The new trivia thread.

[anon1]

What show spun off from "Cheers" besides "Fraser"?

Carla the waitress had a short lived spinoff about her life at home with her kids. Can't remember the name tho.

 

[nondescriptive]

Carla the waitress had a short lived spinoff about her life at home with her kids. Can't remember the name tho.

No, spin off show was not about Carla and her kids, but you almost had the answer.

 

[jost]

No, spin off show was not about Carla and her kids, but you almost had the answer.

I think it was called The Tortellis..about Carla's sleazy ex and his bimbo blonde wife, played by Jeannie Kasem, real-life wife of Kasy Kasem

 

[nondescriptive]

I think it was called The Tortellis..about Carla's sleazy ex and his bimbo blonde wife, played by Jeannie Kasem, real-life wife of Kasy Kasem

Yes!, I loved that show,it was hilarious, but it was cancelled after a handful of episodes, it was like Married with Children before Married with Children.

 

[jost]

in the tv world, what do the following acronyms stand for:

U.N.C.L.E. (from Man from UNCLE)
KITT (from Knight Rider)
CONTROL and KAOS (from Get Smart)
OSI (from Six Million Dollar Man)

 

[nondescriptive]

Just a guess, two Harrison Fords

The earlier actor was a silent film star

 

[jost]

What person is the grandson of an American President as well as the son-in-law of his Vice President?

What is his connection to Creedence Clearwater Revival?

don't know the answer to first question, but likely answer to 2nd question is that CCR's song Fortunate Son is about him?

 

[Brill]

don't know the answer to first question, but likely answer to 2nd question is that CCR's song Fortunate Son is about him?

Correct!
Anyone know the person who is the grandson of an American President as well as the son-in-law of his Vice President?

 

[Art Mann]

Might that be David Eisenhower, who married Julie Nixon, daughter of Tricky Dicky, who had been side-kick to Ike?

 

[Brill]

Correct, Artmann!

 

[jost]

what is the connection between the series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Knight Rider?

 

[nondescriptive]

what is the connection between the series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Knight Rider?

Richard Basehart was the narrator on KR

 

[nondescriptive]

"Jeannie"(I Dream of Jeannie) was married to a "Klingon", which Klingon?

 

[Brill]

Gloria Jones had a long relationship with Marc Bolan of T Rex, she was driving the Austin Mini in which he was killed.

 

[bobistheowl]

What looks like an armadillo, while being drunk?

 

[anon1]

What looks like an armadillo, while being drunk?

uncircumsized penis?

 

[bobistheowl]

uncircumsized penis?

No, but I urge all men to visit their doctor if they have an uncircumcised penis that looks an armadillo.

 

[anon1]

No, but I urge all men to visit their doctor if they have an uncircumcised penis that looks an armadillo.

dialing now!

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Who was offered the acting part for Mike Stivic before Rob Reiner got it?

Any takers?

 

[fuji]

Name the actor who auditioned for the role of Al Bundy and did not get it, but landed a role of similar stature on another sitcom.

Michael Richards.

Name the only US President whose prior experiences included serving for eight years as the president of a labour union?