# 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:** 181
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3601 "2023-11-17T07:30:21Z")
**PBS series that ran for 15+ seasons** 1. Evening at Pops (1970 - 2004) 2. Masterpiece Theater (1971 - 2008); as “Masterpiece,” 2008-present 3. Nova (1974 - present) 4. Sesame Street (1969-present) 5. Washington Week (1967-present) 6. Mystery! (1980 - 2006) 7. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968-2001) 8. Arthur (1996-2022) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3602 "2023-11-17T15:55:23Z")
**PBS series that ran for 15+ seasons** 1. Evening at Pops (1970 - 2004) 2. Masterpiece Theater (1971 - 2008); as “Masterpiece,” 2008-present 3. Nova (1974 - present) 4. Sesame Street (1969-present) 5. Washington Week (1967-present) 6. Mystery! (1980 - 2006) 7. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968-2001) 8. Arthur (1996-2022) 9. PBS NewsHour (1976 - present) Began as _The Robert MacNeil Report_ ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3603 "2023-11-17T16:29:31Z")
**PBS series that ran for 15+ seasons** 1. Evening at Pops (1970 - 2004) 2. Masterpiece Theater (1971 - 2008); as “Masterpiece,” 2008-present 3. Nova (1974 - present) 4. Sesame Street (1969-present) 5. Washington Week (1967-present) 6. Mystery! (1980 - 2006) 7. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968-2001) 8. Arthur (1996-2022) 9. PBS NewsHour (1976 - present) 10. This Old House (1979-present) Next up: **Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head Rest in peace, Matthew Perry. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3604 "2023-11-17T16:32:20Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3605 "2023-11-17T17:25:17Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3606 "2023-11-17T17:27:15Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3607 "2023-11-17T17:43:33Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3608 "2023-11-17T18:00:56Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” 6. Any time he bumps into ex-gf Janice Litman. “OH MY GOD!” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3609 "2023-11-17T18:56:03Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” 6. Any time he bumps into ex-gf Janice Litman. “OH MY GOD!” 7. “When I was growing up, I played the one on the far left.” Cringing as he watches his trans father’s Viva Las Gaygas “It’s Raining Men” dancers. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3610 "2023-11-19T02:01:05Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” 6. Any time he bumps into ex-gf Janice Litman. “OH MY GOD!” 7. “When I was growing up, I played the one on the far left.” 8. “Shovelly Joe!” The punchline to an anal sex joke, perfectly delivered. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3611 "2023-11-19T23:01:44Z")
**Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” 6. Any time he bumps into ex-gf Janice Litman. “OH MY GOD!” 7. “When I was growing up, I played the one on the far left.” 8. “Shovelly Joe!” 9. “Joseph Stalin _is_ the Fiddler on the Roof!” Fooling Joey into taking a new stage name. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3612 "2023-11-20T23:06:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Favorite scenes, situations or lines of Chandler Bing** 1. Waking up with a start as Joey drilled through the wall right next to his head 2. “The fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?” 3. “Could you _be_ more out of my league?” 4. “I’m great at the advice… Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?” 5. “All right, I took the [_Cosmo_] quiz. And it turns out I _do_ put career before men.” 6. Any time he bumps into ex-gf Janice Litman. “OH MY GOD!” 7. “When I was growing up, I played the one on the far left.” 8. “Shovelly Joe!” 9. “Joseph Stalin _is_ the Fiddler on the Roof!” 10. situation: pretty much entire episode with Sherilyn Fenn NEXT: **vintage TV scenes or situations that look really different today** 1. _Sesame Street_, s1e1: Gordon, a teacher, walks home a new girl in school who isn’t sure of the way. They stop at Gordon’s apartment, where his wife, Susan, a nurse, has just made cookies, and offers the girl one. **1969** , _Sesame Street_; **today** , _L&O: SVU_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3613 "2023-11-21T20:27:22Z")
**Vintage TV scenes or situations that look really different today** 1. _Sesame Street_, s1e1: Gordon, a teacher, walks home a new girl in school who isn’t sure of the way. They stop at Gordon’s apartment, where his wife, Susan, a nurse, has just made cookies, and offers the girl one. 2._1969_\*, _Sesame Street_; **today** , _L&O: SVU_ 2. _Cheers_ s2e1: Diane asks Sam to take her to a hotel that he’s never been to (with another woman); Sam pulls a Yellow Pages from his desk drawer and tries unsuccessfully to accomplish this task. (The joke being he’s been to a lot of hotels with a lot of women, even in a town as big as Boston.) Today he would use a smart phone to do this. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3614 "2023-11-23T12:36:15Z")
All right. I’m canceling the above category, and leaving the floor open, as though I had passed. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3615 "2023-11-23T12:43:40Z")
**Notable guest stars on _The Muppet Show_, and what they did** 1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3616 "2023-11-23T14:57:08Z")
**Notable guest stars on _The Muppet Show_, and what they did** 1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) 2. Paul Williams (sang _An Old Fashioned Love Song_ accompanied by a chorus of smaller sized Paul Williams Muppets) ---
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**Notable guest stars on _The Muppet Show_, and what they did** 1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) 2. Paul Williams (sang _An Old Fashioned Love Song_ accompanied by a chorus of smaller sized Paul Williams Muppets) 3. Elton John (Sang “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with Miss Piggy, after which Miss Piggy said, “Eat your heart out, Kiki,” referring to Kiki Dee, with whom Elton did the song originally.) ---
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**Notable guest stars on _The Muppet Show_, and what they did** 1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) 2. Paul Williams (sang _An Old Fashioned Love Song_ accompanied by a chorus of smaller sized Paul Williams Muppets) 3. Elton John (Sang “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with Miss Piggy, after which Miss Piggy said, “Eat your heart out, Kiki,” referring to Kiki Dee, with whom Elton did the song originally.) 4. Ben Vereen (Sang “Mr. Cellophane” and “Pure Imagination”, and got blown up a couple times by Crazy Harry) ---
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1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) 2. Paul Williams (sang _An Old Fashioned Love Song_ accompanied by a chorus of smaller sized Paul Williams Muppets) 3. Elton John (Sang “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with Miss Piggy, after which Miss Piggy said, “Eat your heart out, Kiki,” referring to Kiki Dee, with whom Elton did the song originally.) 4. Ben Vereen (Sang “Mr. Cellophane” and “Pure Imagination”, and got blown up a couple times by Crazy Harry) 5. Raquel Welch (sang “I’m a Woman” with Miss Piggy) (_“Double-you oh P-I-G”_) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3620 "2023-11-24T01:30:22Z")
**Notable guest stars on _The Muppet Show_, and what they did** 1. Rita Moreno (did a wrestle-dance with an adult-sized Muppet; got into a fight with Miss Piggy; sang “Fever” and hit Animal with a pair of cymbals) 2. Paul Williams (sang _An Old Fashioned Love Song_ accompanied by a chorus of smaller sized Paul Williams Muppets) 3. Elton John (Sang “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with Miss Piggy, after which Miss Piggy said, “Eat your heart out, Kiki,” referring to Kiki Dee, with whom Elton did the song originally.) 4. Ben Vereen (Sang “Mr. Cellophane” and “Pure Imagination”, and got blown up a couple times by Crazy Harry) 5. Raquel Welch (sang “I’m a Woman” with Miss Piggy) (_“Double-you oh P-I-G”_) 6. Buddy Rich – did a drum solo in his dressing room where he played everything in sight, then, as he proceeded to the stage, he continued to use anything in his path as a drumhead, including a ladder, a telephone, a chandelier, Dr. Bunsen’s head, and Beaker’s helmet. He also gets a karate lesson from Miss Piggy, and has a drum battle with Animal. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=182)