# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 149
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2961 "2020-02-12T23:51:57Z")
Shows starring a widow(er) 1. Danny Tanner - Full House 2. Tom Corbett - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 3. Philip Drummond - Diff’rent Strokes 4. Julia Baker - Julia 5. Cate Hennessy - 8 Simple Rules 6. Harry Weston - Empty Nest 7. Steven Douglas - My Three Sons 8. Dan Conner - The Conners 9. Ben Cartwright - Bonanza 10. Ted Mosby - How I Met Your Mother Shows with truly unusual premises 11. My Mother, The Car I didn’t say they had to be good premises. For those who don’t know: While perusing the local car lot, Dave Crabtree discovers that his mother Gladys has been reincarnated as a junky old Porter automobile, so he buys her and brings her home, much to the dismay of both his wife and eccentric car collector Captain Manzini. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2962 "2020-02-13T00:46:04Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! [Wikipedia sums it up pretty well:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woops!) > [@](#): > > The series centered around the six survivors of a world nuclear holocaust. The six of them live together in an abandoned farm house while trying to survive and re-establish civilization. Thirteen episodes were made, but only ten were aired before Fox canceled the series. In July 2002, TV Guide named Woops! the 42nd-worst TV show of all time, and referred to as a “post-apocalyptic Gilligan’s Island”. I saw a few episodes. It was pretty bad. And weird. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2963 "2020-02-13T03:42:52Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! Adolf, Eva and their unsuspecting Jewish neighbors: [Heil Honey I'm Home! - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Honey_I%27m_Home)! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2964 "2020-02-13T12:18:01Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun Sally Field is a tiny nun whose headgear catches the island breezes, allowing her to fly, sorta. The Reverend Mother is seldom happy about it. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2965 "2020-02-13T13:00:06Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked Hopefully, no explanation necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2966 "2020-02-13T13:15:33Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked 6. Mr. Ed Who ever heard of a talking horse? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2967 "2020-02-13T14:00:22Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked 6. Mr. Ed 7. Cop Rock A police drama interspersed with musical performances ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2968 "2020-02-13T14:28:28Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked 6. Mr. Ed 7. Cop Rock 8. Batman Super-hero camp. Who knew it would be a hit? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2969 "2020-02-13T15:36:10Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked 6. Mr. Ed 7. Cop Rock 8. Batman 9. Hogan’s Heroes The POW-camp show with the \*funny \*Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2970 "2020-02-13T15:41:25Z")
Shows with truly unusual premises 1. My Mother, The Car 2. Woops! 3. Heil Honey I’m Home! 4. The Flying Nun 5. Dating Naked 6. Mr. Ed 7. Cop Rock 8. Batman 9. Hogan’s Heroes 10. The Golden Girls Funny sexy old ladies? Next up: TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2971 "2020-02-13T15:42:50Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2972 "2020-02-13T16:24:25Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2973 "2020-02-13T17:25:05Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2974 "2020-02-13T18:04:01Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2975 "2020-02-13T18:07:45Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2976 "2020-02-13T18:10:03Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons 6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons Anyone seeing a theme develop here? Guess Simpsons is a deeply spiritual show, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2977 "2020-02-13T18:19:00Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons 6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons 7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2978 "2020-02-13T18:56:30Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons 6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons 7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights 8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2979 "2020-02-13T19:50:53Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons 6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons 7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights 8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective 9. Father Brown - Father Brown ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2980 "2020-02-13T19:55:50Z")
TV shows most religious characters 1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons 3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH 5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons 6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons 7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights 8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective 9. Father Brown - Father Brown 10. Pastor Reuben Gregory - Amen Next: One off characters that should come back 11. Dr. Wolfe - The dentist from the Simpsons “Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=150)