TV trivia chain game #3

[Sampiro]

@tdn

11. Foulmouthed comedian and major TV star who number 10 called the funniest dishwasher on earth when they worked together in the same club before they were famous

Redd Foxx

12. Played above’s wife in his last TV series

Della Resse

13. 12’s female co-star in her most successful series to date

Roma Downey

14. Real life person 13 played in a 1998 TV movie

Annie Sullicvan

15. Actress who won an Oscar for playing the same role in another movie (by the same screenwriter)

Anne Bancroft

16. Actress 15’s husband

Mel Brooks

17. Female lead of 16’s movie that is currently in theaters

Uma Thurman?

Yes on all.

2 hints on
18. Controversial American who was once married to 17’s mother

a- he was an actor late in life (at least he appeared in movies and on tv shows and was in SAG) but that was not the main source of his fame
b- he was married to Uma’s mother before she married Uma’s father

[tdn]

18. Controversial American who was once married to 17’s mother

Timothy Leary. I never knew that!

19. 18’s famous goddaughter

Winona Ryder

20. American stage classic whose film adaptation 19 played adulterous teenager in (1990s)

The Age of Innocence?

21. Actress who played 19’s lover’s husband in 20

Michelle Pfeiffer?

22. Connect back to 1.

Um…

She was on Fantasy Island, another bad 70s show.

I think I went off the rails.

[Sampiro]

@tdn

20. American stage classic whose film adaptation 19 played adulterous teenager in (1990s)

The Age of Innocence?

Nope. Stage classic is the important part (from Broadway to London to 8th grade Jr. High productions). Hint: McCarthy.

[anyrose]

where are we? (i hate coming in in the middle of these things) may i have a recap of the unanswered questions in either or both sets?
thank you

we’ve already established I’m too lazy to figure these things out myself

[Sean_Factotum]

20. American stage classic whose film adaptation 19 played adulterous teenager in (1990s)
    The Crucible

21. Actress who played 19’s lover’s husband in 20

Joan Allen

22. Connect back to 1.

Um, often mistaken for Larry’s mom?

[Sampiro]

@Sean Factotum

21. Actress who played 19’s lover’s husband in 20

Joan Allen

22. Connect back to 1.

Um, often mistaken for Larry’s mom?

Well, the last one’s kind of difficult so I’ll give it. Joan Allen and Larry Hagman were both in the movie Nixon.

[Sampiro]

@Sampiro

Well, the last one’s kind of difficult so I’ll give it. Joan Allen and Larry Hagman were both in the movie Nixon.

Forgot to mention: Larry was cast as a corrupt manipulative and vicious hardball playing Texas oil tycoon. Now that was a brilliant stroke of casting, cause after playing a NASA officer on I Dream of Jeannie who but Oliver Stone would have ever thought of him for that role?

[anyrose]

@Sean Factotum

20. American stage classic whose film adaptation 19 played adulterous teenager in (1990s)
    The Crucible

21. Actress who played 19’s lover’s husband in 20

shouldn’t that be “19’s lover’s wife”?

@Sean Factotum

Joan Allen

22. Connect back to 1.

Um, often mistaken for Larry’s mom?

Joan Allen wasn’t on the major character’s cast list, but Sian Phillips played Mrs Archer
No idea how to get her back to Mary Martin tho

[anyrose]

In fact - Joan Allen wasn’t in URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106226/fullcredits]Age Of Innocence (1993) at all!

[anyrose]

damn coding hamsters
Age Of Innocence (1993)

[Sean_Factotum]

@anyrose

damn coding hamsters
Age Of Innocence (1993)

But she was in The Crucible. In fact, that was the first movie that I noticed her, and then went back and started watching a lot of her other films. Of course, one of the few I haven’t seen of hers is Nixon.

[anyrose]

ah
I missed the post about “stage classic”
[Emily Litella]Never mind[/EL]

[astorian]

@Sampiro

STRICTLY TV TRIVIA:

1. Veteran TV actor who starred as the man who bought Archie Bunker’s house in a very short lived spinoff.
2. Series on which the above first appeared as the husband of his most famous TV wife.
3. Long-running 1980s series that had two of the same cast members as 2.
4. Actor who played a doctor in a spinoff of the above.
5. Series on which 4 played the father of Robert Urich.
6. Only successful spinoff of 5.
7. Phenomenally successful television superstar (and one of the richest men in the entertainment industry) whose first regular role on a series was in 6.
8. The SNL alum actor who played the actor who played the neighbor on 7’s most famous television series in a major motion picture. (Caveat: There are no typos or redundancies in this question, so read it carefully before answering.)
9. The television series associated with the movie from 8.
10. The current (past its prime) series on which the main character’s paternal grandfather is played by a cast member from 9.
11. The series that stars the real life brother of a cast member of 10.
12. Actor who plays the father of the character played by 10’s brother in series 11.
13. TV series on which 12’s real life wife replaced an original cast member.
14. Hit series on which the actor who played the son on 13 was a regular as a child actor.
15. Controversial drama which the star of 14 joined as an adult.
16. Earlier hour long series that starred the original star of the above as a character he later portrayed on a short lived spinoff.
17. Actor who played a judge on 16 and plays the patriarch of a dysfunctional family on a current series.
18. One hour drama series on which the matriarch from the above played the ex-wife of a character originally featured on TV in a half hour comedy series.
19. Classic long running series that starred the actor who played the title role in series 18.
20. Connect 20 to 1.

