# Evil dictators and sitcoms ( silly fun game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382 "2001-02-13T23:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/21 "2001-02-14T16:47:37Z")
It got Mork, and was pretty gracious about it. It got Mearth, from Mork and Mindy, and was snotty. I stumped it with Exidor from Mork and Mindy though (It thought that I was Schneider from One Day At A Time). Ha! It got Wilma Flintstone after a TON of guesses Doing it Ukulele Ike’s way, I’m most like Don, from Third Rock from the Sun. Is that good? I’ve never seen the show. BTW: Family Ties was a show about (relativly nice) retired 60’s hippies who had three (and a fourth in a desperate attempt to avoid cancellation) kids: one was a Reagan Republican (played by Michael J. Fox), one was an airhead valley-girl type and one had no personality. I believe Steve was the dad, and yes, it’s better to be him than Mussolini. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Hiro\_Protagonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hiro\_Protagonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiro_Protagonist)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/22 "2001-02-14T16:50:55Z")
It guessed my dictator, Imelda Marcos but it took a _really_ long time. When it asked me if I was famous for my shoes I knew it had me. What is more sad: that guy for inventing the game and catalouging all the questions, or us for playing it so much? [sub]Seventeenth completely useless post and counting.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/23 "2001-02-14T17:35:40Z")
I tried B’Stard from The New Statesman, and it guessed Oliver Cromwell – I’d bet it doesn’t make a lot of “wrong category” guesses. Some of the questions are amusingly misspelled, such as “Do you run a convenient store?” and “Do you have a border?” ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/24 "2001-02-14T17:44:10Z")
I went as myself, kept the thing guessing for six minutes and got… George Jefferson. How the _hell_ do you figure THAT?! ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/25 "2001-02-14T18:26:00Z")
YESSSS!!! I stumped it! After three failures (It got Josef Stalin pretty quickly, but had a little trouble with Kelly Bundy…and took an equal amount of time to guess Edward I (Longshanks) of England) I stumped it! I was Vortigern, the king who ruled Britain before Arthur (and a confirmed historical persona) and it guessed… Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons… Still, very fun and impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/26 "2001-02-14T18:58:15Z")
It guessed me as Karen from “Will & Grace” ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/27 "2001-02-14T19:12:29Z")
It guessed Idi Amin and Opie Taylor fairly easy. Playing as myself, apparently I’m very similar to Carlton The Doorman from Rhoda. I’ve always aspired to be a disembodied voice. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/28 "2001-02-14T19:26:40Z")
. . . Ummm, it guessed that I am Elaine from “Seinfeld.” I am sorry to tell you that it is eerily (and depressingly) accurate . . . ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/29 "2001-02-14T20:14:32Z")
This site made the rounds on the MB about 6 months ago. I it I did Pol Pot and stumped it, now you folks are doing it again and got _my_ answer. Thats pretty cool. Of course what does it say that it took 6 months and only 2 dopers were able to come up with a dictator beyond the common movie of the week variety. I’ve always been able to stump it with Kublia Khan, it always guesses Ghengis Khan, sorry about the spelling, i don’t feel like checking it. Homeslice, on what planet is the X-Men a sitcom? Or were you leaning to the dictator route? I’m currently going 15 minutes strong with Herman from _Herman’s Head_, I’ll let you know if I stump it. It already got Parker Lewis, from _Parker Lewis Can’t Lose_…that was impressive. I like this game for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/30 "2001-02-14T20:15:14Z")
It was downright polite! > [@](#): > > It wasn’t easy, but I won this time. You are player number 3 to have chosen arnold horshack from welcome back kotter. arnold horshack from welcome back kotter was a tough one, but I’ve had a lot of practice. Thanks for giving me something to do. Please visit again soon. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/31 "2001-02-14T20:21:46Z")
[url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33374](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33374)”]Wanna kill some time? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/32 "2001-02-14T20:24:56Z")
[Wanna kill some time?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33374) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/33 "2001-02-14T20:32:45Z")
> [@](#): > > [bold]Well, I win this round. You are player number 47 to pick DR EVIL from AUSTIN POWERS, and what a clever choice it was! You almost had me for a while, but you let your guard down. Don’t worry, it happens to all of us sooner or later. Please play again, and next time I’ll be ready for you, DR EVIL from AUSTIN POWERS. [/bold] I guess my secret is out. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/34 "2001-02-14T20:39:14Z")
Well, that was the first, and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54955) is the second. I’m just sad that no one replied to my thread.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/35 "2001-02-14T20:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I win again! You are player number 19 to have chosen Herman from Herman’s Head. I knew you were Herman from Herman’s Head from the start, but I strung you along for a while to make it seem more sporting. I hope that one day you will overcome the powerful sense of humiliation that you now feel. Until then, good luck. I’m impressed that it got this one. It took nearly 20 minutes, and I don’t have any idea what question tipped it off, I answered “no” to about everything for most of the time and then it just jumped out at me with the right answer after asking “Do you have voices argueing in your head?” When I did it for myself, it said > [@](#): > > I guess that you are Henri from Cheers! Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/36 "2001-02-14T20:57:01Z")
**UncleBill** , I did get a _fairly_ smug message once, along the lines of “yes, well I knew that a while ago, but just carried on to make it look more sporting for you”. Playing it by **Ukelele Ike** ’s method, I can either be Bob Fish’s office assistant OR Carrie Bradshaw, but I don’t know either of those (and I’m probably happier that way.) **Omniscient** , well, in posting this, not realising that it had been posted before, I was kindly giving you a chance to live up to your name. Nice, eh? 🙂 Perhaps I’ll have another go by the ordinary method, because it knew quite a lot, but surprised me by losing on Sybil Fawlty. BTW, **Kilt-Wearin’ Man** , Edward I was one that I tried yesterday too, thinking it wouldn’t get it. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/37 "2001-02-14T21:18:44Z")
This is fun. After losing as the 33rd Arthur Dietrich, I played as Blossom the Powerpuff Girl. The machine thought I was Maggie Simpson, even after it asked if I had sisters that fight crime. Go fig. It did ask if I had a cute, funny voice and I said no, figuring that was the lead-in to Bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/38 "2001-02-14T21:24:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*When I did it for myself, it said > > > [@](#): > > > > I guess that you are Henri from Cheers! Am I right? > > \*\* Who the heck is _Henri_ from CHEERS? I ran through it again (shows how busy I am these days) and it decided I was Norm from CHEERS (the horror). It was the “Do you drink beer?” query that doomed me. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/39 "2001-02-14T21:26:46Z")
Curious, using myself I got David Puddy from Seinfeld. Not sure if that’s a good thing though. Plus I don’t agree with it. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Eve > . . . Ummm, it guessed that I am Elaine from “Seinfeld.” I am sorry to tell you that it is eerily (and depressingly) accurate . . ._ How you doing Eve? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382/40 "2001-02-14T21:32:59Z")
And it turns out I’m Steven Hyde from _That '70s Show_. Cripes. At least I wasn’t one of the landlords on _Three’s Company_, which it tried for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dictators-and-sitcoms-silly-fun-game/54382.md?page=3)