# The Official Greatest Seventies Sit-Com Trivia Challenge on the Dope Today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966 "2006-01-21T05:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/21 "2006-01-22T04:44:35Z")
1. In 1972 a program appeared over the summer season featuring a fairly well-known English comedian, and an almost completely unknown American animator, both of whom would go on to considerable later fame. Who were they, and what was the name of the show? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/22 "2006-01-22T09:35:03Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > 1. In 1972 a program appeared over the summer season featuring a fairly well-known English comedian, and an almost completely unknown American animator, both of whom would go on to considerable later fame. > > Who were they, and what was the name of the show? Was it an American or British program? 26. On _The Odd Couple_ Felix overcame his severe stage fright on an episode of _The David Steinberg Show_ by singing a song about what cartoon character? (For bonus points- a recent post on SDMB mentioned this- what condiment did we learn that Lincoln liked from Felix and on what gameshow was he playing?) 1. What cast member of _Maude_ was IRL the best man at the wedding of David Eisenhower & Julie Nixon? (Hint: he’s far more famous for a later 70s series and for his career when it ended.) 2. What short lived sit-com about hillbillies moving to California (without millions from an oil strike) starred Buddy Ebsen’s real life daughter? (How pathetic is it that I not only remember the show, I remember it’s themes song, _Beat the System_, one of the catchiest of the 70s.) 3. Three from _Barney Miller_: a. What was the not-too-rhyming campaign slogan of presidential candidate Alfred Royce (Leonard Frey)? b. Jack Dodson, bka Howard Sprague on _Andy Griffith_, made several guest appearances (as different characters) on the show. One of the characters he played was arrested due to an offense involving a bad haircut (or, actually, several bad haircuts). What was the exact offense? c. What enabled the usually slow and groggy Fish to leap over other cops and run down a much younger suspect? ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/23 "2006-01-22T13:18:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Was it an American or British program? The answer counts as a small hint. It was originally a British program that was then reedited and aired on American TV. And (hint #2) it aired on network TV, not PBS. > [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. On _The Odd Couple_ Felix overcame his severe stage fright on an episode of _The David Steinberg Show_ by singing a song about what cartoon character? Little Orphan Annie. Steinberg got into it too. > [@Sampiro](#): > > (For bonus points- a recent post on SDMB mentioned this- what condiment did we learn that Lincoln liked from Felix and on what gameshow was he playing?) Don’t know the condiment, but would the show be Password? _Aristophanes_? ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/24 "2006-01-22T14:12:33Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > The answer counts as a small hint. It was originally a British program that was then reedited and aired on American TV. And (hint #2) it aired on network TV, not PBS. Rereading the “rules” of this thread, the show in question couldn’t possibly qualify as a “hit.” It ran just over that summer of ‘72. It was a hit in our family, at any rate. Nor could it be called a sitcom, exactly. It was more of a revue. Although there were plans for a second series, the eccentricities of the star caused some rifts between himself and the producer, who also went on to great fame as the producer of a major ‘70s hit. So, I guess the question could be rephrased as, “Which producer of a major hit show of the ‘70s also produced a comedy revue show in ’72… etc.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/25 "2006-01-22T14:34:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Was it an American or British program? 26. On _The Odd Couple_ Felix overcame his severe stage fright on an episode of _The David Steinberg Show_ by singing a song about what cartoon character? (For bonus points- a recent post on SDMB mentioned this- what condiment did we learn that Lincoln liked from Felix and on what gameshow was he playing?) Felix was famously on \*\*PassWord \*\* in one episode. I don’t know the Condiment. 1. What cast member of _Maude_ was IRL the best man at the wedding of David Eisenhower & Julie Nixon? (Hint: he’s far more famous for a later 70s series and for his career when it ended.) You have got to mean **Conrad Bain** , but I did not know that piece of trivia. 2. What short lived sit-com about hillbillies moving to California (without millions from an oil strike) starred Buddy Ebsen’s real life daughter? (How pathetic is it that I not only remember the show, I remember it’s themes song, _Beat the System_, one of the catchiest of the 70s.) **The Kalikacks?** 3. Three from _Barney Miller_: a. What was the not-too-rhyming campaign slogan of presidential candidate Alfred Royce (Leonard Frey)? b. Jack Dodson, bka Howard Sprague on _Andy Griffith_, made several guest appearances (as different characters) on the show. One of the characters he played was arrested due to an offense involving a bad haircut (or, actually, several bad haircuts). What was the exact offense? c. What enabled the usually slow and groggy Fish to leap over other cops and run down a much younger suspect? Wojo’s Girlfreind’s Hash Brownies. I would just like to say Mushi, Mushi, Mushi. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/26 "2006-01-22T15:31:57Z")
