# Name the show. No cheating and looking things up like a sneaky cheater! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007 "2011-11-24T23:23:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/61 "2011-11-26T03:40:10Z")
Anything that starts out, “Would you believe…” I would attribute to _Get Smart._ ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/62 "2011-11-26T03:58:15Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > “Would you believe when I started the day I was 6 feet tall?” I find that very difficult to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/63 "2011-11-26T03:59:27Z")
Maxwell Smart had been off the air for nine weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/64 "2011-11-26T04:03:51Z")
Yeah, I know that wasn’t from _Get Smart_. But I can’t resist someone saying, ‘Would you believe…?’ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/65 "2011-11-26T04:09:28Z")
I was replying to **VOW**. 🙂 From the same episode: “We’ll have to leave Simone in the bus 'til we can get her shampooed.” ---
**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:** [November 26, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/66 "2011-11-26T04:12:17Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Somebody mentioned TW3: That Was The Week That Was! Correct, of course. Ever seen it? Political satire in those days was vicious. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/67 "2011-11-26T04:16:03Z")
Pork chopshhhhh… And apple sauceshhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/68 "2011-11-26T04:16:21Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Gotcha! A-hee-hee-heee! 😃 …and that _crazy_ dude used to enjoy going to museums, particularly the one at 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/69 "2011-11-26T06:42:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Pork chopshhhhh… > > And apple sauceshhhhhh… Ain’t that swell! (Brady Bunch) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/70 "2011-11-27T20:36:07Z")
Doc, P.T., Bugs, and Doomsday. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/71 "2011-11-27T20:54:10Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Ain’t that swell! > > (Brady Bunch) Yep! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/72 "2011-11-28T18:19:30Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > “Would you believe when I started the day I was 6 feet tall?” > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > From the same episode: > “We’ll have to leave Simone in the bus 'til we can get her shampooed.” Hint: the bus was a mobile Mondrian panting. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/73 "2011-11-28T18:34:38Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Doc, P.T., Bugs, and Doomsday. _The Kids From C.A.P.E.R._ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/74 "2011-11-28T19:51:48Z")
Mushmouth, Dumb Donald and Weird Harold. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/75 "2011-11-28T19:58:27Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Mushmouth, Dumb Donald and Weird Harold. Fat Albert. “Oooh, oooh, I’m hip, I’m hip!” ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/76 "2011-11-28T20:44:38Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Fat Albert. > > “Oooh, oooh, I’m hip, I’m hip!” [SPOILER]My first thought is The Flintstones (specifically, the episode where Fred portrays superhero “Superstone”), but I thought it was, “Yeah, Yeah, I’m hip, I’m hip!” “Oooh, oooh” sounds like Arnold from Welcome Back, Kotter[/SPOILER] That’s the player who’ll stand up and yell… (This one might be tough, as they changed this rather early in the show’s run) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/77 "2011-11-28T20:53:16Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > [SPOILER]My first thought is The Flintstones (specifically, the episode where Fred portrays superhero “Superstone”), but I thought it was, “Yeah, Yeah, I’m hip, I’m hip!” > > “Oooh, oooh” sounds like Arnold from Welcome Back, Kotter[/SPOILER] You were right the first time…I misquoted ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/78 "2011-11-28T21:03:00Z")
o/` "Hooray, hurrah, we're glad everybody's here, c'mon let's give a cheer..." o/` ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/79 "2011-11-28T21:45:56Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Hint: the bus was a mobile Mondrian panting. Partridge Family? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007/80 "2011-11-28T23:12:17Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Partridge Family? Right! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-show-no-cheating-and-looking-things-up-like-a-sneaky-cheater/604007.md?page=5)