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Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 02:30 AM
Sitcoms or dramas and one per-turn please. They also don't have to be the main family of the series

#1 Taylor - The Andy Griffith Show, Home Improvement

ThomasE
07-07-2012, 02:51 AM
Sitcoms or dramas and one per-turn please.

#1 Taylor - The Andy Griffith Show, Home Improvement

#2 Tanner - A.L.F., Full House

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 02:53 AM
#2 Tanner - A.L.F., Full House

#3 Harper - Mama's Family, Gimmie A Break (Sort of)

I give up. :(

ThomasE
07-07-2012, 02:56 AM
I give up. :(


Why, Charles? I just realized its one turn. My sincere apologies. :lol:

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 02:59 AM
Why, Charles? I just realized its one turn. My sincere apologies. :lol:

It's ok, I should be used to it by now. :) My reason for the one per-turn rule is because there's probably not that many.

ThomasE
07-07-2012, 03:01 AM
It's ok, I should be used to it by now. :) My reason for the one per-turn rule is because there's probably not that many.


I deleted #3 so we will start from there.

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 03:03 AM
#3. Brady - Brady Bunch, Days of Our Lives, Dennis the Menace

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 03:05 AM
I deleted #3 so we will start from there.

Fair enough, I also added a new rule.

*ROGER*
07-07-2012, 03:09 AM
Winslow = Family Matters & Guiding Light

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 03:24 AM
Douglas - Green Acres, My Three Sons

*ROGER*
07-07-2012, 03:55 AM
Newman = happily divorced & the young & the restless

Schmoopie
07-07-2012, 04:16 AM
Moon: Daphne Moon of Frasier and Austin Moon of Austin and Ally

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 04:21 AM
Moon: Daphne Moon of Frasier and Austin Moon of Austin and Ally

They don't count.

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 04:28 AM
Lawrence - Gidget, Family

McGillicuddy
07-07-2012, 04:40 AM
Baxter

George & Dorothy (Hazel) and Ted & Georgette (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 04:48 AM
Jones - The Amos 'N Andy Show, Mayberry RFD

McGillicuddy
07-07-2012, 06:30 AM
Tate

Chester & Jessica and family (Soap) and Larry & Louise (Bewitched)

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 06:46 AM
Martin - Lassie, The Doris Day Show

ThomasE
07-07-2012, 11:42 AM
Payne:

TV Shows "Martin" and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne".

JamesG
07-07-2012, 04:01 PM
Sitcoms or dramas and one per-turn please. They also don't have to be the main family of the series

#1 Taylor - The Andy Griffith Show, Home Improvement

There was also the Taylor family on "Friday Night Lights".

Zoneboy
07-07-2012, 09:55 PM
There was also the Taylor family on "Friday Night Lights".

Good catch, thanks.

Miller - Barney Miller, Lassie

ThomasE
07-08-2012, 02:26 AM
Good catch, thanks.

Miller - Barney Miller, Lassie


Kelly:

Grace Under Fire and Welcome Freshmen

McGillicuddy
07-08-2012, 07:46 AM
Bradford

Eight is Enough and Three's a Crowd

ThomasE
07-08-2012, 10:32 AM
Harper:

Mama's Famiy and Two and a half men

Zoneboy
07-09-2012, 07:13 PM
Preston - The Defenders, The New Dick Van Dyke Show

ThomasE
07-09-2012, 10:08 PM
Cooper

One day at a time and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

McGillicuddy
07-09-2012, 10:17 PM
Lindstrom

The Mary Tyler Moore Show/Phyllis (Phyllis, Lars and Bess)

The Golden Girls (Maiden name of Rose; her parents were Gunther and Alma Lindstrom)

andress_jade
07-09-2012, 11:28 PM
The Harts on Hart to Hart and The Hart Family on Reba

Zoneboy
07-10-2012, 12:06 AM
Lindstrom

The Golden Girls (Maiden name of Rose; her parents were Gunther and Alma Lindstrom)


That one doesn't count, families have to actually appear on the show on a regular or recurring basis and not just referenced to.

Zoneboy
07-10-2012, 12:10 AM
Stevens - The Amos 'N Andy Show, Even Stevens, Bewitched (spelled Stephens)

McGillicuddy
07-10-2012, 01:12 AM
That one doesn't count, families have to actually appear on the show on a regular or recurring basis and not just referenced to.
:o sorry, I thought I was being clever!

