# TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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**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\
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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3141 "2020-02-29T02:00:16Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth

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**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 29, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3142 "2020-02-29T11:54:41Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes

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**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 29, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3143 "2020-02-29T14:29:29Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)

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**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 29, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3144 "2020-02-29T18:37:36Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3145 "2020-02-29T19:14:09Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her

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**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 29, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3146 "2020-02-29T21:26:29Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her
6. Ned Beatty - Col. Hollister in a season four episode.

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**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:** [March 1, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3147 "2020-03-01T03:38:10Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her
6. Ned Beatty - Col. Hollister in a season four episode.
7. Xander Berkeley - a Marine in Give "Em Hell, Hawkeye

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3148 "2020-03-01T21:18:54Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her
6. Ned Beatty - Col. Hollister in a season four episode.
7. Xander Berkeley - a Marine in Give "Em Hell, Hawkeye
8. Edward Winter - as Col. Flagg

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**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:** [March 1, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3149 "2020-03-01T23:19:00Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her
6. Ned Beatty - Col. Hollister in a season four episode.
7. Xander Berkeley - a Marine in Give "Em Hell, Hawkeye
8. Edward Winter - as Col. Flagg
9. Leslie Nielsen - Col. Buzz Brighton, an incompetent officer that Hawkeye and Trapper get declared medically unfit for command

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3150 "2020-03-02T00:19:34Z")

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Notable guest stars on MASH

1. George Wendt - soldier with a billiard ball stuck in his mouth
2. Pat Morita - Sam Pak, 2 episodes
3. Robert Alda - Doctor Anthony B. Borelli (2 episodes)
4. Ron Howard - An underage soldier. Hawkeye initially covered for him but then turned him in.
5. Mariette Hartley - visiting Swedish doctor; of course Hawkeye hits on her
6. Ned Beatty - Col. Hollister in a season four episode.
7. Xander Berkeley - a Marine in Give "Em Hell, Hawkeye
8. Edward Winter - as Col. Flagg
9. Leslie Nielsen - Col. Buzz Brighton, an incompetent officer that Hawkeye and Trapper get declared medically unfit for command
10. Teri Garr - nurse (lieutenant) visiting the 4077th when a sniper crises arises

This was mine, so I’ll pass.

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3151 "2020-03-02T05:03:20Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3152 "2020-03-02T14:17:58Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3153 "2020-03-02T14:20:36Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm

Ironic given the actor’s later emergence from the closet.

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3154 "2020-03-02T14:30:10Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3155 "2020-03-02T14:59:59Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3156 "2020-03-02T21:31:10Z")

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Is there a word missing from your last sentence, **Annie**?

Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.
6. M_A_S\*H - The signpost showing the very long distances to Chicago, London, New York, etc.

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3157 "2020-03-02T22:42:57Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.
6. M_A_S\*H - The signpost showing the very long distances to Chicago, London, New York, etc.
7. Married with Children - After Seven is written out of the show, as if he was never there, a milk carton in the Bundys’ kitchen displays a missing child notice with a photo of Seven.

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**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:** [March 3, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3158 "2020-03-03T00:29:51Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.
6. M_A_S\*H - The signpost showing the very long distances to Chicago, London, New York, etc.
7. Married with Children - After Seven is written out of the show, as if he was never there, a milk carton in the Bundys’ kitchen displays a missing child notice with a photo of Seven.
8. All in the Family - Archie is ranting about premarital sex and says that he raised his daughter right and she would never have sex before marriage. As he hits his peak, he turns and sees Mike sitting there with a huge smile on his face.

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**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:** [March 3, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3159 "2020-03-03T05:00:03Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.
6. M_A_S\*H - The signpost showing the very long distances to Chicago, London, New York, etc.
7. Married with Children - After Seven is written out of the show, as if he was never there, a milk carton in the Bundys’ kitchen displays a missing child notice with a photo of Seven.
8. All in the Family - Archie is ranting about premarital sex and says that he raised his daughter right and she would never have sex before marriage. As he hits his peak, he turns and sees Mike sitting there with a huge smile on his face.
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Wesley dressed as Gainsborough’s Blue Boy and eating pie with his hands in “Hollow Pursuits”

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3160 "2020-03-03T13:59:40Z")

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Favorite TV sight gags

1. The Simpsons - Bart is the young Mozart, and the Vienna Opera House has separate entrances marked FOPS and DANDIES
2. Police Squad - Drebin goes to Club Flamingo, which has a sign of a man hitting a flamingo with a club.
3. Frasier - Niles, hiding behind a gay tabloid on the street from someone he doesn’t want to see him, realizes what he’s holding and reacts with comic alarm.
4. Roseanne - Bev telling Roseanne she sold her share of the restaurant, and the camera just focusing on Leon eating that sandwich. Leon, Roseanne’s former boss who could not stand.
5. Big Bang Theory - Sheldon has moved out of his room, and Leonard and Penny have converted it into a sex dungeon, with Penny as a dominatrix and Leonard in a harness and chains.
6. M_A_S\*H - The signpost showing the very long distances to Chicago, London, New York, etc.
7. Married with Children - After Seven is written out of the show, as if he was never there, a milk carton in the Bundys’ kitchen displays a missing child notice with a photo of Seven.
8. All in the Family - Archie is ranting about premarital sex and says that he raised his daughter right and she would never have sex before marriage. As he hits his peak, he turns and sees Mike sitting there with a huge smile on his face.
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Wesley dressed as Gainsborough’s Blue Boy and eating pie with his hands in “Hollow Pursuits”.
10. I Love Lucy - Lucy and Ethel have gone to a charm school. Ricky and Fred are stunned at the sight of a glamorous Lucy, when the doorbell rings and she opens the door and Ethel is there, looking slinky.

Pass

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