# I describe the episode, and you name the tv show

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**Created:** [November 10, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717 "2025-11-10T05:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/21 "2025-11-18T15:26:32Z")

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The only time I saw William Holden and John Wayne in the same movie was in “The Horse Soldiers”, but that was a movie, not a TV episode. But that was a movie, not an episode of a TV show. If anyone wants to continue this game, should the rules be broadened?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/22 "2025-11-18T15:29:57Z")

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See 0:52 in this clip

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ntgD4-zK0GQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG4BoAC7ASKAgwIABABGFogWihaMA8=&rs=AOn4CLARMWLlGWW1eL7gUYbKxLYiOcBKTw "Lucy & Ethel Meet John Wayne 👣") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntgD4-zK0GQ)

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/23 "2025-11-18T23:50:28Z")

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Sorry for making my clue too obscure

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**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/24 "2025-11-20T18:00:58Z")

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I Love Lucy. He was also on The Lucy Show, but even though Vivian Vance was also on that show, her character was named Vivian.

A government agent is assigned to stop “Mr. Big” of a criminal organization, and discovers that “Mr. Big” is only 4 feet tall.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/25 "2025-11-21T01:57:43Z")

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That’s **Get Smart.** Mr. Big, aka Michael Dunn, deserved better.

Talented but arrogant surgeon has an unfortunate encounter with a helicopter on Thanksgiving.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-describe-the-episode-and-you-name-the-tv-show/1024717/26 "2025-11-21T02:35:25Z")

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ER - Rocket Romano has a bad day

Baltimore concert goes bad for our characters - but the return home is worse

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