# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\
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**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)\
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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_

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**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:** [August 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2842 "2023-08-30T16:01:12Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.

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**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2843 "2023-08-30T16:57:45Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”

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**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2844 "2023-08-30T16:59:26Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.

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**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2845 "2023-08-30T19:10:22Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2846 "2023-08-30T20:24:37Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”

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**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2847 "2023-08-30T20:48:42Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”
8. Jerry’s scornful greeting, “Hello, Newman,” on _Seinfeld_

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**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2848 "2023-08-30T20:53:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> **Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”
8. Jerry’s scornful greeting, “Hello, Newman,” on _Seinfeld_
9. Murphy Brown’s series of secretaries.

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**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2849 "2023-08-30T20:56:55Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”
8. Jerry’s scornful greeting, “Hello, Newman,” on _Seinfeld_
9. The increasingly elaborate ways Goldie Hawn would get tricked into saying “Sock it to me” _(and then drenched with water)_ on _Laugh In_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2850 "2023-08-30T22:51:43Z")

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**Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quirky slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”
8. Jerry’s scornful greeting, “Hello, Newman,” on _Seinfeld_
9. The increasingly elaborate ways Goldie Hawn would get tricked into saying “Sock it to me” _(and then drenched with water)_ on _Laugh In_

Just a bit of “spelling housekeeping” for my #5 entry (“quickly” to “quirky”) because now that I’ve seen it, it’ll bug me if I let it stand.

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**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 31, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2851 "2023-08-31T04:20:35Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> **Running gags in TV shows**

1. Wilson, the partially hidden neighbor from _Home Improvement_
2. Sheldon’s habit of knocking three times, saying a name, and then repeating that twice, from _The Big Bang Theory_
3. Paul Rudd’s _Mac & Me_ video clips on Conan O’Brien.
4. On _ST:VGR_, Neelix would invite Tuvok to do something he had no interest in doing, and he would politely reply, “Perhaps another time.”
5. Frank Rossitano’s collection of ball caps in _30 Rock._ He wears a different one in every episode; each cap has a different quickly slogan printed on it.
6. Dr. Cox on _Scrubs_ calls J.D. by a different little girl’s name in just about every episode
7. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”
8. Jerry’s scornful greeting, “Hello, Newman,” on _Seinfeld_
9. The increasingly elaborate ways Goldie Hawn would get tricked into saying “Sock it to me” _(and then drenched with water)_ on _Laugh In_
10. Murphy Brown’s series of secretaries.

NEXT: A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves. (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2852 "2023-08-31T07:39:30Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_

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**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:** [August 31, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2853 "2023-08-31T14:36:25Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> **Running gags in TV shows**
> 
> 1. Pop Pop on _Community_. All he does is enter a room, gesture with his hands, and bellow “Pop pop.”

That was Magnitude, short for magnetic and attitude. One of the funniest one-note characters in a show full of funny one-note characters, imo.

**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2854 "2023-08-31T15:27:23Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_

Robin and Billy Crystal appeared in the Central Perk coffee house as two guys arguing on the couch.

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**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 31, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2855 "2023-08-31T15:49:44Z")

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1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_

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**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 31, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2856 "2023-08-31T15:52:11Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_
6. Paul Rudd on _Only Murders In The Building_

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**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 31, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2857 "2023-08-31T21:57:53Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_
6. Paul Rudd on _Only Murders In The Building_
7. Julia Roberts on _Friends_

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2858 "2023-09-01T03:53:22Z")

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**-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_
6. Paul Rudd on _Only Murders In The Building_
7. Julia Roberts on _Friends_
8. Julia Roberts on _Law & Order_

While married to series regular Benjamin Bratt

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**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 1, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2859 "2023-09-01T13:44:28Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_
6. Paul Rudd on _Only Murders In The Building_
7. Julia Roberts on _Friends_
8. Julia Roberts on _Law & Order_
9. Jack Black on _Community_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2860 "2023-09-01T15:18:08Z")

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**A-list movie stars who made guest appearances on TV, NOT playing themselves.** (ETA, and I shouldn’t have to say this, but AFTER they became famous-- Tom Hanks TV series _Bosum Buddies_ doesn’t count)

1. Isabelle Huppert on _L&O: SVU_ (Huppert is France’s equivalent of Meryl Streep)
2. Brad Pitt on _Friends_
3. Paul Rudd on _Parks and Recreation_
4. Robin Williams on _Friends_
5. Johnny Depp on _21 Jump Street_
6. Paul Rudd on _Only Murders In The Building_
7. Julia Roberts on _Friends_
8. Julia Roberts on _Law & Order_
9. Jack Black on _Community_
10. Steve Buscemi on _30 Rock_

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