To Pavandabal and TJ and other moderators of this site:

I was thinking that this website could use a Trivia section where fans of a specific series, or even for sitcoms in general, could exchange questions, anecdotes, and little-known facts with others, and in general learn more about their favorite shows while having fun at the same time. So how about it, guys?


While we're on the subject, who wants to ask the first question? I'm ready!

Multiple answeres for this one...name 3 or more different series that had the same actor or actress. Not just on a few times but on a regular basis.

Originally posted by shocolah
Multiple answeres for this one...name 3 or more different series that had the same actor or actress. Not just on a few times but on a regular basis.

Andy Dick was in:
-Get Smart (1995) as Zach Smart
-NewsRadio (1995-1999) as Matthew Brock
-Less Than Perfect (2002- ) as Owen Kronski

Tony Danza-

Taxi
Who's the Boss
Hudson Street
Family Law

There's probably others I missed.

Valerie Harper:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rhoda
The Hogan Family (originally Valerie)

Meredith Baxter:
Bridget Loves Bernie
Family Ties
The Faculty

Nancy Dussault:
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Good Morning America (The first female co-host whom David Hartman helped get ousted)
Too Close for Comfort

Gavin McLeod:
McHales Navy
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Love Boat

Lucille Ball:
~ I Love Lucy
~ The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
~ The Lucy Show
~ Here's Lucy
~ Life With Lucy

John Ritter:
~Three's Company
~Three's A Crowd
~Hooperman
~Hearts of Affair
~8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter

Suzanne Somers:
~ Three's Company
~ She's the Sheriff
~ Step By Step

Ron Howard:
~ The Andy Griffith Show
~ Happy Days

Andy Griffith:
~ The Andy Griffith Show
~ The New Andy Griffith Show
~ Matlock

Don Knotts:
~ The Andy Griffith Show
~ Three's Company
~ Nickelodean's Doug

Dick Van Dyke:
~ The Dick Van Dyke Show
~ The New Dick Van Dyke Show
~ Diagnosis Murder

Mary Tyler Moore:
~ The Dick Van Dyke Show
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Mary
~ The Mary Tyler Moore Hour

Bob Newhart:
~ The Bob Newhart Show (Variety)
~ The Bob Newhart Show (Classic Sitcom)
~ Newhart
~ Bob
~ George and Leo

Betty White:
~ Life With Elizabeth
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Mama's Family
~ The Golden Girls
~ The Golden Palace
~ Ladies' Man

Cloris Leachman:
~ Lassie
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Phyllis
~ The Facts of Life
~ The Ellen Show

Ellen Degenres:
~ Ellen
~ The Ellen Show

Bill Cosby
~ I Spy
~ The Bill Cosby Show
~ The Cosby Show
~ Cosby Mysteries
~ Cosby
~ Kids Say the Darnest Things

Bill Daily
~ I Dream of Jeannie
~ The Bob Newhart Show

Gale Gordon:
~ Our Miss Brooks
~ Dennis the Menace
~ The Lucy Show
~ Here's Lucy
~ Life With Lucy

William Frawley:
~ I Love Lucy
~ The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
~ My Three Sons

Vivian Vance:
~ I Love Lucy
~ The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
~ The Lucy Show

Lucie Arnaz:
~ Here's Lucy
~ The Lucie Arnaz Show
~ Sons and Daughters

Desi Arnaz:
~ I Love Lucy
~ The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

Desi Arnaz, Jr.
~ Here's Lucy
~ Roboman

Barbra Eden:
~ I Dream of Jeannie
~ Harper Valley, P.T.A.

