Post a difficult to answer question about a TV show -- Part One

[red dog 1]

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In the sitcom "Get a Life" what actress did Chris have a crush on?

[marble falls]

1. Who ran the lights on "The Gale Storm Show"? Extra points: what color of sweat shirt did he always wear? ...

... Big hint: he said the sweat shirt was the same shade as Miss Storm's eyes. Just a different hue.

[pat_k]

2. How many different horses did Mal ride in the series Firefly?

[crud]

3. How come the crew and passengers of the Minnow

couldn't get rescued?

[House of Roberts]

5. Because the ratings stayed too high as long as they stayed stranded?

[Shermann]

6. It's like plot armor, but reversed! nt

[crud]

7. I knew it!

There was a vast conspiracy against those poor people!

[Bristlecone]

27. Because they were in Hell?

[doc03]

30. Why didn't the Skipper kill Gilligan?

[JoseBalow]

36. Because Gilligan's hammock was on top

[JoseBalow]

35. Because it was an uncharted island?

And the coconut radio couldn't broadcast?

[Shermann]

4. Who played the French foreign exchange student Yvette in Married... with Children?

[Tikki]

8. Which actress in an AMC television series was pregnant in her first scene..

and, also, pregnant in the very last scene of the show’s 4 year run? These pregnancies were never part of the series’ script’s.

Tikki
Hint..a long scarf.

[C0RI0LANUS]

9. What was Lt Columbo's first name?

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. This one I knew.

His name is Frank.

[Jrose]

52. Oh! I'm an avid Columbo series watcher... In which episode does he reveal that?

[OldBaldy1701E]

56. He never says it on the show.

But there are several instances over the early seasons where you can see his I.D. badge and it says 'Lt. Frank Columbo' on it. I read about it once.

[Jrose]

57. Thanks, OldBaldy1701E... Very sharp observation! Will look for that.

[Doc_Technical]

11. "F Troop"

What are the first and middle names
of bugler Dobbs?

[no_hypocrisy]

32. Hannibal Shirley Dobbs

[red dog 1]

12. The TV show "The Cisco Kid" was based on the character of the same name created by O. Henry

O. Henry's "Cisco Kid" originated in his short story "The Caballero's Way."

While O. Henry's "Cisco Kid" was supposedly a fictional character, in actuality he was based on a real person in the "wild west."

Who was that real person?

[Brother Buzz]

13. A Californio?

I'm stuck on Zoro/Joaquín Murrieta

[red dog 1]

14. No, this guy wasn't from California

[Brother Buzz]

15. Oh man, this suddenly got hard - I got zero, zip, zilch, nada.

Texas?

[red dog 1]

16. Yep, he's from Texas.

[Brother Buzz]

17. OK, I wonder if a date or an era might help

Mexican rule?
Santa Fe Trail?
Republic of Texas?
State of Texas?

Any noted alliances with visitors from the north?

I still have squat, but I'm willing to play 'Twenty Questions'.

[red dog 1]

18. State of Texas

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As far as I know, he had no "alliances with visitors from the north"

[Brother Buzz]

20. Was he considered a bandido by Texas authorities?

[red dog 1]

21. Not a bandito (not from Mexico) but he was a gunfighter.

[Brother Buzz]

22. Boy Howdy, this is tough!

Spanish? French? English? American?

[red dog 1]

23. American

[Brother Buzz]

24. Was he an outlaw, and was he ever a lawman?

[red dog 1]

25. Outlaw

(Never a lawman)

[Brother Buzz]

26. Ever appear in Dime Novels, or otherwise portrayed as a hero in culture?

[rsdsharp]

29. John Wesley Hardin?

[Brother Buzz]

44. John Wesley Hardin totally landed on my short list

[red dog 1]

46. Wow!

Thanks for that.
I knew he became a lawyer; but I didn't know he actually had business cards.

[Brother Buzz]

49. Genuine cards occasionally turn up at the auction houses

One was listed on DU’s DFW’s auction house

[red dog 1]

58. Outstanding!

(Some day I'd like to read Hardin's autobiography)

[Brother Buzz]

60. It's available online -158 pages

https://ia802204.us.archive.org/1/items/lifeofjohnwesley00hard/lifeofjohnwesley00hard.pdf https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.lifeofjohnwesley00hard/?st=gallery

[red dog 1]

45. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

[rsdsharp]

48. When I think about the Cisco Kid, a psychopathic killer like J W Hardin isn't really who come to mind.

[red dog 1]

59. I know,

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You'd think The Cisco Kid might have been based not on a well-known killer, but on, for example, the Mexican Vaqueros,
"The first real cowboys of Texas, vaqueros were Mexican cowboys who herded horses and cattle for hundreds of years." (Wikipedia)

The Cisco Kid originated in O. Henry's short story, "The Caballero's Way."
"In O. Henry's original story, the character is a 25-yesr-old desperado in the Texas-Mexico border country who bears little resemblance to later interpretations of the character.
He kills for sport, and is responsible for at least 18 deaths." (Wikipedia)

(I read somewhere that O. Henry once said that "The Cisco Kid" was based, in part, on John Wesley Hardin)

[VGNonly]

19. In MASH

Klinger lived at the corner of what 2 roads in Toledo?

