# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\
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**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6261 "2024-10-01T15:05:28Z")

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**_Simpson_ized!** (Outside events parodied on the show)

1. “That’s odd. Usually the blood gets off on the second floor.” - Mr. Burns, in a parody of _The Shining_, watching blood flow from the elevators.
2. FOPS and DANDIES - Signs at the two separate entrances to the Vienna Opera House, parodying _Amadeus_
3. Rosebud - The Simpsons send up _Citizen Kane_ with Mr. Burns and his bear Bobo.
4. “Doctor Zaius” - sung to the tune of “Rock Me Amadeus”, and performed in musical adaptation of _The Planet of the Apes_ (re-named on the show as “Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off!”, itself a play on the title of another musical, “Stop the World - I Want to Get Off!”)
5. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is referenced in “Deep Space Homer” in a few ways - thinking specifically of the zero-grav potato-chip-eating ballet set to “The Blue Danube.”
6. In “Bart vs. Australia,” the Simpson family is air lifted out of the US Embassy in Australia, referencing the helicopter evacuation of the US Embassy in South Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon.
7. [The song “New Orleans,” from _Oh, Streetcar!_,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQjoaYIwQA) a musical version of _A Streetcar Named Desire_
8. “Who Shot Mr. Burns” - parody of Dallas’s “Who shot J.R.?” campaign.

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**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:** [October 1, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6262 "2024-10-01T23:02:45Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:6261, topic:972711, full:true”]  
**_Simpson_ized!** (Outside events parodied on the show)

1. “That’s odd. Usually the blood gets off on the second floor.” - Mr. Burns, in a parody of _The Shining_, watching blood flow from the elevators.
2. FOPS and DANDIES - Signs at the two separate entrances to the Vienna Opera House, parodying _Amadeus_
3. Rosebud - The Simpsons send up _Citizen Kane_ with Mr. Burns and his bear Bobo.
4. “Doctor Zaius” - sung to the tune of “Rock Me Amadeus”, and performed in musical adaptation of _The Planet of the Apes_ (re-named on the show as “Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off!”, itself a play on the title of another musical, “Stop the World - I Want to Get Off!”)
5. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is referenced in “Deep Space Homer” in a few ways - thinking specifically of the zero-grav potato-chip-eating ballet set to “The Blue Danube.”
6. In “Bart vs. Australia,” the Simpson family is air lifted out of the US Embassy in Australia, referencing the helicopter evacuation of the US Embassy in South Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon.
7. [The song “New Orleans,” from _Oh, Streetcar!_,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQjoaYIwQA) a musical version of _A Streetcar Named Desire_
8. “Who Shot Mr. Burns” - parody of Dallas’s “Who shot J.R.?” campaign.
9. Also in “Bart vs Australia”. The international incident regarding Bart’s punishment, parodied the issue with [Michael Fey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Michael_Fay) in Singapore.

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**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:** [October 2, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6263 "2024-10-02T19:30:16Z")

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**_Simpson_ized!** (Outside events parodied on the show)

1. “That’s odd. Usually the blood gets off on the second floor.” - Mr. Burns, in a parody of _The Shining_, watching blood flow from the elevators.
2. FOPS and DANDIES - Signs at the two separate entrances to the Vienna Opera House, parodying _Amadeus_
3. Rosebud - The Simpsons send up _Citizen Kane_ with Mr. Burns and his bear Bobo.
4. “Doctor Zaius” - sung to the tune of “Rock Me Amadeus”, and performed in musical adaptation of _The Planet of the Apes_ (re-named on the show as “Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off!”, itself a play on the title of another musical, “Stop the World - I Want to Get Off!”)
5. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is referenced in “Deep Space Homer” in a few ways - thinking specifically of the zero-grav potato-chip-eating ballet set to “The Blue Danube.”
6. In “Bart vs. Australia,” the Simpson family is air lifted out of the US Embassy in Australia, referencing the helicopter evacuation of the US Embassy in South Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon.
7. [The song “New Orleans,” from _Oh, Streetcar!_,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQjoaYIwQA) a musical version of _A Streetcar Named Desire_
8. “Who Shot Mr. Burns” - parody of Dallas’s “Who shot J.R.?” campaign.
9. Also in “Bart vs Australia”. The international incident regarding Bart’s punishment, parodied the issue with [Michael Fey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Michael_Fay) in Singapore.
10. Not long after Tony Blair became British PM, he provided his own voice on the show, welcoming the Simpsons to the UK and then flying away with his jetpack.

