# Does Somebody Know the Name of this TV Series? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800 "2008-11-15T01:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/1 "2008-11-15T01:41:12Z")
It’s a tv show from the late 70s/early 80s. It’s sort of a buddy/buddy detective type show, except the gimmick is that one of the buddies is a robot. Or a bionic man or something. The name of the show is something like “Gums & Yo-yo” I think. TIA! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/2 "2008-11-15T01:42:56Z")
[Holmes & Yo-Yo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_&_Yo-Yo) ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/3 "2008-11-15T02:02:47Z")
I freaking love this board. 1 minute! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/4 "2008-11-15T02:04:38Z")
The board must have timed out. Usually these people take 10 seconds or less to name that movie-song-book-show. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/5 "2008-11-15T02:08:34Z")
Don’t forget [_Future Cop_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075510/), with Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/6 "2008-11-15T02:37:43Z")
The internet never ceases to amaze me. I remember a cereal in the 60’s that was a mix of sugar pops, sugar smacks, and peanuts. Found it today. It was called [Triple Snack](http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-kelloggs2.html). Finally dawned on me to search “Kellogg’s” and “peanuts”. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/7 "2008-11-15T04:30:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Don’t forget [_Future Cop_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075510/), with Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. I think we’d all like to forget that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/8 "2008-11-16T17:43:13Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > I think we’d all like to forget that. I know Harlan Ellison would. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/9 "2008-11-19T08:59:41Z")
Don’t forget [Super Fuzz](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082924/). Strangely it also starred Borgnine in almost the exact same role. Worst. Movie. Ever. _“♫He’s a supa’ troopa’,♫ really supa’ dupa’,♫ he’s a supa’ fuzz!♫”_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/10 "2008-11-19T12:59:32Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > [Holmes & Yo-Yo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_&_Yo-Yo) I remember this series. I loved the fact that Yo-Yo apparently had a Polaroid camera built into him. He would press his nose to take the picture, and the print would rise up out of his shirt pocket. John Schuck, who played Yo-Yo, later played Herman Munster in [The Munsters Today](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Munsters_Today) and also played a Klingon ambassador in **Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home** and **Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country**. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/11 "2008-11-19T13:20:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I remember this series. I loved the fact that Yo-Yo apparently had a Polaroid camera built into him. He would press his nose to take the picture, and the print would rise up out of his shirt pocket. And occasionally, he’d get stuck in a loop, repeating, “I’m from the bunco squad.” Sheesh, you think I could find \*something \*better to use that brain cell for. ---
**Author:** ![D.Fenestrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@D.Fenestrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.Fenestrator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/12 "2008-11-19T16:12:04Z")
Wasn’t “Yoyo” short for something like “Yoyanovich”? Or was he trying to pretend to be a real human? It’s been a long time since I watched that show… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/13 "2008-11-19T16:55:56Z")
[Mac & C.H.E.E.S.E.](http://www.friends-tv.org/zz620.html). Joe ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-somebody-know-the-name-of-this-tv-series/472800/14 "2008-11-19T19:09:34Z")
I found out an interesting bit of trivia from Wiki. The executive producer of Holmes and Yo-Yo was Leonard Stern, a former writer from Get Smart, and Hymie, the robot from that show, is considered to be a prototype for Yo-Yo.