# ID That TV Show in 5 Clues **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790 "2009-03-25T21:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/1 "2009-03-25T21:15:59Z")
Time for a new TV trivia game. Here’s how it works: I will write five (and only 5) clues that will identify the name of a current or past TV show. The clues should be fairly unique to the show in question and not so incredibly obvious that someone who has never even watched the show will be able to figure it out. For example, say I want to list clues about **The Simpsons**. If I list these five clues, everyone and their dog will immediately figure it out: - Homer - Springfield - Sideshow Bob - Bart - Kwik-E-Mart But if I go with these five clues, now people have to really think (I hope) before they figure out the answer: - Tibor - Frank Grimes - embiggen - inanimate carbon rod - Hail Ants! After answering my first set of clues, feel free to add your own. Even if you don’t know mine, go ahead and add one (or more) of your own . Please quote the five clues when answering. Good luck! Here is the first set of clues. What TV show do they all relate to? SHOW #1 - tylium - dradis - _All Along the Watchtower_ - Doc Cottle - Leoben ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/2 "2009-03-25T21:34:34Z")
_Battlestar Galactica_. 1. Crayon speech. 2. Grr. Arrgh. 3. Highschool is hell. 4. “You have fruit punch mouth.” 5. The Bronze. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/3 "2009-03-25T21:40:48Z")
**Miller** : _Buffy_ 1. Gotta Dance 2. The Dayton Poisoner 3. Red Wigglers 4. The Flimm Building 5. The Buckeye News-Hawk Award ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/4 "2009-03-25T21:45:58Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > 1. Gotta Dance > 2. The Dayton Poisoner > 3. Red Wigglers > 4. The Flimm Building > 5. The Buckeye News-Hawk Award Morbo: WKRP 1. Eva Grubb 2. Tongo the Ape-man 3. Kupakai headhunters 4. The lagoon 5. Hammocks ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/5 "2009-03-25T21:46:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _Battlestar Galactica_. > > 1. Crayon speech. > 2. Grr. Arrgh. > 3. Highschool is hell. > 4. “You have fruit punch mouth.” > 5. The Bronze. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer 1 : Oy with the poodles already 2 : Chilton 3 : The We 4 : coffee coffee coffee 5 : monkey monkey underpants ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/6 "2009-03-25T21:51:16Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > **Miller** : 1. Gotta Dance > 2. The Dayton Poisoner > 3. Red Wigglers > 4. The Flimm Building > 5. The Buckeye News-Hawk Award **WKRP in Cincinatti** - Moo goo gai pan - Chicago - Mr. Carlin - Elevator doors closing - “Hi, Bob!” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/7 "2009-03-25T21:52:42Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > 1 : Oy with the poodles already > 2 : Chilton > 3 : The We > 4 : coffee coffee coffee > 5 : monkey monkey underpants Gilmore Girls > [@](#): > > - Moo goo gai pan > - Chicago > - Mr. Carlin > - Elevator doors closing > - “Hi, Bob!” The Bob Newhart Show Takapa Southern Cross Barnes-Wentworth Digger Cartel ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/8 "2009-03-25T21:55:25Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > 1 : Oy with the poodles already > 2 : Chilton > 3 : The We > 4 : coffee coffee coffee > 5 : monkey monkey underpants Eutychus: Gilmore Girls And I’ll put Show B into play: 1. The Manor 2. advice column 3. the power of this 4. P^3 5. Cole ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/9 "2009-03-25T21:55:32Z")
Never mind. Someone edited. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/10 "2009-03-25T21:56:59Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Takapa > Southern Cross > Barnes-Wentworth > Digger > Cartel Dallas And I’ll put Show C into play: 1. Arnold 2. Mr. Haney 3. Lisa’s Hungarian accent 4. fresh air 5. Alf and Ralph ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/11 "2009-03-25T21:57:03Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Morbo: WKRP > > 1. Eva Grubb > 2. Tongo the Ape-man > 3. Kupakai headhunters > 4. The lagoon > 5. Hammocks Is this Gilligan’s Island? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/12 "2009-03-25T22:01:26Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > 1. Eva Grubb > 2. Tongo the Ape-man > 3. Kupakai headhunters > 4. The lagoon > 5. Hammocks Gilligan’s Island 1. new secretary 2. Avery 3. “Close the Door!” 4. FYI 5. unwed mother ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/13 "2009-03-25T22:01:36Z")
1. Colcord 2. Drake 3. “The Hat” 4. Dr. Simon Finch-Royce 5. Gary ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/14 "2009-03-25T22:02:00Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is this Gilligan’s Island? Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/15 "2009-03-25T22:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. new secretary > 2. Avery > 3. “Close the Door!” > 4. FYI > 5. unwed mother Murphy Brown how about: Bloomington, Ill Boston, Mass Philadelphia, Penn Fort Wayne, Ind Hannibal, Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/16 "2009-03-25T22:03:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Is this Gilligan’s Island? I think you got it. [ul] [li]disappearing bees[/li][li]Medusa cascade[/li][li]allons y[/li][li]molto bene[/li][li]Shadow Proclamation[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/17 "2009-03-25T22:04:34Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > 1. Colcord > 2. Drake > 3. “The Hat” > 4. Dr. Simon Finch-Royce > 5. Gary Robin Colcord and Gary from the eponymous Old-Towne Tavern, so I’m guessing “Cheers,” but the other three clues escape me. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/18 "2009-03-25T22:06:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Robin Colcord and Gary from the eponymous Old-Towne Tavern, so I’m guessing “Cheers,” but the other three clues escape me. Dr Finch-Royce is a character played by John Cleese. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/19 "2009-03-25T22:07:01Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Dallas > > And I’ll put Show C into play: > > 1. Arnold > 2. Mr. Haney > 3. Lisa’s Hungarian accent > 4. fresh air > 5. Alf and Ralph _Green Acres_. (I’d have used Molly Turgess. 🙂 ) 1. Screaming Viking 2. Melville’s 3. “Glad to have you aboard, Springsteen.” 4. “Guess who climbed Mount Paulie last night?” 5. Mayday ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/20 "2009-03-25T22:07:37Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And I’ll put Show C into play: > > 1. Arnold > 2. Mr. Haney > 3. Lisa’s Hungarian accent > 4. fresh air > 5. Alf and Ralph no one answered this one yet: Green Acres [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=2)