[ol] [li]Which resident of apartment 201 in the Roper Apartment House served in the military - and to which branch of the military did this tenant belong?[/li] [li]Elsie Ethrington joined the convent San Tanco. Who played her sister Janet? (And a non-seventies bonus: this actress was known as a sister in a earlier, well-known series, too – what?)[/li] [li]Who was Jefferson Davis Hogg’s chief competitor in his younger days of running moonshine?[/li] [li]Name the best investigator California Meridian has.[/li] [li]One of the messages on his answering machine: “Jim, it‘s Nora at the Market. It bounced. Do you want us to tear it up, send it back or put it with the others.”[/li] [li]What cop was nickednamed “Pepper”?[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/27 "2006-01-22T15:58:01Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > [ol] > [li]Which resident of apartment 201 in the Roper Apartment House served in the military - and to which branch of the military did this tenant belong?[/li] > [li]Elsie Ethrington joined the convent San Tanco. Who played her sister Janet? (And a non-seventies bonus: this actress was known as a sister in a earlier, well-known series, too – what?)[/li] > [li]Who was Jefferson Davis Hogg’s chief competitor in his younger days of running moonshine?[/li] > [li]Name the best investigator California Meridian has.[/li] > [li]One of the messages on his answering machine: “Jim, it‘s Nora at the Market. It bounced. Do you want us to tear it up, send it back or put it with the others.”[/li] > [li]What cop was nickednamed “Pepper”?[/li][/ol] 1. Jesse Duke 2. Jim Rockford 3. _Police Woman_ Sgt. Suzanne Anderson (Angie Dickinson) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/28 "2006-01-22T16:19:21Z")
Assuming that the SDMB post was correct, Lincoln’s condiment of choice was mayonnaise. 1. She spun off of Mary and he got a one-shot special off of her. Who was she and who was he? 2. What debut episode of an unsuccessful Happy Days spin-off featured a guest appearance from the star of a successful Happy Days spin-off? Name the successful character. 3. Who was Maude’s preferred candidate for President, and what theme song did she suggest for his campaign? 4. On _Alice_, what was Mel’s signature dish, and what celebrity did he try to convince to endorse it? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/29 "2006-01-22T16:47:10Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Assuming that the SDMB post was correct, Lincoln’s condiment of choice was mayonnaise. > > 1. She spun off of Mary and he got a one-shot special off of her. Who was she and who was he? > > 2. What debut episode of an unsuccessful Happy Days spin-off featured a guest appearance from the star of a successful Happy Days spin-off? Name the successful character. 1. Rhoda Morgenstern and Carlton your doorman. 2. If you’re talking about Blansky’s Beauties, there were actually TWO Happy Days spinoff stars (though only one would have been considered to be from a successful spinoff), Eddie Mekka (Carmine on Laverne & Shirley) and Scott Baio (Chachi). Neither played their character on the other show, though. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/30 "2006-01-22T17:32:30Z")
Still unanswered: 1. Which “Laugh-In” regular appeared as a ditzy secretary on an episode of “MTM”? 2. The 1970s gave us the only other sitcom involving a genie (besides the obvious one). Name it and the actor who played the genie. And a couple more: W1: On an episode of “All in the Family”, a character died in an act of terrorist violence. The actor who played him was a regular on 2 70s sitcoms. Name him and the 2 shows he appeared on. W2: What was Felix Unger’s reaction when he found out Oscar had met Richard Dawson? W3: “AITF” again: What “community organization” did Archie unwittingly join, and who were they a front for? W4: “Barney Miller”: When the Russian diplomat claimed “Diplomatic immunity”, what did Wojo say in response? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/31 "2006-01-22T18:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. The 1970s gave us the only other sitcom involving a genie (besides the obvious one). Name it and the actor who played the genie. WAG: _Shazam!_ don’t remember the star. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/32 "2006-01-22T18:16:13Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Which “Laugh-In” regular appeared as a ditzy secretary on an episode of “MTM”? My husband says JoAnne Worley. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/33 "2006-01-22T18:20:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 1. If you’re talking about Blansky’s Beauties Nope, _Blansky’s Beauties_ is not part of the answer. > [@picunurse](#): > > WAG: _Shazam!_ don’t remember the star. _Shazam!