# 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:** 237
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4721 "2024-04-30T23:38:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The name’s a pun on “cemetery”. Took me 10 years to notice that. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4722 "2024-05-01T12:33:57Z")
**Well known local horror (and other shows) hosts** 1. Svengoolie - Rich Koz 2. Elvira - Cassandra Peterson 3. Joe Bob Briggs - John Irving Bloom 4. Bozo the Clown - Bob Bell 5. Count Floyd - Joe Flaherty 6. Sammy Terry - Bob Carter, now his son Mark 7. Bill Kennedy - Bill Kennedy at the Movies A Detroit fixture for years ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4723 "2024-05-01T12:48:43Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Took me 10 years to notice that. I never did tumble to it myself. I saw him at a SF/Fantasy convention in Indianapolis and he spoke (in costume) and told stories of how it came to be, and the origin of the name, and how the crew loved to pull pranks on him. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4724 "2024-05-01T14:52:58Z")
**Well known local horror (and other shows) hosts** 1. Svengoolie - Rich Koz 2. Elvira - Cassandra Peterson 3. Joe Bob Briggs - John Irving Bloom 4. Bozo the Clown - Bob Bell 5. Count Floyd - Joe Flaherty 6. Sammy Terry - Bob Carter, now his son Mark 7. Bill Kennedy - Bill Kennedy at the Movies 8. Vampira - Maila Nurmi - 1950s - one of the first horror hosts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4725 "2024-05-01T15:16:09Z")
**Well known local horror (and other shows) hosts** 1. Svengoolie - Rich Koz 2. Elvira - Cassandra Peterson 3. Joe Bob Briggs - John Irving Bloom 4. Bozo the Clown - Bob Bell 5. Count Floyd - Joe Flaherty 6. Sammy Terry - Bob Carter, now his son Mark 7. Bill Kennedy - Bill Kennedy at the Movies 8. Vampira - Maila Nurmi - 1950s - one of the first horror hosts 9. Victor Ives - Sinister Cinema ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4726 "2024-05-01T21:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Well known local horror (and other shows) hosts** 1. Svengoolie - Rich Koz 2. Elvira - Cassandra Peterson 3. Joe Bob Briggs - John Irving Bloom 4. Bozo the Clown - Bob Bell 5. Count Floyd - Joe Flaherty 6. Sammy Terry - Bob Carter, now his son Mark 7. Bill Kennedy - Bill Kennedy at the Movies 8. Vampira - Maila Nurmi - 1950s - one of the first horror hosts 9. William Cardill, aka “Chilly Billy”-- started out as just a reporter, then started hosting the late night horror-- he is featured as himself in _Night of the Living Dead_ reporting on the situation, which means that NLD took place in Pennsylvania, since that was where Cardill’s station was. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4727 "2024-05-02T00:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **Well known local horror (and other shows) hosts** 1. Svengoolie - Rich Koz 2. Elvira - Cassandra Peterson 3. Joe Bob Briggs - John Irving Bloom 4. Bozo the Clown - Bob Bell 5. Count Floyd - Joe Flaherty 6. Sammy Terry - Bob Carter, now his son Mark 7. Bill Kennedy - Bill Kennedy at the Movies 8. Vampira - Maila Nurmi - 1950s - one of the first horror hosts 9. Victor Ives - Sinister Cinema 10. William Cardill, aka “Chilly Billy”-- started out as just a reporter, then started hosting the late night horror-- he is featured as himself in _Night of the Living Dead_ reporting on the situation, which means that NLD took place in Pennsylvania, since that was where Cardill’s station was. Housekeeping Next: **Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz it was a yearly event on TV my whole childhood, and I didn’t see it in a theater until I saw the 3D version about 10 years ago ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4728 "2024-05-02T00:25:58Z")
Next: **Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4729 "2024-05-02T00:32:02Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4730 "2024-05-02T01:32:01Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life After the copyright lapsed in 1974, it became a holiday broadcast staple. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4731 "2024-05-02T11:06:53Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla Or any other monster movie. TBH, I don’t think I’ve seen more than a couple dozen movies at a theater in my life, including B movies at a drive-in when I was a kid. I do get that somehow movies like Lawrence of Arabia or Gone with the Wind _seem_ like they belong on a big screen even if you’ve only ever watched them on a TV, but that would be a tiny minority for me. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4732 "2024-05-02T11:26:42Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla 6. Lord of the Rings > [@Bayaker](#): > > TBH, I don’t think I’ve seen more than a couple dozen movies at a theater in my life. Same for me, although my number is much higher. I went a lot as a kid and teen, not so much as an adult. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4733 "2024-05-02T12:05:33Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla 6. Lord of the Rings 7. Flying Leathernecks (or any other John Wayne war movie ever made for that matter) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4734 "2024-05-02T13:26:38Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla 6. Lord of the Rings 7. Flying Leathernecks (or any other John Wayne war movie ever made for that matter) 8. Shawshank Redemption I’ve haven’t actually seen it from beginning to end but it did play on a loop endlessly on cable at one point. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4735 "2024-05-02T13:34:00Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla 6. Lord of the Rings 7. Flying Leathernecks (or any other John Wayne war movie ever made for that matter) 8. Shawshank Redemption 9. Groundhog Day Now played 24hrs straight on Feb 2. Kinda fitting, dontcha think? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4736 "2024-05-02T23:26:49Z")
**Movies you associate with TV, and not the theater** 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. A Christmas Story 3. Emil and the Detectives 4. It’s a Wonderful Life 5. Godzilla 6. Lord of the Rings 7. Flying Leathernecks (or any other John Wayne war movie ever made for that matter) 8. Shawshank Redemption 9. Groundhog Day 10. Sleepless in Seattle It seems to always run on Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4737 "2024-05-02T23:29:08Z")
**Three (or more) generations on TV** 1. Bob Elliott (_Bob and Ray_); Chris Elliott (_Schitt’s Creek_); Abbey Elliott (_SNL; The Bear_) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4738 "2024-05-03T03:10:16Z")
**Three (or more) generations on TV** 1. Bob Elliott (_Bob and Ray_); Chris Elliott (_Schitt’s Creek_); Abbey Elliott (_SNL; The Bear_) 2. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson (_The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet_), Ricky Nelson (their son, who was also in that show), Ricky’s daughter Tracy Nelson (_Square Pegs_) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4739 "2024-05-03T14:08:25Z")
**Three (or more) generations on TV** 1. Bob Elliott (_Bob and Ray_); Chris Elliott (_Schitt’s Creek_); Abbey Elliott (_SNL; The Bear_) 2. Ozzie and Harriet Nelson (_The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet_), Ricky Nelson (their son, who was also in that show), Ricky’s daughter Tracy Nelson (_Square Pegs_) 3. Rocky Johnson (WWF), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (WWF/WWE), Simone “Ava” Johnson (NXT, WWE) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4740 "2024-05-03T14:38:01Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Rocky Johnson (WWF), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (WWF/WWE), Simone “Ava” Johnson (NXT, WWE) Would this be 4 generations, as his (maternal) Grandfather was Peter Maivia? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=238)