# 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:** 286
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5701 "2024-08-17T10:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > **Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ ---
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**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5703 "2024-08-17T15:20:35Z")
**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ There are several other candidates from _Bojack_, depending on the definition of “better known” and perhaps the tastes and age of the person answering that question. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5704 "2024-08-17T16:14:09Z")
**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ 6. Teri Garr as the voice of Mary McGinnis in _Batman Beyond_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5705 "2024-08-17T18:10:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > **TV shows where the grandparent/s live with the main character/s** > > > > 1. Frasier > > Martin was Frasier’s dad, not his grandfather. You are correct; Martin was Frederick’s grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5706 "2024-08-17T18:13:00Z")
**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ 6. Teri Garr as the voice of Mary McGinnis in _Batman Beyond_ 7. Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series_ ---
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[quote=“knoodler, post:5706, topic:972711, full:true”] **Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ 6. Teri Garr as the voice of Mary McGinnis in _Batman Beyond_ 7. Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series_ 8. John Forsythe as the voice of ‘Charlie’ in _Charlie’s Angels_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5708 "2024-08-18T01:49:35Z")
**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ 6. Teri Garr as the voice of Mary McGinnis in _Batman Beyond_ 7. Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series_ 8. John Forsythe as the voice of ‘Charlie’ in _Charlie’s Angels_ 9. Bryan Cranston as the voice of astronaut Cmdr. Tony Drake on _Archer_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5709 "2024-08-18T02:24:25Z")
**Voice actors on a series who were better known for something else** 1. Serena Williams as a guard in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ 2. Lorenzo Music as Carlton your doorman on _Rhoda_ 3. Mike Tyson as a fictionalized version of himself in _Mike Tyson Mysteries_ 4. Alanis Morisette as Judy Tobin’s sky mentor in _The Great North_ 5. Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen in _Bojack Horseman_, perhaps better known as Trudy Campbell in _Mad Men_ 6. Teri Garr as the voice of Mary McGinnis in _Batman Beyond_ 7. Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series_ 8. John Forsythe as the voice of ‘Charlie’ in _Charlie’s Angels_ 9. Bryan Cranston as the voice of astronaut Cmdr. Tony Drake on _Archer_ 10. Jonathan Frakes as David Xanatos in _Gargoyles_ Pass. (It was my category.) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5710 "2024-08-18T18:01:56Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5711 "2024-08-18T18:11:09Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5712 "2024-08-18T18:15:07Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5713 "2024-08-18T18:16:44Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5714 "2024-08-18T19:42:57Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr Quincy) ---
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**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr. Quincy) 6. William Shatner - _S - - ! My Dad Says_ (Dr. Ed Goodson) and _Star Trek_ (Capt. James T. Kirk) ---
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**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr. Quincy) 6. William Shatner - _S - - ! My Dad Says_ (Dr. Ed Goodson) and _Star Trek_ (Capt. James T. Kirk) 7. Buddy Ebsen – _The Beverly Hillbillies_ (Jed Clampett) and _Barnaby Jones_ (the eponymous private investigator) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5717 "2024-08-18T21:26:48Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr. Quincy) 6. William Shatner - _S - - ! My Dad Says_ (Dr. Ed Goodson) and _Star Trek_ (Capt. James T. Kirk) 7. Buddy Ebsen – _The Beverly Hillbillies_ (Jed Clampett) and _Barnaby Jones_ (the eponymous private investigator) 8. Harry Morgan - _MASH_ (Col. Sherman Potter) and _Dragnet_ (Officer Bill Gannon) ---
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**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr. Quincy) 6. William Shatner - _S - - ! My Dad Says_ (Dr. Ed Goodson) and _Star Trek_ (Capt. James T. Kirk) 7. Buddy Ebsen – _The Beverly Hillbillies_ (Jed Clampett) and _Barnaby Jones_ (the eponymous private investigator) 8. Harry Morgan - _MASH_ (Col. Sherman Potter) and _Dragnet_ (Officer Bill Gannon) 9. Jim Carrey - _In Living Color_ (main cast) and _Kidding_ (Jeff Piccirillo) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5719 "2024-08-18T21:52:23Z")
**Actors who have done both comedy and drama** 1. John Lithgow-- _3rd Rock from the Sun_ (Dick Solomon) and _The Crown_ (Winston Churchill) 2. Hugh Laurie - _Blackadder_ (various) and _House_ (House) 3. Ed Asner - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (Lou Grant) and _Lou Grant_ (Lou Grant) 4. Andy Griffith - _The Andy Griffith Show_ (Andy Taylor) and _Matlock_ (Ben Matlock) 5. Jack Klugman - _The Odd Couple_ (Oscar Madison) and _Quincy, ME_ (Dr. Quincy) 6. William Shatner - _S - - ! My Dad Says_ (Dr. Ed Goodson) and _Star Trek_ (Capt. James T. Kirk) 7. Buddy Ebsen – _The Beverly Hillbillies_ (Jed Clampett) and _Barnaby Jones_ (the eponymous private investigator) 8. Harry Morgan - _MASH_ (Col. Sherman Potter) and _Dragnet_ (Officer Bill Gannon) 9. Jim Carrey - _In Living Color_ (main cast) and _Kidding_ (Jeff Piccirillo) 10. Hannah Waddingham - _Ted Lasso_ (Rebecca Welton) and _Game of Thrones_ (Septa Unella) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5720 "2024-08-19T02:21:15Z")
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