# 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:** 179
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3562 "2020-04-16T15:55:35Z")
Shows with a key Arab or Middle Eastern character 1. Star Trek: DS9 - Dr. Julian Bashir 2. Community - Abed Nadir 3. Lost - Sayid Jarrah 4. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow - Zari Tomaz 5. Make Room for Daddy - Uncle Tonoose 6. Superstore - Sayid 7. Doctor Who - Yasmin Khan ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3563 "2020-04-16T17:50:31Z")
Shows with a key Arab or Middle Eastern character 1. Star Trek: DS9 - Dr. Julian Bashir 2. Community - Abed Nadir 3. Lost - Sayid Jarrah 4. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow - Zari Tomaz 5. Make Room for Daddy - Uncle Tonoose 6. Superstore - Sayid 7. Doctor Who - Yasmin Khan 8. Arastoo Vaziri - Bones ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3564 "2020-04-16T18:37:08Z")
Shows with a key Arab or Middle Eastern character 1. Star Trek: DS9 - Dr. Julian Bashir 2. Community - Abed Nadir 3. Lost - Sayid Jarrah 4. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow - Zari Tomaz 5. Make Room for Daddy - Uncle Tonoose 6. Superstore - Sayid 7. Doctor Who - Yasmin Khan 8. Bones - Arastoo Vaziri 9. Quantico - Nimah Amin ---
**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:** [April 16, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3565 "2020-04-16T19:32:02Z")
Shows with a key Arab or Middle Eastern character 1. Star Trek: DS9 - Dr. Julian Bashir 2. Community - Abed Nadir 3. Lost - Sayid Jarrah 4. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow - Zari Tomaz 5. Make Room for Daddy - Uncle Tonoose 6. Superstore - Sayid 7. Doctor Who - Yasmin Khan 8. Bones - Arastoo Vaziri 9. Quantico - Nimah Amin 10. MASH - Max Klinger I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3566 "2020-04-17T01:48:39Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo (These could be game show prize guys–“You’ve just won a brand new car!”–or somebody introducing guests on a variety or panel show, or similar.) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3567 "2020-04-17T04:26:03Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3568 "2020-04-17T06:00:20Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3569 "2020-04-17T10:28:53Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3570 "2020-04-17T12:54:52Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3571 "2020-04-17T14:56:09Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow 6. Rod Roddy ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3572 "2020-04-17T16:33:47Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow 6. Rod Roddy 7. Johnny Jacobs Is there some kind of industry rule that one in three has to be named “Johnny”? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3573 "2020-04-17T16:48:24Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow 6. Rod Roddy 7. Johnny Jacobs 8. Shadoe Stevens He announced and was a panelist on John Davidson’s version of Hollywood Squares, but also announced on other shows. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3574 "2020-04-17T19:14:44Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers > 8. Shadoe Stevens > > He announced and was a panelist on John Davidson’s version of Hollywood Squares, but also announced on other shows. And was the announcer in **The Kentucky Fried Movie!** (“Samuel L. Bronkowitz presents…_Catholic High School Girls in Trouble,_” etc.) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3575 "2020-04-19T12:30:02Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow 6. Rod Roddy 7. Johnny Jacobs 8. Shadoe Stevens 9. Jack Clark ---
**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:** [April 20, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3576 "2020-04-20T01:47:02Z")
Heard but rarely/never seen: TV announcers 1. Don Pardo 2. Johnny Gilbert 3. Johnny Olson 4. Jay Stewart 5. Don Morrow 6. Rod Roddy 7. Johnny Jacobs 8. Shadoe Stevens 9. Jack Clark 10. Ken Ryan This was mine, so I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3577 "2020-04-20T05:58:48Z")
Episodes where a real musician plays a fake musician 1. Law & Order - “Blaze” (John Doe plays Teddy Connor) ---
**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:** [April 20, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3578 "2020-04-20T08:52:15Z")
Episodes where a real musician plays a fake musician 1. Law & Order - “Blaze” (John Doe plays Teddy Connor) 2. The Big Bang Theory - “The 2003 Approximation” (Simon Helberg plays Howard Wolowitz) “Footprints on the Moon” ---
**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:** [April 20, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3579 "2020-04-20T13:36:06Z")
Episodes where a real musician plays a fake musician 1. Law & Order - “Blaze” (John Doe plays Teddy Connor) 2. The Big Bang Theory - “The 2003 Approximation” (Simon Helberg plays Howard Wolowitz) 3. Wiseguy - Debbie Harry plays a singer named Diana Price and sings her new solo Brite Side. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/3580 "2020-04-21T04:53:11Z")
Episodes where a real musician plays a fake musician 1. Law & Order - “Blaze” (John Doe plays Teddy Connor) 2. The Big Bang Theory - “The 2003 Approximation” (Simon Helberg plays Howard Wolowitz) 3. Wiseguy - Debbie Harry plays a singer named Diana Price and sings her new solo Brite Side. 4. The Snoop Sisters - “The Devil Made Me Do It” (Alice Cooper plays The Prince) ETA: Not _that_ Prince. “The Prince” was Cooper’s character’s name, according to IMDB. ---
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Episodes where a real musician plays a fake musician 1. Law & Order - “Blaze” (John Doe plays Teddy Connor) 2. The Big Bang Theory - “The 2003 Approximation” (Simon Helberg plays Howard Wolowitz) 3. Wiseguy - Debbie Harry plays a singer named Diana Price and sings her new solo Brite Side. 4. The Snoop Sisters - “The Devil Made Me Do It” (Alice Cooper plays The Prince) 5. I Love Lucy - Desi Arnaz plays Ricky Ricardo [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=180)