# Pre-Poll Nominations -- TV Legends you miss the most **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979 "2015-06-19T22:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/21 "2015-06-19T22:59:02Z")
Tom Kennedy Bill Cullen Bud Collier James Arness and his brother Peter Graves. Greg Morris. Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. I see a pattern emerging here… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/22 "2015-06-19T23:02:20Z")
Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence. Harvey Korman. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/23 "2015-06-19T23:04:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Pretty much the entire cast of _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _, except for Robert Clary. I meant, of course, that he isn’t dead either. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/24 "2015-06-19T23:06:17Z")
Carl Sagan Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard) David Attenborough James Burke ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/25 "2015-06-19T23:07:20Z")
Joe Flynn as Capt Bertram Binghampton. Bob Hastings as Lt Elroy Carpenter. Ted Knight as anchorman Ted Baxter. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/26 "2015-06-19T23:09:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Most of the cast of _ **Gilligan’s Island** _. And especially Dawn Wells! :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/27 "2015-06-19T23:13:42Z")
Amanda Blake and Ken Curtis on _ **Gunsmoke** _. The cast of _ **Beverly Hillbillies** _. Bea Benaderet and Frank Cady on _ **Petticoat Junction** _. Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor on _ **Green Acres** _. Sebastian Cabot and John Williams (the two Mr Frenches). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/28 "2015-06-19T23:16:16Z")
Jonathan Winters George Carlin Mitch Hedberg Rowan & Martin Andy Kaufman ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/29 "2015-06-19T23:19:05Z")
Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode on _ **Gunsmoke** _ (and NOT as McCloud!). Harold Ramis on _ **SCTV** _. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/30 "2015-06-19T23:21:41Z")
Many good names on this list, but the only actors I miss are the first family and presidential staff from _The West Wing._ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/31 "2015-06-19T23:23:11Z")
Jackie Gleason and the rest of the cast of _ **The Honeymooners** _. The cast of TV’s _ **Amos ‘n’ Andy** _. A funnier series has never been filmed, and no cast has ever shone so brightly! Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/32 "2015-06-19T23:26:04Z")
John Candy on _ **SCTV** _. I _really, really_ miss him! ---
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Jack Hogan as Pvt Kirby on _ **Combat!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/34 "2015-06-19T23:27:56Z")
Justin Wilson (Cajun cook & funny guy) Julia Child ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/35 "2015-06-19T23:32:28Z")
Andy Williams Rosemary Clooney Ernie Kovacs Tennessee Ernie Ford Perry Como ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/36 "2015-06-19T23:35:53Z")
Probably no one remembers _ **The Gallant Men** _, another ABC WWII series that aired on Saturdays for one season in the early '60s (_ **Combat!** _ was on Tuesdays). I loved that show as well. The cast included Richard X Slattery, Robert McQueeny, Eddie Fontaine, and William Reynolds. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/37 "2015-06-19T23:37:20Z")
Rod Serling. ---
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Richard Basehart. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979/39 "2015-06-19T23:39:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Rod Serling. Alfred Hitchcock! ---
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Leo G carroll as Alexander Waverly on _ **Man from UNCLE** _. Robert Wagner and Malachi Throne on the original _ **It Takes a Thief** _ (and not the dreadful third season). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-nominations-tv-legends-you-miss-the-most/722979.md?page=3)