# Guess the movie from the TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769 "2012-09-05T17:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/21 "2012-09-05T19:55:13Z")
_**Gunsmoke The Saint Maude**_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/22 "2012-09-05T19:55:37Z")
The Brady Bunch The Mary Tyler Moore Show Star Trek: The Next Generation (Hint: The answer was not a theatrical movie, but a TV mini-series) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/23 "2012-09-05T20:04:15Z")
_**Judging Amy Monk 24**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/24 "2012-09-05T20:07:26Z")
_**L.A. Law Our House One Day at a Time**_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/25 "2012-09-05T20:11:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > _**Taxi > Sanford and Son > Deadwood**_ Hmm… Christopher Lloyd and Danny DiVito were in Taxi. Brad Dourif is in Deadwood. Was Red Foxx in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/26 "2012-09-05T20:14:57Z")
_**Medium Sex and the City 21 Jump Street**_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/27 "2012-09-05T20:20:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > MASH > The Dick van Dyke Show > The Naked Truth I’ll add another clue to this. Just Shoot Me. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/28 "2012-09-05T20:26:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Hmm… > > Christopher Lloyd and Danny DiVito were in Taxi. > Brad Dourif is in Deadwood. > > Was Red Foxx in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? No, but you got the right movie. I messed up. I meant to put _ **Chico and the Man** _, not _ **Sanford and Son** _. I was going for Scatman Crothers. Don’t know how I got that so totally wrong. Extra genius points for you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/29 "2012-09-05T20:34:00Z")
That’s funny, I was thinking Scatman Crothers, but he was unlisted as being on S&S. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/30 "2012-09-05T21:15:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > The Brady Bunch > The Mary Tyler Moore Show > Star Trek: The Next Generation > > (Hint: The answer was not a theatrical movie, but a TV mini-series) Robert Reed? Ed Asner LeVar Burton _Roots_ Here’s one: Emily’s Reasons Why Not The Wild Thornberrys Friends ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/31 "2012-09-05T21:24:26Z")
And another (warning: it’s sort of a trick question, and there might be two answers to this one) The Phil Silvers Show The Love Boat The Carol Burnett Show ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/32 "2012-09-05T21:26:52Z")
_**Mr. Belvedere L.A. Law Spin City**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/33 "2012-09-05T21:27:55Z")
_**Kojak The Love Boat All in the Family**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/34 "2012-09-05T21:30:43Z")
_**McHale’s Navy Spenser for Hire Cheyenne**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/35 "2012-09-05T21:34:46Z")
_**Green Acres F Troop Hill Street Blues**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/36 "2012-09-05T21:36:03Z")
_**Gilligan’s Island Perry Mason Get Smart**_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/37 "2012-09-05T21:39:59Z")
_**Car 54, Where Are You? Eight Is Enough A DIfferent World**_ ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/38 "2012-09-05T21:45:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > _**Car 54, Where Are You? > Eight Is Enough > A DIfferent World**_ Fred Gwynne Ralph Macchio Marisa Tomei _My Cousin Vinny_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/39 "2012-09-05T21:47:57Z")
_MAS_H Bewitched The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/40 "2012-09-05T21:48:51Z")
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