# 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:** 188
**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 14, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3741 "2023-12-14T18:03:02Z")
**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_) 9. Chuck - Scott Bakula plays Chuck’s father and says “Oh boy,” referencing his character from _Quantum Leap_. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3742 "2023-12-15T02:28:49Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > **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_) 9. Chuck - Scott Bakula plays Chuck’s father and says “Oh boy,” referencing his character from _Quantum Leap_. 10. Hot in Cleveland - Valerie Bertinelli’s character has pursued a man into a 12-step meeting of some sort; a brief conversation ends with him saying “One day at a time.” Bertinelli gets a faraway look on her face, and seems to be trying to remember where she has heard that before. Then she she shakes her head, and goes on with what she’d been doing. Oh-- ETA: NEXT: hmmm… need a few minutes ---
**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 15, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3743 "2023-12-15T13:38:13Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3744 "2023-12-15T14:35:48Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3745 "2023-12-15T14:38:54Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3746 "2023-12-15T15:16:30Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3747 "2023-12-15T18:24:00Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3748 "2023-12-15T19:46:14Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) 6. Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy) ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3749 "2023-12-16T02:10:49Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) 6. Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy) 7. Mod Squad - (Julie) ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3750 "2023-12-16T15:27:36Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) 6. Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy) 7. Mod Squad - (Julie) 8. Petticoat Junction (the daughters) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3751 "2023-12-16T19:08:59Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) 6. Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy) 7. Mod Squad - (Julie) 8. Petticoat Junction (the daughters) 9. I Dream of Jeannie (Jeannie) ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3752 "2023-12-17T07:55:28Z")
**Shows featuring actors and/or actresses who were ‘eye candy’** 1. WKRP In Cincinnati (Jennifer) 2. Baywatch (All the lifeguards) 3. Married… with Children (Kelly) 4. Charlie’s Angels (the Angels) 5. Three’s Company (Chrissy, Janet, Jack) 6. Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy) 7. Mod Squad - (Julie) 8. Petticoat Junction (the daughters) 9. I Dream of Jeannie (Jeannie) 10. Cheers (Kelly Gaines, who ended up marrying Woody) **Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs There was even a scene at the end of the opening title sequence [with a huge billboard and Flatt and Scruggs singing about ‘Kelloggs of Battle Creek’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pscLv37etL8) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3753 "2023-12-17T14:10:24Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3754 "2023-12-17T15:13:36Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3755 "2023-12-17T18:40:32Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3756 "2023-12-17T20:37:21Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol 5. Peanuts Specials - Dolly Madison ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3757 "2023-12-18T15:56:16Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol 5. Peanuts Specials - Dolly Madison 6. The Flintstones - Winston Cigarettes ---
**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:** [December 19, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3758 "2023-12-19T05:56:12Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol 5. Peanuts Specials - Dolly Madison 6. The Flintstones - Winston Cigarettes 7. Captain Midnight - Ovaltine ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3759 "2023-12-19T18:22:40Z")
**Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol 5. Peanuts Specials - Dolly Madison 6. The Flintstones - Winston Cigarettes 7. Captain Midnight - Ovaltine 8. Colgate Comedy Hour - Colgate toothpaste ---
**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:** [December 20, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3760 "2023-12-20T06:40:06Z")
[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:3759, topic:972711, full:true”] **Sponsors** Advertising … can’t get away from it, apparently. Some shows were known for being sponsored by a specific company … let’s try to name some of them. 1. Beverly Hillbilles – Kelloggs 2. The Kraft Music Hall - Kraft 3. Death Valley Days - 20 Mule Team Borax 4. Twenty-One - Geritol 5. Peanuts Specials - Dolly Madison 6. The Flintstones - Winston Cigarettes 7. Captain Midnight - Ovaltine 8. Colgate Comedy Hour - Colgate toothpaste 9. Wild Kingdom - Mutual of Omaha [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=189)