# Name the TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469 "2009-01-15T18:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/1 "2009-01-15T18:46:43Z")
t1: “You broke my cookie, you big dumb ox!” t2: “People are calling me Flip Wilson!” “They’re calling me Geraldine.” t3: “From now on, I’m beautiful and noble; I’m Juliet!” t4: “I want the names to be unique and euphonious.” “Okay. Unique if it’s a boy, and Euphonious if it’s a girl.” t5: “You can do a lot of stuff in high school without getting the business.” t6: “I’m a man who respects a good coma.” t7: “Do you guys know where I could get one of those gold T-shaped pendants?” t8: “Okay, no uterus, no opinion.” t9: “Of all the Basic Applied Economic Principles of Capitalism in the Post-Industrial Era Seminars in the world, you had to walk into mine.” t10: “You go read any book you want on the subject of child discipline and you’ll find every one of them is in favor of bud-nipping.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/2 "2009-01-15T18:53:38Z")
No clue. On any of them. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/3 "2009-01-15T18:58:34Z")
t3: Brady Bunch ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/4 "2009-01-15T19:02:14Z")
t3: “From now on, I’m beautiful and noble; I’m Juliet!” Was going to guess **My So Called Life**. t6: “I’m a man who respects a good coma.” **House** t7: “Do you guys know where I could get one of those gold T-shaped pendants?” **30 Rock**? t10: “You go read any book you want on the subject of child discipline and you’ll find every one of them is in favor of bud-nipping.” **Arrested Development**? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/5 "2009-01-15T19:03:31Z")
Wrong on every single one, **Munch**! t3: The Brady Bunch is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/6 "2009-01-15T19:04:31Z")
t9: Family Ties? Sounds like something Alex Keaton might say… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/7 "2009-01-15T19:06:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > t9: Family Ties? Sounds like something Alex Keaton might say… Yep! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/8 "2009-01-15T19:09:36Z")
t5 sounds like **Leave It to Beaver** , and t10 sounds like Barney Fife from **The Andy Griffith Show**. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/9 "2009-01-15T19:18:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Wrong on every single one, **Munch**! Wow - do I win anything? Here, lemme guess on the others to make it a clean sweep… t1: “You broke my cookie, you big dumb ox!” **Night Court** t2: “People are calling me Flip Wilson!” “They’re calling me Geraldine.” **Bosom Buddies** t3: “From now on, I’m beautiful and noble; I’m Juliet!” **The Golden Girls** t4: “I want the names to be unique and euphonious.” “Okay. Unique if it’s a boy, and Euphonious if it’s a girl.” **My Two Dads** t5: “You can do a lot of stuff in high school without getting the business.” **21 Jump Street** t8: “Okay, no uterus, no opinion.” **Perfect Strangers** t9: “Of all the Basic Applied Economic Principles of Capitalism in the Post-Industrial Era Seminars in the world, you had to walk into mine.” **Sanford & Sons** ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/10 "2009-01-15T19:28:36Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > t6: “I’m a man who respects a good coma.” Sounds like a _Monk_ kind of statement to me. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/11 "2009-01-15T19:38:04Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > t9: Family Ties? Sounds like something Alex Keaton might say… Alex **P.** Keaton. The initial is vital. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/12 "2009-01-15T19:48:32Z")
t4 is **I Love Lucy**. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/13 "2009-01-15T20:22:04Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > t5 sounds like **Leave It to Beaver** , and t10 sounds like Barney Fife from **The Andy Griffith Show**. [QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] t4 is I Love Lucy. [/QUOTE] Yes, yes, and yes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/14 "2009-01-15T20:23:33Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Wow - do I win anything? Not a thing. But I like your guesses! ---
**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:** [January 15, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/15 "2009-01-15T20:49:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > t1: “You broke my cookie, you big dumb ox!” Happy Days ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/16 "2009-01-15T21:04:23Z")
Take two: t1: “You broke my cookie, you big dumb ox!” **Good Eats** t2: “People are calling me Flip Wilson!” “They’re calling me Geraldine.” **The Odd Couple** t3: “From now on, I’m beautiful and noble; I’m Juliet!” **Wonder Years** t4: “I want the names to be unique and euphonious.” “Okay. Unique if it’s a boy, and Euphonious if it’s a girl.” **The Dick Van Dyke Show** t5: “You can do a lot of stuff in high school without getting the business.” **Joannie Loves Chachi** t8: “Okay, no uterus, no opinion.” **ER** t9: “Of all the Basic Applied Economic Principles of Capitalism in the Post-Industrial Era Seminars in the world, you had to walk into mine.” **The West Wing** ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/17 "2009-01-15T21:24:07Z")
Just a guess here, but was t2 the Partridge Family? I think I remember something like that… I’m pretty sure t6 is Seinfeld and t8 is Friends, just from hearing/reading other people reference them before. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/18 "2009-01-15T21:24:23Z")
**t8: “Okay, no uterus, no opinion.”** Friends ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Alan\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Bird)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/19 "2009-01-15T21:28:18Z")
“Respects a good coma” Seinfeld ETA: Damn, missed it by that much. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469/20 "2009-01-15T21:48:59Z")
> [@coffinjumper](#): > > Just a guess here, but was t2 the Partridge Family? I think I remember something like that… Yes. Laurie had been studying judo. Some bully was picking on Keith, and Laurie stepped in and flipped the guy. Gender complications ensued, with Keith feeling less than masculine. Looks like just t7 is unsolved. Feel free to add your own clues. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tv-show/481469.md?page=2)