# TV trivia challenge: name the show from the minor character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140 "2007-02-06T22:40:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 7, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/41 "2007-02-07T20:11:28Z")
Kevin Riley. Twiki. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/42 "2007-02-07T20:14:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rodd Hill] 1. Jerzei Balowski [/QUOTE] He was the sometime-seen landlord on The Young Ones (played by Alexei Sayle, and an excuse for him to do stand-up, it seems). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/43 "2007-02-07T20:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] The Dregs of Humanity (band) [/QUOTE] I hope you’re not confusing this with Scum of the Earth. > [@](#): > > Twiki Buck Rogers, with my first female crush, Wilma Deering. Here’s an oldie: Molly Turgis ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/44 "2007-02-07T20:36:17Z")
James Caldwell, Jeff Bennett and Zena Sherman Catering Officer Olaf Petersen ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/45 "2007-02-07T20:59:46Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] I hope you’re not confusing this with Scum of the Earth. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that the band that Vanessa Huxtable travelled out of state to see, against her mother’s wishes? I’d never seen Claire Huxtable so angry! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/46 "2007-02-07T21:03:29Z")
Greedy Gretchen is a never-seen sexpot on Three’s Company. -Joe ---
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[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] Isn’t that the band that Vanessa Huxtable travelled out of state to see, against her mother’s wishes? I’d never seen Claire Huxtable so angry! [/QUOTE] Not sure about that, but it’s the fictional band from WKRP. (Played by the real band Detective) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/48 "2007-02-07T21:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Catering Officer Olaf Petersen [/QUOTE] One of Lister’s drinking buddies from the minning ship Red Dwarf. What the hell were they supposed to be minning in space, anyway? My contribution Chuck He has a last name, but it would be too big a clue. This statement is probably also too big a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/49 "2007-02-07T21:21:00Z")
I couldn’t stand it any longer. I googled “Dregs of Humanity”. I feel so much better now that I know. Good one! Since I cheated, I won’t give the answer. 🙂 [QUOTE=Merijeek] Greedy Gretchen is a never-seen sexpot on Three’s Company. -Joe [/QUOTE] Yep. I always pictured her as a voluptuous redhead with huge curly hair and a tight purple sweaterdress. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/50 "2007-02-07T21:27:56Z")
1. Norman Borden the Mormon Doorman 2. Slup & Blurp 3. Mrs. Beasley 4. Buddy Hinton 5. Jenny Piccolo 6. Boner ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/51 "2007-02-07T21:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Chuck He has a last name, but it would be too big a clue. This statement is probably also too big a clue. [/QUOTE] Would his last name be ‘Cunningham’? And would he be the older brother of Richie from “Happy Days” who inexplicably disappeared after the first season? And I’m reposting my last few unanswered mentions, lest they get buried & forgotten: Mike Yates John Benton Lytton (no first name given) Sabalom Glitz ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/52 "2007-02-07T21:34:51Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] 1. Norman Borden the Mormon Doorman [/QUOTE] _The Bob Newhart Show_ (and if I remember correctly, he didn’t actually exist.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/53 "2007-02-07T21:45:31Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] 1. Norman Borden the Mormon Doorman 2. Slup & Blurp 3. Mrs. Beasley 4. Buddy Hinton 5. Jenny Piccolo 6. Boner [/QUOTE] I think I remember Mrs. Beasley being the name of Cindy’s doll on the Brady Bunch. Buddy Hinton was the bully who was teasing Cindy about her lisp. Jenny Piccolo was Joanie’s best friend from Happy Days. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/54 "2007-02-07T21:45:34Z")
Jenny Piccolo: She was on Happy Days but I can’t remember if she was Richie or Joanie’s friend. Boner: Mike Seaver’s friend from Growing Pains. (I can’t believe I know that) Mine still unanswered: Molly Turgis New one from me: Larabee ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/55 "2007-02-07T21:49:14Z")
I forgot to throw another one into the ring, How about- Cockroach ---
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[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] And I’m reposting my last few unanswered mentions, lest they get buried & forgotten: Mike Yates John Benton Lytton (no first name given) Sabalom Glitz [/QUOTE] Characters from the original _Doctor Who_ - Captain Mike Yates and Sergeant Benton (most of the time; he first appeared as a Corporal and later became a Warrant Officer); Lytton is the mercenary commander from “Resurrection of the Daleks” and “Attack of the Cybermen”; Sabalom Glitz, interstellar con-man, appeared in “The Trial of a Time Lord” and “Dragonfire” (in which he did fans everywhere the inestimable service of taking Mel away with him.) In a not dissimilar vein: Tanya Alexander Nina Barry Lieutenant Ninety Kyrano ---
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[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] I think I remember Mrs. Beasley being the name of Cindy’s doll on the Brady Bunch. [/QUOTE] No, Mrs. Beasley was the doll on _Family Affair_, Cindy’s doll was Kitty Carryall. Dear lord, why do I know this? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/58 "2007-02-07T21:55:37Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] No, Mrs. Beasley was the doll on _Family Affair_, Cindy’s doll was Kitty Carryall. Dear lord, why do I know this? [/QUOTE] Thanks for reminding me, I remembered the doll, but not whose it was. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140/59 "2007-02-07T22:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] I forgot to throw another one into the ring, How about- Cockroach [/QUOTE] Arg! It’s on the tip of my tongue. I want to say Cosby (for some reason I hear it in Theo’s voice??) or A Different World ?? The Whitey I was thinking of was Lilith’s deceased lab rat on Cheers. 🙂 ---
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[QUOTE=gigi] Arg! It’s on the tip of my tongue. I want to say Cosby (for some reason I hear it in Theo’s voice??) or A Different World ?? [/QUOTE] He’s from _The Cosby Show_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-challenge-name-the-show-from-the-minor-character/391140.md?page=4)