# 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:** 38
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/741 "2023-01-05T17:16:59Z")
**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork and Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/742 "2023-01-05T18:28:56Z")
**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork & Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds 6. Rowdy Yates, from _Rawhide_: Clint Eastwood ---
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**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork & Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds 6. Rowdy Yates, from _Rawhide_: Clint Eastwood 7. Josh Randall, from _Wanted: Dead or Alive_: Steve McQueen _ **-“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:** [January 5, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/744 "2023-01-05T19:00:41Z")
**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork & Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds 6. Rowdy Yates, from _Rawhide_: Clint Eastwood 7. Josh Randall, from _Wanted: Dead or Alive_: Steve McQueen 8. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, from _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: Patrick Stewart ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/745 "2023-01-05T19:57:54Z")
**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork & Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds 6. Rowdy Yates, from _Rawhide_: Clint Eastwood 7. Josh Randall, from _Wanted: Dead or Alive_: Steve McQueen 8. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, from _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: Patrick Stewart 9. Vinnie Barbarino, from _Welcome Back, Kotter_: John Travolta ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/746 "2023-01-05T20:07:51Z")
**Early TV Roles of Later Movie Stars** 1. Mork, from _Mork & Mindy_: Robin Williams 2. David Addison Jr., from _Moonlighting_: Bruce Willis 3. Kip Wilson, from _Bosom Buddies_: Tom Hanks 4. Booker Brooks, from _Roseanne_: George Clooney 5. Quint, from _Gunsmoke_: Burt Reynolds 6. Rowdy Yates, from _Rawhide_: Clint Eastwood 7. Josh Randall, from _Wanted: Dead or Alive_: Steve McQueen 8. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, from _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: Patrick Stewart 9. Vinnie Barbarino, from _Welcome Back, Kotter_: John Travolta 10. Fire Marshall Bill, from _In Living Color_: Jim Carrey **TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/747 "2023-01-05T20:15:57Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/748 "2023-01-05T20:17:25Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/749 "2023-01-05T20:25:40Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/750 "2023-01-05T21:06:27Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/751 "2023-01-05T23:01:32Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ 6. Mr. French - _Family Affair_ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/752 "2023-01-05T23:06:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ 6. Mr. French - _Family Affair_ 7. Hudson - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ (for Americans, _Masterpiece Theatre_) ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/753 "2023-01-05T23:10:55Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ 6. Mr. French - _Family Affair_ 7. Hudson - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ (for Americans, _Masterpiece Theatre_) 8. Carson - _Downton Abbey_ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/754 "2023-01-06T03:14:42Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ 6. Mr. French - _Family Affair_ 7. Hudson - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ (for Americans, _Masterpiece Theatre_) 8. Carson - _Downton Abbey_ 9. Brett - _Grace Under Fire_ 😁 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/755 "2023-01-06T05:36:03Z")
**TV Butlers** 1. Alfred - _Batman_ 2. Benson - Soap 3. Lurch - _The Addams Family_ 4. Max - Hart to Hart 5. Mr. Belvedere - _Mr. Belvedere_ 6. Mr. French - _Family Affair_ 7. Hudson - _Upstairs, Downstairs_ (for Americans, _Masterpiece Theatre_) 8. Carson - _Downton Abbey_ 9. Brett - _Grace Under Fire_ 10. Hirsch - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/756 "2023-01-06T11:13:29Z")
**TV Bosses** 1. Mr. Spacely - _The Jetsons_ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/757 "2023-01-06T12:50:43Z")
**TV Bosses** 1. Mr. Spacely - _The Jetsons_ 2. Alan Brady - The Dick Van Dyke Show ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/758 "2023-01-06T12:56:24Z")
**TV Bosses** 1. Mr. Spacely - _The Jetsons_ 2. Alan Brady - The Dick Van Dyke Show 3. Mr. Slate - _The Flintstones_ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/759 "2023-01-06T13:26:20Z")
**TV Bosses** 1. Mr. Spacely - _The Jetsons_ 2. Alan Brady - The Dick Van Dyke Show 3. Mr. Slate - _The Flintstones_ 4. Lou Grant - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/760 "2023-01-06T13:35:53Z")
**TV Bosses** 1. Mr. Spacely - _The Jetsons_ 2. Alan Brady - The Dick Van Dyke Show 3. Mr. Slate - _The Flintstones_ 4. Lou Grant - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 5. Col. Potter - _MASH_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=39)