My Tivo inexplicably failed to record Jericho last night. So instead of a review, I thought I'd post about this amazing game my co-workers and I made up. It's called... ummm... Theme Song Challenge. Sure, that'll work. Here’s how you play: You and a challenger sit at opposing computers so that you can't see each other's monitor. Both contestants sign on to YouTube and take turns calling up different television show theme songs for the other to guess. Every one you get right earns you a point. The person with the most points wins.

This game is AMAZING. In my first match, I confounded my co-worker with the theme from Alf, which is the perfect theme, totally familiar but completely unplaceable. It sounds more like bad elevator Muzak than the intro to a show about an alien living with a suburban family. My co-worker hit back with 227 (nice!) and then showed his age with Manimal and Great Space Coaster. I riposted with Airwolf, a total pass, only he had never heard of it. (Me: It's like Knight Rider except with a helicopter. Him: The helicopter talked?! Me: No, it was just a bad-ass helicopter.) [If I was in a metal band, we would totally cover the Airwolf theme. –eds] Then disaster struck when he tried to play the theme from Gimme a Break, whose very first line is "Gimme a Break." Foul! Minus 2 points. [If you need an edge, Wikipedia has a helpful list of TV themes with no lyrics. – eds]

Needless to say, this game is great for wasting lots of time at work. Just make sure your boss is nowhere in the immediate vicinity. After a hard fought battle, my co-worker and I called it a draw. My most ignominious moment came when I couldn't place the theme from Punky Brewster. I'm still pissed about it. But that's okay. There's no way he's getting Mama's Family, no freakin' way.