# 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:** 3
**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:** [January 22, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/41 "2006-01-22T19:08:58Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. What game show staple appeared as “The Giddyap Gourmet”, a supporting character in a critically praised sitcom that never got an audience in its two year run. Charles Nelson Reilly played “The Giddyap Gourmet” (a take-off on the Galloping Gourmet) on **Arnie** , which starred Herschel Bernardi. ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/42 "2006-01-22T19:09:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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. > > 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_. > > 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? Right on Gregory Sierra! It was (nitpick) the Kweens _Kouncil_ of Krusaders, and Archie told them how a black person’s blood saved his life when he was hospitalized. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/43 "2006-01-22T19:15:17Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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. I’d say “being Rip Taylor” ranks just slightly above “being guest celebrity at local supermarket openings”, actually… ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/44 "2006-01-22T19:22:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 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”. As **Sampiro** noted, Random the Angel appeared on a “Happy Days” episode. He did not appear on “Mork & Mindy;” Mork appeared on the pilot episode of “Out of the Blue.” A contrived spin-off yes, but of HD, not M&M. ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/45 "2006-01-22T19:27:47Z")
I’ll defer to you and **Sampiro**. My memories of 70s TV are tinged by the fact that I’m remembering them through somewhat sporadic reruns and a child’s experience of the original run, as I was all of 8 by 1979. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/46 "2006-01-23T22:37:54Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > 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. > > W2: What was Felix Unger’s reaction when he found out Oscar had met Richard Dawson? > > W4: “Barney Miller”: When the Russian diplomat claimed “Diplomatic immunity”, what did Wojo say in response? **bump** Where’d all the trivia buffs go? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/47 "2006-01-24T06:40:39Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 1. Two 1950s superhit sitcoms attempted revivals in the early 1970s, both unsuccessfully. One kept the same title but added a five letter prefix to the last word to indicate the new premise, the other exchanged two teen idol sons for two college girls who rented their rooms. Any ideas? > > **Make Room for Granddaddy** and **Ozzie’s Place** (from Ozzie and Harriet) As I recall, the latter show was actually called _Ozzie’s Girls_. For the _Fernwood 2-Night_ query (Question #10) in the OP, _America 2Night_ would also be an acceptable answer for the title of some episodes of the show that starred Martin Mull as host Barth Gimble and Fred Willard as sidekick Jerry Hubbard. Barth’s reference to Jerry’s resorting to “often racist drivel” inspired my brother Mark and I to dismissively refer to most of our mom’s subsequent viewing choices (_Fantasy Island_, _Scarecrow and Mrs. King_, etc.) as “drivel”. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/48 "2006-01-24T07:34:16Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > #2 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?) The Flying Nun started and ended in the 60’s, didn’t it? > [@want2know](#): > > #24 The 1970s gave us the only other sitcom involving a genie (besides the obvious one). Name it and the actor who played the genie. I only remember the actor: T K Carter. I cannot remember the name of the series ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/49 "2006-01-24T10:09:31Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > W2: What was Felix Unger’s reaction when he found out Oscar had met Richard Dawson? Well I think I should answer this as I just saw it…he was upset because he’d been his show biz partner during the war. And he blamed him for stealing his act. But I think my bit of trivia from that show was more interesting 🙂 … > **[Hmmm...Aristocrats sighting](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354816)** > > I’m watching a rerun of Odd Couple. Involving Felix appearing on a variety show hosted by Richard Dawson (obstensively his old wartime show biz partner). At any rate after he did his song Oscar introduces the next act…The Aristocrats. (Should I add... ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/50 "2006-01-24T13:04:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > The Flying Nun started and ended in the 60’s, didn’t it? Without research, I’m almost certain that at least part of the show was running in 1970, because I watched it while I was in kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/51 "2006-01-24T14:06:31Z")
the last episode was in April 1970 - you may have caught it in reruns Also [there is no \*\*Janet \*\* on the “guest list”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061252/guests), so please give a better hint ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/52 "2006-01-25T08:16:19Z")
