# 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:** 260
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5181 "2024-06-13T22:16:41Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days It should have ended when Fonzie jumped the shark, but it kept on going, and not as well as in early seasons. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5182 "2024-06-13T23:05:48Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) I’ll allow as how it “had its moments” all the way through, but after Jim and Pam got married, it felt (to me) like it was just lumbering along, for the most part. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5183 "2024-06-13T23:28:32Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons Stopped being brilliant almost 25 years ago. Still it staggers on like a zombie. (I know, I know, it still has its moments which we do not need to litigate here, sorry for bringing it up.) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5184 "2024-06-14T00:38:40Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy Started sucking after Season 3. About to start Season 21. Time to move to the daytime with all the other soaps. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5185 "2024-06-14T03:40:12Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy 6. MASH ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5186 "2024-06-14T10:19:12Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy 6. MASH 7. Mork & Mindy I don’t what the guy who green-lighted the fourth season was smoking – that’s when Mork and Mindy marry, but Mork has the baby, hatching an egg to have a son who turned out to be Jonathan Winters – but it must have been some awesome shit! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5187 "2024-06-14T13:27:39Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy 6. MASH 7. Mork & Mindy 8. The Big Bang Theory I know this made a lot of money but it was (ha ha they’re nerds + easily identifiable pop culture nerdish references + racist innuendos and sexist insults) x 12 years ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5188 "2024-06-14T14:20:42Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy 6. MASH 7. Mork & Mindy 8. The Big Bang Theory 9. The Waltons ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5189 "2024-06-14T16:09:02Z")
**Shows that went a little too long** 1. That 70s Show 2. Happy Days 3. The Office (American) 4. The Simpsons 5. Grey’s Anatomy 6. MASH 7. Mork & Mindy 8. The Big Bang Theory 9. The Waltons 10. Scorpion **Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5190 "2024-06-14T16:18:41Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5191 "2024-06-14T17:00:10Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5192 "2024-06-14T17:21:44Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5193 "2024-06-14T20:43:32Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5194 "2024-06-14T21:49:29Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5195 "2024-06-14T23:19:43Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation 7. Drew Barrymore ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5196 "2024-06-14T23:37:54Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation 7. Cheryl Ladd Drew Barrymore was in the movie version. This is TV Binge Watch. Replaced with a TV angel. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5197 "2024-06-15T16:21:40Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation 7. Cheryl Ladd 8. Jaclyn Smith The only Angel not to be replaced. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5198 "2024-06-15T21:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > **Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation 7. Cheryl Ladd 8. Jaclyn Smith 9. Failure with the exit of a single performer ---
**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:** [June 16, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5199 "2024-06-16T01:52:43Z")
**Related to _Charlie’s Angels_** 1. Kate Jackson 2. “… and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.” 3. Jill Munroe 4. Farrah Fawcett 5. Bosley 6. T&A exploitation 7. Cheryl Ladd 8. Jaclyn Smith 9. Failure with the exit of a single performer 10. Speakerphone Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5200 "2024-06-16T14:34:17Z")
**Puns or other wordplay seen on _The Simpsons_** 1. Blood Bath & Beyond The name of a gun shop; a play on Bed Bath & Beyond. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=261)