# 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:** 401
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8001 "2025-04-29T19:42:37Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8002 "2025-04-29T20:12:49Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ ---
**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 29, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8003 "2025-04-29T20:20:18Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _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:** [April 29, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8004 "2025-04-29T21:25:19Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Gilligan (Bob Denver) - _Gilligan’s Island_ Real castaways would have either crucified or cut off his arms and legs and eaten him raw after the tenth time he blew everyone’s escape from the island. If their jobs were to get off the island, Gilligan failed everyone spectacularly. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8005 "2025-04-30T00:01:51Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Gilligan (Bob Denver) - _Gilligan’s Island_ 7. Ava Coleman (Janelle James) - _Abbott Elementary_ Should never have been hired, and does get fired. Or does she? ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8006 "2025-04-30T00:13:09Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Gilligan (Bob Denver) - _Gilligan’s Island_ 7. Ava Coleman (Janelle James) - _Abbott Elementary_ 8. Barney Fife (Don Knotts) - _The Andy Griffith Show_ It’s established early in the series that Barney and Andy are cousins. It doesn’t get a lot of play as the show goes on, and I think that whole thing was eventually dropped altogether, but it would go a long way toward explaining how Barney can keep his job. Even so, one would expect that the mayor or town council or someone influential would have enough juice to force him out if they felt strongly enough about it. The real saving grace for him is probably that there’s no significant amount of truly important stuff for a deputy to do, day to day, in Mayberry. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8007 "2025-04-30T01:25:30Z")
Everyone likes Barney and being Deputy gives him a sense of purpose and keeps him out of trouble so why rock the boat? **Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Gilligan (Bob Denver) - _Gilligan’s Island_ 7. Ava Coleman (Janelle James) - _Abbott Elementary_ 8. Barney Fife (Don Knotts) - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 9. John Martin (Herbert Edelman) -_Big John Little John_ This ones’ a bit obscure but the premise is that teacher John Martin drank from the fountain of youth and so sometimes turns into a boy who is enrolled in his class. Which means that either the teacher isn’t doing his job half the time or the boy is truant half the time. In either case there is no way this could be sustainable. ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8008 "2025-04-30T01:43:55Z")
**Should have been fired a long time ago, but somehow kept their job** 1. Linda (Shawnee Smith) - _Becker_ 2. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) - _WKRP in Cincinnati_ 3. Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) - _The Simpsons_ 4. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) - _Community_ 5. Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Gilligan (Bob Denver) - _Gilligan’s Island_ 7. Ava Coleman (Janelle James) - _Abbott Elementary_ 8. Barney Fife (Don Knotts) - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 9. John Martin (Herbert Edelman) -_Big John Little John_ 10. Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff) - _The West Wing_ He’s one of the best in the world at speech-writing, but has a real attitude problem. Eventually, he _does_ get fired for leaking classified information about the military Space Shuttle. Bartlet ultimately pardons him from prosecution on the way out the door, though. New category: **Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8009 "2025-04-30T01:46:14Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8010 "2025-04-30T01:51:02Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Everyone likes Barney and being Deputy gives him a sense of purpose and keeps him out of trouble so why rock the boat? I’ll readily concede that point. Firing him would most definitely be a massively unpopular decision in the town. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8011 "2025-04-30T01:54:53Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8012 "2025-04-30T03:57:13Z")
**ekedolphin** , I hated Toby on _The West Wing_ too. A talented wordsmith but rude, arrogant, self-righteous and curt. In his very first scene, he’s giving a flight attendant a hard time. **Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8013 "2025-04-30T04:05:41Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8014 "2025-04-30T04:15:05Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ 6. “The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification” - _The Big Bang Theory_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8015 "2025-04-30T04:59:22Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ 6. “The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification” - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail” - _The West Wing_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8016 "2025-04-30T10:50:15Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ 6. “The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification” - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail” - _The West Wing_ 8. “Dante and Randal and Jay and Silent Bob and a Bunch of New Characters and Lando, Take Part in a Whole Bunch of Movie Parodies Including But Not Exclusive To, The Bad News Bears, The Last Starfighter, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Plus a High School Reunion” - _Clerks: The Animated Series_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8017 "2025-04-30T11:18:12Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ 6. “The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification” - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail” - _The West Wing_ 8. “Dante and Randal and Jay and Silent Bob and a Bunch of New Characters and Lando, Take Part in a Whole Bunch of Movie Parodies Including But Not Exclusive To, The Bad News Bears, The Last Starfighter, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Plus a High School Reunion” - _Clerks: The Animated Series_ 9. “Peter Pan, the Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting and a River Runs Through It” - _The Conners_ Many of their episode titles are wordy lists of items. ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8018 "2025-04-30T17:03:14Z")
**Very long episode titles** 1. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 2. “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” - _Star Trek_ 3. “The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends” - _Friends_ 4. “Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven” - _Frasier_ 5. “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader’s Bosom” - _Young Sheldon_ 6. “The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification” - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail” - _The West Wing_ 8. “Dante and Randal and Jay and Silent Bob and a Bunch of New Characters and Lando, Take Part in a Whole Bunch of Movie Parodies Including But Not Exclusive To, The Bad News Bears, The Last Starfighter, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Plus a High School Reunion” - _Clerks: The Animated Series_ 9. “Peter Pan, the Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting and a River Runs Through It” - _The Conners_ 10. “I Don’t Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over, I Want to Know Right Now, Will It Be… Sorry. Do Do Doo Do Do, Do Do Doo Do Do, Do Do Doo Do Do, Doo…” - _King of the Hill_ Next: **Very short episode titles** 1. “Fire” - _The A-Team_ ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8019 "2025-04-30T17:13:26Z")
**Very short episode titles** 1. “Fire” - _The A-Team_ 2. “33” - _Battlestar Galactica_ Relentless pursuit by the Cylons forces the Colonial Fleet to make a hyperspace jump every 33 minutes (hence the episode title). ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8020 "2025-04-30T17:39:10Z")
**Very short episode titles** 1. “Fire” - _The A-Team_ 2. “33” - _Battlestar Galactica_ 3. “Han” - _The West Wing_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=402)