General TV trivia

[Valcazar]

What 1973 made-for-television film, created and produced by Gene Roddenberry, begins with the line "My name is Dylan Hunt. My story begins the day on which I died".

Genesis II (First stab at Dylan Hunt)

 

[Valcazar]

What soap opera was considered by many to be a Canadian ripoff of Dark Shadows?

Strange Paradise

 

[Valcazar]

What show involved blood that contained all known anti-bodies and immunity?

The Immortal.

(Or was that called The Immortal man?)

 

[onomatopoeia]

What 1973 made-for-television film, created and produced by Gene Roddenberry, begins with the line "My name is Dylan Hunt. My story begins the day on which I died".

Genesis II (First stab at Dylan Hunt)

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

What soap opera was considered by many to be a Canadian ripoff of Dark Shadows?

Strange Paradise

Correct!

 

[unassuming]

What show had the first synthesizer based theme song?

Answer: Ironside

I couldn't place it when Tarantino sampled it on Kill Bill Vol. 1, I knew it I've heard it before.

 

[unassuming]

Before playing the father figure, Howard Cunningham, on Happy Days, Tom Bosley played/voiced the father figure on what cartoon family show?

Answer: "Wait till Your Father Gets Home"

 

[unassuming]

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Name show where the main/ensemble characters lived on a boat?

Answer: "The San Pedro Beach Bums"

 

[unassuming]

What show involved blood that contained all known anti-bodies and immunity?

The Immortal.

(Or was that called The Immortal man?)

"The Immortal" is correct!, it starred Christopher George

 

[unassuming]

What was the first Canadian original series that also aired on a major United States television network during its original broadcast?

Answer: "Night Heat"

 

[unassuming]

What show was essentially the reverse of "Welcome Back Kotter"?

Answer: "Head Of The Class" with Howard Hessman who taught honour roll students

 

[unassuming]

Name show which was basically a rip-off of The Rockford Files

Answer: "Switch" with Eddie Albert as a cop who recrutied ex con man Robert Wagner to con other cons

 

[unassuming]

What was notable about Mike Lookinland's hair when he played Bobby on the Brady Bunch?

Answer: his hair was dyed dark brown to match Greg and Peter's hair , he is a natural blonde

 

[unassuming]

Name the Oscar winning actor and EGOT winning actress that were on a children's tv show. Name the show also.

Answer: Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno, they were both on "The Electric Company"

 

[unassuming]

What tv show opening ended with the words..."What a guy"

Answered

Answer; "King of Kensington"

 

[unassuming]

What critically acclaimed show (it got cancelled after one season) geared towards a teenage audience, starred 2 then unknowns that went on to win many acting awards-Oscar, Emmys SAG, Golden Globes?

and who are these 2?

Answered

 

[unassuming]

What super hero show took place in Toronto?

Answered

 

[unassuming]

What science show featured a guy dressed in a rat costume?

Answered

 

[unassuming]

What show was based on Donnie Brasco?

 

[MissCroft]

What super hero show took place in Toronto?

My Secret Identity (with Jerry O'Connell).