# 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:** 222
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4426 "2020-09-30T00:21:13Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4427 "2020-09-30T12:05:16Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4428 "2020-09-30T12:14:58Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) 6. John Denver and Friend (1977) The friend was Frank Sinatra! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4429 "2020-09-30T13:18:43Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) 6. John Denver and Friend (1977) 7. The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) ---
**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 30, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4430 "2020-09-30T16:03:14Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) 6. John Denver and Friend (1977) 7. The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) 8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, and every year since) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4431 "2020-09-30T16:05:40Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) 6. John Denver and Friend (1977) 7. The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) 8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, and every year since) 9. Spy Magazine Presents “How To Be Famous” (1990) Back when Jerry Seinfeld could still describe himself as merely “sort of famous.” ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4432 "2020-09-30T19:27:28Z")
TV Specials 1. A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) 2. Tales from the Far Side (1994) 3. Peter Pan (1955) 4. All those _ABC Afterschool Specials_ 5. Every conceivable occasion _…With the King Family_ ('60s & '70s) 6. John Denver and Friend (1977) 7. The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) 8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, and every year since) 9. Spy Magazine Presents “How To Be Famous” (1990) 10. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4433 "2020-09-30T20:16:36Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4434 "2020-09-30T20:19:08Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4435 "2020-09-30T20:52:40Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4436 "2020-09-30T21:02:52Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4437 "2020-09-30T21:50:34Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4438 "2020-10-05T19:56:59Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) 6. [Verb, That’s What’s Happenin](https://youtu.be/weaCffBvWGE)’ ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4439 "2020-10-06T03:45:47Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) 6. [Verb, That’s What’s Happenin](https://youtu.be/weaCffBvWGE)’ 7. [Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dzuuPlHJg) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4440 "2020-10-06T17:09:29Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) 6. [Verb, That’s What’s Happenin](https://youtu.be/weaCffBvWGE)’ 7. [Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dzuuPlHJg) 8. [The Preamble](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKPmobWNJaU) Just posted that on FB for Constitution Day, Sept. 17. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4441 "2020-10-09T17:36:39Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) 6. [Verb, That’s What’s Happenin](https://youtu.be/weaCffBvWGE)’ 7. [Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dzuuPlHJg) 8. [The Preamble](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKPmobWNJaU) 9. [Them Not So Dry Bones](https://youtu.be/ICwLlrQKVcg) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4442 "2020-10-09T18:29:00Z")
**Schoolhouse Rocks episodes (with links!)** 1. [Conjunction Junction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc) 2. [I’m Just A Bill](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0) 3. [Interplanet Janet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfNoarPudw&ab_channel=MrRiggyRiggs) 4. [Interjections](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e24kdjdbtw) 5. [Zero my Hero.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s) 6. [Verb, That’s What’s Happenin](https://youtu.be/weaCffBvWGE)’ 7. [Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dzuuPlHJg) 8. [The Preamble](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKPmobWNJaU) 9. [Them Not So Dry Bones](https://youtu.be/ICwLlrQKVcg) 10. [Figure Eight](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=schoolhouse+rocks+figure+eight&view=detail&mid=B03DE94B879EE2E93E7EB03DE94B879EE2E93E7E&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fpc%3dCOSP%26ptag%3dD050520-N0610A915F698E57%26form%3dCONBDF%26conlogo%3dCT3335818%26q%3dschoolhouse%2520rocks%2520figure%2520eight) Secondary TV Roles of Actors who made it big with another role 1. T. J. Hooker (William Shatner on _T. J. Hooker_, formerly Capt. Kirk on _Star Trek_) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4443 "2020-10-09T19:11:22Z")
**Secondary TV Roles of Actors who made it big with another role** 1. T. J. Hooker (William Shatner on _T. J. Hooker_ , formerly Capt. Kirk on _Star Trek_ ) 2. Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, (and as Ben Matlock on Matlock) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4444 "2020-10-09T19:31:58Z")
**Secondary TV Roles of Actors who made it big with another role** 1. T. J. Hooker (William Shatner on _T. J. Hooker_ , formerly Capt. Kirk on _Star Trek_ ) 2. Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, (and as Ben Matlock on Matlock) 3. Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_, who would go on to become Captain Stubing on _The Love Boat_) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/4445 "2020-10-09T19:40:44Z")
**Secondary TV Roles of Actors who made it big with another role** 1. T. J. Hooker (William Shatner on _T. J. Hooker_ , formerly Capt. Kirk on _Star Trek_ ) 2. Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, (and as Ben Matlock on Matlock) 3. Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ , who would go on to become Captain Stubing on _The Love Boat_ ) 4. Dick Van Dyke (starred on _The Dick Van Dyke Show_; later starred on _Diagnosis: Murder_) You’d think Van Dyke would have had the lock on the lead role in _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ but Carl Reiner played the character first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=223)