# 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:** 187
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3721 "2023-12-11T19:38:57Z")
**TV Puppets that AREN’T Muppets** 1. The Famous Eccles from the BBC’s puppet version of _The Goon Show_ 2. Daniel Striped Tiger from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 3. Kukla and Ollie, from _Kukla, Fran, and Ollie_ 4. Count Blah, _Greg the Bunny_ 5. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - _Late Night with Conan O’Brien_ 6. King Friday XIII, also from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 7. Garfield Goose, from _Garfield Goose And Friends_ 8. Danny, from _The Flip Wilson Show_ When Albert Brooks had a _lot_ more hair: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t\_me-D6SJK0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_me-D6SJK0) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3722 "2023-12-11T21:10:10Z")
**TV Puppets that AREN’T Muppets** 1. The Famous Eccles from the BBC’s puppet version of _The Goon Show_ 2. Daniel Striped Tiger from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 3. Kukla and Ollie, from _Kukla, Fran, and Ollie_ 4. Count Blah, _Greg the Bunny_ 5. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - _Late Night with Conan O’Brien_ 6. King Friday XIII, also from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 7. Garfield Goose, from _Garfield Goose And Friends_ 8. Danny, from _The Flip Wilson Show_ 9. Achmed the Dead Terrorist, from any number of Jeff Dunham’s specials ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3723 "2023-12-11T21:53:07Z")
**TV Puppets that AREN’T Muppets** 1. The Famous Eccles from the BBC’s puppet version of _The Goon Show_ 2. Daniel Striped Tiger from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 3. Kukla and Ollie, from _Kukla, Fran, and Ollie_ 4. Count Blah, _Greg the Bunny_ 5. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - _Late Night with Conan O’Brien_ 6. King Friday XIII, also from _Mr. Rogers’s Neighborhood_ 7. Garfield Goose, from _Garfield Goose And Friends_ 8. Danny, from _The Flip Wilson Show_ 9. Achmed the Dead Terrorist, from any number of Jeff Dunham’s specials 10. Scorch, Ronn Lucas’s dragon puppet that had its own short-lived TV show in the 1992 ‘Short-lived’ is right … six episodes were made, and only three aired. **Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson _…as an aside – the show opened by showing three well-proportioned young women peeking over the edge of a water tower before retrieving their dresses hanging over the side of said water tower … at a junction called **Hooter** ville._ _Coincidence? – I think not…_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3724 "2023-12-11T21:55:55Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker Also appeared on _Green Acres_ and _The Beverly Hillbillies_ in the same role. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3725 "2023-12-11T22:04:21Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905)) had!) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3726 "2023-12-11T22:09:23Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905)) had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3727 "2023-12-11T22:22:18Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905)) had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot How can I pass up an opportunity to list the name Floyd Smoot? I can’t, that’s how! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3728 "2023-12-12T12:54:14Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905)) had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot 6. Kate Bradley Bea Benaderet also played the voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3729 "2023-12-12T14:16:45Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905))had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot 6. Kate Bradley 7. Bobbie Jo Bradley ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3730 "2023-12-12T22:41:13Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905))had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot 6. Kate Bradley 7. Bobbie Jo Bradley 8. Dr. Janet Craig “there’s a lady MD, she’s as pretty as can be”. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3731 "2023-12-12T23:15:02Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905))had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot 6. Kate Bradley 7. Bobbie Jo Bradley 8. Dr. Janet Craig 9. Charley Pratt Engineer of The Cannonball until the actor (the great Smiley Burnette) died and Floyd took over both railroad jobs. