# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/301 "2009-04-02T19:39:02Z")
H: “Megabyte” The Tommorow People And now, for the two shows that probably had the shortest run on Nick:: N. Whoopi Goldberg (and puppets) Whoopi’s Littleburg: [Littleburg (TV Series 2004– ) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399292) O. A Top 10 list of Pop culture. Bing! ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/302 "2009-04-02T19:49:18Z")
> [@Clark\_K](#): > > And there’s this mystery waiting to be solved: > > 1. Spin-off > 2. Los Angeles > 3. Newman > 4. Sopranos > 5. Birdcage _Joey_? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/303 "2009-04-02T20:09:56Z")
Wow. I thought I knew my classic Nickelodeon, but damn, I’ve never heard of any of those. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/304 "2009-04-02T20:11:23Z")
Me neither. Those were for the birds. I only got Fred Penner from googling it, actually…_hangs head_ Although I used to watch him all the time as a wee one. (For some reason, I always thought of it as Fred PANner. And now I have a weird memory of him and some friend of his singing a song about tasty tears. Ew.) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/305 "2009-04-02T21:23:17Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Me neither. Those were for the birds. > > I only got Fred Penner from googling it, actually…_hangs head_ Although I used to watch him all the time as a wee one. (For some reason, I always thought of it as Fred PANner. And now I have a weird memory of him and some friend of his singing a song about tasty tears. Ew.) I will fess up here too. I was looking at Nick sites on shows, to gather clues. only AFTER reading the name Fred Penner, did all the memories come back. * * * Littleburg was set up to be a good show. A GREAT show. Picture Lazy Town, with out the obligatory psuedo dance/techno, and an actual “teaching life skills” plot based line. However, I think a LOT of people took issue with Whoopi being on the show (And I do Believe it was HER show, in the directorial sense.) given her past lifestyle choices. (She has in the past admitted to playing on both sides of the street.) Bing! Like I said was, I guess a Pilot episode that never took off. I only saw the previews for it, not the show it self. Again, it mentioned POGS. Which should point to the year it came out. IIRC, it came on , on a friday, 7:30 or so. Killer timeslot for any TV show, from what I hear. The Tommorow people had a GOOD run, but IIRC, Nick never showed all the episodes, leaving the story arc in the air. Your typical Youth with Superpowers (Teleportation, ESP, telekenisis) type show. Decidedly from the UK, except for Megabyte (His nickname), a mundane youth who was related to one of the tommorow people. Perhaps the show jummped the shark, when Megabyte obtained the powers of the others, simply because he thought about them, that much. I figured TTP would have been an easy guess. Littleburg and Bing! I figured would go real far. Hopefully now, we can get life back in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/306 "2009-04-02T23:37:53Z")
After two seasons, he was winging it without her Manero’s first dance partner Different Worlds It was a waitress to riches story Mom later had two sons, not two daughters ---
**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:** [April 3, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/307 "2009-04-03T03:10:42Z")
> [@Airblairxxx](#): > > _Joey_? Nope. Much older than that. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/308 "2009-04-03T05:39:57Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Kimberly > Hovis > Gordon > Waffle > Mr.Blik > > Let’s see how long this one survives. Cat Scratch Now I have a couple of classic toons for you: Crocodile Cheerleader Zipper Caboose Bingo Mean Lady Fat Cat Adoption Bad Southern Accent Little Girl Whee! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/309 "2009-04-03T05:43:49Z")
> [@Sodalite](#): > > Crocodile > Cheerleader > Zipper > Caboose > Bingo Bosko ? and **CORRECT.** ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/310 "2009-04-04T06:39:13Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Bosko ? Nope. I guess I should clarify. When I said classic I meant to have said '80s. Try again! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/311 "2009-04-04T17:36:59Z")
