# Family Feud! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419 "2007-03-10T22:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/961 "2007-04-25T01:02:41Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] uhhh…ok, trying to be supportive (go red!)…but was the Waltons even a comedy?!? [/QUOTE] Oh- noooooo!!! Was it comedies only!!! Nooooooo!!! Damn, guys. Sorry. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/962 "2007-04-25T01:06:40Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Gulp, hope I don’t blow it… The Waltons- one of my faves as a kid. [/QUOTE] I have to break character a moment here. 😕 Waltons? Checks Questions: Name a very successful and Emmy nominated Sitcom from 1970s. O-Kay Show us Waltons … Good Night John-Boy. Bzzzz… **X X X**. 1. All In the Family 2. M_A_S\*H 3. Barney Miller 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Taxi 6. The Odd Couple 7. The Bob Newhart Show 8. Happy Days (before they jumped the Shark) 9. 10. **X** - Three’s Company **X** - Mork & Mindy **X** - Waltons Okay Blue Team, I hope you’re ready. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/963 "2007-04-25T01:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Never Mind. [/QUOTE] I saw that, I think it should be allowed in this case. **IvoryTowerDenizen** , I apologize, but that was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/964 "2007-04-25T01:14:26Z")
Sanford and Son, Soap, Alice, The Jeffersons, Rhoda, Maude, Chico and the Man– I like Sanford and Son, and my husband thinks so, too. Not that his vote counts for much… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/965 "2007-04-25T01:18:54Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I saw that, I think it should be allowed in this case. **IvoryTowerDenizen** , I apologize, but that was funny. [/QUOTE] Fine. Laugh at my expense. What would Grandma Walton say? :smack: I’m sorry **Teach** edited his/her comment. It was funny. Glad I grabbed it in a quote. I’m an idiot. Sorry Red. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/966 "2007-04-25T01:18:54Z")
Just a reminder… The score is 39 for Blue and 9 for Red. (we are playing to 50 again) 8 points on the board right now. I will work on my next list for tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/967 "2007-04-25T01:22:20Z")
I like Sanford and Son as well. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/968 "2007-04-25T02:12:29Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] I like Sanford and Son as well. [/QUOTE] The Jeffersons is the only other one I’ve heard of, but Sanford and Son is damn funny! ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/969 "2007-04-25T02:31:31Z")
Heh, yeah, I had one massive WTF moment in my head, posted, and then thought, “Well, that comment just doesn’t help anyone!” I’m thinking, “Nobody had time to read that.” Except for, apparently, you and the host!!! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/970 "2007-04-25T02:42:39Z")
Neither Sanford and Son or The Jeffersons won any Emmys (in the 70’s…The Jeffersons won a couple in the 80s) Rhoda and Maude both won Best Actress Emmys (Rhoda 2, Maude 1). Chico and the Man won a Best Actor Emmy. So like…if the host counts Emmys won in the 80’s, I am guessing Rhoda and The Jeffersons as 9 and 10. If not, Rhoda and Maude as 9 and 10. I did not go through the entire Emmy list for all of the 70’s…I have a headache. (my vote is for Rhoda) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/971 "2007-04-25T02:44:11Z")
Goddammit. Emmy NOMINATED. Change my vote to whatever everyone else says. I am going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/972 "2007-04-25T02:49:27Z")
I like Sanford and Son because (I think) it was (one of?) the first black sitcom(s) - but I also think the Jeffersons was very cutting edge for its time, as well as a spinoff from All in the Family… ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/973 "2007-04-25T03:55:54Z")
I know very little about old TV, if I was forced to guess one without input, it would’ve been Welcome Back Kotter, but I’ll put my vote behind Sanford and Sons, because of Scrubs. Oh and Myskepticsight (I almost tried to call you myskepticknight, good thing I checked) sorry about my last comment, it was unnecessarily snarky. I’ve been playing as though google/wiki was ok, but passing answers during the play period wasn’t, though I guess neither of those really have any sort of official ruling. And my googled answer, Addams Family was a strike too. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/974 "2007-04-25T04:19:19Z")
I say we go with the Jeffersons ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/975 "2007-04-25T06:21:40Z")
I’ll go for “The Jeffersons” over “Sanford and Son” although both shows were great. Was “What’s Happening?” ever nominated? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/976 "2007-04-25T06:30:03Z")
Good Answer! Good Answer! ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/977 "2007-04-25T06:56:04Z")
I’ll go with either Rhoda or Maude. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/978 "2007-04-25T12:25:42Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I like Sanford and Son because (I think) it was (one of?) the first black sitcom(s) [/QUOTE] Not the first by any stretch, but an early one when few where around. Without searching, I know there was a show called Julia about a widowed black nurse staring Diahann Carroll. I believe it was considered groundbreaking at the time. Almost forgotten was Bill Cosby’s 1969 sitcom The Bill Cosby Show where he played a gym teacher in LA. Amos and Andy of course was on in the 1950s. Another very stereotypical less than enlightened depiction was Beulah. Sanford and Son started in 1972. * * * I see 5 votes for Sanford and Son: Dolores, MadTheSwine, Pygmy Rugger, ZipperJJ (weakly voted), Taber I see 2 for Jeffersons : cmkeller & JpnDude Abby\_Emma\_Sasha for Rhoda or Maude Frosted Glass: I am not sure. I will wait til 9:30 and then go with the highest total. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/979 "2007-04-25T12:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] What would Grandma Walton say? :smack: [/QUOTE] Goodnight **IvoryTowerDenizen**? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419/980 "2007-04-25T13:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I see 5 votes for Sanford and Son: Dolores, MadTheSwine, Pygmy Rugger, ZipperJJ (weakly voted), Taber I see 2 for Jeffersons : cmkeller & JpnDude Abby\_Emma\_Sasha for Rhoda or Maude Frosted Glass: I am not sure. I will wait til 9:30 and then go with the highest total. Jim [/QUOTE] I find it strange that Pygmy was so eager to jump on the Sanford and Son bandwagon. I wanna change my vote to Pygmy Rugger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-feud/395419.md?page=50)