I have this set up automatically with our smart speaker thing. Whenever it detects someone arriving at home, it plays a jingle from a playlist I set up for the purpose. They are all short - I think the longest is about 30s. They are intros from TV shows and jingles from videogames.
Ok, I need to copy this.
This is brilliant, how do you go about doing this?
Son goes crazy in a good way or bad way?
Like I can imagine a 4 year old going wild with excitement cause the parents are home. Or a 14 year old cringing hard
I pictured the first, but the cringing teenager is funny too.
Add a smoke machine and some fireworks and every time you come home it’s like walking into a WWE ring
flicker some smart lights too
I would absolutely take mine from pro wrestling. Mine would either be “Here Comes the Money” by Naughty by Nature or the entrance music for Road Dogg
I would say glass shatters but would worry about home alarm systems freaking out or just pavloving the kid to not react appropriately to the sound of glass shattering lol
Excellent choices!
OH, YOU DIDNT KNOW?
YOUR ASS BETTER CAAAAALLLLL SOMEBODYYYYYY!
Doo dooo do dooooooo
Nice to meet you, Johnny boy!
‘Imperial March’ just before arriving would be awesome
Cues up “What New PussyCat?” by Tom Jones
…
BWAH BWAH BWAH BWAH
WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT
WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH
But 21 times before you come in, with another song thrown in about 12 or so in just to confuse them
It’s not unusual
The Rocky Theme would be my choice, maybe the original Hawaii 5-0.
That took me a minute. I read “house speaker” as Mike Johnson.
I don’t know what he does in his spare time, so maybe?
I’m gonna try this with The Final Countdown. My spouse is a huge Arrested Development fan.
Ah, one of my favorite numbers to sing to my limited captive audience. ITS THE FINAL CAT MEOWWWW
Full album will be available spring 2026. Requests welcome.
!remindme 1.5 years
Shit, I only have two songs so far. Let me rephrase: requests are necessary
I would definitely play the Seinfeld intro theme. Slap bass intensifies
JOHN CENA
Looking over the responses, I’m surprised no one said they’d play “Never gonna give you up.” by Rick Astley. I say why not rickroll your family whenever you get back home.
I kind of wonder how to do this. All of my"house speakers" can’t be turned on remotely. I’m guessing it’s a smart speaker.
I used to play the Beatles’ “Here Comes the S[o]n” on the speakers downstairs when I brought our first child downstairs after naps. My wife thought it was funny the first time, but after that it was all like “please don’t stop my playlist for your pun” and I’m like “it’s a literal dad joke!”
Now that son is old enough to start his own music and I totally get it. “Hey, I was listening to that!”
Stealing this for a couple of timer
