# Guess the movie from the TV shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769>\
**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\
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**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/41 "2012-09-05T21:50:24Z")

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> [@Ponch8](#):
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> Revenge of the Nerds (Ted McGinley, Anthony Edwards, John Goodman)?

Correct!

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**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/42 "2012-09-05T21:51:08Z")

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> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> Fred Gwynne  
> Ralph Macchio  
> Marisa Tomei
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> _My Cousin Vinny_

Well done!

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/43 "2012-09-05T21:54:53Z")

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Laugh-In  
Daniel Boone  
B.J. and the Bear

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**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/44 "2012-09-05T21:59:54Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> _**McHale’s Navy  
> Spenser for Hire  
> Cheyenne**_

Ernest Borgnine  
Richard Jaeckel  
Clint Walker

**The Dirty Dozen**

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/45 "2012-09-06T01:51:07Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> The Dick van Dyke Show  
> Arrested Development  
> Saturday Night Live

**Dendarii Dame** , you’re driving me crazy with this one. Hint?

AD and SNL have so many people, it’s hard to know where to start.

May I assume that either MTM or Carl Reiner was in this movie?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/46 "2012-09-06T02:16:44Z")

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Here’s one that should be Easy Peasy Chucky Cheddary:

Combat  
SNL, original cast  
Chico and the Man  
Valerie/Hogan Family  
Third Rock form the Sun

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/47 "2012-09-06T02:33:03Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Here’s one that should be Easy Peasy Chucky Cheddary:
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> Combat  
> SNL, original cast  
> Chico and the Man  
> Valerie/Hogan Family  
> Third Rock form the Sun

Vic Morrow  
Dan Aykroyd  
Scatman Crothers (THIS time!)  
Jeremy Licht (the only one I had to look up)  
John Lithgow

_ **Twilight Zone: The Movie** _

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/48 "2012-09-06T02:34:06Z")

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> [@Enginerd](#):
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> Ernest Borgnine  
> Richard Jaeckel  
> Clint Walker
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> **The Dirty Dozen**

Bingo! Nice job.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/49 "2012-09-06T02:35:07Z")

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> [@Enginerd](#):
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> Reginald VelJohnson  
> John Amos  
> Bruce Willis
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> Die Hard 2

Yippee ki yay!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/50 "2012-09-06T13:36:33Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> **Dendarii Dame** , you’re driving me crazy with this one. Hint?
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> AD and SNL have so many people, it’s hard to know where to start.
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> May I assume that either MTM or Carl Reiner was in this movie?

Neither MTM nor Carl Reiner was in this movie, but you can add SCTV to the list. The movie is a cartoon.  
And while I’m here…

Falcon Crest  
The Streets of San Francisco  
Bewitched

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/51 "2012-09-06T13:54:56Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> Neither MTM nor Carl Reiner was in this movie, but you can add SCTV to the list. The movie is a cartoon.

That helps! Curious George with Will Farrell and David Cross?

McMillan & Wife  
Cheers  
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/52 "2012-09-06T14:17:51Z")

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> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> Neither MTM nor Carl Reiner was in this movie, but you can add SCTV to the list. The movie is a cartoon.

Thanks for the hint! Gotta be _ **Curious Geo** _rge, which featured the voices of Dick Van Dyke (_ **Dick Van Dyke Show** _), Will Ferrell (\*\*\*Saturday \*\*\*_ **Night Live** _) and David Cross (_ **Arrested Development** _).

Plus Eugene Levy of _ **SCTV** _.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/53 "2012-09-06T14:23:36Z")

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_**Mike Hammer  
Sessions  
Spenser for Hire**_

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/54 "2012-09-06T18:06:58Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> That helps! Curious George with Will Farrell and David Cross?

Yes! (and astorian is correct that Dick van Dyke and Eugene Levy are the third and fourth people.)

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/55 "2012-09-06T18:13:25Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> _MAS_H  
> Bewitched  
> The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo\*\*\*

MASH: Henry Morgan  
Bewitched: Dick York  
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo: Claude Akins

Inherit the Wind

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/56 "2012-09-06T18:18:56Z")

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A fifth hint on this one:

MASH  
The Dick van Dyke Show  
The Naked Truth  
Just Shoot Me  
Laugh-in

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/57 "2012-09-06T18:24:05Z")

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Seinfeld  
Monk  
Saving Grace

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/58 "2012-09-06T18:31:29Z")

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Scrubs  
Entourage  
21 Jump Street

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/59 "2012-09-06T18:32:44Z")

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> [@Enginerd](#):
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> Seinfeld  
> Monk  
> Saving Grace

I’m trying to think of someone in Monk who was in O Brother Where Art Thou, but I think I’m barking up the wrong tree.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-tv-shows/633769/60 "2012-09-06T18:35:31Z")

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Sons of Anarchy  
Arrested Development  
Merlin

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