Just wondering if #18 is a mistake. I suspect you’re thinking of Nancy Marchand, who was the matriarch on “The Sopranos” and played the newspaper publisher on “Lou Grant.” However, she did not play Lou’s ex-wife, merely his employer.

[Sampiro]

@astorian

Just wondering if #18 is a mistake. I suspect you’re thinking of Nancy Marchand, who was the matriarch on “The Sopranos” and played the newspaper publisher on “Lou Grant.” However, she did not play Lou’s ex-wife, merely his employer.

Nope. There was another one hour drama series on which the title character originated (on TV at least) in a 30 minute sitcom. Hint: The character first originated in a bestselling novel, then appeared in a hit movie, then the movie became a 30 minute sitcom, then the character (but not played by the same actor as the TV show or the movie) became the basis of a one-hour medical drama set in then modern day (which none of the others had been).

[astorian]

@Sampiro

STRICTLY TV TRIVIA:

1. Veteran TV actor who starred as the man who bought Archie Bunker’s house in a very short lived spinoff.
2. Series on which the above first appeared as the husband of his most famous TV wife.
3. Long-running 1980s series that had two of the same cast members as 2.
4. Actor who played a doctor in a spinoff of the above.
5. Series on which 4 played the father of Robert Urich.
6. Only successful spinoff of 5.
7. Phenomenally successful television superstar (and one of the richest men in the entertainment industry) whose first regular role on a series was in 6.
8. The SNL alum actor who played the actor who played the neighbor on 7’s most famous television series in a major motion picture. (Caveat: There are no typos or redundancies in this question, so read it carefully before answering.)
9. The television series associated with the movie from 8.
10. The current (past its prime) series on which the main character’s paternal grandfather is played by a cast member from 9.
11. The series that stars the real life brother of a cast member of 10.
12. Actor who plays the father of the character played by 10’s brother in series 11.
13. TV series on which 12’s real life wife replaced an original cast member.
14. Hit series on which the actor who played the son on 13 was a regular as a child actor.
15. Controversial drama which the star of 14 joined as an adult.
16. Earlier hour long series that starred the original star of the above as a character he later portrayed on a short lived spinoff.
17. Actor who played a judge on 16 and plays the patriarch of a dysfunctional family on a current series.
18. One hour drama series on which the matriarch from the above played the ex-wife of a character originally featured on TV in a half hour comedy series.
19. Classic long running series that starred the actor who played the title role in series 18.
20. Connect 20 to 1.

15-NYPD Blue
16-Hill Street Blues
17-Jeffrey Tambor
18-Trapper John MD
19-MAS*H
20-John Amos was Goride on the Mary Tyler Moore Show

[Sampiro]

The full answer sheet:

1. Veteran TV actor who starred as the man who bought Archie Bunker’s house in a very short lived spinoff.

John Amos

2. Series on which the above first appeared as the husband of his most famous TV wife.
   Maude

3. Long-running 1980s series that had two of the same cast members as 2.
   Golden Girls

4. Actor who played a doctor in a spinoff of the above.
   Richard Mulligan

5. Series on which 4 played the father of Robert Urich.
   SOAP

6. Only successful spinoff of 5.
   Benson

7. Phenomenally successful television superstar (and one of the richest men in the entertainment industry) whose first regular role on a series was in 6.
   Jerry Seinfeld

8. The SNL alum actor who played the actor who played the neighbor on 7’s most famous television series in a major motion picture. (Caveat: There are no typos or redundancies in this question, so read it carefully before answering.)
   Michael Richards

9. The television series associated with the movie from 8.
   Taxi

10. The current (past its prime) series on which the main character’s paternal grandfather is played by a cast member from 9.
    Malcolm in the Middle

11. The series that stars the real life brother of a cast member of 10.
    That 70s Show

12. Actor who plays the father of the character played by 10’s brother in series 11.
    Tim Reid

13. TV series on which 12’s real life wife replaced an original cast member.
    Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Daphne Maxwell Reid replaced Janet Hubert Whitten as Vivien Banks).

14. Hit series on which the actor who played the son on 13 was a regular as a child actor.
    Silver Spoons (Alfonso Ribeiro was Rick Schroder’s sidekick)

15. Controversial drama which the star of 14 joined as an adult.
    NYPD Blue

16. Earlier hour long series that starred the original star of the above as a character he later portrayed on a short lived spinoff.
    Hill Street Blues

17. Actor who played a judge on 16 and plays the patriarch of a dysfunctional family on a current series.
    Jeffrey Tambor

18. One hour drama series on which the matriarch from the above played the ex-wife of a character originally featured on TV in a half hour comedy series.
    Trapper John MD

19. Classic long running series that starred the actor who played the title role in series 18.
    Bonanza (Pernell Roberts starred as Adam and later had the title role in TJMD).

20. Connect 20 to 1.
    John Amos starred as the ranch foreman, Mr. Mack, in the unsuccessful 1988 revival of Bonanza.