# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/141 "2009-03-26T21:08:03Z")
I’ll toss this one back out there… 1.Ketchup 2.Nanny 3.Cuckoo Clock 4.Vegetarian 5.Castle This already answered one could be the sixth clue… 1.Good Grief 2.Pillar Box 3.Mark III 4.Eyepatch 5.Baron ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/142 "2009-03-26T21:14:34Z")
Still no guesses on this one. I was trying to make it difficult, but I didn’t think I made it impossible. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 1. Surplus store, corner of People’s Dr. and 124th St. > 2. Vera Horvath > 3. The Kubiak > 4. Freemason > 5. hairball ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/143 "2009-03-26T21:17:19Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > 1. Cornflakes > 2. Vampire > 3. Double-decker bus > 4. Cinderella > 5. Roller disco I might have been too obscure with the clues. The show is somewhat obscure as well. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/144 "2009-03-26T21:21:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > 1. Minkus > 2. Pennbrook > 3. Harley Keiner > 4. Morgan > 5. Joey the Rat Boy Meets World ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/145 "2009-03-26T21:31:52Z")
Since most of these clues seem to be coming from the same generation/demographic, let’s try this one, which, if any message board were to get it, it would be this one. 1.Bodega 2.Notepad 3.NYC 4.Max Mouse 5.Rally ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/146 "2009-03-26T21:38:14Z")
These should be pretty easy. 1. Novelist 2. Gunny 3. Love denied 4. Cafpow 5. Easy as cake 6. Possible love for a Lady 7. Reformed stripper 8. Alleged mob boss 9. Bugs 10. Brace 11. Nickname that usually stands for something else entirely 12. Crow’s feet 13. Brother is dead - or maybe not 14. Cheaters 15. Akimbo Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/147 "2009-03-26T21:39:17Z")
> [@Southpaw](#): > > 1. Crime > 2. Agent > 3. Lab Tech > 4. Toothpick > 5. Edinburgh NCIS Roddy ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/148 "2009-03-26T22:10:14Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I don’t know. I didn’t think that Nick News was all that weird. **Meeko** made it seem like this was a really shocking show to show on Nick. Like…too grown up or something? Heh. This show featured a very young Tony Hawk. ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/149 "2009-03-26T22:14:22Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Heh. > > This show featured a very young Tony Hawk. I give up. I totally give. I don’t think I’ve even heard of this show… ---
**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 26, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/150 "2009-03-26T22:46:07Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > One clue Nick shows. Updated Answers and Hints. > > A: Orange Soda – Correctly Guessed as Kenan and Kel. > > B: GC 161 – Not YCDTOT. > > C: “Fire Drill” – NOT YCDTOT. I would say more on this one, but it would give it away. > > \*\* D: The Hurry-up Machine – NOT YCDTOT. This one is from the same era, however. > > \*\*\* E: “The Deep End” – This one, still amazes me, that it was ever on Nick. > > F: Swift the Fox – Correctly Guessed as David the Gnome. > > G: Catalina and the Actor that would become the first black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. – Correctly guessed as Space Cases. (Hard to Imagine Nick had a would be Power Ranger.) > > H: “Megabyte” > > I: “Mikey, the video adveturer” – Correctly Guessed as Nick Arcade. That show didnt age well. > > \*\* J: Game show hosted by Michael Carrington. Think about it. An answer will come to you fast. > > \*\* 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. --Ask an Elephant, or a Canuck named Bram. [Hint] (Not Bram’s Show though.) > > \*\* M. 1950’s family “The Nielsens” - Yes this show was on Nickelodeon, --After hours. [Hint] > > \*\*\*\* N. Whoopi Goldberg (and puppets) > > \*\*\*\*\* O. A Top 10 list of Pop culture. > > As you can see, I watched. Who am I kidding? I still watch, a LOT of Nick. > > - Indicates my given difficulty level per the clue. I got some real hard ones for you, I know. B-Secret World of Alex Mack (she was hot, I was 10) N- Eurekas Castle?? O- Clarissa?? ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/151 "2009-03-26T22:59:32Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > B-Secret World of Alex Mack (she was hot, I was 10) > > N- Eurekas Castle?? > > O- Clarissa?? B. Correct. N. No. N was on Nick for a VERY VERY short time. 1. O was on for an even shorter period of time. The answer to E: [SK8-TV - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK8-TV) Sk8 Tv. A 30 minute talk show / field reporting that covered all things skateboarding. The deep end was a segment talking about advanced skate board tricks, and it took place in the deep end of an empty swiming pool. The pool was spray painted and used as a skate ramp. And it ran for multiple shows. ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/152 "2009-03-26T23:01:19Z")
Wow. That IS odd. And obscure! ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/153 "2009-03-26T23:03:49Z")
And to think, I didnt even have that one in my most difficult set. Any more guesses on N and O ? 🙂 ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/154 "2009-03-26T23:04:44Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > 1. Frank Sinatra > 2. Polk high school > 3. New Market Mall > 4. Dodge Dart > 5. Wanker Married With Children Repeating one my mine from last night, which I didn’t see an answer. The Recipe Nickel a Pickle Boatwright University John Curtis Extended Family ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/155 "2009-03-26T23:10:50Z")
K. Eureka’s Castle? O. Mr. Wizard? ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/156 "2009-03-26T23:15:36Z")
You guys are chipping away at it. 🙂 C: “Fire Drill” – NOT YCDTOT. I would say more on this one, but it would give it away. \*\* D: The Hurry-up Machine – NOT YCDTOT. This one is from the same era, however. H: “Megabyte” \*\* 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. Not Shari Lois and Bram’s Elephant show \*\* M. 1950’s family “The Nielsens” - Yes this show was on Nickelodeon, --After hours. [Hint] \*\*\*\* N. Whoopi Goldberg (and puppets) \*\*\*\*\* O. A Top 10 list of Pop culture. As you can see, I watched. Who am I kidding? I still watch, a LOT of Nick. - Indicates my given difficulty level per the clue. I got some real hard ones for you, I know. ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/157 "2009-03-26T23:17:03Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > K. Eureka’s Castle? > > O. Mr. Wizard? K. Is older than Eureka’s Castle O. Is newer than Mr.Wizard ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/158 "2009-03-26T23:24:06Z")
1. Cop Drama Parody 2. X Middle School 3. Safety Patrol 4. Ingrid Third 5. Cornelius \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/159 "2009-03-26T23:24:16Z")
1. Pier 56 2. P.I. 3. Computer Nerd 4. Screaming Mimi 5. “That Guy” actors. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/160 "2009-03-26T23:25:41Z")
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