# 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:** 405
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8081 "2025-05-07T16:05:24Z")
**Copycat shows** 1. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills - created after the success of Power Rangers 2. Cybill - Americanized version of the UK’s Absolutely Fabulous 3. Sanford & Son - based on the British show Steptoe & Son 4. The Outer Limits (1963) - copied the formula of the more popular _The Twilight Zone_ (1959) 5. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose - heavily inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6. The Addams Family - copied from The Munsters ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8082 "2025-05-07T16:15:39Z")
**Copycat shows** 1. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills - created after the success of Power Rangers 2. Cybill - Americanized version of the UK’s Absolutely Fabulous 3. Sanford & Son - based on the British show Steptoe & Son 4. The Outer Limits (1963) - copied the formula of the more popular _The Twilight Zone_ (1959) 5. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose - heavily inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6. The Addams Family - copied from The Munsters 7. The Flintstones - copied from The Honeymooners Also, I think it should be the other way around with the Munsters - Addams Family. Addams Family came first I believe (in the New Yorker Magazine). ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8083 "2025-05-07T16:25:06Z")
**Copycat shows** 1. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills - created after the success of Power Rangers 2. Cybill - Americanized version of the UK’s Absolutely Fabulous 3. Sanford & Son - based on the British show Steptoe & Son 4. The Outer Limits (1963) - copied the formula of the more popular _The Twilight Zone_ (1959) 5. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose - heavily inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6. The Addams Family - copied from The Munsters 7. The Flintstones - copied from The Honeymooners 8. The Honeymooners - copied from The Life of Riley, a radio series and then a 6-season TV show starring Frankie Gleason as Riley. The creator of the series sued Gleason and the network, but settled out of court. The Munsters copied the idea of a monster family from Charles Addams’ cartoons in the New Yorker. The Addams Family aired first, but went into production only after ABC learned about the Munsters going into production. They had already purchased the rights to the characters, but had to have Charles name them. It’s an iffy question. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8084 "2025-05-07T16:38:09Z")
**Copycat shows** 1. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills - created after the success of Power Rangers 2. Cybill - Americanized version of the UK’s Absolutely Fabulous 3. Sanford & Son - based on the British show Steptoe & Son 4. The Outer Limits (1963) - copied the formula of the more popular _The Twilight Zone_ (1959) 5. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose - heavily inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6. The Addams Family - copied from The Munsters 7. The Flintstones - copied from The Honeymooners 8. The Honeymooners - copied from The Life of Riley, 9. The Talk - copied from The View ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8085 "2025-05-07T16:38:31Z")
**Copycat shows** 1. Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills - created after the success of Power Rangers 2. Cybill - Americanized version of the UK’s Absolutely Fabulous 3. Sanford & Son - based on the British show Steptoe & Son 4. The Outer Limits (1963) - copied the formula of the more popular _The Twilight Zone_ (1959) 5. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose - heavily inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6. The Addams Family - copied from The Munsters 7. The Flintstones - copied from The Honeymooners 8. The Honeymooners - copied from The Life of Riley, 9. The Talk - copied from The View 10. Growing Pains - Created after the success of the Cosby Show Oh hey, that was my topic so pass ---
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More of these- **Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8089 "2025-05-07T19:44:43Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8090 "2025-05-07T20:06:23Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ 6. Cosmo Kramer, unemployed moocher - _Seinfeld_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8092 "2025-05-07T22:24:25Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ 6. Cosmo Kramer, unemployed moocher - _Seinfeld_ 7. Ralph Kramden, bus driver – _The Honeymooners_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8093 "2025-05-07T23:21:58Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ 6. Cosmo Kramer, unemployed moocher - _Seinfeld_ 7. Ralph Kramden, bus driver – _The Honeymooners_ 8. Kiffany, diner waitress - _Dead Like Me_ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8094 "2025-05-07T23:24:42Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ 6. Cosmo Kramer, unemployed moocher - _Seinfeld_ 7. Ralph Kramden, bus driver – _The Honeymooners_ 8. Kiffany, diner waitress - _Dead Like Me_ 9. Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds, space freighter captain and semi-retired resistance soldier - _Firefly_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Carlton, the doorman - _Rhoda_ 2. Joey Tribbiani, actor - _Friends_ 3. George Cooper Sr., high school football coach - _Young Sheldon_ 4. Bob Boucher, burger restaurant owner/operator - _Bob’s Burgers_ 5. Roz Doyle, radio producer - _Frasier_ 6. Cosmo Kramer, unemployed moocher - _Seinfeld_ 7. Ralph Kramden, bus driver – _The Honeymooners_ 8. Kiffany, diner waitress - _Dead Like Me_ 9. Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds, space freighter captain and semi-retired resistance soldier - _Firefly_ 10. Homer Simpson, safety inspector at a nuclear power plant - _The Simpsons_ pass ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8096 "2025-05-08T01:15:38Z")
More more more! **Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Sterling Archer, codename DUCHESS, spy - _Archer_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8097 "2025-05-08T01:28:33Z")
More more more! **Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Sterling Archer, codename DUCHESS, spy - _Archer_ 2. Ellis Dragon, founder and CEO of a biotech company - _Unstable_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8098 "2025-05-08T02:02:01Z")
**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Sterling Archer, codename DUCHESS, spy - _Archer_ 2. Ellis Dragon, founder and CEO of a biotech company - _Unstable_ 3. Cliff Clavin, mailman - _Cheers_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Sterling Archer, codename DUCHESS, spy - _Archer_ 2. Ellis Dragon, founder and CEO of a biotech company - _Unstable_ 3. Cliff Clavin, mailman - _Cheers_ 4. Clark Kent, newspaper reporter - _The Adventures of Superman_ ---
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**Characters and their jobs. Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers:** 1. Sterling Archer, codename DUCHESS, spy - _Archer_ 2. Ellis Dragon, founder and CEO of a biotech company - _Unstable_ 3. Cliff Clavin, mailman - _Cheers_ 4. Clark Kent, newspaper reporter - _The Adventures of Superman_ 5. Olive Snook, waitress - _Pushing Daisies_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=406)