# 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:** 4
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/61 "2009-03-26T02:47:24Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Seinfeld? Yep! > [@](#): > > Mine: > > 1. Chocolate bunnies > 2. Pine weasel > 3. Fingernail > 4. Mairzy Doats > 5. Perfume Twin Peaks? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/62 "2009-03-26T02:54:38Z")
I guess my game is quite popular. Here goes another one: Wee-Bay Proposition Joe Fuzzy Dunlop Hamsterdam Honey Nut Cheerios ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/63 "2009-03-26T03:16:12Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Twin Peaks? Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/64 "2009-03-26T03:38:54Z")
Ok. Let’s turn things up a notch: 1. The locker room 2. The firing squad 3. “…the Opposites” 4. Alanis Morissette 5. I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/65 "2009-03-26T03:48:21Z")
This one is easy: Becker Post Angel Corbett White ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/66 "2009-03-26T03:48:26Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. The locker room > 2. The firing squad > 3. “…the Opposites” > 4. Alanis Morissette > 5. I don’t know You Can’t Do That On Television. That’s not turning it up a notch. That’s pretty danged simple. I’ll post some clues once I come up with a set. ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/67 "2009-03-26T03:53:05Z")
1. Cornflakes 2. Vampire 3. Double-decker bus 4. Cinderella 5. Roller disco ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/68 "2009-03-26T03:54:43Z")
Should either be very easy, or very hard: Alpacas Salt Sewers Chocolate Sharks ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/69 "2009-03-26T03:56:14Z")
1. Evelyn Ryan 2. The Icehouse 3. True Love 4. Creek Daze 5. Walking the dog ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/70 "2009-03-26T03:59:44Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > Salute Your Shorts Salute Your Shorts! I’ve been trying to remember the name of that show for a long time. I remembered most of the song, but I could never get the name. 1. The Grumpy Snail 2. Apt. 1BDI 3. Hordes of rampaging Killbots 4. “Is this clown on?” 5. Discreet and Discrete ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/71 "2009-03-26T04:07:46Z")
Here are a couple Recipe Nickel a Pickle Boatwright University John Curtis Extended Family Kerosene Cucumbers Wink’n Blink’n and Nod Bachelor Father Morning Honey, Morning Dear Judy, Judy, Judy ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/72 "2009-03-26T04:21:44Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > That’s not turning it up a notch. That’s pretty danged simple. :):)🙂 I think that allows me to do the following. :):)🙂 Still too easy? Fine. We will do it this way. left right and center on all things Nick. One clue per show. A: Orange Soda B: GC 161 C: “Fire Drill” D: The Hurry-up Machine E: “The Deep End” F: Swift the Fox G: Catalina and the Actor that would become the first black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. H: “Megabyte” I: “Mikey, the video adveturer” J: Game show hosted by Michael Carrington. Think about it. An answer will come to you fast. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/73 "2009-03-26T04:22:52Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > 1. The Grumpy Snail > 2. Apt. 1BDI > 3. Hordes of rampaging Killbots > 4. “Is this clown on?” > 5. Discreet and Discrete Futurama. 1. Jumpsuit 2. Silhouette 3. Canada Bashing 4. Mads 5. Roadhouse Edit: Thought of another one. 1. Firework salesmen 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Tiny pornography 4. Big Bee 5. Masturbating monkey ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/74 "2009-03-26T04:39:55Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Futurama. Yep. 1. Vomiting Kermit 2. The Coked-Up Werewolf 3. Thor 4. Abe Vigoda 5. State Quarters Gotta love any list of things that begins with “Vomiting Kermit.” ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/75 "2009-03-26T04:41:27Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Yep. > > 1. Vomiting Kermit > 2. The Coked-Up Werewolf > 3. Thor > 4. Abe Vigoda > 5. State Quarters > > Gotta love any list of things that begins with “Vomiting Kermit.” Conan OBrian. And since I already have two on the board, I’ll decline to write another. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/76 "2009-03-26T05:13:26Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Gotta love any list of things that begins with “Vomiting Kermit.” Isn’t that right, Cactus Chef playing “We Didn’t Start the Fire” on a flute? Isn’t that right, Gorilla Nurse using a 1950’s style Abdominal Exerciser? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/77 "2009-03-26T05:54:42Z")
You want it harder? You got it Harder Name the show that featured: K. a title that a character would **SEEMINGLY** say on Mr.Rogers - except that he says something different. L.“Word Bird” and a soundtrack featuring a Jew’s Harp. M. 1950’s family “The Nielsens” N. Whoopi Goldberg (and puppets) O. A Top 10 list of Pop culture. And if you can get all five of these with out looking them up, Then I just might have found someone with less of a life than me. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/78 "2009-03-26T05:58:33Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > 1. Vindaloo > 2. Three million years > 3. Groin socket > 4. H > 5. I am legend _Red Dwarf_ ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/79 "2009-03-26T06:01:40Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > 1. Jumpsuit > 2. Silhouette > 3. Canada Bashing > 4. Mads > 5. Roadhouse MST3K > [@Meeko](#): > > G: Catalina and the Actor that would become the first black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. Wild and Crazy Kids 1. Girl names 2. The Blanks 3. Two coins add up to $.55 and one is not a nickel. 4. Daydreams 5. Penny ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/80 "2009-03-26T06:06:53Z")
Ok. Let try one back at regular speed: 1. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is A Desilu Production 2. Ms.McGillicuddy 3. Apartment 3-D 4. The Tropicana 5. WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=5)