# Mis-casting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386 "2017-10-20T20:47:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/21 "2017-10-23T20:58:40Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Wojo: Gilbert Gottfried

I nearly lost bladder control with that one!

Next: Friends

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/22 "2017-10-23T20:58:47Z")

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/23 "2017-10-23T22:13:47Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> Next: Friends

Phoebe – Dame Judi Dench  
Rachel – Jean Marsh  
Monica – Joan Collins  
Ross – Sean Connery  
Chandler – Michael York  
Joey – Hugh Laurie  
**Next** : _One Day at a Time_

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/24 "2017-10-23T23:08:06Z")

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Ann Romano - Roseanne Barr  
Schneider - John Goodman  
Julie - Alicia Goranson  
Barbara - Sarah Gilbert

Next: The Beverly Hillbillies

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/25 "2017-10-23T23:54:24Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Next: The Beverly Hillbillies

Granny – Ann-Margaret  
Jethro – Jim Parsons  
Jed – Bob Newhart  
Elly Mae – Ariel Winter  
Mr. Drysdale – Jimmy Kimmel  
Miss Hathaway – Kaley Cuoco  
**Next** : _Twin Peaks: TOS_

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/26 "2017-10-24T01:12:07Z")

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Agent Cooper - Robb Riggle  
Sheriff Harry S. Truman - Zack Galifianakis  
Audrey Horne - Melissa McCarthey  
Donna Hayward - Kristin Wiig  
Leland Palmer - Jeff Bridges  
The Log Lady - Oprah Winfrey  
Laura Palmer - Rebel Wilson

Next: Bonanza

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/27 "2017-10-24T01:31:22Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Next: Bonanza

Haven’t seen it much, but I’ll try.

Ben – Denis O’Hare  
Little Joe – David Duchovny  
“Hoss” – David McCallum  
Adam – David Schwimmer

I really wasn’t trying to have a theme.  
**Next** : _The Mod Squad_

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/28 "2017-10-24T01:44:28Z")

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I wonder if there are outtakes of TV shows where the actors do on anothers’ roles? When I did drama in high school, we used to do that.

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/29 "2017-10-24T01:46:57Z")

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_The Mod Squad_

Pete - Nicolas Cage

Linc - James Earl Jones

Peggy - Kathy Bates

Captain Greer - Billy Barty

John Gieguld, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, JudI Dench, Katherine Hepburn, Theda Bara, etc. - Miscellaneous denizens of the counterculture  
**NEXT:** _Dr. No_

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/30 "2017-10-24T02:04:30Z")

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James Bond - Bob Denver  
Honey Ryder - Bea Arthur  
Dr. No - Keanu Reeves  
Felix Leiter - Herve Villachaise  
M. - Arnold Schwarzeneger

NEXT - The Brady Bunch

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/31 "2017-10-24T03:46:40Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> NEXT - The Brady Bunch

Mike – Patton Oswalt  
Carol – Kyra Sedgwick  
Alice – S. Epatha Merkerson  
Greg – Rico Rodriguez  
Marcia – Hayden Panettierre  
Peter – David Mazouz  
Jan – Jade Pettyjohn  
Bobby – Iain Armitage  
Cindy – A Chatty Cathy Doll  
Tiger – The Taco Bell Chihuahua  
Sam – Richard Belzer  
**Next** : \*L&O: TOS \*-- any season with Briscoe.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/32 "2017-10-24T12:15:08Z")

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Sgt. Phil Cerreta - Ed Begley Jr.  
Det. Lennie Briscoe - Jim Carrey  
Det. Mike Logan - Michael Landon  
Capt. Don Cragen - Wally Cox  
Ben Stone - Pauly Shore  
Paul Robinette - Steve Urkel  
Dr. Elizabeth Olivet - Jennifer Aniston

Next: Gilligan’s Island

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/33 "2017-10-24T13:52:57Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> Next: Gilligan’s Island

Gilligan – Robert Reed  
Skipper – Burgess Meredith  
Mr. Howell – Jackie Gleason  
Mrs. Howell – Eileen Heckart  
Ginger – Sally Field  
Mary Ann – Tuesday Weld  
The Professor – Bob Denver  
**Next** : _Scooby-doo_

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/34 "2017-10-24T14:35:41Z")

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Scooby Doo

Fred - Chris Tucker  
Daphne - Tyler Perry in drag  
Velma - Queen Latifah  
Shaggy - Colin Kaepernick  
Scooby Doo - Cujo with the voice of James Earl Jones

Next: Seinfeld

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/35 "2017-10-24T15:46:10Z")

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Jerry - Jackie Chan  
Elaine - Miley Cyrus  
George - Tom Selleck  
Kramer - Brian Dennehy

Next - the six members of the Monty Python troupe

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/36 "2017-10-24T18:59:13Z")

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Graham Chapman - Andy Dick  
John Cleese - George Clooney  
Terry Gilliam - Michael Bay  
Eric Idle - Keanu Reeves  
Terry Jones - Ron Jeremy  
Michael Palin - Billy Barty

Next: Lost in Space

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/37 "2017-10-25T22:29:18Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Next: Lost in Space

Prof. Robinson – Jerry Orbach  
Mrs. Robinson – Roseanne Barr  
Will – Neil Patrick Harris  
Judy – Sara Gilbert  
Penny – Sherilyn Fenn  
Dr. Smith – Dick Van Patten  
Maj. West – Henry Winkler  
**Next** : _Happy Days_

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/38 "2017-10-26T01:56:01Z")

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The Fonz - Jason Alexander  
Richie - Richard Belzer  
Mr. Cunningham - Christopher Walken  
Mrs. Cunnigham - Charo  
Joanie - Emma Watson

Next: The Godfather

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/39 "2017-10-26T19:01:09Z")

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Don Vito Corleone - Jerry Lewis  
Michael Corleone - Steve Martin  
Sonny Corleone - John Candy  
Tom Hagen - Eugene Levy  
Connie - Lucille Ball

Next: True Grit

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-casting/799386/40 "2017-10-26T19:34:07Z")

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Rooster Cogburn - Paul Rubens  
Mattie Ross - Kate Upton  
La Boeuf - Arnold Schwarzenegger  
Emmett Quincy - Judi Dench  
Ned Pepper - Carrot Top  
Next: Grease

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