# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 108
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2141 "2023-06-25T10:39:21Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2142 "2023-06-25T15:08:50Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ 6. Birdperson - _Rick and Morty_ ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2143 "2023-06-25T18:12:54Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ 6. Birdperson - _Rick and Morty_ 7. Patrick Ewing - _Dallas_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2144 "2023-06-25T18:17:50Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ 6. Birdperson - _Rick and Morty_ 7. Patrick Ewing - _Dallas_ 8. John Locke - _LOST_ In full disclosure, Locke was possessed by The Man In Black (sorry, spoiler), but he looked, spoke, and acted like Locke. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2145 "2023-06-25T20:36:43Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ 6. Birdperson - _Rick and Morty_ 7. Patrick Ewing - _Dallas_ 8. John Locke - _LOST_ 9. Nina Myers - _24_ ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2146 "2023-06-27T14:27:48Z")
**TV Characters who came back to life** 1. Buffy Summers, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 2. Dean Winchester, _Supernatural_ 3. Kenny McCormick. _South Park_ 4. Barnabas Collins - _Dark Shadows_ 5. Sherlock Holmes - _Sherlock_ 6. Birdperson - _Rick and Morty_ 7. Patrick Ewing - _Dallas_ 8. John Locke - _LOST_ 9. Nina Myers - _24_ 10. Optimus Prime - _Transformers_ Next: **Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2147 "2023-06-27T14:30:39Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2148 "2023-06-27T14:32:58Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2149 "2023-06-27T14:40:25Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2150 "2023-06-27T15:06:05Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2151 "2023-06-27T15:08:19Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ 6. Supertrain - nuclear-powered high-speed train ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2152 "2023-06-27T15:59:43Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ 6. Supertrain - nuclear-powered high-speed train 7. Speed Racer - the Mach 5 [Here’s a handy guide to the features of the amazing Mach 5, along with some nice snarky commentary.](https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/08/finally-heres-a-guide-to-those-buttons-on-speed-racers-mach-5-steering-wheel/amp/) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2153 "2023-06-27T16:19:13Z")
**Shows featuring high tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ 6. Supertrain - nuclear-powered high-speed train 7. Speed Racer - the Mach 5 8. Wacky Races - why, Prof. Pat Pending’s Convert-a-Car alone is a marvel ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2154 "2023-06-27T17:18:21Z")
**Shows featuring high-tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ 6. Supertrain - nuclear-powered high-speed train 7. Speed Racer - the Mach 5 8. Wacky Races - why, Prof. Pat Pending’s Convert-a-Car alone is a marvel 9. Logan’s Run - Solarcraft, a sleek, compact, solar-powered hovercraft ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2155 "2023-06-27T21:08:43Z")
**Shows featuring high-tech vehicles** 1. Street Hawk - Jesse Mach fights crime with a superbike. 2. Knight Rider - KITT is quite an advanced vehicle 3. Automan - [Automan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan) 4. Batman - The Batmobile 5. Supercar - _It can travel on land, or under the sea; it can journey anywhere._ 6. Supertrain - nuclear-powered high-speed train 7. Speed Racer - the Mach 5 8. Wacky Races - why, Prof. Pat Pending’s Convert-a-Car alone is a marvel 9. Logan’s Run - Solarcraft, a sleek, compact, solar-powered hovercraft 10. Airwolf – Heavily-armed supersonic helicopter with jet turbine engines that ‘howled like a wolf’ – but could, for plot purposes, also operate almost soundlessly in ‘stealth mode’ **What Were They Thinking?** – shows based on an absolutely insane premise 1. Scorch – About a dragon that awakes after a hundred-year nap, crashes ito a unassuming person’s house, who then poses as a ventriloquist _(using the ‘real’ dragon as his dummy)_ to host a TV weather show. It featured a ventriloquist’s puppet … but not the ventriloquist himself. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2156 "2023-06-27T23:11:38Z")
**What Were They Thinking?** – shows based on an absolutely insane premise 1. Scorch – About a dragon that awakes after a hundred-year nap, crashes ito a unassuming person’s house, who then poses as a ventriloquist _(using the ‘real’ dragon as his dummy)_ to host a TV weather show. It featured a ventriloquist’s puppet … but not the ventriloquist himself. 2. Heil Honey I’m Home! - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun’s wacky misadventures with their Jewish neighbors ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2157 "2023-06-28T01:32:18Z")
So are these joke responses, or real ones? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2158 "2023-06-28T02:06:27Z")
**What Were They Thinking?** – shows based on an absolutely insane premise 1. Scorch – About a dragon that awakes after a hundred-year nap, crashes ito a unassuming person’s house, who then poses as a ventriloquist _(using the ‘real’ dragon as his dummy)_ to host a TV weather show. It featured a ventriloquist’s puppet … but not the ventriloquist himself. 2. Heil Honey I’m Home! - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun’s wacky misadventures with their Jewish neighbors 3. The Knights of Prosperity - A janitor enlists a group of non-criminals to help him rob Mick Jagger’s apartment. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2159 "2023-06-28T02:26:27Z")
All real, **Nonsuch.** **What Were They Thinking?** – shows based on an absolutely insane premise 1. Scorch – About a dragon that awakes after a hundred-year nap, crashes ito a unassuming person’s house, who then poses as a ventriloquist _(using the ‘real’ dragon as his dummy)_ to host a TV weather show. It featured a ventriloquist’s puppet … but not the ventriloquist himself. 2. Heil Honey I’m Home! - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun’s wacky misadventures with their Jewish neighbors 3. The Knights of Prosperity - A janitor enlists a group of non-criminals to help him rob Mick Jagger’s apartment. 4. My Mother the Car - Say no more! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2160 "2023-06-28T02:29:45Z")
**What Were They Thinking?** – shows based on an absolutely insane premise 1. Scorch – About a dragon that awakes after a hundred-year nap, crashes ito a unassuming person’s house, who then poses as a ventriloquist _(using the ‘real’ dragon as his dummy)_ to host a TV weather show. It featured a ventriloquist’s puppet … but not the ventriloquist himself. 2. Heil Honey I’m Home! - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun’s wacky misadventures with their Jewish neighbors 3. The Knights of Prosperity - A janitor enlists a group of non-criminals to help him rob Mick Jagger’s apartment. 4. My Mother the Car - Say no more! 5. Hogan’s Heroes - 60s sitcom based in a German POW camp during WWII that managed to stay on the air for 6 seasons. Gestapo with a laugh track! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=109)