# Identify the TV series from the subsidiary characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796 "2002-03-18T00:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/1 "2002-03-18T00:23:07Z")
1. Dr. Jerry Helper Lyle Delp Stacey Petrie 2. Arnold Takahashi Jenny Piccolo Olivia Huntsinger 3. Leroy Skillet Bubba Rollo Grady 4. Policewoman Dorothy Miller Captain Milemore Mechanic Marco Lopez 5. Dr. Mike Morton Firefightetr Marco Lopez Charlie the Mechanic 6. Angel Beth, an attorney Rocky 7. Gus the fireman Miss Landers Violet Rutherford Whitey Whitney 8. Nina Campbell Marie Dubcek Don Orvell Professor Suter 9. Sgt. Luther Rizzo Nurse Kellye Nakahara Igor Ugly John 10. Dwayne Schneider Ed Cooper Ginny Wroblicki ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/2 "2002-03-18T00:29:21Z")
I get yo be first! #9. M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/3 "2002-03-18T00:31:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*I get yo be first! > > #9. M_A_S\*H \*\* And in my rush to be first, I booted a two-letter word. :o #2. Happy Days ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/4 "2002-03-18T00:32:45Z")
1. The Dick Van Dyke Show 2. Sanford and Son 3. The Rockford Files 4. One Day at a Time ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/5 "2002-03-18T00:34:51Z")
I seem to remember Rob and Laura living next door to a dentist named Jerry, so: #1 The Dick Van Dyke Show (?) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/6 "2002-03-18T01:29:06Z")
1. **Emergency** (that’s a guess) 2. **Leave It To Beaver** ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/7 "2002-03-18T04:47:51Z")
How about subsidiary character descriptions, instead of names? 1.) Strange barber, inept lawman, stupid mechanic. 2.) Balding sarcastic writer, conceited ex-citizen of Fresno, CA. 3.) Eerie au-pair, non-plussed college instructor. 4.) German intellectual, Polish womanizer, African-American budding writer. Actually, one of the #3 characters is more of a main character, not subsidiary. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/8 "2002-03-18T04:53:03Z")
#8: **Third Rock from the Sun** #5 is **Emergency** ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/9 "2002-03-18T05:04:32Z")
Torgo’s #1 is _The Andy Griffith Show_. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/10 "2002-03-18T10:21:52Z")
dougie\_monty #4- Dragnet Torgo #2- The Mary Tyler Moore Show Torgo #3- Nanny and the Professor ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-series-from-the-subsidiary-characters/98796/11 "2002-03-18T11:42:00Z")
Togo #4- _Barney Miller_