# 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:** 9
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/161 "2009-03-26T23:32:04Z")
I guessed already, but never gave my 5… 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) ---
**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 27, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/162 "2009-03-27T00:32:52Z")
Thought of another one cuz my favorite TV show hasn’t been mentioned… 1. ESPN 2. NYC 3. “Shoe money tonight!” 4. The Lion King 5. Porn Star ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/163 "2009-03-27T00:54:39Z")
C. Double Dare? H. Reboot? I’ve been meaning to guess this, I just don’t remember it being on Nickelodeon. N. The Muppet Show? O. Teen Choice Awards? ---
**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 27, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/164 "2009-03-27T00:58:41Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > C. Double Dare? > > H. Reboot? I’ve been meaning to guess this, I just don’t remember it being on Nickelodeon. > > N. The Muppet Show? > > O. Teen Choice Awards? None of these are right…but you’re on to something with Double Dare…I swear “Fire Drill” was on a game show, but it’s not that, or “What Would You Do” ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/165 "2009-03-27T01:46:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The Recipe > Nickel a Pickle > Boatwright University > John Curtis > Extended Family The Waltons? More: 1. Johnny Mercer 2. Ohio 3. Ginger 4. Baseball 5. Tomato Juice 6. Union organizers ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/166 "2009-03-27T01:54:22Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I guess my game is quite popular. Here goes another one: > > Wee-Bay > Proposition Joe > Fuzzy Dunlop > Hamsterdam > Honey Nut Cheerios Dang–I passed over this because I thought it would be solved immediately. The Wire, of course. Mine is still outstanding (in the non-complimentary sense of the word): > [@me](#): > > Los Angeles > multiple pregnancies > The threat of no-bucket > rolodex eyeballs > Fred the mathematician I also thought it’d be solved faster ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/167 "2009-03-27T01:56:56Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > None of these are right…but you’re on to something with Double Dare…I swear “Fire Drill” was on a game show, but it’s not that, or “What Would You Do” I couldn’t say it better myself there Sir T-Cups. and I will reveal the following: C is indeed a Game Show. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/168 "2009-03-27T02:11:16Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Honey I Shrunk the Kids? Uh…no. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/169 "2009-03-27T02:11:40Z")
H is \*not \*ReBoot? > [@Frostillicus](#): > > Uh…no. What can I say, I’m locked into the Nick thing (though HISTK is Disney); plus, I’ve never seen The Wire. It was the Cheerios, Wee-Bay(small pun?), and a possible hampster ball that got me. -d&r- ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/170 "2009-03-27T02:14:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by me > Los Angeles > multiple pregnancies > The threat of no-bucket > rolodex eyeballs > Fred the mathematician Angel? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/171 "2009-03-27T02:18:34Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Angel? Ayup! ---
**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 27, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/172 "2009-03-27T02:27:56Z")
I’m surprised no one’s gotten mine yet. I’ll throw it back out. 1. Firework salesmen 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Tiny pornography 4. Big Bee 5. Masturbating monkey ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/173 "2009-03-27T02:42:59Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > 1. Sex > 2. Sibling > 3. Offspring > 4. Alcohol > 5. Housekeeper Two and a half men? ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/174 "2009-03-27T03:12:15Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > I’m surprised no one’s gotten mine yet. I’ll throw it back out. > > 1. Firework salesmen > 2. Patrick Swayze > 3. Tiny pornography > 4. Big Bee > 5. Masturbating monkey SNL? ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/175 "2009-03-27T03:14:04Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > SNL? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/176 "2009-03-27T03:34:14Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > I’m surprised no one’s gotten mine yet. I’ll throw it back out. > > 1. Firework salesmen > 2. Patrick Swayze > 3. Tiny pornography > 4. Big Bee > 5. Masturbating monkey The WAGGINGEST WAG OF ALL WAGS IF THERE EVER WAS A WAG:: The Beast? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/177 "2009-03-27T03:36:07Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > H is \*not \*ReBoot? On the grounds of H being a Nick show, No. I can’t verify if “Megabyte” relates to Reboot. If it does, it is not my answer. so yes, H is not Reboot. In fact, **H is not even an animated series**. ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/178 "2009-03-27T03:36:24Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > The WAGGINGEST WAG OF ALL WAGS IF THERE EVER WAS A WAG:: > > The Beast? I don’t even know what your guess is, so no. I’ve never heard of a show called The Beast. ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/179 "2009-03-27T03:46:16Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > My contribution: > > 1. Sidney > 2. psychiatrist > 3. Haji > 4. No navel > 5. Blink _I Dream of Jeanie_ > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > These should be pretty easy. > > 1. Novelist > 2. Gunny > 3. Love denied > 4. Cafpow > 5. Easy as cake _NCIS_. > [@](#): > > 1. Possible love for a Lady > 2. Reformed stripper > 3. Alleged mob boss > 4. Bugs > 5. Brace _CSI: Las Vegas_ > [@](#): > > 1. Nickname that usually stands for something else entirely > 2. Crow’s feet > 3. Brother is dead - or maybe not > 4. Cheaters > 5. Akimbo _CSI: Miami_ 1. Alpha 2. Sierra 3. Victor 4. Tabula rasa 5. Active 6. Courier van 7. Frozen yogurt 8. Homeless shelter 9. Laundromat 10. Letter of condemnation \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790/180 "2009-03-27T03:55:34Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > _I Dream of Jeanie_ Yes, thanks for noticing. I thought mine was completely overlooked. > [@Ponderoid](#): > > 1. Alpha > 2. Sierra > 3. Victor > 4. Tabula rasa > 5. Active > \*\*\* Ponder > [@Meeko](#): > > 1.“A unique social experiment” > 2.Food Bricks > 3.Treatments > 4.Pods > 5.Val Ponderoid’s is definitely _Dollhouse_ and I think Meeko’s might be too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-that-tv-show-in-5-clues/490790.md?page=10)