# 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:** 418
**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 26, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8341 "2025-05-26T00:16:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Still More Great Television Themes** 1. Ballad of Jed Clampett (Theme from _The Beverly Hillbillies_) 2. The Simpsons Theme (_The Simpsons_) 3. [_Miami Vice_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPTZqnIfFM) Theme 4. Love Is All Around (_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_) 5. Theme from _The Addams Family_ 6. Second Chance (_2 Broke Girls_) 7. William Tell Overture (_The Lone Ranger_) 8. Theme from _Zorro_ 9. Theme from _Doctor Who_ 10. “Those were the Days” from _All in the Family_ **Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8344 "2025-05-26T00:36:32Z")
> [@](#): > > **Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8345 "2025-05-26T00:37:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a formed magician Also, Nimoy guest-starred on [an episode of Shatner’s _T.J. Hooker_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0715493/), as another cop, who was a former partner of Hooker’s. ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8346 "2025-05-26T00:40:59Z")
Right you are! Thanks. I’d forgotten that: [Pop Culture Moment: William Shatner And Leonard Nimoy Reunite On ‘T.J. Hooker’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/02/05/pop-culture-moment-william-shatner-and-leonard-nimoy-reunite-on-tj-hooker/) ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. (Housekeeping) ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. And Galecki has appeared in a few episodes of _The Conners._ ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. 6. **Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth** - both appeared in _Cheers_, she made an occasional guest appearance on _Frasier_, and both made a single appearance on different episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. 6. **Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth** - both appeared in _Cheers_, she made an occasional guest appearance on _Frasier_, and both made a single appearance on different episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. 7. **Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette** : both appeared as husband and wife in _The Bob Newhart Show_; Pleshette made a guest appearance in the final episode of _Newhart_, again playing Bob’s wife. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. 6. **Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth** - both appeared in _Cheers_, she made an occasional guest appearance on _Frasier_, and both made a single appearance on different episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. 7. **Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette** : both appeared as husband and wife in _The Bob Newhart Show_; Pleshette made a guest appearance in the final episode of _Newhart_, again playing Bob’s wife. 8. **Hank Azaria and Yeardley Smith** - both were voice actors on _The Simpsons_ at the same time they were lead actors on the short-lived sitcom _Herman’s Head_. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. 6. **Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth** - both appeared in _Cheers_, she made an occasional guest appearance on _Frasier_, and both made a single appearance on different episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. 7. **Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette** : both appeared as husband and wife in _The Bob Newhart Show_; Pleshette made a guest appearance in the final episode of _Newhart_, again playing Bob’s wife. 8. **Hank Azaria and Yeardley Smith** - both were voice actors on _The Simpsons_ at the same time they were lead actors on the short-lived sitcom _Herman’s Head_. 9. **Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, and Alan Tudyk** : All of them starred together on _Firefly_; Baldwin, Torres, Staite, and Glau all made guest appearances on Fillion’s next series, _Castle_, while Tudyk made guest appearances on Fillion’s subsequent series, _The Rookie_, and Fillion made guest appearances on Tudyk’s _Resident Alien_. ---
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**Two actors who appeared on the same two shows-- guest stars, recurring roles, stars, whatever** 1. **Allan Arbus & Ed Winter** : both had recurring roles throughout _MASH_; Arbus had a 1-off on _Cagney & Lacey_, and Winter a recurring role in one season. 2. **Andy Griffith and Don Knotts** : both starred in _The Andy Griffith Show_; Knotts played a recurring character on _Matlock_, in which Griffith had the lead role. 3. **William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy** - both starred on _Star Trek_, of course; Shatner appeared twice on _Mission: Impossible_ and Nimoy joined the cast as an IMF agent who was a former magician. 4. **Sharon Gless** appeared on an episode of _The Bob Newhart Show_, then later starred on _Cagney & Lacey,_ where she interviewed a character played by **Moosie Drier** , the kid who played Howie Borden on _The Bob Newhart Show_. 5. **Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert** starred in _Roseanne_, and later, Gilbert appeared in _The Big Bang Theory_ in a recurring role, with Galecki as a main cast member. 6. **Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth** - both appeared in _Cheers_, she made an occasional guest appearance on _Frasier_, and both made a single appearance on different episodes of _Star Trek: The Next Generation_. 7. **Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette** : both appeared as husband and wife in _The Bob Newhart Show_; Pleshette made a guest appearance in the final episode of _Newhart_, again playing Bob’s wife. 8. **Hank Azaria and Yeardley Smith** - both were voice actors on _The Simpsons_ at the same time they were lead actors on the short-lived sitcom _Herman’s Head_. 9. **Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, and Alan Tudyk** : All of them starred together on _Firefly_; Baldwin, Torres, Staite, and Glau all made guest appearances on Fillion’s next series, _Castle_, while Tudyk made guest appearances on Fillion’s subsequent series, _The Rookie_, and Fillion made guest appearances on Tudyk’s _Resident Alien_. 10. **Jennie Garth and Grant Show** - Their characters Kelly Taylor and Jake Hanson met on _Beverly Hills 90210_ and for a very brief period were romantically involved on its spinoff, _Melrose Place._ **Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. 4. **Ernie Kovacs** - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. 4. **Ernie Kovacs** - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows. 5. **Mort Sahl** - We have a **mortsaulfan** here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. 4. **Ernie Kovacs** - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows. 5. **Mort Sahl** - We have a **mortsaulfan** here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me. 6. **Jack Paar** - Apparently, he’s been an actor, comedian, and a talk show host, and I’ve never seen a thing he’s done. ---
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**Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. 4. **Ernie Kovacs** - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows. 5. **Mort Sahl** - We have a **mortsaulfan** here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me. 6. **Jack Paar** - Apparently, he’s been an actor, comedian, and a talk show host, and I’ve never seen a thing he’s done. 7. **Rock Hudson** - He appeared as himself in an _I Love Lucy_ episode that I heard of, I think. And I think he was in the closet. But that’s all I know about him. ---
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> [@](#): > > **Famous actors who you have only heard of** 1. **Benny Hill** - I am told this is a very famous and excellent English comedian. He must be a bit before my time, for I can’t put a face to him and have no recollection of seeing any of his media. 2. **Garrick Utley** - I have heard of him but I haven’t seen his work. I was too young to watch the events of Vietnam on TV. 3. **Colin Farrell** - I’ve heard his name but I don’t know who he is or what he’s been in. 4. **Ernie Kovacs** - he’s apparently some sort of comedy savant but I’ve seen his shows. 5. **Mort Sahl** - We have a **mortsaulfan** here, so he has some level of fame, but unknown to me. 6. **Jack Paar** - Apparently, he’s been an actor, comedian, and a talk show host, and I’ve never seen a thing he’s done. 7. **Rock Hudson** - He appeared as himself in an _I Love Lucy_ episode that I heard of, I think. And I think he was in the closet. But that’s all I know about him. 8. Ricky Jervais-- or maybe Gervais. Gervase? Only heard it, never seen it written. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=419)