# Unanswered Questions from TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328 "2000-11-22T18:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/21 "2000-11-23T00:04:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Whay haven’t there been any Canadian contestants on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Yes, I saw the celebrity competition last week.) > > We’re not allowed to play. That’s why we had that special Canadian Edition with Pamela Wallin a few months ago. It does appear that if you are celebrity and Canadian, they do break their no-Canadians allowed rule. \*\* Because the money will still go to an American charity. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/22 "2000-11-23T00:10:10Z")
When did Nipsey Russell stop appearing on TV games shows? I miss his doggerel poetry. How did Batman and Robin (60s series) change clothes while sliding down the Batpole? Why did _Dean Martin_ have to slide down a pole on his variety show? How did the Spanish-station comedy series _¡Ay Caramba!_ get hold of the videos Bob Saget used on \* America’s Funniest Home Videos?\* How was Juan Pedro Felipe de Huevos Epstein’s father Puerton Rican? (He said his mother’s maiden name was Bibberman.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/23 "2000-11-23T00:26:26Z")
Why is it when Paul & Jamie Buchman (“Mad About You”) are shown in a post-coital state they’re both wearing SHIRTS??? They make love with their shirts on? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/24 "2000-11-23T00:30:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*Why is it when Paul & Jamie Buchman (“Mad About You”) are shown in a post-coital state they’re both wearing SHIRTS??? > They make love with their shirts on? > > \*\* Yep. Kinky, ain’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/25 "2000-11-23T00:50:13Z")
I don’t have to take my shirt off… ---
**Author:** ![Conti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Conti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conti)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/26 "2000-11-23T01:16:41Z")
What was up with that little blonde hair cousin on the Brady Bunch?!?!?!?!?!? Conti ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/27 "2000-11-23T01:37:24Z")
Do you understand what I’m saying to you, Charles? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/28 "2000-11-23T02:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > _ **obfusciatrist** asked:_ > What hormones did they feed to the new kid (Brian Bonsall) on Family Ties that made him grow so fast? Brian Bonsall (aka Alexander Rozchenko) was the son of Worf and Kaylar. As such, he was 3/4 Klingon. I think that explains any unusual growth spurts. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/29 "2000-11-23T02:41:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpoilerVirgin \* > Brian Bonsall (aka Alexander Rozchenko) was the son of Worf and Kaylar. As such, he was 3/4 Klingon. I think that explains any unusual growth spurts. > \*\* Witness Alexander’s growth between the end of the Next Generation and DS9. Must’ve aged about 15 years over the course of about 4 or 5. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/30 "2000-11-23T04:41:53Z")
Relativity: Anyone remember that show? Was Isabelle (correct name?) going to say yes to Leo’s proposal? And was _Cupid_ really cupid? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/31 "2000-11-23T08:02:51Z")
When Steve or Jamie (multi-miilion dollar people) jumped from ground-level to the top of a thirty story building, why did they always land on the lip of a ledge with just their toes touching? In Space 1999, how come the explosion that propelled the moon on its journey didn’t just blast it to smithereens? Star Trek: They fly really fast around the sun on the right hand side and are propelled back in time. Is it a cosmic rule that says that in order to return to their own (future) time, they must fly around the LEFT side? Why didn’t Tonto ever pick up any lessons in sentence structure/grammar from The Lone Ranger? (ripping off Bill Cosby) Why did he keep going to town to snoop about for clues/ information when everytime he does so about 50 racist cowboys beat him up? Did any of the Cartwright boys ever date/marry a woman who lived beyond one episode? Enough for now. Sir ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/32 "2001-05-06T19:32:26Z")
What did those two guys driving down **Route 66** do for a living, that they’ve got all this free time to drive around in? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/33 "2001-05-06T20:55:37Z")
August West writes: \> Didn’t Chuck Cunningham die in Viet Nam? Nah, you’re thinking of Beaver Cleaver. Chuck Cunningham died by mixing Pop Rocks and soda pop. ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/34 "2001-05-06T23:06:38Z")
Do you know ONE person who lives in New York who doesn’t lock his door except for Jerry Seinfeld? (yes, I do remember the one episode the he locked Kramer out) Why didn’t Tootie get in trouble for rollerskating in the house? (Lord knows I did!) What the hell were they thinking when they created Mamma’s Family? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/35 "2001-05-07T01:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gadgetgirl \* > \*\*Do you know ONE person who lives in New York who doesn’t lock his door except for Jerry Seinfeld? (yes, I do remember the one episode the he locked Kramer out) > \*\* Monica & Rachel and Chandler & Joey on _Friends_ never lock their doors. > [@](#): > > **And isn’t it interesting that Station 51 on Emergency! traveled throughout Los Angeles County–urban; suburban; mountains; oceanside (boats off Catalina; downed helicopter; fallen hikers off Fort MacArthur in San Pedro)?** [Nitpick]If you watch carefully, whenever they have a ravine rescue, it’s always the same freaking ravine! Guess they couldn’t tie up any other roads for shooting.[/Nitpick] Re: M_A_S_H…we recently had F/X added to our channel lineup and I’ve really been enjoying the M_A_S_H reruns. It’s **amazing** how they recycled the same few Asian actors through a variety of roles (Phillip Ahn, Soon Tek Oh, Jack Soo, Mako). ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/36 "2001-05-07T02:23:04Z")
good one Kinsey. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/37 "2001-05-07T02:46:08Z")
Wattchutawkinabout Willis? ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/38 "2001-05-07T07:09:27Z")
1. Did Alf leave on the ship with the only other Melmacians still alive, or stay with his Earth family? 2. Did Elly Mae marry the frogman? 3. Hi Opal! 4. What _is_ happening? 5. What are the first names of Quincy and Columbo? 6. Why is a Liutenant (Columbo) still on the street? 7. Did the English couple in the Taster’s Choice commercials ever get it on? 8. Is Jack’s head in the Jack in the Box commercials a mask or a digital effect? (I say it’s a digital effect.) 9. What did Ozzie Nelson do for a living? 10. Why would Mrs. Brady, a homemaker, need a maid? 11. Mr. Brady obviously adopted the girls, but did Mrs. Brady adopt the boys? 12. Why can’t they keep Carmen Sandiego in jail? They catch her in _every_ show! ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/39 "2001-05-07T07:22:03Z")
And to paraphrase Russell Johnson, why could the Professor may anything he wants out of cocanuts and bamboo except a @!#%%%@ patch for the @$#%@%@@ boat? ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unanswered-questions-from-tv/42328/40 "2001-05-07T09:15:42Z")
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