Not the usual find-it-anywhere type stuff. Here’s a couple:
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In the tv show MASH*, Alan Alda and Loretta Swit appear in every episode of the show.
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Of the 120+ hosts of The Muppet Show, 25 are now dead.
Whatcha got?
Bill Clinton was the last guest star on ‘Cheers’.
Jayne Mansfield turned down the role of Ginger in Gilligans Island.
TV is actually short for “television.”
In every episode of Seinfeld, there is at least one scene with a Superman in the background (picture, figurine, comic book etc).
Not in the “Personals” it isn’t.
In the origional series of Star Trek nobody ever said ‘Beam me up Scotty’.
Only three TV series ended their run as the no. one rated show of the year. One each from the fifties, sixties and nineties - ‘I Love Lucy’, ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ and ‘Seinfeld’.
Sean Connery was not the first person to play James Bond. There was a television version of ‘Casino Royale’ that aired in 1958.
The first inter-racial kiss on TV was between Kirk and Uhura on ‘Star Trek’. (I’m not sure if this is true - I read it on a Trek site once, and I’m far from a Star Trek expert).
IIRC They shot two versions of this one where they kissed and one where they missed, at the ‘suits’ behest. I believe the Network asked for the second (The miss) to be used in the show.
I think I read this in William Shanters Star Trek Memories
Q-This show featured, as it’s main characters, a man, his mother-in-law, his daughter, and his nephew. Name it.
A-Beverly Hillbillies
Q-What is Sgt Friday’s badge number on Dragnet?
(Hint: Closing credits scrolled over a graphic of his badge)
A-714
Howard Borden was Bob Newhart’s neighbor on The Bob Newhart Show. What was Howard’s brother’s name, what was his occupation, and what was his religion?
The show One Day at a Time was occasionally written and/or produced by Bud Wiser, his credits at IMDb notwithstanding.
This is funnier if you know that “one day at a time” is an AA mantra.
He had two brothers, Warden Gordon Borden, and Norman Borden, the Mormon doorman.
If so, Shatner is wrong. The kiss was broadcast in the original episode, and raised great controversy in the southern states. It was not rerun that year.
Don Hastings has been a regular actor on TV longer than anyone else, starting with Captain Video in 1949 and still working on “As the World Turns” (where he’s been since 1960).
Robert Urich has been a regular on more TV series than anyone else (mostly due to his propensity to picking shows that fail very quidkly – e.g., “Emeril”). Harry Morgan is second, with ten series.
The U.S. science fiction TV show with the most number of original episodes broadcast is “Captain Video.”
Richard Belzer played the same character (John Munch) on four different TV series – Homicide, Law and Order, Law & Order SVU, and The X-Files.
“Masquerade Party” is the only TV show to have original episodes on four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, and Dumont).
Walt Disney’s first TV show, “Disneyland,” was part of a deal to finance the Disneyland park. He needed money and ABC needed programming.
UPN was the second TV network owned by Paramount. They also owned Dumont in the early 50s – one important reason why Dumont failed (all the networks were losing money back then, but the big three had networked-owned stations to put them into the black. Dumont couldn’t own affiliates because Paramount did.)
“I Dream of Jeannie” was the last show on NBC (the first all-color network) to be broadcast in black and white.
That would have been Barry Nelson in 1954. From imdb.com:
“Casino Royale” was Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel. It was the only one not sold to Eon Productions. As a result, CBS TV first adapted it for an episode of “Climax!” in 1954. Barry Nelson was the first person to play James Bond in a visual sense (others have played him on radio); he appeared as “Card Sharp Jimmy Bond,” a CIA agent.
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I believe it looked like a kiss on the showing, but they did not actually kiss in the cut that was used (Although it looked liked it)
I have not seen this episode for a while, but recall only seeing the bakc of Kirks head.
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RealityChuck writes:
> “Masquerade Party” is the only TV show to have original
> episodes on four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, and Dumont).
There was at least one more such series: Stump the Stars. See the following URL:
http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/pantomimeQuiz.html
> Richard Belzer played the same character (John Munch) on
> four different TV series – Homicide, Law and Order, Law
> & Order SVU, and The X-Files.
You forgot the show The Beat in which he also played John Munch. Five shows for one character is the record, I’m told.
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet also was shown on all four networks. See the following URL:
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1381.php
Actually, Superman is either mentioned or shown in 128 out of 180 episodes, leaving 52 non-Superman episodes. The Superman magnet on his refrigerator does not first appear until the 4th season, and the figurine on the bookshelf doesn’t appear until the 5th. (Plus, there are a handful of episodes that have no scenes in Jerry’s apartment at all.)
Sorry. I saw the original. Not only did they show lip locks, but Kirk and Uhura talked as they kissed.
BTW, I was wrong about “Masquerade Party.” It was only on three networks. “Pantomime Quiz” was what I meant to say.