My wife and I love “The Walking Dead,” but it’s an intense show. So intense that we often have to watch something else before going to bed so that it doesn’t influence our dreams.

We’ve even given the show a nickname, because “The Walking Dead” only underlines these characters’ grim fates. We call it “The Zombie Show.”

And given that the existing theme song is one of the creepiest things about this show, I’ve even started imagining a zippy, 1950s-style TV theme song for it:

Zombie Show! It’s the Zombie Show!
I’d love to stay But I’ve got to go
‘Cause the Zombie Show is on!

I’m gonna watch some walkers Try to eat some shooters

The Zombie Show is on!