also the  B plot , with the aunts in the chain letter was funny and inventive instead of them having bad luck in the moral style of this plotline ,since it's a witch chain letter there is actual chains and magic things happen to them. 

3. "A Girl and Her Cat" (Season 1 ,Episode 11)

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   I have to say that I love this show's Christmas episodes, they are hard to pick from (especially the first 5 season's Christmas episodes) , but I am going with this one from season 1 because it's a nice showing of Sabrina and Salem's relationship.  At first Sabrina is mad a Salem for messing up her time with her friends ,but when he ends up missing and cat napped by a little boy , she misses the warlock cat and does everything to get him back.  It also has a a great guest star for Clarissa fans. It has also a lot of good humor and gags in it to keep you laughing.  

4. "To Tell a Mortal" (Season 2, Episode 10)

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      On Friday the 13th, Witches can tell mortals that they are witch  and the memories of the mortals will be erased after the day is over. Sabrina , of course uses this to tell Valarie and Harvey that she is a witch. Sabrina learns that her friends are good friends that they are accepting of her witch powers and being a witch. That makes it a good episode to see how strong their friendship is ,even when Libby brings an angry mob because Sabrina being witch the friends lie for her and protect her. 

5. "Silent Movie"  (Season 3, Episode 24)  

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     I think I really like the episodes that do parody because this one parody's silent movies . When two spells are cast under the same house it turns the the house into a silent movie, just as poor Sabrina wants to tell Harvey she loves him.  Hilda and Sabrina think that Mr.Kraft is going to pop the question to Zelda.   They do a fun job at doing parody on the silent movies, like the being tied to the rail road tracks,   Even the dedication of them just using music and going back and white adds to the episode.

6.  The  Whole Ball of Wax (Season 6, Episode 12) 

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   This is episode is sad, at the same time does go the opposite  of what was said the pilot where Sabrina wasn't able to see her mother for two years. Sabrina sees her mother who was following her around  and when they meet up her mother turns in a ball of wax.  The witch's council decrees they can't see each other. The Aunts try and find a loophole , while Sabrina spends time with her ball of wax mother, and she happens to turn back into a person, but they can't  look at each other.  I do like this episode, even though it's sad because it's nice to see Sabrina and her mother, and Sabrina trying to give her mother  a good time even if she is a ball of wax , we never really had an episode about these two , and it's nice to see none the less, 

7. Pancake Madness (Season 3 , Episode 5) 

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      Sabrina can't have pancakes because the Spellmans  are addicted to them (oops). Of course , she eats some and gets addicted and can't stop having them.  This episode goes into that funny surreal category especially  the giant talking syrup bottle was a great character. 

8. "Five Easy Pieces of Libby" (Season 2 ,Episode 14) 

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   Sabrina and Libby don't get along and Sabrina casts a spell to keep Libby away from her ,but her quizmaster reverses the spell and Sabrina has to stay with Libby ,but after an argument Sabrina goes to far and Libby breaks in a puzzle, that Sabrina has to solve.  This episode is nice to see Sabrina learning more about Libby like how her mother is a little mean and Libby cares about her Grandmother.  The B plot of Hilda and Salem's cleaning scheme is great as well  and fits in their characters , Hilda did work with Salem to try to take over the world before. 

9. "A River of Candy Corn runs through it" (Season 2, Episode 7) 

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  The Halloween episodes give me hard  choice to make , as well, but this one gets my pick because of it's downright off the rails fun.  There's talking furniture , candy corn , all over the place, Salem talking and more.  Sabrina thinking that everyone will think she's a witch but they think all the magic are fakes and this makes a great Halloween episode.  Also there's  a sweet moment between the Quiz master and Sabrina. It has tons of laughs and enjoyment and 10,000 Maniacs guest stars. 

10. Sabrina the Teenage Boy (Season 2, Episode 6) 

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   Sabrina becomes a boy to spy on Harvey ,this falls into I like it because the story and funny, Harvey still like likes Sabrina and wants to see if she still likes him. Hilda's plot line where she turns into a man to get Mr.Kraft  to go away is funny and nice to see that he would fight a big guy for Hilda's honor.  

  That's my favorite 10, in no particular order, this list could have been much longer, what  are your favorites? You can comment below or email us. Thanks for Reading. 

A List of 10 : Our Favorite Gravity Falls episodes

List of 10 

 written  by Skyler

       Yes we know , Gravity Falls ended in February and there are tons of lists like this on the internet , we are guessing , but none are a Joshuaonline list  ,plus Gravity Falls lives on in repeats and in our hearts of this amazing wonderful show.  With the show ended , we can just look through all the episodes and find our 10 favorites.  On some shows there are episodes I  Love, like , ok with , and don't like . The Simpsons has that  affect on me, but this show is pretty much every single episode I love so with  40 , I had to find 10 that I  feel are my favorites out of the 40. Also these are my favorites that means they are my opinion , would love to know what yours are though.

