# 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:** 212
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4221 "2024-03-21T15:57:19Z")
**Animated TV Robots** 1. Chopper - Star Wars Rebels 2. Goddard - Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 3. Cyborg Barry - Archer 4. Astro Boy 5. Bender - Futurama 6. Butter Robot - Rick and Morty ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4222 "2024-03-21T18:13:53Z")
**Animated TV Robots** 1. Chopper - Star Wars Rebels 2. Goddard - Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 3. Cyborg Barry - Archer 4. Astro Boy 5. Bender - Futurama 6. Butter Robot - Rick and Morty 7. HERBIE - Fantastic Four (1978) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4223 "2024-03-21T19:19:40Z")
**Animated TV Robots** 1. Chopper - Star Wars Rebels 2. Goddard - Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 3. Cyborg Barry - Archer 4. Astro Boy 5. Bender - Futurama 6. Butter Robot - Rick and Morty 7. HERBIE - Fantastic Four (1978) 8. Helper - The Venture Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4224 "2024-03-22T03:00:32Z")
**Animated TV Robots** 1. Chopper - Star Wars Rebels 2. Goddard - Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 3. Cyborg Barry - Archer 4. Astro Boy 5. Bender - Futurama 6. Butter Robot - Rick and Morty 7. HERBIE - Fantastic Four (1978) 8. Helper - The Venture Brothers 9. Rosie - The Jetsons ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4225 "2024-03-22T14:28:25Z")
**Animated TV Robots** 1. Chopper - Star Wars Rebels 2. Goddard - Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 3. Cyborg Barry - Archer 4. Astro Boy 5. Bender - Futurama 6. Butter Robot - Rick and Morty 7. HERBIE - Fantastic Four (1978) 8. Helper - The Venture Brothers 9. Rosie - The Jetsons 10. XJ-9 - My Life As A Teenage Robot **Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4226 "2024-03-22T15:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4227 "2024-03-22T17:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4228 "2024-03-22T17:28:20Z")
> [@](#): > > **Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4229 "2024-03-22T17:33:00Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4230 "2024-03-22T18:00:42Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - The Jack Benny Show 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ 6. S/Sgt. James Kinchlo (Ivan Dixon) – _Hogan’s Heroes_ (1965-1971) Dixon left the series in 1970, reportedly over feelings that his talents weren’t being fully utilized. _ **-“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:** [March 22, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4231 "2024-03-22T20:36:39Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - _The Jack Benny Show_ 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ 6. S/Sgt. James Kinchlo (Ivan Dixon) – _Hogan’s Heroes_ (1965-1971) 7. Pete Jones (Dallas McKennon) - _The Hardy Boys_ (cartoon, 1969-1971) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4232 "2024-03-22T20:47:24Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - _The Jack Benny Show_ 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ 6. S/Sgt. James Kinchlo (Ivan Dixon) – _Hogan’s Heroes_ (1965-1971) 7. Pete Jones (Dallas McKennon) - _The Hardy Boys_ (cartoon, 1969-1971) 8. Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) - _Star Trek_ (1966-1969) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4233 "2024-03-22T21:50:33Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - _The Jack Benny Show_ 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ 6. S/Sgt. James Kinchlo (Ivan Dixon) – _Hogan’s Heroes_ (1965-1971) 7. Pete Jones (Dallas McKennon) - _The Hardy Boys_ (cartoon, 1969-1971) 8. Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) - _Star Trek_ (1966-1969) 9. Alexander “Scotty” Scott (Bill Cosby) - _I Spy_ (1965-1968) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4234 "2024-03-23T15:08:39Z")
**Black Characters from the 1960’s or Earlier** 1. Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson) - _The Jack Benny Show_ 2. Linc Hayes (Clarence Williams III) - _The Mod Squad_ (1968-1973) 3. Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll) - Julia 4. Barney Collier (Greg Morris) - Mission: Impossible (1966-73) 5. Kingfish (Tim Moore) - _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ 6. S/Sgt. James Kinchlo (Ivan Dixon) – _Hogan’s Heroes_ (1965-1971) 7. Pete Jones (Dallas McKennon) - _The Hardy Boys_ (cartoon, 1969-1971) 8. Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) - _Star Trek_ (1966-1969) 9. Alexander “Scotty” Scott (Bill Cosby) - _I Spy_ (1965-1968) 10. Simon Blake (Raymond St. Jacques) - _Rawhide_ (1965) **Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4235 "2024-03-23T16:17:21Z")
**Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4236 "2024-03-23T18:45:57Z")
> [@](#): > > **Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair 3. Switched at Birth – about 1/2 the cast is Deaf-- and played by Deaf actors ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4237 "2024-03-23T18:58:55Z")
**Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair 3. Switched at Birth – about 1/2 the cast is Deaf-- and played by Deaf actors 4. Robert T. Ironside, _Ironside_ - uses a wheelchair ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4238 "2024-03-23T19:13:20Z")
> [@](#): > > **Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair 3. _Switched at Birth_ – about 1/2 the cast is Deaf-- and played by Deaf actors 4. Robert T. Ironside, _Ironside_ - uses a wheelchair 5. Adam Janikowsky, _Mom_ – wheelchair ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4239 "2024-03-23T19:36:13Z")
> [@](#): > > **Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair 3. _Switched at Birth_ – about 1/2 the cast is Deaf-- and played by Deaf actors 4. Robert T. Ironside, _Ironside_ - uses a wheelchair 5. Adam Janikowsky, _Mom_ – wheelchair 6. Walter White Jr., _Breaking Bad_ - cerebral palsy The actor, R. J. Mitte, has cerebral palsy in real life. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4240 "2024-03-23T20:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > **Differently-abled roles on TV** 1. Longstreet - blindness 2. Arthur “Artie” Abrams, _Glee_ - uses a wheelchair 3. _Switched at Birth_ – about 1/2 the cast is Deaf-- and played by Deaf actors 4. Robert T. Ironside, _Ironside_ - uses a wheelchair 5. Adam Janikowsky, _Mom_ – wheelchair 6. Walter White Jr., _Breaking Bad_ - cerebral palsy 7. Louis Canning, _The Good Wife_ – inexplicably, Tardive Dyskinesia, albeit, he’s played by Michael J. Fox who has a _different_ movement disorder IRL-- Parkinson’s disease and Tardive Dyskinesia is a side effect of anti-psychotic meds, so people with it are nearly always schizophrenic, making it doubly an odd choice-- why not just have the character affected by Parkinson’s? I’d love to know [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=213)