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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPost a one sentence description of a TV show and let us guess.
Without putting the title of the show in the description. I'll start:
1. Mexican chicken chain invests in chemistry teacher's start up company.
2. A company full of hardcore alcoholics travels the globe for secret missions.
3. Two federal agents investigate paranormal activity.
4. A sleazebag Congressman works his way through Washington DC.
5. A municipal government in a rural area tries to enforce state regulations.
6. A police officer tries to find civilization after he wakes up to the apocalypse.
7. Bootleggers sling their illegal product while fighting off the feds and each other for supremacy at the turn of the century.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)wins the lottery,meets a great group of friends and gets to heaven( maybe?)
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)1. Breaking Bad
2. ?
3. The X-Files
4. House of Cards
5. Fargo?
Not sure about the others.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)My guesses on those two.
Bucky
(54,065 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)"If I quit drinking now, the collective hangover might literally kill me."
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)
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Bucky
(54,065 posts)I mean, sure, they're all X-Files ripoffs, but still...
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)7 Boardwalk Empire
Initech
(100,102 posts)Response to mainstreetonce (Reply #5)
mainstreetonce This message was self-deleted by its author.
Initech
(100,102 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I'll take half credit.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)She keeps me up to date on her two kittehs.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)Here's mine:
The passion of an eccentric rentier is inflamed whenever his wife speaks French.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)(snap, snap)
nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)neat... sweet... petite.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)irisblue
(33,022 posts)Love that show
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)blogslut
(38,016 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)A gentle soul becomes a member of the United States military, during the height of the Vietnam conflict.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)blogslut
(38,016 posts)yes
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)...
Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)Winter is coming...
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)..
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts).
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)to be competitive, lol.
I got #3; the x-files. The rest? I'm clueless.
Have I watched enough tv to come up with one of my own? er...
Single-minded character doggedly perseveres in his attempts to achieve his one goal in life, despite repeated catastrophic failures.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)No candles here
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Almost makes me homesick
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)2 girls.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)This is one of my favorite sitcoms. A half hour of mindless fun.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)The title was in Swahili.
Wolf
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)blogslut
(38,016 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Tikki
(14,559 posts)What a coincidence.
Tikki
nuxvomica
(12,440 posts)Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
Initech
(100,102 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Easy.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Lots more duct tape.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)JPnoodleman
(454 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)efforts to deal with a female family member's unlikely new interest in automotive metaphysics.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
ashling
(25,771 posts)1. Uncle's Russian thrush watcher reincarnated as waterfowl.
2. Munster moonlights for NYPD
3. Shows how variety is the spice of life for Roman emperor's namesake Sidney.
4. Where lingerie comes together (hint: as in what's my function)
5. Tall dark stranger garners support as lucky riverboat entrepreneur.
6. This is fun
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)Slowing down there pin.
ok, what is this?:
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I've had some wrong guesses in the thread and a lot of head-slappers when I see an answer I should have known but it didn't even occur to me.
What are the smilies? Some wild guesses...
Stuck on You
Toodles (2 duels)
Fight Club
Fences
Picket Fences
I have no idea.
ashling
(25,771 posts)1. Though David McCallum may be a bird watcher, on the 1960s action show The Man from Uncle he watched out for the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (no, not Ayn Rand) THRUSH (not actually a bird, either). In 2003 DM came back as Dr. Mallard - also known as Duckie (not actually a waterfowl) on the CBS show NCIS.
2. You found Fred Gwyne in Car 54 (Where are you?)
3. Sid Ceaser, though not a Roman Emperor, came to life in the variety show Your Show of Shows.
4. When not studying conjunctions (or some other boring stuff in school) as a kid, my function was to watch sweet young things hang their undergarments on the water tank in Petticoat Junction.
5. James Garner, as you surmised, was the tall dark stranger there, Maverick was his name.
6. Not a tv show ... this is just fun
duel duels
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)2. Car 54 Where Are You
ashling
(25,771 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)garners . . . as in James Garner
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I totally missed "garners" lol.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)JPnoodleman
(454 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)1. Japanese airline pilot gets tricked into becoming a mercenary in a Middle Eastern conflict.
2. Three American pirates kidnap a businessman and go on all sorts of wild Tarantino-esque adventures in the South China Sea.
3. The problems of the world always seem to land on a Swedish police detective's doorstep.
4. Improbable accident sends crew of a lunar base on interstellar adventures.
5. Scottish government employee continuously heaps verbal abuse on his subordinates and never once gets written up by HR.
6. Desperate planet turns a long sunken warship into an interstellar vessel on a mission to save their dying world.
7. A team of scientists who wear orange suits, motorcycle helmets, and ties try to fight giant monsters that were rejected from Godzilla movies.
8. The most accurate cop show ever to be shot on (mostly) one set.
9. A reckless doctor who would have had his medical license yanked years ago if it were set in real life.
10. Two letters, one and a half decades.
11. Rocked forensic science decades before CSI made it cool.
12. Two regular guys forever change the world of emergency medicine.
13. A bachelor and a married man make the streets of Los Angeles safe for Ronald Reagan supporters.
14. Shrink has eight-year long dream about B&B ownership.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)8. Hill Street Blues?
