# 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:** 406
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8101 "2025-05-08T04:09:45Z")
**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_ 6. Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, company clerk - _MASH_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8102 "2025-05-08T08:55:39Z")
**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_ 6. Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, company clerk - _MASH_ 7. Don Draper, advertising executive - _Mad Men_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8103 "2025-05-08T10:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > **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_ 4. Clark Kent, newspaper reporter - _The Adventures of Superman_ 5. Olive Snook, waitress - _Pushing Daisies_ 6. Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, company clerk - _MASH_ 7. Don Draper, advertising executive - _Mad Men_ 8. Sheldon Cooper, PhD (assuming you mean medical doctors), senior theoretical physicist at CalTech, specializing in string theory. ---
**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 8, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8104 "2025-05-08T11:46:09Z")
**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_ 6. Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, company clerk - _MASH_ 7. Don Draper, advertising executive - _Mad Men_ 8. Sheldon Cooper, PhD (assuming you mean medical doctors), senior theoretical physicist at CalTech, specializing in string theory. 9. Toby Zeigler, Communications Director of the Whitehouse - _West Wing_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8105 "2025-05-08T13:09:25Z")
**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_ 6. Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, company clerk - _MASH_ 7. Don Draper, advertising executive - _Mad Men_ 8. Sheldon Cooper, PhD (assuming you mean medical doctors), senior theoretical physicist at CalTech, specializing in string theory. 9. Toby Zeigler, Communications Director of the Whitehouse - _West Wing_ 10. Giles French, valet/butler – _Family Affair_ There’s still more!! **Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyer):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8106 "2025-05-08T13:17:42Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyer):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8107 "2025-05-08T13:20:15Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyer):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ ---
**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, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8108 "2025-05-08T13:26:04Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyer):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ ---
**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, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8109 "2025-05-08T13:43:04Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8110 "2025-05-08T13:54:48Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ 6. Number 6, British intelligence agent - _The Prisoner_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8111 "2025-05-08T14:06:45Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ 6. Number 6, British intelligence agent - _The Prisoner_ 7. Piper Ratliff, college senior studying religion - _The White Lotus_ “Piper, no!” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8112 "2025-05-08T14:38:45Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ 6. Number 6, British intelligence agent - _The Prisoner_ 7. John Drake, British intelligence agent - _Danger Man_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8113 "2025-05-08T15:11:14Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ 6. Number 6, British intelligence agent - _The Prisoner_ 7. Piper Ratliff, college senior studying religion - _The White Lotus_ 8. John Drake, British intelligence agent - _Danger Man_ 9. Major Tony Nelson, U.S. Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut - _I Dream of Jeannie_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8114 "2025-05-08T16:24:07Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 4.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Michael Brady. architect – _The Brady Bunch_ 2. Thurston Howell III, capitalist - _Gilligan’s Island_ 3. Jay Sherman, film critic - _The Critic_ 4. Al Bundy, shoe salesman - _Married…with Children_ 5. Capt. James T. Kirk, starship commanding officer - _Star Trek_ 6. Number 6, British intelligence agent - _The Prisoner_ 7. Piper Ratliff, college senior studying religion - _The White Lotus_ 8. John Drake, British intelligence agent - _Danger Man_ 9. Major Tony Nelson, U.S. Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut - _I Dream of Jeannie_ 10. Leslie Knope, Deputy Director of Parks - _Parks and Recreation_ pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8115 "2025-05-08T17:21:33Z")
Let’s keep this going! **Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8116 "2025-05-08T17:29:18Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ 2. Willie Tanner, social worker - _ALF_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8117 "2025-05-08T17:40:36Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ 2. Willie Tanner, social worker - _ALF_ 3. Taco MacArthur, musican - _The League_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8118 "2025-05-08T17:42:45Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ 2. Willie Tanner, social worker - _ALF_ 3. Taco MacArthur, musican - _The League_ 4. Mel Sharples, diner owner and short-order cook - _Alice_ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8119 "2025-05-08T20:17:46Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ 2. Willie Tanner, social worker - _ALF_ 3. Taco MacArthur, musican - _The League_ 4. Mel Sharples, diner owner and short-order cook - _Alice_ 5. Jo Reynolds, photographer - _Melrose Place_ ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8120 "2025-05-08T20:37:10Z")
**Characters and their jobs – 5.0 (Please, no cops, firefighters, detectives, doctors, or lawyers):** 1. Latka Gravas, mechanic - _Taxi_ 2. Willie Tanner, social worker - _ALF_ 3. Taco MacArthur, musican - _The League_ 4. Mel Sharples, diner owner and short-order cook - _Alice_ 5. Jo Reynolds, photographer - _Melrose Place_ 6. Robert Randall, teacher (and pro wrestler on the weekends) - _Learning the Ropes_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=407)