# Sitcom Trivia Thread: 03/07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397 "2007-03-10T18:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/21 "2007-03-12T21:46:00Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] OK, try these: 1. On _Night Court_ , what was Dan’s real first name? And what’s the inside joke about that name? 2. What Olympic medalist played Jodie’s lover on _Soap_ ? What was the character’s name? 3. _Night Court_ again: What was the name of the really boring bailiff? 4. _Married With Children_ : Which store carried Peg’s “special” bra? And where was it located? 5. Which _M_A_S_H\* character was recast after the pilot episode? [/QUOTE] All answered correctly (BTW, Seagren’s character was Dennis Phillips) except #15. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/22 "2007-03-13T04:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Yep. Jackie Gleason was another one. Archie’s name was originally “Archie Justice”; I’ve wondered if that has anything to do with the name Buford T. Justice. [/QUOTE] No, actually, there was a Sheriff Justice in Florida. The character was based upon Gleason’s recollection of him. Sheriff Justice used to say “Sumbitch” IRL and Gleason copied that too. Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/23 "2007-03-13T11:47:39Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Married With Children : Which store carried Peg’s “special” bra? And where was it located? Was it something like Special Accessories for Women, and located next to Gary’s Shoes? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/24 "2007-03-13T13:50:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] 8. What was the name of the alcoholic health tonic Florida was hired to promote on an episode of _Good Times_ (hint: it wasn’t “DamnDamnDamn-Healthy!”) [/QUOTE] I was gonna guess High-Five, but it’s Vita-Brite Health Tonic. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/25 "2007-03-13T16:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I was gonna guess High-Five, but it’s Vita-Brite Health Tonic. [/QUOTE] Florida: VITA-BRITE is VITA-BOOZE! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/26 "2007-03-13T18:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] Was it something like Special Accessories for Women, and located next to Gary’s Shoes? [/QUOTE] Nope. Hint: it wasn’t local. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/27 "2007-03-13T19:16:03Z")
Question: On The Andy Griffith Show, Jack Dodson played Howard Sprague the County Clerk. _In the middle of playing this character_ and for one show only, what other character did he play and what was his occupation? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/28 "2007-03-13T19:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Question: On The Andy Griffith Show, Jack Dodson played Howard Sprague the County Clerk. _In the middle of playing this character_ and for one show only, what other character did he play and what was his occupation? [/QUOTE] Was that the episode where Floyd had been corresponding with some gal from out of town, and needed someone to play his son? Was Howard the one who pretended to be Floyd’s son? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/29 "2007-03-13T20:17:34Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] Was that the episode where Floyd had been corresponding with some gal from out of town, and needed someone to play his son? Was Howard the one who pretended to be Floyd’s son? [/QUOTE] No, that’s not the one. He was an entirely different character and not just Howard posing as someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/30 "2007-03-14T00:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] Was that the episode where Floyd had been corresponding with some gal from out of town, and needed someone to play his son? Was Howard the one who pretended to be Floyd’s son? [/QUOTE] No, that was Andy. (Floyd did have a son- he played saxophone in one episode when they thought the shoe salesman was a talent scout- but either he moved away or died because they never referred to him or Floyd’s wife [mentioned in the pilot when Floyd was played by another actor] again.) I know it’s not the answer to the question and I won’t cheat by going to imdb, but my favorite Jack Dodson roles were both on _Barney Miller_, where he played two different characters. One was a serial killer whose victims were barbers who gave him bad haircuts. (Dodson to Wojo:Now _you_ have a great haircut… I’m not even going to guess how many barbers you had to kill before you found the one who did that.) On another episode he was a Casper Milquetoast-y gun collector who surprised the detectives by refusing to press charges against the burglars who stole his extremely extensive collection (muskets, blunderbusses, etc.). Finally they guessed “my little secret”, which is that in addition to the historical weapons he had tons of illegal firearms including a bazooka and several submachine guns. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/31 "2007-03-14T20:10:40Z")
Sampiro, sorry for killing your thread (I tend to do that); it looked like it was going to be fund adn I was so looking forward to playing. Let me know if you want me to answer the last question I asked, if this thread stays dead. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/32 "2007-03-14T20:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] 16. Which _M_A_S_H\* character was recast after the pilot episode? [/QUOTE] A related question: Which M_A_S\*H character was abruptly cast out after just a handful of episodes, and why? When I say they were cast out, that means they just disappeared - no explanation whatsoever. (And no fair scouring through IMDB!) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/33 "2007-03-14T21:06:06Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] A related question: Which M_A_S\*H character was abruptly cast out after just a handful of episodes, and why? When I say they were cast out, that means they just disappeared - no explanation whatsoever. (And no fair scouring through IMDB!) [/QUOTE] Does it count if I guessed, and went to IMDB to confirm? Spearchucker is probably the name you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/34 "2007-03-14T21:09:10Z")
Re: **WKRP in Cincinnati** We all know Venus Flytrap’s real name was Gordon Simms, but what name did he initially choose when he became a DJ? Also, what did Gordon Simms do that could have had him sent to prison? Finally, what does Johnny Carvella do before he enters a room? Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/35 "2007-03-14T21:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] Does it count if I guessed, and went to IMDB to confirm? Spearchucker is probably the name you’re looking for. [/QUOTE] That is the character, but doesn’t explain why he disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/36 "2007-03-14T22:17:04Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] A related question: Which M_A_S\*H character was abruptly cast out after just a handful of episodes, and why? When I say they were cast out, that means they just disappeared - no explanation whatsoever. (And no fair scouring through IMDB!) [/QUOTE] John Orchard played Ugly John the anesthesiologist in a few episodes in the first season, then dissappeared along with Spearchucker. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/37 "2007-03-14T22:57:34Z")
OK, your two hours are up. \BZZZT!\ Ugly John was a fairly significant supporting character at the start, but he just sort of dwindled off through the first season, another face passing through the Army. Spearchucker, on the other hand, was erased after the fifth episode when the producers became aware that there were no African-American surgeons in the Korean War. Rather than continue the anachronism, they just yanked him without explanation. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/38 "2007-03-14T23:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] Re: **WKRP in Cincinnati** We all know Venus Flytrap’s real name was Gordon Simms, but what name did he initially choose when he became a DJ? Also, what did Gordon Simms do that could have had him sent to prison? Finally, what does Johnny Carvella do before he enters a room? Sgt Schwartz [/QUOTE] I know the first two answers, but I want to give others a chance to participate in the thread.\* - And I want to bump it. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/39 "2007-03-15T01:40:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz] Re: **WKRP in Cincinnati** We all know Venus Flytrap’s real name was Gordon Simms, but what name did he initially choose when he became a DJ? Also, what did Gordon Simms do that could have had him sent to prison? Sgt Schwartz [/QUOTE] Gordon Simms was a draft dodger. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397/40 "2007-03-15T02:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] Gordon Simms was a draft dodger. [/QUOTE] Dead on for your answer **5 time champ**. The third is kind of obscure, I will admit. Sgt Schwartz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-trivia-thread-03-07/395397.md?page=3)