# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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**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\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3261 "2023-10-05T22:35:02Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.

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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:** [October 5, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3262 "2023-10-05T22:49:44Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3263 "2023-10-06T00:28:38Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3264 "2023-10-06T06:25:01Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
6. Walter Cronkite speechless and grinning after the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3265 "2023-10-06T06:47:37Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
6. Walter Cronkite speechless and grinning after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
7. Paul Lynde interviews KISS on his TV special and says “Hey fellas, I bet I know how you got your name. You got into a fight and your mothers told you to ‘kiss and make up.’”

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3266 "2023-10-06T08:32:19Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
6. Walter Cronkite speechless and grinning after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
7. Paul Lynde interviews KISS on his TV special and says “Hey fellas, I bet I know how you got your name. You got into a fight and your mothers told you to ‘kiss and make up.’”
8. The 1976 Jerry Lewis MD Telethon, when Frank Sinatra organized a surprise appearance by Dean Martin, which eventually led to the end of the twenty-year feud between Martin and his former partner Lewis.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3267 "2023-10-06T09:25:55Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
6. Walter Cronkite speechless and grinning after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
7. Paul Lynde interviews KISS on his TV special and says “Hey fellas, I bet I know how you got your name. You got into a fight and your mothers told you to ‘kiss and make up.’”
8. The 1976 Jerry Lewis MD Telethon, when Frank Sinatra organized a surprise appearance by Dean Martin, which eventually led to the end of the twenty-year feud between Martin and his former partner Lewis.
9. A Wayne and Shuster routine, used in a few specials and on Ed Sullivan. The setting is ancient Rome. Guy walks into a bar and asks for a martinus. “Don’t you mean a martini?” asks the barman. “No, if I wanted a double, I’d ask for one,” replies the Guy.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3268 "2023-10-06T12:13:33Z")

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**Favorite lines or scenes from TV specials**

1. On a Jack Benny TV Special, he was on a pedestal dressed up as Julius Caesar, giving a speech out of Shakespeare. As he finished, George Burns sauntered onto the stage, wearing a nice suit, smoking his guitar. As Jack finished his speech, he turned and saw George standing there. George: “Hello, Jack. Working?” Jack corpsed.
2. On V, when you first saw the aliens eating mice.
3. On a _Muppet Movie_ special, hearing Johnny Mathis sing “Never Before, Never Again”, with Rowlf on the piano.
4. On _The Big Bang Theory_, the four friends go to see Penny’s ex-boyfriend who owes her money. As they approach, Leonard asks, “Okay, do we know what we’re going to do?” Howard replies, “Yes. Raj is going to wet himself, Sheldon’s going to run away, I’m going to throw up and you’re going to die. Shall we synchronize our watches?”
5. Super Bowl XLI, Chicago Bear Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
6. Walter Cronkite speechless and grinning after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
7. Paul Lynde interviews KISS on his TV special and says “Hey fellas, I bet I know how you got your name. You got into a fight and your mothers told you to ‘kiss and make up.’”
8. The 1976 Jerry Lewis MD Telethon, when Frank Sinatra organized a surprise appearance by Dean Martin, which eventually led to the end of the twenty-year feud between Martin and his former partner Lewis.
9. A Wayne and Shuster routine, used in a few specials and on Ed Sullivan. The setting is ancient Rome. Guy walks into a bar and asks for a martinus. “Don’t you mean a martini?” asks the barman. “No, if I wanted a double, I’d ask for one,” replies the Guy.
10. During the Sesame Street special in which all the celebrities, including Pee-Wee Herman, did “Put Down the Duckie” for the first time, my sister and I got mentioned on-air with “Big Bird Feathers” attained when my parents made contributions to our local PBS station. We recorded it and everything. I remember we were the last two kids mentioned.

New category:

**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3269 "2023-10-06T13:08:59Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3270 "2023-10-06T14:39:42Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3271 "2023-10-06T15:33:10Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart

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**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3272 "2023-10-06T15:55:29Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3273 "2023-10-06T16:50:40Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed
6. In Living Color

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3274 "2023-10-06T17:29:45Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed
6. In Living Color
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm

I don’t want to pick up MAX. Too many streaming channels already.

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**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3275 "2023-10-06T18:38:56Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed
6. In Living Color
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. My Three Sons

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3276 "2023-10-06T19:31:15Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed
6. In Living Color
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. My Three Sons
9. Childhood’s End

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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:** [October 6, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3277 "2023-10-06T21:09:45Z")

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**Favorite shows that are hard to find (or impossible to find) streaming**

1. Between the Lions
2. SCTV
3. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
4. Get Smart
5. Ed
6. In Living Color
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. My Three Sons
9. Childhood’s End
10. Carnivale

pass

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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:** [October 7, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3278 "2023-10-07T04:09:36Z")

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**Blowhards**

1. Cliff Clavin, _Cheers_

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3279 "2023-10-07T08:05:56Z")

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**Blowhards**

1. Cliff Clavin, _Cheers_
2. Berlinghoff Rasmussen, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_

The time traveler from the 22nd century (the past) who claimed to be from the 26th century (the future).

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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:** [October 7, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3280 "2023-10-07T14:44:31Z")

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**Blowhards**

1. Cliff Clavin, _Cheers_
2. Berlinghoff Rasmussen, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_
3. Stephen Colbert, _The Colbert Report_

Quite a bit of difference between Stephen Colbert the character and Stephen Colbert the actor.

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