# 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:** 397
**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:** [April 23, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7921 "2025-04-23T19:47:01Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Chip and Dale > > They’re Disney characters; however, Warner Bros. had a similar pair of characters, the Goofy Gophers, which may have been a spoof of Chip ‘n’ Dale. Hmm, thanks. I googled “Looney Toons Chip Dale” and thought I saw it confirmed that they were LT characters. **Jay Ward Characters** 1. Super Chicken 2. Quisp 3. Dudley Do-Right 4. Crusader Rabbit 5. Natasha Fatale 6. George of the Jungle 7. Aesop 8. Cap’n Crunch 9. Captain ‘Wrong Way’ Peachfuzz 10. Rocket “Rocky” J. Squirrel Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7922 "2025-04-24T02:04:37Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7923 "2025-04-24T02:18:18Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7924 "2025-04-24T02:35:22Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) Newton, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, had to retire due to an injury; this echoed actor Burt Reynolds’ history – he had been a running back for Florida State University, but was forced to retire from football after several injuries. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7925 "2025-04-24T03:25:52Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) Played by Rick Fox, former power forward of Los Angeles Lakers. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7926 "2025-04-24T03:56:36Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) Played by Alex Karras, who did indeed play pro football in real life. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7927 "2025-04-24T14:18:27Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) Ok - it was only high school. But I can’t find any other characters! Are you sure there are 10? I thought about Sam Malone’s coach, Coach, but that isn’t an athlete, although he was professional. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7928 "2025-04-24T14:47:21Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) 7. The Unusuals (Baseball) Detective Jason Walsh (Jeremy Renner) was a major league baseball player until his girlfriend was killed by some thugs. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7929 "2025-04-24T17:27:06Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) 7. The Unusuals (Baseball) 8. The White Shadow - Ken Reeves (Basketball) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7930 "2025-04-24T17:39:32Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) 7. The Unusuals (Baseball) 8. The White Shadow - Ken Reeves (Basketball) 9. Ballers - Spencer Strasmore (Football) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7931 "2025-04-24T17:47:14Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) 7. The Unusuals (Baseball) 8. The White Shadow - Ken Reeves (Basketball) 9. Cheers - Eddie LeBec (Hockey) He was a Hockey player before he became a mascot. I was able to think of a few more myself, I trust Dopers can think of one. 😀 ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7932 "2025-04-24T20:06:14Z")
**TV Shows Where a Character is/was a Professional Athlete** 1. Cheers - Sam Malone (Baseball) 2. The Norm Show - Norm Henderson (Hockey) 3. Evening Shade - Wood Newton (Football) 4. Oz - Jackson Vahue (Basketball) 5. Webster - George Papadopolis (Football) 6. Married with Children - Al Bundy (Football) 7. The Unusuals - Jason Walsh (Baseball) 8. The White Shadow - Ken Reeves (Basketball) 9. Cheers - Eddie LeBec (Hockey) 10. The Simpsons - Drederick Tatum (Boxing) Pass. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7933 "2025-04-24T20:30:08Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7934 "2025-04-24T21:01:51Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7935 "2025-04-24T21:50:15Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7936 "2025-04-24T22:00:59Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 4. Steve Urkel - Family Matters ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7937 "2025-04-24T22:34:49Z")
> [@](#): > > **The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 4. Steve Urkel - Family Matters 5. Whoever the Olsen twins played on _Full House_ ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7938 "2025-04-24T22:40:48Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 4. Steve Urkel - Family Matters 5. Whoever the Olsen twins played on _Full House_ 6. Marie Schrader - Breaking Bad ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7939 "2025-04-24T22:42:13Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 4. Steve Urkel - Family Matters 5. Whoever the Olsen twins played on _Full House_ 6. Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, and Tinky Winky - Teletubbies Can’t think of anything worse than this lot. Be my guest and choose the most offensive one. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7940 "2025-04-24T23:08:51Z")
**The Worst TV Characters of All Time** 1. Caillou - Caillou 2. Quagmire - Family Guy 3. Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory 4. Steve Urkel - Family Matters 5. Whoever the Olsen twins played on _Full House_ 6. Marie Schrader - Breaking Bad 7. Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, and Tinky Winky - Teletubbies 8. Mandy Hampton - The West Wing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=398)