# 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:** 142
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2821 "2023-08-29T15:44:01Z")
**Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pD4LQAKB-YA/maxresdefault.jpg "CBS 1970s (Special Presentation) Remastered") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD4LQAKB-YA) ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2822 "2023-08-29T19:10:20Z")
^ I always liked that one! **Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2823 "2023-08-29T21:05:41Z")
**Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. 7. Turn Down Your Lights (Where Applicable) Used to appear before each episode of MST3K for a couple of seasons. ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2824 "2023-08-29T21:10:09Z")
**Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. 7. \_\_ (name of show)\_\_\_\_ will not be seen tonight so we can bring you the following special presentation – which at that point could have been anything from a Charlie Brown special to live video of the Apollo 11 moonwalk to coverage of Nixon’s resignation speech _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2825 "2023-08-29T22:27:47Z")
(Hopes it will be a Charlie Brown special.) **Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. 7. \_\_ (name of show)\_\_\_\_ will not be seen tonight so we can bring you the following special presentation – which at that point could have been anything from a Charlie Brown special to live video of the Apollo 11 moonwalk to coverage of Nixon’s resignation speech 8. This has been a Filmways presentation, darling. (At the end of _Green Acres_) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2826 "2023-08-29T23:02:22Z")
**Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. 7. \_\_ (name of show)\_\_\_\_ will not be seen tonight so we can bring you the following special presentation – which at that point could have been anything from a Charlie Brown special to live video of the Apollo 11 moonwalk to coverage of Nixon’s resignation speech 8. This has been a Filmways presentation, darling. (At the end of _Green Acres_) 9. “Worldwide Pants” (At the end of David Letterman’s show) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2827 "2023-08-29T23:55:50Z")
**Generic ambiguous show intros or endings** 1. The following is brought to you in living color. (NBC intro) 2. We’re running a little late tonight, folks, so, good night! 3. Th-th-that’s all folks! 4. Batman! In Color! 5. A CBS Special Presentation 6. And now for something completely different. 7. \_\_ (name of show)\_\_\_\_ will not be seen tonight so we can bring you the following special presentation – which at that point could have been anything from a Charlie Brown special to live video of the Apollo 11 moonwalk to coverage of Nixon’s resignation speech 8. This has been a Filmways presentation, darling. (At the end of _Green Acres_) 9. “Worldwide Pants” (At the end of David Letterman’s show) 10. Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2828 "2023-08-30T01:00:38Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser ---
**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:** [August 30, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2829 "2023-08-30T01:04:36Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2830 "2023-08-30T01:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show They had to reference it slyly then, but she had an affair with Phyllis’ husband, which was pretty hot-to-handle in the early 70s. Come to think of it, the show was open about the fact that Mary used birth control, and sex was the single thing Rhoda thought she did better than Mary. It really was pretty racy for the time. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2831 "2023-08-30T03:03:14Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2832 "2023-08-30T03:12:19Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2833 "2023-08-30T03:37:47Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Fraiser 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company 6. Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls and with regards to #1, neither Roz nor Frasier seemed to be particularly lacking for companionship of the opposite sex. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 30, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2834 "2023-08-30T11:39:32Z")
TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag. 1. Roz from Frasier 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company 6. Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls 7. Penny from The Big Bang Theory Until she got engaged/married to Leonard, of course. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2835 "2023-08-30T13:29:41Z")
**TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag** 1. Roz from Frasier 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company 6. Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls 7. Penny from The Big Bang Theory 8. Sam from Cheers Is Howard Wolowitz actually promiscuous? I just thought he was just always horny. ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2836 "2023-08-30T14:43:03Z")
Howard has promiscuous intentions-- he pretty much never turns down a chance for sex (before Bernadette, anyway). Those chances may have been fewer than he’d wished, or than most people associate with the idea of promiscuity, but I think part of the definition of it is being indiscriminate of your partners, and Howard certainly did think of women as interchangeable in regard to their availability as sex partners. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2837 "2023-08-30T15:02:15Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > and with regards to #1, neither Roz nor Frasier seemed to be particularly lacking for companionship of the opposite sex. Yes watching my way through Frasier, and every other episode seems to start with the observation that Fraiser’s love life is “going through a dry spell” ignoring the fact that he had sex just two episodes ago. That is why I specified its being a running gag. If it was just about which characters actually are promiscuous you’d have to include half of television. ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2838 "2023-08-30T15:23:16Z")
**TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag** 1. Roz from Frasier 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company 6. Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls 7. Penny from The Big Bang Theory 8. Sam from Cheers 9. Hawkeye Pierce from M \* A \* S \* H ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2839 "2023-08-30T15:29:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is Howard Wolowitz actually promiscuous? I just thought he was just always horny. He talks a lot of having sexual encounters. Whether they’re true or just talk is left to the viewer. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2840 "2023-08-30T15:37:18Z")
**TV characters whose promiscuity is a running gag** 1. Roz from Frasier 2. Charlie Harper from Two and a Half Men 3. Sue Ann Nivens from The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4. Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory 5. Larry Dallas from Three’s Company 6. Blanche Devereaux from Golden Girls 7. Penny from The Big Bang Theory 8. Sam from Cheers 9. Hawkeye Pierce from M \* A \* S \* H 10. Glenn Quagmire from _Family Guy_ **Running gags in TV shows** 1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_ The cast did a “curtain call” at the end of the show, with Wilson coming out with a fence mask in front of his face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=143)