More ODD COUPLE TRIVIA: 1- On what precedent setting grounds was Felix’s wife awarded her divorce? 2- Why was Felix decorated by the Nazis? GOOD TIMES Trivia: 1- What was Sweet Daddy Williams’ blood type (and also J.J.'s)? 2- Name three celebrities Bookman imitated over the course of the show. 3- What was the name of the play Thelma wrote? (A question I don’t have an answer to about GT- did it ever explain what happened to FLorida’s second husband? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the episode where he returned.) LAVERNE & SHIRLEY trivia: 1- What was the name of Laverne’s father’s business in Milwaukee? Next, what was the name of his business in L.A.? 2- What landmark Broadway play did Carmine win a role in? ALL IN THE FAMILY trivia: 1- What two actors, one of whom would go on to star in a classic 70s comedy movie and the other in a title role on a classic 70s comedy series, burglarized Archie’s house while he was at a movie, and what did Edith intend to use the $50 she had in her sugar bowl for (that they let her keep)? 2- Name two of the much more famous actors offered the role of Archie before it was offered to Carroll O’Connor? And (easy one) what famous actress/director met the man who would become her husband when she auditioned for the role of Gloria (hint: it wasn’t Sally Struthers)? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/53 "2006-01-25T10:10:25Z")
AitF#2 a) Mickey Rooney b) Penny Marshall - but they had met and married way before AitF - Sally Stuthers had said in an interview she was sure Penny was going to get the role because, after all, she was already married to Rob Reiner ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/54 "2006-01-25T15:27:40Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 2- And (easy one) what famous actress/director met the man who would become her husband when she auditioned for the role of Gloria (hint: it wasn’t Sally Struthers)? Penny Marshall, who played Myrna Turner on The Odd Couple. 1. What where the names of her 2 siblings? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/55 "2006-01-25T15:46:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > More ODD COUPLE TRIVIA: > > 1- On what precedent setting grounds was Felix’s wife awarded her divorce? > > 2- Why was Felix decorated by the Nazis? > GOOD TIMES Trivia: > > 1- What was Sweet Daddy Williams’ blood type (and also J.J.'s)? > > 2- Name three celebrities Bookman imitated over the course of the show. > > 3- What was the name of the play Thelma wrote? > > (A question I don’t have an answer to about GT- did it ever explain what happened to FLorida’s second husband? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the episode where he returned.) > > LAVERNE & SHIRLEY trivia: > > 1- What was the name of Laverne’s father’s business in Milwaukee? Next, what was the name of his business in L.A.? > > 2- What landmark Broadway play did Carmine win a role in? > ALL IN THE FAMILY trivia: > > 1- What two actors, one of whom would go on to star in a classic 70s comedy movie and the other in a title role on a classic 70s comedy series, burglarized Archie’s house while he was at a movie, and what did Edith intend to use the $50 she had in her sugar bowl for (that they let her keep)? > > 2- Name two of the much more famous actors offered the role of Archie before it was offered to Carroll O’Connor? And (easy one) what famous actress/director met the man who would become her husband when she auditioned for the role of Gloria (hint: it wasn’t Sally Struthers)? ODD COUPLE 1- Felix was a “pest” ALL IN THE FAMILY 1- Edith had written some song lyrics and she wanted to pay to have them set to music. I know one of the burglars was Demond “Lamont” Wilson of “Sanford and Son,” but I don’t remember the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/56 "2006-01-25T16:17:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > ALL IN THE FAMILY > > I know one of the burglars was Demond “Lamont” Wilson of “Sanford and Son,” but I don’t remember the other guy. The other was Ron Glass of Barney Miller fame. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/57 "2006-01-25T16:28:41Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 2- Why was Felix decorated by the Nazis? Wasn’t it because he had the neatest barracks in the Stalag? ---
**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 25, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/58 "2006-01-25T16:36:15Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > The other was Ron Glass of Barney Miller fame. Nope. Cleavon Little, of _Blazing Saddles_. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966/59 "2006-01-25T17:11:06Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Nope. Cleavon Little, of _Blazing Saddles_. Didn’t Ron Glass appear on AITF in a roll as some kind of robber? ---
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Woo-hoo! I can get at least half of this one: > [@Sampiro](#): > > LAVERNE & SHIRLEY trivia: > > 1- What was the name of Laverne’s father’s business in Milwaukee? Next, what was the name of his business in L.A.? In Milwaukee, Laverne’s father ran the Pizza Bowl. I’m unsure about the name of his business in LA, but I seem to recall it was some sort of western-themed restaurant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-greatest-seventies-sit-com-trivia-challenge-on-the-dope-today/340966.md?page=4)