[Wiz Imp]

28. Name all 5 spinoffs from "Happy Days" (not counting Saturday Morning Cartoons)

[no_hypocrisy]

33. Joanie Loves Chachi

Laverne & Shirley
Mork & Mindy
Blansky's Beauties
Out of the Blue

[Wiz Imp]

39. You got it!

Very few people remember those last 2.

[no_hypocrisy]

40. I used to watch a lot of television.

[JoseBalow]

34. Let's see...

Laverne and Shirley
Mork and Mindy
Joni Loves Chachi

Hmm, that's all I've got... there were five?

[Wiz Imp]

38. Yep

You got the 3 easy ones. The other 2 are really tough.

[From The Ashes]

31. Here's one...

in honor of the fact I'm leaving in the morning for a Star Trek convention:

In the Next Generation Episode 'Relics' Scotty askes the holodeck computer to show him the Enterprise's bridge. From which TOS episode did the scene come from?

[ProfessorGAC]

47. "This Side Of Paradise"

ST:TNG freak, here!
I've got the tech manual for the Enterprise D!

[From The Ashes]

54. Lol!

Well, I guess it wasn't as difficult as I thought it was...

[ProfessorGAC]

55. Difficult, Indeed

Unless one is a Star Trek nut! And, that I am.
I have my 20 favorite ST:TNG episodes on my DVR. I recorded them when BBC America was showing it every day.

[Funtatlaguy]

37. Was Ward really too rough on the Beaver? 🦫

[JoseBalow]

41. Dead ant, dead ant...

(0:18)

[VGNonly]

42. In The Waltons

what were the names of the elderly sisters who made moonshine?

[rsdsharp]

43. Miss Mamie and Miss Emily Baldwin.

[A HERETIC I AM]

50. Here's one that's pretty obscure; In "Leave it to Beaver", what did Ward Cleaver do in the war?

It was revealed in only one episode.

What Did Ward do during WWII?

[Brother Buzz]

75. Surveyor for the Army Corps of Engineers

One episode, we saw Ward’s surveying transit to Beavers disappointment

[A HERETIC I AM]

76. The mention I recall was ...

He was in the SeaBees.

So we aren't too far off, anyway. He did construction.

[Brother Buzz]

77. Jeez Louise you are correct - I spaced out because I was an Army engineer

I believe Beaver was bummed Pops was no John Wayne a la “The Fighting Seebees”.

Definitely, Ward Cleaver was a surveyor

[Glorfindel]

51. Who played Spring Byington's son-in-law on the 1950's sitcom "December Bride"?

[jmowreader]

53. In Happy Days, why didn't Al change the name of Arnold's after he bought it?

[red dog 1]

61. What was the name of the building WKRP was located in?

(Extra credit) What floor were they on?

[Harker]

62. What actor portrayed Joe Rieger, Alex Rieger's father...

on two episodes of "Taxi"?

He was an Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor.

[Brother Buzz]

63. What was the name of the bar/nightclub always featured in Hawaiian Eye?

And who was the Singer/actress who ALWAYS sang it it?

[red dog 1]

64. In 1953, NBC made the first ever color telecast by a network during what show?

(Guesses are welcome)

[Harker]

65. "The Today Show"? n/t

[red dog 1]

67. Nope, but very good guess, Hark

[Harker]

68. Ooh... I'll take that, Red! n/t

[Harker]

66. What actor, who would later perform in an episode of "Star Trek"...

provided the "Control Voice" for the original "The Outer Limits."

[red dog 1]

69. What was the original name of the first game show Johnny Carson hosted?

[Harker]

70. Was it "Who Do You Trust"?

[red dog 1]

71. Close but no cigar, Hark. That was the show but it was called something else.

(For a few weeks only)

[Harker]

72. I gave up cigars, luckily.

No idea, red!

[red dog 1]

73. How about a hint?

The word "trust" was in the title.

[Harker]

74. I'm helpless, red.

[red dog 1]

78. Why don't you check out "Charlie Varrick," ? It's a very good movie.

(Next to The Odd Couple, it's my favorite Walter Matthau movie).

[Harker]

79. I saw it maybe 25 years ago.

I should give it a revisit.

[red dog 1]

80. Yeah, it's worth a revisit.

It has Joe Don Baker, Norman Fell, and John Vernon (Dean Wormer from Animal House) in it.