# 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:** 279
**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:** [July 28, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5561 "2024-07-28T21:33:01Z")
**Favorite Olympic Moments** 1. Scott Hamilton performing to Spike Jones’s _Cocktails For Two_. 2. Simone Biles wins four gold medals in 2016. 3. 1980: Jimmy Carter announces the US boycott of the Moscow games. 4. 1996: Kerri Strug performs a near-perfect vault to clinch the team gymnastics gold for the U.S.A., despite having severely sprained her ankle on her previous attempt. Coach Béla Károlyi carries her to the award podium. 5. When the music cut out during their routine, Soviet figure skaters Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev kept skating in silence, winning a standing ovation and a gold medal. 6. The Miracle on Ice, 1980. 7. Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 in 1976, at the Montreal Olympics. 8. Eddy the Eagle _(real name Michael David Edwards)_, the British plasterer-turned-ski jumper, who was hopelessly outclassed at the 1988 Winter Games and finished dead last in both of his events – but still… he competed and finished. _ **Citius, Altius, Fortius** _ indeed!! 9. The Jamaican Bobsled team, 1988 Winter Olympics - Despite the _Cool Runnings_ film (“about 1% accurate”), they really were quite awful and never came close to placing. 10. When that disabled Olympic archer lit the cauldron with a flaming arrow, Barcelona 1992 Pass. ---
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**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5563 "2024-07-29T13:13:04Z")
**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-) - The Simpsons ---
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**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-) - The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5565 "2024-07-29T13:31:05Z")
**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-) - The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart ---
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**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-) - The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days It doesn’t say “memorable for a good reason.” 🙃 ---
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**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5568 "2024-07-29T16:14:01Z")
**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit 7. [Riker gives the order to fire on the Borg ship holding Captain Picard](https://www.startrek.com/videos/c4i5dvj6ntpt)- Star Trek the Next Generation ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5569 "2024-07-29T17:36:55Z")
**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit 7. [Riker gives the order to fire on the Borg ship holding Captain Picard](https://www.startrek.com/videos/c4i5dvj6ntpt)- Star Trek the Next Generation 8. [Andy and Johnny Change the Format](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzgLeC54cqs) – also from WKRP in Cincinnati _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM)- Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit 7. [Riker gives the order to fire on the Borg ship holding Captain Picard](https://www.startrek.com/videos/c4i5dvj6ntpt)- Star Trek the Next Generation 8. [Bobby Ewing returns, “It was all a dream!”](https://youtu.be/PdOpQE5miP4?si=w8BjQY_a5kCEoMME) - Dallas ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5571 "2024-07-29T17:44:56Z")
[quote=“Bicycle\_Bill, post:5569, topic:972711”] **Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit 7. [Riker gives the order to fire on the Borg ship holding Captain Picard](https://www.startrek.com/videos/c4i5dvj6ntpt)- Star Trek the Next Generation 8. [Andy and Johnny Change the Format](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzgLeC54cqs) – also from WKRP in Cincinnati 9. [Bobby Ewing returns, “It was all a dream!”](https://youtu.be/PdOpQE5miP4?si=w8BjQY_a5kCEoMME) - Dallas Housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5572 "2024-07-29T18:40:59Z")
**Memorable moments from scripted television** 1. “[As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4).” - WKRP In Cincinnati 2. [Homer eats potato chips in space](https://youtu.be/adpUNslsmn4?si=F5fQKzy-pf0TMXK-)- The Simpsons 3. [Vitameatavegamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE) - I Love Lucy 4. [End of Newhart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdUWXf8jJk) - Newhart 5. [Fonzie jumps the shark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs9M1m-dpgM) - Happy Days 6. [A young and very jonesing Beth Harmon crams her mouth full of delicious, delicious green pills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDCEDX4n-g) - The Queen’s Gambit 7. [Riker gives the order to fire on the Borg ship holding Captain Picard](https://www.startrek.com/videos/c4i5dvj6ntpt)- Star Trek the Next Generation 8. [Andy and Johnny Change the Format](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzgLeC54cqs) – also from WKRP in Cincinnati 9. [Bobby Ewing returns, “It was all a dream!”](https://youtu.be/PdOpQE5miP4?si=w8BjQY_a5kCEoMME) - Dallas 10. [Eric talks to his parents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7ElOc6uLQ) - That 70s Show (Pilot episode) It opens with the guys in Forman’s basement, then Eric being called upstairs by his parents. When the wallpaper moved, I lost it. pass ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5573 "2024-07-29T18:52:26Z")
**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5574 "2024-07-29T18:54:04Z")
**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5575 "2024-07-29T19:26:32Z")
**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ Was one of my male role models; as a teenager, I had a crush on Daphne Zuniga, who played his girlfriend Jo Reynolds. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5576 "2024-07-29T20:47:28Z")
**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ 4. Wilson, _Home Improvement_ I’ve been told that I have a face for radio, so a role where only my eyes and the top half of my head would ever be seen sounds like it was actually written for me. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ 4. Wilson, _Home Improvement_ 5. Cousin Itt, _The Addams Family_ That’s about the limits of my acting talent right there. The guy in the costume didn’t even do the voice; he just walked around on the set. ---
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**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ 4. Wilson, _Home Improvement_ 5. Cousin Itt, _The Addams Family_ 6. Jethro Bodine, _The Beverly Hillbillies_ Seriously, I wanted to BE Hank Kimball - or at least a county agent - when I was a kid. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5579 "2024-07-29T21:30:37Z")
**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ 4. Wilson, _Home Improvement_ 5. Cousin Itt, _The Addams Family_ 6. Jethro Bodine, _The Beverly Hillbillies_ 7. Prof. Pepperwinkle, _The Adventures of Superman_ Too obvious? ---
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**TV characters you wish you could have played as an actor** 1. Hank Kimball, _Green Acres_ 2. Don Draper, _Mad Men_ 3. Jake Hanson, _Melrose Place_ 4. Wilson, _Home Improvement_ 5. Cousin Itt, _The Addams Family_ 6. Jethro Bodine, _The Beverly Hillbillies_ 7. Ralph Hinkley/Hanley, _The Greatest American Hero_ Last name changed after John Hinkley shot Reagan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=278) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=280)