Fred Gwynne:
~ Car 54, Where Are You?
~ The Munsters

Ann Sothern:
~ Private Secretary
~ The Ann Sothern Show/Susie
~ My Mother the Car

Carroll O'Conner:
~ All In The Family
~ Archie Bunker's Place
~ In The Heat Of The Night

Sherman Hemsley:
~ The Jeffersons
~ Amen

Marla Gibbs:
~ The Jeffersons
~ Checkin' In

Redd Foxx:
~ Sanford and Son
~ Sanford
~ The Royal Family

Bob Denver:
~ Gilligan's Island
~ The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis

Bea Arthur:
~ Maude
~ The Golden Girls

Rue Mclanan (spell?)
~ Maude
~ Mama's Family
~ The Golden Girls
~ The Golden Palace

Conraid Bain:
~ Maude
~ Diff'rent Strokes

Tom Bosely:
~ Happy Days
~ Father Dowling Mysteries

Fred Savage:
~ The Wonder Years
~ Working

Tom Poston:
~ Mork and Mindy
~ Newhart
~ George and Leo

Suzanne Pleshette
~ The Bob Newhart Show
~ Good Morning, Miami

Scott Bio:
~ Happy Days
~ Joanie Loves Chachi
~ Charles In Charge

Erin Moran:
~ Happy Days
~ Joanie Loves Chachi

Ed Asner:
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Lou Grant

Ted Knight:
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Too Close For Comfort

Kelsey Grammer:
~ Cheers
~ Frasier

Jerry Van Dyke:
~ My Mother the Car
~ Coach

Charlotte Rae
~ Diff'rent Strokes
~ The Facts Of Life

Mary Jane Croft:
~ The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
~ The Lucy Show
~ Here's Lucy

Sally Field:
~ The Flying Nun
~ Gidget

Al Lewis:
~ Car 54, Where Are You?
~ The Munsters

That is all I can think of for right now.

Ed Asner
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lou Grant
The Bronx Zoo
Thunder Alley
Ask Harriet
The Closer
Hearts Afire

LucyFan just about ruined it for everyone else, but I'm gonna try to pick up the scraps:

Nancy McKeon:
"The Facts of Life" (1979-1988)
"Can't Hurry Love" (1995?)
"The Division" (2001-present)

Rhea Perlman:
"Taxi" (1978-1983)
"Cheers" (1982-1993)
"Pearl" (1993-1994?)

Audra Lindley:
"Briget Loves Bernie" (1972-1973)
"Three's Company" (1977-1984)
"The Ropers" (1979-1980)

Sarah Jessica Parker:
"Square Pegs" (1982-1983)
"Sex and the City" (1996-present)

Ted Lange:
"That's My Mama!" (1974-1975)
"The Love Boat" (1977-1986)

Richard Kline
Three's Company
Days of Our Lives
Noah Knows Best
Inside Schwartz

Priscilla Barnes
The American Girls
Scruples
Three's Company

Norman Fell
Three's Company
Joe & Mabel
Staccato
87th Precint
Dan August
Needles & Pins
The Ropers
Teachers Only
The Boys

Jeffrey Tambor
The Ropers
9 to 5
The Larry Sanders Show

Robert Mandan
Soap
Private Benjamin
Three's a Crowd

Originally posted by shocolah
Multiple answeres for this one...name 3 or more different series that had the same actor or actress. Not just on a few times but on a regular basis.

Here's a variation on that:

Estelle Getty appeared as the same character (Sophia Petrilla) on 3 different series:

Golden Girls
Empty Nest
Golden Palace

George Wendt and John Rattzenberger (I've probably misspelled his name) made appearances as "Norm Peterson" and "Cliff Claven" on the following shows:

Cheers (of course!)
Wings (Guest appearance)
Fraiser (Guest appearance)

Also, numerous actors/characters exchanged visits between the shows which made up Paul Henning's "Country Trilogy": The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres.

Julia Duffy

Baby Talk
Designing Women
The Mommies

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LucyFan

Ron Howard:
~ The Andy Griffith Show
~ Happy Days


Ellen Degenres:
~ Ellen
~ The Ellen Show




Desi Arnaz:
~ I Love Lucy
~ The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

Desi Arnaz, Jr.
~ Here's Lucy
~ Roboman

Barbra Eden:
~ I Dream of Jeannie
~ Harper Valley, P.T.A.

