# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/241 "2009-03-29T15:34:18Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > 1. A foreign domestic > 2. Sounds like a paradox > 3. A guy with two bird names > 4. A woman who produces sounds > 5. Sherry Frasier Still thinking up some clues; I just found this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/242 "2009-03-29T15:48:57Z")
1. God 2. MIT 3. Indiana 4. The Military 5. “wah” “wah” (This one’s a little subjective, but if someone can get it you will see what I mean) I am so surprised the doper nation isn’t getting a sci-fi program… ---
**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 29, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/243 "2009-03-29T16:05:50Z")
How does Frasier sound like a paradox? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/244 "2009-03-29T17:00:45Z")
> [@Clark\_K](#): > > 1. Segway > 2. “Don’t call it that.” > 3. Hot ham water > 4. Ocean Walker > 5. Blue **Arrested Development** 1. Especially heinous 2. 9 Other Shows 3. Ludacris 4. Wolf 5. Odafin ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/245 "2009-03-29T17:59:16Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > How does Frasier sound like a paradox? That was the one clue I couldn’t parse; I took it to Mr. S and he said, “‘Pair o’docs’ [Niles and Frasier] sounds like ‘paradox.’” Here’s my set o’clues: 1. Fibber McGee & Molly 2. Bitchcakes 3. Dr. Frank 4. Chocolate gelato 5. It’s pronounced EEEEEEEE-velyn ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/246 "2009-03-29T18:04:32Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > 1. God > 2. MIT > 3. Indiana > 4. The Military > 5. “wah” “wah” (This one’s a little subjective, but if someone can get it you will see what I mean) > > I am so surprised the doper nation isn’t getting a sci-fi program… Well, with that clue, I’ll go ahead and offer my longshot, just-a-hunch wild guess of _Quantum Leap._ ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/247 "2009-03-29T18:08:04Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > 1. Especially heinous > 2. 9 Other Shows > 3. Ludacris > 4. Wolf > 5. Odafin _Law and Order: Special Victims Unit_. I’ve still got one outstanding… Did I make it too hard? I’ll start giving extra clues after it’s gone 24 hours. Three relatively easy ones. Get one, the others will be easier to guess. 🙂 1. 1995 2. Admiral 3. Amnesia 4. New Mexico 5. Seven doctorates 6. Bar owner 7. Blind woman 8. Cat 9. Chicago 10. Newspaper 11. 1948 12. Cop 13. Currency 14. Reporter 15. San Francisco \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/248 "2009-03-29T18:17:56Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > That was the one clue I couldn’t parse; I took it to Mr. S and he said, “‘Pair o’docs’ [Niles and Frasier] sounds like ‘paradox.’” > > Here’s my set o’clues: > > 1. Fibber McGee & Molly > 2. Bitchcakes > 3. Dr. Frank > 4. Chocolate gelato > 5. It’s pronounced EEEEEEEE-velyn Newsradio. And as for the “paradox”, I believe it was even one of their scene-starting screens. Whatever those were called. Title cards? > [@Clark\_K](#): > > Well, with that clue, I’ll go ahead and offer my longshot, just-a-hunch wild guess of _Quantum Leap._ I’m going to go with “Real Genius”, cuz of ‘god’. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/249 "2009-03-29T18:29:55Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > When Things Were Rotten. Dang! That was fast! This is the first time I’ve ever come across anyone outside my family who remembers that show! 🙂 Here’s a new one: 1. Grandma-ma 2. Conjoined twins 3. Detective 4. Deviant 5. Ajax ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/250 "2009-03-29T19:02:06Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > That was the one clue I couldn’t parse; I took it to Mr. S and he said, “‘Pair o’docs’ [Niles and Frasier] sounds like ‘paradox.’” Yes, that’s it. And for anyone wondering, the guy with two bird names is Martin Crane. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/251 "2009-03-29T19:04:30Z")
[quote=“FalconFinder, post:249, topic:490790”] Dang! That was fast! This is the first time I’ve ever come across anyone outside my family who remembers that show! 🙂 [QUOTE] I remembered the name right off too, but it was already answered, boo hoo. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/252 "2009-03-29T19:08:23Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > [ > > 1. Bar owner > 2. Blind woman > 3. Cat > 4. Chicago > 5. Newspaper Early Edition ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/253 "2009-03-29T19:39:52Z")
1. A couple of dicks 2. Oliver Douglas and Jonathan Hart? not quite 3. Sharon Gless 4. Anne Archer 5. Stingers ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/254 "2009-03-29T20:13:24Z")
Thought of another show: 1.Thoroughfare 2.Duck 3.Bricks 4.Popular Sandwich 5.Los Angeles ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/255 "2009-03-29T21:32:01Z")
Anyone know this one? 1. Backup 2. Weevil 3. Piz 4. Vinnie Van Lowe 5. Neptune HS ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/256 "2009-03-29T21:48:56Z")
This one should be easy. 1. '30s Hoofer 2. '50s Beauty Contestant 3. '60s Urban Rustic (See #1) 4. '70s Fords 5. “Son” Dead circa '73 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/257 "2009-03-30T00:34:37Z")
> [@zenith](#): > > This one should be easy. > > 1. '30s Hoofer > 2. '50s Beauty Contestant > 3. '60s Urban Rustic (See #1) > 4. '70s Fords > 5. “Son” Dead circa '73 Quantum Leap? (Didn’t we already have QL?) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/258 "2009-03-30T01:41:03Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Anyone know this one? I’m sure someone does. 🙂 > [@Ponderoid](#): > > 1. A long time ago > 2. Backup > 3. Beaver > 4. Girls’ restroom > 5. Pirates No one’s gotten this yet… Perhaps I should have quoted the first clue: 1. “A long time ago” > [@Meeko](#): > > (Didn’t we already have QL?) This thread has gotten long; it’s easy to miss if the show you want to do has already been done. It’s probably even easier to miss if it’s been done, but hasn’t been answered yet. I’ve tried to make sure my clues have all appeared or been mentioned in more than one episode of the show. Back in the days before the Internet, PVRs and DVDs, even the most rabid fans would miss an episode or two. \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/259 "2009-03-30T05:17:54Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > 1. A couple of dicks > 2. Oliver Douglas and Jonathan Hart? not quite > 3. Sharon Gless > 4. Anne Archer > 5. Stingers Oooh! Oooh! I know that one! But I’m not sure I’ve got the name right. Was it _Switch_? ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/260 "2009-03-30T05:20:02Z")
> [@zenith](#): > > This one should be easy. > > 1. '30s Hoofer > 2. '50s Beauty Contestant > 3. '60s Urban Rustic (See #1) > 4. '70s Fords > 5. “Son” Dead circa '73 _Barnaby Jones_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=14)