# 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:** 134
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2661 "2023-08-06T21:03:41Z")
**Stars with TV shows named after them, but have different names on the show** 1. Mary Richards, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 2. Rob Petrie, _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 3. Dick Loudon, _Newhart_ 4. Cybill Sheridan, _Cybill_ 5. Andy Taylor, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Patty and Cathy Lane, _The Patty Duke Show_ 7. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2662 "2023-08-06T23:27:56Z")
**Stars with TV shows named after them, but have different names on the show** 1. Mary Richards, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 2. Rob Petrie, _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 3. Dick Loudon, _Newhart_ 4. Cybill Sheridan, _Cybill_ 5. Andy Taylor, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Patty and Cathy Lane, _The Patty Duke Show_ 7. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_ 8. Martin Payne, _Martin_ ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2663 "2023-08-07T16:06:35Z")
**Stars with TV shows named after them, but have different names on the show** 1. Mary Richards, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 2. Rob Petrie, _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 3. Dick Loudon, _Newhart_ 4. Cybill Sheridan, _Cybill_ 5. Andy Taylor, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Patty and Cathy Lane, _The Patty Duke Show_ 7. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_ 8. Martin Payne, _Martin_ 9. Donna Stone, _The Donna Reed Show_ ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2664 "2023-08-08T01:12:46Z")
**Stars with TV shows named after them, but have different names on the show** 1. Mary Richards, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 2. Rob Petrie, _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 3. Dick Loudon, _Newhart_ 4. Cybill Sheridan, _Cybill_ 5. Andy Taylor, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Patty and Cathy Lane, _The Patty Duke Show_ 7. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_ 8. Martin Payne, _Martin_ 9. Donna Stone, _The Donna Reed Show_ 10. Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko, _The Phil Silvers Show_ Pass. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2665 "2023-08-08T01:15:00Z")
**Stars with TV shows named after them, but have different names on the show** 1. Mary Richards, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 2. Rob Petrie, _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ 3. Dick Loudon, _Newhart_ 4. Cybill Sheridan, _Cybill_ 5. Andy Taylor, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Patty and Cathy Lane, _The Patty Duke Show_ 7. Dr. Cliff Huxtable, _The Cosby Show_ 8. Martin Payne, _Martin_ 9. Donna Stone, _The Donna Reed Show_ 10. Bob Wilcox, _The Bob Crane Show_ Next up: **TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare Including episode titles such as “All Our Yesterdays” and “The Conscience of the King.” ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2666 "2023-08-08T05:56:03Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens The Archangel Gabriel thought books should be organized alphabetically by the first words “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Thus, filed under “I”. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2667 "2023-08-08T14:21:51Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2668 "2023-08-11T02:05:13Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2669 "2023-08-11T13:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams in the episode where Marge stars in a musical version of _A Streetcar Named Desire_ ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2670 "2023-08-11T13:58:56Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams 6. _The Simpsons_ - Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven” was spoofed in one of the Halloween episodes. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2671 "2023-08-11T19:28:01Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams 6. _The Simpsons_ - Edgar Allan Poe 7. _Taxi_ – Rudyard Kipling Reverend Jim (Christopher Lloyd) flawlessly recites the last stanza of Kipling’s poem “If” … then rhetorically asks, “Where the hell did I learn that?” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2672 "2023-08-11T22:08:03Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams 6. _The Simpsons_ - Edgar Allan Poe 7. _Taxi_ – Rudyard Kipling 8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Shakespeare Les quotes from Shakespeare’s _Henry VIII_ when he is threatening suicide by jumping from the building’s ledge. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2673 "2023-08-12T00:09:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Les quotes from Shakespeare’s _Henry VIII_ when he is threatening suicide by jumping from the building’s ledge. Also from _Hamlet_, doesn’t he? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2674 "2023-08-12T00:16:04Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams 6. _The Simpsons_ - Edgar Allan Poe 7. _Taxi_ – Rudyard Kipling 8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Shakespeare 9. _Designing Women_ - O. Henry Almost forgot about that one ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2675 "2023-08-12T03:24:57Z")
**TV shows quoting famous authors or playwrights** 1. _Star Trek_ - Shakespeare 2. _Good Omens 2_ - Charles Dickens 3. _Breaking Bad_ - Walt Whitman 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Dorothy Parker 5. _The Simpsons_ - Tennessee Williams 6. _The Simpsons_ - Edgar Allan Poe 7. _Taxi_ – Rudyard Kipling 8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Shakespeare 9. _Designing Women_ - O. Henry 10. _Hill Street Blues_ - John Donne The SWAT lieutenant quotes “For whom the bell tolls” once to Capt. Furillo. 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:** [August 12, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2676 "2023-08-12T04:01:54Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Also from _Hamlet_, doesn’t he? He does indeed. Good catch! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2677 "2023-08-12T15:06:45Z")
**News shows** 1. _CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite_ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2678 "2023-08-12T15:38:20Z")
**News shows** 1. _CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite_ 2. _The Huntley-Brinkley Report_ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2679 "2023-08-12T16:19:03Z")
> [@](#): > > **News shows** 1. _CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite_ 2. _The Huntley-Brinkley Report_ 3. _The Daily Show_ someone had to ---
**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:** [August 13, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2680 "2023-08-13T01:37:01Z")
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