General TV trivia

[unassuming]

Gilligan's Island:

What is Gilligan's full name?
What is Mrs. Howell's first name?
What is Mary Ann's last name?
What is the Skipper's full name?
What is the professor's full name?

(the other 2 character's name I won't ask as they are mentioned numerous times in show)

Answers: Willy Gilligan, Mary Ann Summers, Jonas Grumby, Roy Hinckley (bluebro69) and Eunice Howell (Lovey was a nickname)

 

[tml]

On the show Happy Days how did Potsie get his nickname?

Answered correctly by bluebros69.

 

[bluebro69]

On the show Happy Days how did Potsie get his nickname?

He liked to make things with clay. His mother called him Potsie.

 

[tml]

He liked to make things with clay. His mother called him Potsie.

Correct!!!

 

[tml]

This vintage Canadian tv show was produced(or co-produced) by the guitar player of a famous rock group, Name the show and the guitar player. (I don't know if there is more than one answer).

 

[bluebro69]

This vintage Canadian tv show was produced(or co-produced) by the guitar player of a famous rock group, Name the show and the guitar player. (I don't know if there is more than one answer).

I wanna say Randy Bachman and one of those CBC music shows in the 60's (Music Hop, Let's Go) but I really have no idea--just a guess. I know the Guess Who appeared in them all the time (the episodes from Winnipeg anyway).

 

[unassuming]

What iconic American singer, whom Billboard called "the all-time most successful love singer of the 'Rock-Era'"., had a Variety show (Canadian produced) that aired first run , on CTV only ? From 1962 to 1972.this singer had more Billboard number 1 hits than any other male vocalist, including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

Notable guest stars on show:
Adrienne Barbeau
Barbara Walters
Donna Summer
Ethel Merman
John Byner
Henny Youngman
OJ Simpson
Petula Clark
The Spinners
Anne Murray

Answered

 

[tml]

I wanna say Randy Bachman and one of those CBC music shows in the 60's (Music Hop, Let's Go) but I really have no idea--just a guess. I know the Guess Who appeared in them all the time (the episodes from Winnipeg anyway).

You could be right, but the show I'm looking for is not music related.

 

[unassuming]

What iconic American singer, whom Billboard called "the all-time most successful love singer of the 'Rock-Era'"., had a Variety show (Canadian produced) that aired first run , on CTV only ? From 1962 to 1972.this singer had more Billboard number 1 hits than any other male vocalist, including Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

Notable guest stars on show:
Adrienne Barbeau
Barbara Walters
Donna Summer
Ethel Merman
John Byner
Henny Youngman
OJ Simpson
Petula Clark
The Spinners
Anne Murray

Answer: The Bobby Vinton Show

 

[tml]

This vintage Canadian tv show was produced(or co-produced) by the guitar player of a famous rock group, Name the show and the guitar player. (I don't know if there is more than one answer).

ANSWER: Magistrate's Court(the 1970's version, not the 1960's version).
The guitar player was Zal Yanovskey of the Lovin' Spoonfull.
It is incredibly hard to find information about this series online, and impossible to find clips. I know it existed, as a kid I used to watch it with my older sister.

 

[bluebro69]

ANSWER: Magistrate's Court(the 1970's version, not the 1960's version).
The guitar player was Zal Yanovskey of the Lovin' Spoonfull.
It is incredibly hard to find information about this series online, and impossible to find clips. I know it existed, as a kid I used to watch it with my older sister.

I remember it well. It was 'People's Court'/'Judge Judy' before they existed. Lots of Canadian actors got jobs on this show.

 

[tml]

I remember it well. It was 'People's Court'/'Judge Judy' before they existed. Lots of Canadian actors got jobs on this show.

But, in traditional Canadian/ British fashion it was much, much drier than People's court/ Judge Judy.

 

[unassuming]

2 legendary Hollywood icons were in a movie together in which one performer played a horse trainer. 47 years later, they were reunited in a tv show episode in which the performer that played the horse trainer in the movie, once again played a horse trainer in the tv show episode. Name the performers.

Answered

 

[unassuming]

Answer: Angela Lansbury and Mickey Rooney in "National Velvet" and "Murder She Wrote"

 

[unassuming]

Much Music and CTV show re runs of Seinfeld on a daily basis, as they cycle through all the seasons, what 5 episodes are not shown?

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

Much Music and CTV show re runs of Seinfeld on a daily basis, as they cycle through all the seasons, what 2 episodes are not shown?

The Puerto Rican Day would be one, and I'll guess The Cigar Store Indian.

 

[unassuming]

The Puerto Rican Day would be one, and I'll guess The Cigar Store Indian.

Nope to Puerto Rican Day, yes to The Cigar Store Indian
Upon further research there actually 5 episodes that are not shown, I have fixed the trivia question.

 

[unassuming]

Much Music and CTV show re runs of Seinfeld on a daily basis, as they cycle through all the seasons, what 5 episodes are not shown?

Answers:

The Cigar Store Indian (answered by onomatopoeia)
The Chinese Woman
The Suicide
The Wife
The Trip

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who wasn't sure if tuna was a fish or a bird, because the label on the can was "Chicken by, (sic), the Sea"?

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

[unassuming]

Who wasn't sure if tuna was a fish or a bird, because the label on the can was "Chicken by, (sic), the Sea"?

Jessica Simpson