General TV trivia
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Nobody got these from post #'s 1 - 1,000, part 5.
#181
What game show featured one of three celebrity couples 'winning money for the banana section'?
Tattletales.
#187
What sketch comedy series from the mid 1990's changed it's name for every episode, to indicate the "Title Sponsor"?
The Dana Carvey Show.
The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show, The Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show, The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show, The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show, and The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show were the names of the first six of seven episodes aired.
I never saw this show when it was broadcast. Tuesday was my Poker night, in 1996.
#189
What show featured ''shows-within-shows' named Missile Mike and Whackets?
Max Headroom.
#190
What network show from the 2010's featured two guys from St. Louis who dressed like women to obtain office jobs, because they could not find employment as men?
Work It.
It was cancelled after two episodes aired in January, 2012.
#192
What television star's brother portrayed Mr. Hands in the The Mr. Bill Show cartoons on Saturday Night Live?
Ellen DeGeneris' brother Vance.
#202
What 1979 'anthology' series featured serials Stop Susan Williams, The Secret Empire and The Curse of Dracula, all 'joined in progress' in the first episode?
Cliffhangers.
#206
Why didn't Joni Mitchell perform at the Woodstock Festival, in August, 1969?
She was booked to appear on The Dick Cavett Show on the Monday following Woodstock weekend. Her agent considered the TV appearance to be the more prestigious gig.
#209
What long running sketch comedy series 'chose the original cast members' in the pilot by driving around Los Angeles in a truck, and randomly picking up people who were on the route?
MADTV.
#210
On Arrested Development, who was GOB's illegitimate son?
Steve Holt!
#213
What 1971-72 show, set about 110 years ago in Arizona, starred James Garner, Margot Kidder, and Stuart Margolin?
Nichols.
It was the name of the town, and the surname of Garner's character.
#221
On OZ, which inmate, (in real life), was married to porn star Tera Patrick from 2004-09?
Jaz Hoyt, (Evan Seinfeld)
#222
What 2010's series featured Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale as teammates on the competitive cheer-leading team at the fictional Lancer University in Memphis, TN?
Hellcats.
#225
Who said "You're the one pressing the soft underbelly button, Frank."?
Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H.
Somebody gave me an 'it was either A or B' answer, which I consider be be incorrect.
#227
Who said: "Good nighs and good newt."?
Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
#235
Who is the only actor, (male), to win the Prime Time Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series two years in a row, for two different series?
James Spader, for The Practice and Boston Legal, in 2004-05.
#241
Two different women won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in consecutive years, for different roles on the same show. Name them both, and the show.
Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey.
#246
Who was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in both a Drama Series and a Comedy Series, two consecutive years, for the same role on the same show?
Jack Webb, Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, (1954 & 55).
#253
There were a couple of times in which two different men won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a series for the same show, but not in consecutive years. One was for Comedy, the other for Drama. Name either or both pairs.
Drama: Ed Flanders and Mark Daniels - St. Elsewhere.
Comedy: Jack Klugman and Tony Randall - The Odd Couple.
#254
What controversial ABC series from March/ April 2000 about day to day life in a mental heath institution was pulled from the Thursday 10 PM slot after two airings, and did not re-air until 2009, on the 101 Network, which broadcast all eight produced episodes, minus the 'humming' theme music by Madonna?
Wonderland.
#181
What game show featured one of three celebrity couples 'winning money for the banana section'?
Tattletales.
#187
What sketch comedy series from the mid 1990's changed it's name for every episode, to indicate the "Title Sponsor"?
The Dana Carvey Show.
The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show, The Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show, The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show, The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show, and The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show were the names of the first six of seven episodes aired.
I never saw this show when it was broadcast. Tuesday was my Poker night, in 1996.
#189
What show featured ''shows-within-shows' named Missile Mike and Whackets?
Max Headroom.
#190
What network show from the 2010's featured two guys from St. Louis who dressed like women to obtain office jobs, because they could not find employment as men?
Work It.
It was cancelled after two episodes aired in January, 2012.
#192
What television star's brother portrayed Mr. Hands in the The Mr. Bill Show cartoons on Saturday Night Live?
Ellen DeGeneris' brother Vance.
#202
What 1979 'anthology' series featured serials Stop Susan Williams, The Secret Empire and The Curse of Dracula, all 'joined in progress' in the first episode?
Cliffhangers.
#206
Why didn't Joni Mitchell perform at the Woodstock Festival, in August, 1969?
She was booked to appear on The Dick Cavett Show on the Monday following Woodstock weekend. Her agent considered the TV appearance to be the more prestigious gig.
#209
What long running sketch comedy series 'chose the original cast members' in the pilot by driving around Los Angeles in a truck, and randomly picking up people who were on the route?
MADTV.
#210
On Arrested Development, who was GOB's illegitimate son?
Steve Holt!
#213
What 1971-72 show, set about 110 years ago in Arizona, starred James Garner, Margot Kidder, and Stuart Margolin?
Nichols.
It was the name of the town, and the surname of Garner's character.
#221
On OZ, which inmate, (in real life), was married to porn star Tera Patrick from 2004-09?
Jaz Hoyt, (Evan Seinfeld)
#222
What 2010's series featured Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale as teammates on the competitive cheer-leading team at the fictional Lancer University in Memphis, TN?
Hellcats.
#225
Who said "You're the one pressing the soft underbelly button, Frank."?
Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H.
Somebody gave me an 'it was either A or B' answer, which I consider be be incorrect.
#227
Who said: "Good nighs and good newt."?
Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
#235
Who is the only actor, (male), to win the Prime Time Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series two years in a row, for two different series?
James Spader, for The Practice and Boston Legal, in 2004-05.
#241
Two different women won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in consecutive years, for different roles on the same show. Name them both, and the show.
Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey.
#246
Who was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in both a Drama Series and a Comedy Series, two consecutive years, for the same role on the same show?
Jack Webb, Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, (1954 & 55).
#253
There were a couple of times in which two different men won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a series for the same show, but not in consecutive years. One was for Comedy, the other for Drama. Name either or both pairs.
Drama: Ed Flanders and Mark Daniels - St. Elsewhere.
Comedy: Jack Klugman and Tony Randall - The Odd Couple.
#254
What controversial ABC series from March/ April 2000 about day to day life in a mental heath institution was pulled from the Thursday 10 PM slot after two airings, and did not re-air until 2009, on the 101 Network, which broadcast all eight produced episodes, minus the 'humming' theme music by Madonna?
Wonderland.
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This Wall Street investment banker and contestant on Survivor: Phillipines, (Fall, 2012), goes by the initials of her first and middle names, on the show, and professionally. What are they?
Correct!
Answer: "The Ted Knight Show", the 2nd show of same name was changed to "Too Close For Comfort"
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Bryan Cranston and Dennis Franz for drama
MIchael J Fox, Kelsey Grammer, Carroll O'Connor and Jim Parsons for comedy
Answers: Little House On The Prairie
Matthew and Patrick Labyorteau
Sara and Jonathan Gilbert
Name show about an elite task force, with members pulled from the different branches of law enforcement-DEA, US Marshall, LAPD, ATF and FBI) as they track down LA's 100 most wanted fugitives.
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What's her name?
We're looking for her character's name on V. As far as I know, Morena doesn't eat mice.