Fred Gwynne:
~ Car 54, Where Are You?
~ The Munsters


Sherman Hemsley:
~ The Jeffersons
~ Amen

Marla Gibbs:
~ The Jeffersons
~ Checkin' In


Bob Denver:
~ Gilligan's Island
~ The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis

Bea Arthur:
~ Maude
~ The Golden Girls

Conraid Bain:
~ Maude
~ Diff'rent Strokes

Tom Bosely:
~ Happy Days
~ Father Dowling Mysteries

Fred Savage:
~ The Wonder Years
~ Working



Suzanne Pleshette
~ The Bob Newhart Show
~ Good Morning, Miami


Erin Moran:
~ Happy Days
~ Joanie Loves Chachi

Ed Asner:
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Lou Grant

Ted Knight:
~ Mary Tyler Moore
~ Too Close For Comfort

Kelsey Grammer:
~ Cheers
~ Frasier

Jerry Van Dyke:
~ My Mother the Car
~ Coach

Charlotte Rae
~ Diff'rent Strokes
~ The Facts Of Life



Sally Field:
~ The Flying Nun
~ Gidget

Al Lewis:
~ Car 54, Where Are You?
~ The Munsters

QUOTE]


These actors and actresses appeared on 2 different sitcoms, as indicated above. The question specifically asked for 3 different series, so these answers shouldn't count.

Two's ok with me if the rest of you want to do it, too! We can bend the rules a little...or we can have a NEW question....which actors/actress appeared in two and two only?! Or any amount except only one.

To LucyFan,
Some of the actors/actresses you named as in two shows were actually in three. Here are the ones I noticed.

Ellen Degeneres actually was in three shows.
Open House (she played a secretary in this short lived comedy)
Ellen (1994-1998)
The Ellen Show (2001-2002)

Ed Asner, also appeared in three shows
-The Mary Tyler Moore Show
-Lou Grant
-Thunder Alley

Tom Bosley was in
-Happy Days
-Father Dowling Mysteries
-Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Cartoon)

Sherman Hemsley was in
-All in the Family
-The Jeffersons
-Amen

Bill Bixby

My Favorite Martian
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Incredible Hulk


Lee Majors

The Big Valley
Men from Shilo
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Fall Guy

Here's another name you might have overlooked:

WILLIAM SCHALLERT

---Dobie Gillis
---The Patty Duke Show
---The New Gidget

I think that now it's time for a new question and since I started this thread I'll ask it myself. Ready? Here goes.


What do the following shows all have in common other than the fact that they are all great shows? Keep in mind that they all belong to a very exclusive club. Think of that as a hint!

CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
THE MUNSTERS
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
THE MONKEES
THE FLYING NUN
THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY

Good luck! I'll be waiting for your answers. I'll have the correct answer either tomorrow or Friday depending on how you do.

Originally posted by Sal
What do the following shows all have in common other than the fact that they are all great shows? Keep in mind that they all belong to a very exclusive club. Think of that as a hint!

CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
THE MUNSTERS
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
THE MONKEES
THE FLYING NUN
THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY


They are all extremely popular shows that happen to have less than 100 episodes.

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter


They are all extremely popular shows that happen to have less than 100 episodes.

I'll back that answer up.

Wow! I thought that would be tough. Both you guys are right. All those shows I mentioned lasted for less than 100 episodes, yet many of them are still popular today despite the fact that they have each defied an unwritten rule that says that a popular series should have to wait until their 100th episode to be released in syndication, yet these series prove that it's not always the case. Nice going, guys!




Let's see now...since Sitcomwriter got it right first, he can ask the next question. You may fire when ready!

betty White-G.Girls/Mama's family/Mary Tyler Moore Show
Ken Berry-F.Troop/Mama's Family.Mayberry RFD
Mclean Stevenson-MASH.Hello Larry.Condo
Jere Burns-Dear John,The Mommies.Something so right
John Ritter-T.Company.T.A crowd.Hooperman.H.Afire
S.Pleshette-B.Newhart.The boys are Back.G.M.Miami
Tim Conway-Mchales navy-Rango.A.Crawford P.I.