# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/421 "2019-09-17T15:25:14Z")
TV series with a special musical episode(NO variety shows) 1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 2. Northern Exposure 3. Xena-Warrior Princess 4. Community 5. Psych 6. The Drew Carey Show 7. Head of the Class 8. Scrubs 9. Flash/Supergirl crossover ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/422 "2019-09-17T16:30:08Z")
TV series with a special musical episode(NO variety shows) 1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 2. Northern Exposure 3. Xena-Warrior Princess 4. Community 5. Psych 6. The Drew Carey Show 7. Head of the Class 8. Scrubs 9. Flash/Supergirl crossover 10. The Simpsons …with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/423 "2019-09-17T16:33:44Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/424 "2019-09-17T16:57:45Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, Mark Hamill (The Big Bang Theory) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/425 "2019-09-17T16:59:35Z")
Kurt was part of the cast, not a guest star. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/426 "2019-09-17T17:06:08Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Kurt was part of the cast, not a guest star. This is one of those quirky old-school TV conventions of crediting a regular cast member as “special guest star,” for various reasons, but often because a specific actor is maybe more famous than the others at the beginning of production and they insist on being credited apart from the rest of the cast. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/427 "2019-09-17T17:21:49Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, Mark Hamill (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/428 "2019-09-17T17:35:42Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, Mark Hamill (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/429 "2019-09-17T17:43:33Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, Mark Hamill (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Brad Pitt (Friends) He was with Jennifer Aniston at the time. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/430 "2019-09-17T19:21:03Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, Mark Hamill (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Brad Pitt (Friends) 6. Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) Originally he was a guest star in the first season but he was well liked and became a regular in season 2. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/431 "2019-09-17T20:29:05Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, The Big Bang Theory (Mark Hamill) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Friends (Brad Pitt) 6. Parks and Recreation (Chris Pratt) 7. Murphy Brown (Connie Chung) Playing herself in a fourth-wall breaking meta-moment where she chastises Murphy Brown for cheapening the profession of journalism by making a guest appearance on a sitcom. (Also, I fixed all the posts that had the show/guest star reversed.) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/432 "2019-09-18T13:16:23Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, The Big Bang Theory (Mark Hamill) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Friends (Brad Pitt) 6. Parks and Recreation (Chris Pratt) 7. Murphy Brown (Connie Chung) 8. Gunsmoke (Bette Davis) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/433 "2019-09-18T13:18:50Z")
…with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, The Big Bang Theory (Mark Hamill) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Friends (Brad Pitt) 6. Parks and Recreation (Chris Pratt) 7. Murphy Brown (Connie Chung) 8. Tom Hanks (Family Ties) Three appearances as Elyse’s brother Ned Donnelly, most memorable for punching out Alex P. Keaton. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/434 "2019-09-18T13:30:51Z")
Housekeeping: …with special guest star: (guest star) 1. King Of Queens (Lou Ferrigno) 2. Land Of The Giants ( Kurt Kasznar) 3, The Big Bang Theory (Mark Hamill) 3. Lost In Space (Jonathan Harris) 4. Fantasy Island (Charo) 5. Friends (Brad Pitt) 6. Parks and Recreation (Chris Pratt) 7. Murphy Brown (Connie Chung) 8. Gunsmoke (Bette Davis) 9. Family Ties (Tom Hanks) It’s your choice, Annie. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/435 "2019-09-18T13:37:34Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/436 "2019-09-18T13:47:39Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 2. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/437 "2019-09-18T14:04:33Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 2. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 3. Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/438 "2019-09-18T14:08:33Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 2. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 3. Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live) 4. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/439 "2019-09-18T14:19:33Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 2. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 3. Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live) 4. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 5. George Clooney (Centennial) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/440 "2019-09-18T14:26:04Z")
Big time movie stars who got their start on network TV 1. Wil Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 2. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 3. Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live) 4. Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies) 5. George Clooney (Centennial) 6. Leonardo DiCaprio (Growing Pains) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=23)