# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/41 "2009-03-25T22:48:22Z")
1. Bluffington 2. The Beets 3. Mr.Dink 4. Mosquito Valentine 5. Porkchop ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/42 "2009-03-25T22:49:19Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 1.“Awful Waffle” > 2.Dr.Kahn > 3.Sponge > 4.DonkeyLips > 5.Camp Anawanna > > Do I smell a theme going on here? Salute Your Shorts! A distinct theme, indeed…how about: 1. Tanaka 2. Rabbit 3. Aaron 4. Surgeon 5. Knives ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/43 "2009-03-25T22:50:55Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Looks like nobody figured out \*Charmed \*yet. > > My turn… > > [ol] > [li]Kick the trash can[/li][li]a Belgian guy[/li][li]It’s raw![/li][li]Risotto[/li][li]Stupid donkey[/li][/ol] Hells Kitchen ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/44 "2009-03-25T22:51:05Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 1.“Awful Waffle” > 2.Dr.Kahn > 3.Sponge > 4.DonkeyLips > 5.Camp Anawanna > > Do I smell a theme going on here? Ahh a tv show from my childhood. I’ll _Salute my Shorts_ to the answer (which is actually Salute Your Shorts). 1. Belgian Take Over 2. Pig! 3. English Guy with a work visa 4. Guest starring the Batmobile 5. Unexpected trip to China ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/45 "2009-03-25T22:57:03Z")
1. Detroit Tigers 2. Father Paddy McGuinness 3. Agatha Chumley 4. Orville Wilbur Wright 5. The Tong Gang ---
**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:** [March 25, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/46 "2009-03-25T23:00:14Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > 1. Shiny > 2. wacky nephews > 3. cannibals > 4. doctor > 5. crime _Firefly_? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/47 "2009-03-25T23:08:53Z")
> [@Galwegian](#): > > _Firefly_? Who would be the wacky nephew though? ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/48 "2009-03-25T23:11:43Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Who would be the wacky nephew though? One of the more often quoted bits of Chinese translates to “mother of god and all her wacky nephews.” It was one of Wash’s lines. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/49 "2009-03-25T23:21:55Z")
1. Vindaloo 2. Three million years 3. Groin socket 4. H 5. I am legend ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/50 "2009-03-25T23:26:03Z")
1. Rubber Nipples 2. Nose Goblins 3. Blamo! 4. Powdered Toast 5. Log ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/51 "2009-03-25T23:27:29Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 1. Bluffington > 2. The Beets > 3. Mr.Dink > 4. Mosquito Valentine > 5. Porkchop Doug ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/52 "2009-03-25T23:28:45Z")
> [@Jester](#): > > Salute Your Shorts! A distinct theme, indeed…how about: > > 1. Tanaka > 2. Rabbit > 3. Aaron > 4. Surgeon > 5. Knives You \*Lost \*me. ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/53 "2009-03-25T23:31:42Z")
1. Dallas 2. The Jerk 3. “It was an heirloom” 4. Gordon Crisp 5. The Who ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/54 "2009-03-25T23:35:33Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > 1. Detroit Tigers > 2. Father Paddy McGuinness > 3. Agatha Chumley > 4. Orville Wilbur Wright > 5. The Tong Gang Just a stab here…Magnum PI? > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > 1. Carson Daly > 2. $100,000 > 3. Dodge > 4. Farrah > 5. Didi Thought I made this too easy…ya’ll just overlook it? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/55 "2009-03-25T23:36:01Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > 1. Rubber Nipples > 2. Nose Goblins > 3. Blamo! > 4. Powdered Toast > 5. Log Ren & Stimpy. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/56 "2009-03-25T23:56:08Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > 1. Dallas > 2. The Jerk > 3. “It was an heirloom” > 4. Gordon Crisp > 5. The Who Freaks and Geeks! Figured it out with The Who and Dallas. The heirloom bit confirmed it. Although, if I had read Gordon Crisp it might have been a bit too easy 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/57 "2009-03-26T00:38:57Z")
Okay, my last ones were too easy. 1. Wood and Jones Printing 2. Nicky Driscoll 3. World Happiness Dance 4. You’re so beautiful, it hurts to look at you 5. Mr. Racine ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/58 "2009-03-26T01:11:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Cash Register Sound > Hudson University > 27th > Murders > Plot Twists Law & Order - the original. > [@tr0psn4j](#): > > 1. Belgian Take Over > 2. Pig! > 3. English Guy with a work visa > 4. Guest starring the Batmobile > 5. Unexpected trip to China The Drew Carey Show > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Okay, my last ones were too easy. > > 1. Wood and Jones Printing > 2. Nicky Driscoll > 3. World Happiness Dance > 4. You’re so beautiful, it hurts to look at you > 5. Mr. Racine My So Called Life And my contribution:[ol] [li]Meat slicer[/li][li]Chewed pencil[/li][li]Marble rye[/li][li]Suzie[/li][\*]Mike Douglas[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/59 "2009-03-26T01:21:47Z")
[quote=“tumbleddown, post:58, topic:490790”] And my contribution:[ol] [li]Meat slicer[/li][li]Chewed pencil[/li][li]Marble rye[/li][li]Suzie[/li][li]Mike Douglas[/ol][/li][/QUOTE] Seinfeld? Mine: 1. Chocolate bunnies 2. Pine weasel 3. Fingernail 4. Mairzy Doats 5. Perfume ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/60 "2009-03-26T01:58:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by MadTheSwine View Post > > 1. Carson Daly > 2. $100,000 > 3. Dodge > 4. Farrah > 5. Didi > Thought I made this too easy…ya’ll just overlook it? My Name is Earl. Here’s mine. 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” -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=4)