Anybody? > [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > After two seasons, he was winging it without her > Manero’s first dance partner > Different Worlds > It was a waitress to riches story > Mom later had two sons, not two daughters ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/312 "2009-04-09T22:16:06Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I guess I’ll add in a few more and then give the answer later. > > 1. Tylenol with the codeine > > 2. Shrimp is the black man’s lobster > > 3. Rice and Beans > > 4. A guy named Al who never talks > > 5. A woman whose high school nickname was “Duck” > > 6. Married man with a 26 year-old girlfriend (and for some reason he can’t remember, that was supposed to be a good thing!) > > 7. “Whack palace” > > 8. It might have been a hate crime because the soup thrown was a can of matzoh ball soup. > > 9. Frank didn’t want to say the jacket was ‘teal-colored’ because that sounded “kind of faggy” > > 10. “You must be Mrs. DeNegro”. > > 11. A severed foot in a plastic bag > > 12. A cop named Frank too fat to fit behind the wheel of a golf cart > > 13. An angry black police Lieutenant with a very popular voice > > 14. A wife who is cheating with a House Husband > > 15. If Mike had to go gay with someone it would probably be Reuben because he’s small and delicate so it would be like being with a woman. > > -Joe The Job. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/313 "2009-04-09T22:20:34Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > 1. Wang Chiang > 2. Borusa > 3. Dodo Chaplet > 4. Salamandar > 5. Alpha Centauri Nobody ever answered this one. Thought It’d be an easy one. Here’s some more hints: 1. President Flavia 2. Chancellor Hedin 3. H.A.D.S. 4. Bendragenous-5 5. C.V.E. Portals ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/314 "2009-04-09T22:38:01Z")
> [@thwartme](#): > > The Job. Wow, so it turns out there were actually two of us who had seen the show. Any my other show: 1. A nymphomaniac teddy bear 2. A chain smoking dog with anger issues 3. A serial-killing ventriloquist’s dummy 4. A cuddle doll who gets possessed by a demon 5. A virginal social worker Was the Canadian masterpiece, “Puppets Who Kill”. -Joe ---
**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:** [April 9, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/315 "2009-04-09T22:46:15Z")
1. That would be an ecumenical matter 2. Unfortunate time to call 3. Small cows 4. Lourdes 5. Hairy hands 6. “That money was just resting in my account” 7. John and Mary 8. The Old Gray Whistle Theft 9. Largest lingerie department 10. Down with this sort of thing Reposting mine. C’mon, I thought this show was popular here! ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/316 "2009-04-09T23:07:49Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > 1. That would be an ecumenical matter > 2. Unfortunate time to call > 3. Small cows > 4. Lourdes > 5. Hairy hands > 6. “That money was just resting in my account” > 7. John and Mary > 8. The Old Gray Whistle Theft > 9. Largest lingerie department > 10. Down with this sort of thing > > Reposting mine. C’mon, I thought this show was popular here! Father Ted ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/317 "2009-04-09T23:09:20Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > 1. President Flavia > 2. Chancellor Hedin > 3. H.A.D.S. > 4. Bendragenous-5 > 5. C.V.E. Portals Doctor Who ---
**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:** [April 10, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/318 "2009-04-10T01:58:45Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > After two seasons, he was winging it without her > Manero’s first dance partner > Different Worlds > It was a waitress to riches story > Mom later had two sons, not two daughters _Angie_ I can’t believe I knew that. Which should be a clue to this one: Gleep Trampas Uncredited role Both Dr. Who and Buck Rogers Three faces of Evie ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/319 "2009-04-10T04:14:31Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Gleep > Trampas > Uncredited role > Both Dr. Who and Buck Rogers > Three faces of Evie Out of This World I can’t even be proud of the fact that I didn’t need to look it up because it speaks too loudly of my wasted youth. _not as ashamed as I should be_ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/320 "2009-04-10T05:38:17Z")
Oooh, I never got around to posting one of these even though I said I would, and now it’s been revived, so… Well, y’all are a bunch of nerds, I can’t imagine this’ll go long without someone getting it. 1. Yahtzee. 2. Bitch. 3. Jerk. 4. Rock salt. 5. Colt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=17)