10.  Headhunters  (Season 1, Episode 3) 

      This episode is just weird fun . Mabel and Dipper find Stan's old  wax sculptures  but wax Abe Lincoln has been melted by the blinds being opened. (It probably was Wax John Wilks Booth) so Mabel makes a wax Stan replacement , but then wax Stan has been be headed.  Dipper and Mabel search for clues and look at suspects in the town and it's twist is fun.  Also Wax Larry King is awesome. 

9. Boss Mabel (Season 1, Episode 13) 

       Mabel becomes the boss at the Mystery Shack after she makes a bet with Stan.  Mabel running the Mystery Shack is a funny sight as she uses 80's business ideas and let's the others do their ideas. While Stan's scenes at the game show are funny and quick paced.  It's a fun , crazy  episode .

 8.  Bottomless Pit! (season 1 ,Episode 14) 

    This is an episode where  Dipper,Mabel, Stan, and Soos fall down a bottomless pit and while they are falling they pass the time with stories  (as you do)  Each story is fun and in true Gravity Falls style and they probably  all really  happened to characters.  Soos' story has a great title : Soos' Really Great Pinball Story , Dipper having his voice issues is very Dipper, and  giving Stan truth dentures is a bad idea and makes it really funny that he can't lie.  It's a great mixture of stories. 

7. Fight  Fighters (Season 1, Episode 10)  

      Wendy's  boyfriend, Robbie , challenges Dipper to a fight  he gets a video game character from an arcade game to help him fight.  It's  a fun episode filled with arcade and 80's game references and really funny scenes with Dipper  and Rumble McSkirmish are great interactions. 

6. The Stanchurian Candidate (Season 2, Episode 14) 

    What would happen if Stan ran for office? This episode  is answers that question  it's a fun episode with  a new Gideon scheme. It's interesting to notice that Dipper and Gideon both had similar plans to control someone puppet style. Also Gravity Falls' election  rules  fits that town so well. 

5. The Inconveniencing (Season 1, Episode 5)

     Dipper is trying to act cool for Wendy and her friends  , but has to do something embarrassing to save them from ghosts who died after being shocked by actions of teenagers (ha!) Mabel's lost in a candy that was banned induced state, that brings some of the episodes most memorable scenes  and the lamby Dance! (poor Dipper) 

4. Irrational Treasure (Season 1, Episode 8) 

    Dipper is trying to prove that the town wasn't founded by the NorthWest family, and Mabel is helping to prove she's not silly.  We also meet our 8 1/2 president Quentin Trembley. It's a fun episode and  shows that somtimes looking at things in a different way helps get the solution. Stan's scenes where is in the stocks are funny and pure Stan.  

3. Tourist Trapped (Season 1, Episode 1)

     Yes , the First episode, it's where we first meet everyone and we get our first taste at the strangeness. We get the Gnomes for the first time and where Dipper gets his iconic pine tree hat. It's not the first episode of the show I ever saw , but when I did , I loved it.  

2. The Time Traveler’s Pig (Season 1, Episode 9)

    This is the episode that where Waddles comes in, which all we saw before of him was in the opening theme. We also get  a time travel episode and we meet Blendin Blandin  and we visit past episodes.  The sight gags are also something to love in this and you will be rewatching to look at all of them again.   

Our honorable mentions... 

  5.  We could have interchanged this episode for "Bottomless Pit" , "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is fom Season 2 Episode 6 ,  it's another 3 story episode like Bottomless Pit, but hosted by Stan as he shows us "the customer" ,an item that he's trying to sell and tells the story about it.  Also we get Neil Degrasse Tyson , as a guest star as the voice of Waddles. 

4.  Double Dipper (Season 1, Episode 7 )  , Dipper Clones himself so he get closer to Wendy , it's a fun episode seeing the different Dippers' personalities  and Tyrone (the 1st Dipper Clone) and Dipper have great moments.  

3. Summerween (Season 1 , Episode 12) It is a sweet episode about how Dipper and Mabel are at the point between childhood and teenagedom and they are tying to get one last drip from it, while Dipper feels he wants to grow up yet doesn't want to let his sister down either.  

2. Dipper vs Manliness (Season 1 , Episode 6)  Dipper wants  to be seen as manly , so he joins these Manatours and goes on a quest to become and finds out more than he ever could have thought of. Plus Dipper and the BABBA song and the multi bear is a great part.  Mabel and Stan bonding time is nice here where she tries to help his dating life. 

1. Carpet Diem (Season1 , Episode 16)  Dipper finds a new room in the mystery shack  and he wants it , him and  Mabel find a carpet that causes them to switch bodies. Their reactions to the switch are funny and probably how someone would really react to that.  Plus Stan telling Mabel in Dipper body about male body changing is fun -sturbing. It has it's heart warming moments  and the reason why Dipper want the room. 

and now after the jump our favorite episode