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3732 "2023-12-13T14:32:56Z")
**Characters from ‘Petticoat Junction’** 1. Joe Carson 2. Sam Drucker 3. Homer Bedloe (what a career [the actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor,_born_1905))had!) 4. Billie Jo Bradley 5. Floyd Smoot 6. Kate Bradley 7. Bobbie Jo Bradley 8. Dr. Janet Craig 9. Charley Pratt 10. Mr. Haney Like other characters in the Paul Henning universe, also appeared in ‘Green Acres’ prior to CBS’s great “rural purge” pass ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3733 "2023-12-13T14:52:37Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3734 "2023-12-13T15:21:31Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3735 "2023-12-13T15:31:21Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3736 "2023-12-13T18:09:38Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” 4. Arrested Development - Henry Winkler’s Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark during a conversation with the Bluths on a pier. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3737 "2023-12-13T18:24:37Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” 4. Arrested Development - Henry Winkler’s Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark during a conversation with the Bluths on a pier. 5. Third Rock from the Sun - John Lithgow’s alien, Dick Solomon, and Wiliam Shatner’s Big Giant Head share memories of a disrupted plane ride - both played passengers on an airplane that is attacked by a monster - Shatner on the TV series “The Twilight Zone”; Lithgow on “Twilight Zone: The Movie” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3738 "2023-12-14T04:26:49Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” 4. Arrested Development - Henry Winkler’s Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark during a conversation with the Bluths on a pier. 5. Third Rock from the Sun - John Lithgow’s alien, Dick Solomon, and Wiliam Shatner’s Big Giant Head share memories of a disrupted plane ride - both played passengers on an airplane that is attacked by a monster - Shatner on the TV series “The Twilight Zone”; Lithgow on “Twilight Zone: The Movie” 6. Archer - s4e1: An amnesiac Archer is working at a burger joint, where he is “Bob” and has a family. (H. Jon Benjamin voices both Sterling Archer and Bob Belcher/_Bob’s Burgers._) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3739 "2023-12-14T14:33:59Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” 4. Arrested Development - Henry Winkler’s Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark during a conversation with the Bluths on a pier. 5. Third Rock from the Sun - John Lithgow’s alien, Dick Solomon, and Wiliam Shatner’s Big Giant Head share memories of a disrupted plane ride - both played passengers on an airplane that is attacked by a monster - Shatner on the TV series “The Twilight Zone”; Lithgow on “Twilight Zone: The Movie” 6. Archer - s4e1: An amnesiac Archer is working at a burger joint, where he is “Bob” and has a family. (H. Jon Benjamin voices both Sterling Archer and Bob Belcher/_Bob’s Burgers._) 7. The Simpsons - Lisa once told Marge she was laughing at a joke she heard on _Herman’s Head._ Yeardley Smith was a cast member on that show. (Marge was not amused.) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3740 "2023-12-14T17:33:34Z")
**Shows that reference the actors’ other roles** 1. Roseanne - John Goodman and Michael O’Keefe reenact a scene from _The Great Santini,_ in which O’Keefe starred 2. Newhart - In the series finale, Newhart, as Dr. Hartley from _The Bob Newhart Show_, wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife in the earlier series, and realizes that this series was all a dream. 3. Boston Legal - In one quick seen William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crane, is being followed by reporters pestering him with questions, and he blurts, “…and at one time I was captain of a starship!” 4. Arrested Development - Henry Winkler’s Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark during a conversation with the Bluths on a pier. 5. Third Rock from the Sun - John Lithgow’s alien, Dick Solomon, and Wiliam Shatner’s Big Giant Head share memories of a disrupted plane ride - both played passengers on an airplane that is attacked by a monster - Shatner on the TV series “The Twilight Zone”; Lithgow on “Twilight Zone: The Movie” 6. Archer - s4e1: An amnesiac Archer is working at a burger joint, where he is “Bob” and has a family. (H. Jon Benjamin voices both Sterling Archer and Bob Belcher/_Bob’s Burgers._) 7. The Simpsons - Lisa once told Marge she was laughing at a joke she heard on _Herman’s Head._ Yeardley Smith was a cast member on that show. (Marge was not amused.) 8. The Good Place - At one point Ted Danson’s character is tending bar (referencing _Cheers_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=188)