Zoneboy
07-10-2012, 01:16 AM
:o sorry, I thought I was being clever!

It was a clever. :)

comedyfreak
07-10-2012, 08:24 AM
Kincaid
Chet Kincaid The Bill Cosby Show and Ruben Kincaid from The Partridge Family

Zoneboy
07-10-2012, 08:30 AM
Kincaid
Chet Kincaid The Bill Cosby Show and Ruben Kincaid from The Partridge Family

That one doesn't count either, looking for families, not single men or women.

comedyfreak
07-10-2012, 08:42 AM
Well in that case, I give up...Can't think of anything else.

McGillicuddy
07-10-2012, 06:09 PM
Robinson

The Robinson Family on Lost in Space and The Robinsons on Swiss Family Robinson (ABC Series, 1975-76)

ThomasE
07-10-2012, 06:30 PM
Williams

Make Room For Daddy and Knots Landing.

Charles, we're running out of families!!!! :eek: :confused: :happyface

Zoneboy
07-10-2012, 06:48 PM
Mitchell - Dennis the Menace, EastEnders, Moesha

ThomasE
07-13-2012, 01:51 AM
Mitchell - Dennis the Menace, EastEnders, Moesha


Evans:

One Life to Live and Good Times

*ROGER*
07-13-2012, 02:08 AM
Evans:

One Life to Live and Good Times
Also Days of our Lives: Dr. Marlena Evans and family!

ThomasE
07-13-2012, 02:21 AM
Good one, Roger!

I think I found another:

Frye:

Amen and All My Children

Irony: Ernest was a lawyer and judge on Amen while Olivia Frye was a judge and lawyer on on AMC. LOL.

Furienna
07-15-2012, 09:08 AM
Baxter

George & Dorothy (Hazel) and Ted & Georgette (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
I've never seen either of those shows, but Raven's family's last name in "That's so Raven" was also Baxter.

Zoneboy
07-15-2012, 09:42 AM
Barnes - The Joey Bishop Show, Dallas

megamanj2004
07-15-2012, 04:23 PM
Campbell

Soap and Sister, Sister

Zoneboy
07-16-2012, 10:56 PM
Anderson - Father Knows Best, Good Times, Peyton Place, Sanford & Son

ThomasE
07-17-2012, 12:47 AM
I used "Cooper" with two families earlier. I have two more:

Cooper

Little House on the Prarie and Dallas

Yong Fang
07-17-2012, 10:24 AM
Eric Foreman, who was a white teenage kid in That 70s Show and a 40 year old black doctor on House.

Zoneboy
07-17-2012, 10:28 AM
Eric Foreman, who was a white teenage kid in That 70s Show and a 40 year old black doctor on House.

They don't count.

ThomasE
07-17-2012, 05:02 PM
Nelson

Ozzie and Harriet and I Dream of Jeannie

Zoneboy
07-22-2012, 01:52 AM
Baker - Home and Away, Julia

Sal
07-25-2012, 11:34 PM
Here's one which refers to a single character in both series but the irony is so great that I couldn't resist. Ready?


On "Two and a Half Men", Charlie Sheen's character was named Charlie Harper.

In the first season of "Bewitched", Samantha is followed in one episode by a private eye with the same name. The episode is called, "Charlie Harper, Winner". That's too funny to ignore!

Zoneboy
07-27-2012, 02:35 PM
Apple - Apple's Way, You Wish

nathinbriggs
07-27-2012, 07:03 PM
Several examples of Baxter have already been posted. I have one more:

The Baxters (syndicated comedy with Anita Gillette and Larry Keith from Norman Lear).

Yong Fang
07-28-2012, 01:58 AM
Eric Foreman, who was a white teenage kid in That 70s Show and a 40 year old black doctor on House.

Bobby Hill, a 30 year old black cop in Hill Street Blues and an overweight 12 year old suburban Texas child on King of the Hill.

Zoneboy
07-28-2012, 06:19 AM
Eric Foreman, who was a white teenage kid in That 70s Show and a 40 year old black doctor on House.

Bobby Hill, a 30 year old black cop in Hill Street Blues and an overweight 12 year old suburban Texas child on King of the Hill.

We're looking for families that share the same surname so individual characters don't count. Also, why mention the color of someone's skin or their weight when it has nothing to do with the topic of discussion?