_ didn’t involve a genie and wasn’t a sitcom. It was a Saturday morning live-action adventure show about comic book hero Captain Marvel. And to follow up on an earlier question: 1. When Veal Prince Orloff was the main course, what was for desert? And another _Alice_ question: 1. For what was Alice arrested, what was the arresting officer’s justification, and what was Alice doing at the time of the arrest? ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/34 "2006-01-22T18:47:37Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > My husband says JoAnne Worley. Nope. (Hint: not an original Laugh-In cast member) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/35 "2006-01-22T18:52:41Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > 1. In 1972 a program appeared over the summer season featuring a fairly well-known English comedian, and an almost completely unknown American animator, both of whom would go on to considerable later fame. > > Who were they, and what was the name of the show? **The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine** , with animations by Terry Gilliam. IIRC, the sketches were not from British TV, but reshot with American guest stars. I recall Charles Nelson Reilly in a sketch where Marty threatens to take his pants off if Charles didn’t give him 5 bob. The famous “Standard British Bird Book” sketch was also redone. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/36 "2006-01-22T18:54:07Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Assuming that the SDMB post was correct, Lincoln’s condiment of choice was mayonnaise. The exchange was as follows: > [@](#): > > Announcer:The password is gravy. > Betty White: Sauce > Millicent Fenwick: Mayonnaise > Oscar: Meat…meat > Felix (nodding enthusiastically): Lincoln. > Oscar: Lincoln! How did you come up with Lincoln? > Felix: It’s a well known fact that Lincoln loved mayonnaise with his meat! > [@Otto](#): > > 1. What debut episode of an unsuccessful Happy Days spin-off featured a guest appearance from the star of a successful Happy Days spin-off? Name the successful character. Did it involve an angel, by any chance? > [@](#): > > 1. Who was Maude’s preferred candidate for President, and what theme song did she suggest for his campaign? I know the candidate was Henry Fonda, but I don’t know the song. > [@](#): > > 1. On _Alice_, what was Mel’s signature dish, and what celebrity did he try to convince to endorse it? Chili con Carne, and the almost spokesperson was Vera’s cousin Art Carney. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/37 "2006-01-22T18:59:00Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Nope, _Blansky’s Beauties_ is not part of the answer. Then it has to be the even-more-obscure “Out of the Blue”, which was kinda sorta a spinoff of “Mork & Mindy”. The successful character would be Mork, played by Robin Williams. This one confused me because “Out of the Blue” was a contrived spinoff of “Mork & Mindy” rather than an organic spinoff from “Happy Days”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/38 "2006-01-22T19:02:05Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > 1. The 1970s gave us the only other sitcom involving a genie (besides the obvious one). Name it and the actor who played the genie. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters? (Rip Taylor played a genie on it in some episodes- interestingly, some friends and I once did a hierarchy of show business jobs and ranked “starring in a genie show” as between dinner theater and porn. > [@](#): > > W1: On an episode of “All in the Family”, a character died in an act of terrorist violence. The actor who played him was a regular on 2 70s sitcoms. Name him and the 2 shows he appeared on. It was Gregory Sierra, one of the busiest character actors of the 70s and 80s (still shows up periodically in guest roles). He played a Jewish activist battling neo-Nazis on this episode, but played a Puerto Rican detective on _Barney Miller_ and rival junkman & goat owner Julio on _Sanford & Son_. > [@](#): > > W3: “AITF” again: What “community organization” did Archie unwittingly join, and who were they a front for? The **K** weens **K** lub\*\* **K** rusaders. Bonus points: What true story does he tell them about himself at the end to justify leaving them? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/39 "2006-01-22T19:05:22Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > This one confused me because “Out of the Blue” was a contrived spinoff of “Mork & Mindy” rather than an organic spinoff from “Happy Days”. Random the Angel appeared on an episode of _Happy Days_, however, when somehow Fonzie had to battle the devil’s flunky for his soul. Random couldn’t fight the demon himself but he helped- for example, when Fonz is being seduced by a beautiful dancing girl Random gave her Al Molinaro’s face and body. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/40 "2006-01-22T19:06:54Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Random the Angel appeared on an episode of _Happy Days_, however, when somehow Fonzie had to battle the devil’s flunky for his soul. Random couldn’t fight the demon himself but he helped- for example, when Fonz is being seduced by a beautiful dancing girl Random gave her Al Molinaro’s face and body. Aaah…I never saw that one, I don’t think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966.md?page=3)