9. House.
10. ER?
11. Quincy, M.E.
14. The Bob Newhart Show.
No. 4 sounds like "Lost In Space," at the risk of dating myself (and be extension, you).
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)8 is incorrect. Hint: It's not a drama.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Like Lady Gaga...
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)1. is Eria88
3. is Wallander
2. is Adventures in Paradise.
Wolf
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Correct on 1 and 3.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)sailing the schooner Tiki from island to island.
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Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)A husband, wife and 3 kids are living in Iowa and searching for the real murderer.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)but can you name the show?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I met Ed Asner when we did an antiwar protest together once.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)"she said touch herself...he he he he"
Islandurp
(188 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)There must be a bunch of shows that fit, but my first thought was Klugman.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Location, location, location.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)mackerel
(4,412 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Doesn't sound like it so much except for the Cliff's Electric Button episode.
Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Not a follower of the show, but I've seen it. I only answer when I know, or know of, a show. If I don't know it off the top of my head, I won't search to find the answer. I'll leave it for those who know to solve. I only search, when necessary, to confirm that I have the show title correct.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)Groundhog Day?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Thugs with badges terrorize New York.
Wolf
Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)frogmarch
(12,158 posts)the main characters last name was changed when someone with that name committed a crime that shocked the nation well, that everyone soon heard about, anyway.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)frogmarch
(12,158 posts)This is the original pilot movie of The Greatest American Hero that debuted with much fanfare on March 18, 1981. The pilot scored sky- high ratings and ABC, impressed with rushes of the pilot, had already ordered the series as a mid-season replacement before the movie had aired. As with most series by Stephen J. Cannell, GAH is very character driven, with continual conflict between the series three leads: Ralph, Bill and Pam. Although ABC seemed to think the shows humor came from Ralph crashing into windows and walls (that's the way the series was usually always promoted), actually the humor came from the situations the characters found themselves in, and almost always mixed with the right balance of action and adventure.
From the start, trouble had already reared its head in the form of DC Comics. They filed a lawsuit trying to stop the pilot from airing. A judge ruled in TGAH's favor and the pilot aired. Even during the show's 2nd season DC was still trying to end the series, saying it infringed on the Superman copyright. The lawsuit over the series caused many potential licensees to back away from the show. That's why very few items (toys, books, clothes) were made for the series. By the 2nd episode President Reagan was shot and ABC did not want their newest ratings sensation to have the same last name as the Presidents would be assassin, and ordered Ralph's last name changed from Hinkley to Hanley. Some episodes had the Hinkley named removed by sound FX before dubbing could make the change. The series ended its 1st brief season on top. (from the-greatest-american-hero.com)
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)But no, there's another one.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 10, 2016, 09:37 PM - Edit history (1)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)surprise courtroom dramatics.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)I was a kid when shows like this were on the air. Lot of good shows back in early tv days.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)1. Three young undercover cops (one white male, one white female, and one black male) work for an older lieutenant
2. Gritty slice-of-life stories held together by the involvement of the same police officers
3. Social workers deal with contemporary issues (of that day)
4. A father and son team of lawyers sometimes lose cases
5. A new teacher tackles problems at a California high school
6. Cowboy good guy has a Mexican sidekick
7. Blonde woman inexplicably lives in the African jungle, wears leopard skins, and travels with a chimpanzee on her back
8. A couple takes in three chimpanzee siblings
9. Daytime TV variety host ends each program by interviewing four schoolchildren
10. Anonymous donor gives random people a huge sum of money
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)#9. Art Linkletter?
#10. "The Millionaire"?
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Now try the others.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)7. is Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
8. is The Hathaways.
Wolf
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Now try the others.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Here's a clue: "There are eight million stories..."
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)you got those two right!
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)it starred George C. Scott and Cicely Tyson.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)It was a bit controversial at the time, because Cicely Tyson broke with conventional fashion standards to wear a short Afro.
Yeah, people actually got upset about that.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)(That was literally the blurb for an episode in TV Guide once... I was like, "thanks, that's specific..."
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)1. Two Minnesota mammals.
2. Dimwitted astronaut saves the day with help of kids.
3. Small unit ground combat in Europe in WW2.
4. Two by the book plainclothes cops fight drime.
5. Hit variety show hosted by man with no talent.
Wolf
Initech
(100,102 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Wolf
Initech
(100,102 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)What about the rest?
Wolf
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)Who knows 1 and 2?
Wolf
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)That should be really easy. How many shows were about mammals in Minnesota (other than the Mary Tyler Moore Show)?
Wolf
Initech
(100,102 posts)1. An American spy agency deals with incompetent employees and equally incompetent enemies.
2. A missed hunting accident makes a backwards family overnight billionaires.
3. A large, wealthy, and dysfunctional group actively participates in undead and paranormal activities
4. An upstate New York farming couple get into one wacky situation after another
5. A police officer and his partner probe some unbelievable crimes that take place in Los Angeles
6. A family bonds with a pet dolphin
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Islandurp
(188 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)
The thing this thread is telling me is that I need to watch more TV.
Homer Wells
(1,576 posts)Sounds like 'Longstreet'?