# Guess the TV/movie character: A Game\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122 "2006-04-10T18:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/161 "2006-04-14T00:05:09Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I am a successful career journalist who can’t keep a secretary. Murphy Brown? And still available: I like to roller skate and I used to like Bobby Sherman, but he is such a BOY! I’m in love with a real man now. He is so nice and has the cutest dog. If only I could think of a way to tell him how I feel… \ Hmm, I could leave him a message on his handy tape recorder… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/162 "2006-04-14T00:44:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > (any6) I’m destined for great things in a great city. I’ve been looking forward to this move as long as I can remember. But something happens en route and I am waylayed in this tiny little community. All I can think about is getting out and getting back en route to my destiny. Yet there’s something about this town… Adding yet another guess – Joel Fleischman of _Northern Exposure_? ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/163 "2006-04-14T01:38:32Z")
I live in Texas, my father is an alcoholic, my parents kive in a cul-de-sac, my uncle is very rich, and I slept with another uncle. (Didn’t know he was related at the time!) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/164 "2006-04-14T02:34:44Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Doc Hollywood? Yes ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/165 "2006-04-14T02:37:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Adding yet another guess – Joel Fleischman of _Northern Exposure_? > [@ivylass](#): > > **anyrose** , for any6, are you George from It’s a Wonderful Life? Both good guesses - it was ambigous enough for any of the 3, but **Ben Stone** (Doc Hollywood’s real name) was the answer I had in mind ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/166 "2006-04-14T02:38:14Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > I live in Texas, my father is an alcoholic, my parents kive in a cul-de-sac, my uncle is very rich, and I slept with another uncle. (Didn’t know he was related at the time!) Joan Van Ark’s character on Knott’s Landing? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/167 "2006-04-14T03:35:10Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > Calling International Rescue! You’re John Tracy from _Thunderbirds_, aren’t you? You are indeed. F.A.B.! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/168 "2006-04-14T04:03:49Z")
any7: I’m headlining in a nightclub in a foreign country. I fall for a young man who is renting at eh boarding house where I live. I also fall for a local gentleman of means, but he has eyes for the young man from my boarding house. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/169 "2006-04-14T04:09:30Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > (any5) No matter what I do, no matter how good at my job, I can’t get ahead. And now I have a stuck up, conniving witch for a boss, who’s so full of herself, she thinks it’s okay to claim my ideas as her own. and this one is still open ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/170 "2006-04-14T04:46:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > (any5) No matter what I do, no matter how good at my job, I can’t get ahead. And now I have a stuck up, conniving witch for a boss, who’s so full of herself, she thinks it’s okay to claim my ideas as her own. Tess McGill from **Working Girl**? Mine’s still open: > [@](#): > > I think all of you living in a box is seriously freaked up, cuz there’s, like, a Universe in all of us, man! I can add some more: I’m getting a massage while I say that line…to another me. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/171 "2006-04-14T05:33:20Z")
Mine’s still open, though it’s probably way too easy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/172 "2006-04-14T06:25:22Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Tess McGill from **Working Girl**? correct ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/173 "2006-04-14T06:27:42Z")
> [@KCSuze](#): > > Mine’s still open, though it’s probably way too easy. please repost it. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/174 "2006-04-14T11:57:53Z")
I never realized my life’s dream. But while my temporary job stretched into a 30+ year career, and while I was dealing with my disabled son, I learned I touched more lives than I ever knew. **Dooku** , are you Pinto from _Animal House_? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/175 "2006-04-14T13:10:30Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > I like to roller skate and I used to like Bobby Sherman, but he is such a BOY! I’m in love with a real man now. He is so nice and has the cutest dog. If only I could think of a way to tell him how I feel… > > \ Hmm, I could leave him a message on his handy tape recorder… Arlene Lorenzo Let’s try this one last time: My sister loves me. Everyone loves her. If you love her, will you love me too? Don’t whisper your answer in my ear. …Or I’ll freak out. Another hint: I’m not very smart, but my sister loves not very smart people. There’s just something about her… ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/176 "2006-04-14T14:03:30Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **Dooku** , are you Pinto from _Animal House_? Nope. One more hint: Im’ a cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/177 "2006-04-14T14:08:24Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Nope. One more hint: Im’ a cartoon. Spongebob? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/178 "2006-04-14T14:09:30Z")
> [@KCSuze](#): > > Indeed. > > YoU CANnot stAY here. The MASter WOUld not appROVE. is this the one you think is too easy? yikes ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/179 "2006-04-14T14:09:31Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Arlene Lorenzo > > Let’s try this one last time: > > My sister loves me. Everyone loves her. If you love her, will you love me too? Don’t whisper your answer in my ear. > > …Or I’ll freak out. > > Another hint: I’m not very smart, but my sister loves not very smart people. There’s just something about her… Ahh… Warren. (Was trying to forget that movie 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122/180 "2006-04-14T14:25:28Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Ahh… Warren. (Was trying to forget that movie 😉 ) Finally! 😉 New one: Even though I’m named for a food, I’m not fat, really. Praise the Lord! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-tv-movie-character-a-game/352122.md?page=10)