General TV trivia

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What are the names of the actor and actress who portrayed Herman and Lily Munster in the 2012 re-imagining of The Munsters named Mockingbird Lane?

Jerry O'Connell and Portia de Rossi.

 

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Which actress played two different characters that each appeared on two different shows, all on the same network?

Lisa Kudrow.

She was Phoebe Buffay on Friends and Hope and Gloria and her twin sister Ursula on Friends and Mad About You, all on NBC.

 

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Which 2016 host of Saturday Night Live played Chloe the intern, who did spot-on vocal impersonations of Britney Spears, Shakira, Rhianna, Celine Dion, and Whitney Houston?

Ariana Grande

 

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Who won Saturday Night Live's "Anyone Can Host" contest, in 1977?

Miskel Spillman.

 

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What sketch comedy show had Steve Carrell and Steven Colbert among its regular cast?

The Dana Carvey Show.

Officially, each of the first six episodes was named after a sponsor, ("The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show"; "The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show", etc.)

 

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What 1991 CBS retro sitcom was hosted/narrated by Rob Reiner?

Morton & Hayes.

This was a really funny show. Four of the six episodes were directed by Christoper Guest. Despite the fact that it aired against reruns on the other networks in July-August, 1991, Morton & Hayes consistently finished dead last in the weekly Neilsen ratings.

 

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Which two cast members of the Fox series Gotham married each other in real life, (actor and actress names)?

Ben McKenzie, (James Gordon), and Morena Baccarin, (Leslie "Lee" Thompkins).

 

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On The Tracey Ullman Show, (Fox, 1987-90), who was a main cast member only in the third of four seasons, (season 1 was April-July, 1987)?

Anna Levine.

Anna is Renée Lawton in this brilliant sketch.

Janeen Rae Heller, who plays Pat Trotter in this sketch, was not an actress. She is or was a Las Vegas performer, and she is actually performing her special skill.

 

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During Bernie Kopell's time on Get Smart as the recurring character, Siegfried, he also played a recurring character on what other show?

Answer: He played Jerry Bauman on That Girl.

 

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What actor and actress that played recurring characters in Law and Order SVU, play boy friend and girlfriend in a current comedy show?
Answered

 

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What 1992 ABC police comedy aired only three episodes, (two in the Toronto market, because one was pre-empted by a Buffalo Bills preseason game), and centered on partners Bill Ruskin, (Leo Burmester) and Donny Walsh,(Ron Eldard) who were followed by hand-held cameras as they worked in Vista Valley, California?

Arresting Behavior.

 

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What 2003 David E. Kelley CBS drama series followed the story of three male siblings from a small town in New England, one who was Mayor, one who was Sheriff, and one who was unemployed?

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire.

 

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What was the name of the 1980 reality competition show in which Mr. T shone in the America's Toughest Bouncer segment?

Games People Play.

 

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What 2014-16 comedy series features Karma Ashcroft (actress Katie Stevens) and her best friend Amy Raudenfeld (actress Rita Volk), who pretend to be lesbians, to become more popular at Hester High School in suburban Austin, Texas?

Faking It.

 

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What 80's series co-starred Laurence Fishburne, Phil Hartman, and S. Epatha Merkerson?

Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

 

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On The Office, (US), what Christmas toy did Dwight Schrute buy in bulk, and sell at huge profits to last minute shoppers, when none were left in stores?

Princess Unicorn.

 

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Which 90's sitcom film producer told Jim Maxwell, VP of Product Placements at Trans Global Foods, in response to an offer of $1 Million for cigarette brand product placement in his upcoming film, "You want me to sell cancer to children, for under three million dollars?".

Peter Dragon, (Jay Mohr), on Action.

 

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According to William Shatner, (in his opening monologue on the December 20, 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live), by what title was the original series Star Trek known, to viewers in Japan?

Sulu, Master of Navigation.

 

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On Daniel Boone, what was the given name of Daniel Boone's son?

Israel.

 

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On The Gong Show, what plastic headgear related to SEC College Football did host Chuck Barris frequently use to hide his eyes, in the original daytime series?

A red Arkansas Razorbacks fan hat.

Chuck was frequently baked on stage in 1978 episodes



and he wore a number of different hats to hide his eyes.