Pass.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6264 "2024-10-06T22:07:18Z")

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I hope no one minds if I start another. I’m on something of a _Simpsons_ bender.

**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer

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**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:** [October 7, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6265 "2024-10-07T00:07:16Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6266 "2024-10-07T01:53:03Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.

The first series appearance for the aliens Kang and Kodos; their cookbook (“How to Cook for Forty Humans”), and the entire segment, is a reference to the _Twilight Zone_ episode “To Serve Man.”

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**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:** [October 7, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6267 "2024-10-07T02:04:06Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6268 "2024-10-07T13:02:36Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.

“_Murder_-suicides!”

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**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:** [October 7, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6269 "2024-10-07T13:40:48Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.
6. Homer3 - Homer hides behind a bookcase and enters a world that is 3D. He is then sucked through a black hole and ends up in Sherman Oaks where he is frightened to see live action people until he finds an erotic cake store.

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**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:** [October 7, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6270 "2024-10-07T17:10:33Z")

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> [@Nonsuch](#):
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> 1. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.

Mmmmmm. Unexplained bacon…

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6271 "2024-10-07T17:23:43Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.
6. Homer3 - Homer hides behind a bookcase and enters a world that is 3D. He is then sucked through a black hole and ends up in Sherman Oaks where he is frightened to see live action people until he finds an erotic cake store.
7. King Homer - a parody of _King Kong._

“I was strolling through the gas one day…”

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**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:** [October 7, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6272 "2024-10-07T18:00:47Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.
6. Homer3 - Homer hides behind a bookcase and enters a world that is 3D. He is then sucked through a black hole and ends up in Sherman Oaks where he is frightened to see live action people until he finds an erotic cake store.
7. King Homer - a parody of _King Kong._
8. I Know What You Diddily Iddily Did - parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer

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**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:** [October 8, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6273 "2024-10-08T13:36:40Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.
6. Homer3 - Homer hides behind a bookcase and enters a world that is 3D. He is then sucked through a black hole and ends up in Sherman Oaks where he is frightened to see live action people until he finds an erotic cake store.
7. King Homer - a parody of _King Kong._
8. I Know What You Diddily Iddily Did - parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer
9. In “Time and Punishment” Homer travels to the past using a toaster. At first he tries not to change the future but he gets angrier and more destructive every time he goes back.

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**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:** [October 8, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6274 "2024-10-08T22:10:53Z")

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**_The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror_ segments**

1. A Clown Without Pity - An evil Krusty doll terrorizes Homer
2. Hell Toupee - A hairpiece made from hair donated from an executed killer turns Homer homicidal
3. Hungry Are the Damned - Two aliens abduct the Simpsons, and hold a feast for them, though Lisa suspects it’s a ploy to fatten the Earthlings up, in order to be eaten.
4. James Earl Jones reads Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.”
5. The Simpsons move into a smart house, whose Pierce Brosnan-voiced AI falls in love with Marge.
6. Homer3 - Homer hides behind a bookcase and enters a world that is 3D. He is then sucked through a black hole and ends up in Sherman Oaks where he is frightened to see live action people until he finds an erotic cake store.
7. King Homer - a parody of _King Kong._
8. I Know What You Diddily Iddily Did - parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer
9. In “Time and Punishment” Homer travels to the past using a toaster. At first he tries not to change the future but he gets angrier and more destructive every time he goes back.
10. Monkey’s paw: Parody of WW Jacobs short story of the same name, the paw grants wishes which generally come true in a bad way, except when Flanders uses it.

**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

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**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6275 "2024-10-08T23:29:37Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?

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**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:** [October 9, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6276 "2024-10-09T00:06:56Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?
3. Got milk?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6277 "2024-10-09T01:03:36Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?
3. Got milk?
4. How _you_ doin’?

As asked by Joey on _Friends_.

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6278 "2024-10-09T01:31:38Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?
3. Got milk?
4. How _you_ doin’?
5. Will the Rabbit get _Trix_?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6279 "2024-10-09T01:34:29Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?
3. Got milk?
4. How _you_ doin’?
5. Will the Rabbit get _Trix_?
6. What’s in your wallet?

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**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:** [October 9, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6280 "2024-10-09T01:36:25Z")

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**Iconic questions that appear in TV episodes or commercials.**

1. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
2. Where’s the beef?
3. Got milk?
4. How _you_ doin’?
5. Will the Rabbit get _Trix_?
6. What’s in your wallet?
7. _Now_, what would you pay?

Heard many times on commercials and infomercials for all kinds of “as seen on TV” products.

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