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McGillicuddy · 03-01-2009, 12:24 PM

How many characters can you think of that are constantly refered to but we never meet.

Lars Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore
Vera Peterson (Norm's Wife) on Cheers
Jenny Picallo on Happy Days (Although we meet her later)
Maris Crane on Frasier
Phil Petrillo on The Golden Girls
Carlton the Doorman (Voice Only)

tv star collector · 03-01-2009, 01:04 PM

Juanita, the waitress (The Andy Griffith Show)

JamesG · 03-01-2009, 02:34 PM

Heather Sinclair on Degrassi The Next Generation.

Zoneboy · 03-01-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tv star collector

Juanita, the waitress (The Andy Griffith Show)

And Sara, the telephone operator

MrRetro_08 · 03-01-2009, 02:54 PM

Eliane's ex husband - Taxi

catlover79 · 03-01-2009, 03:20 PM

Al's mom on Home Improvement

Gary's wife on Back To You

Dusty's Fan · 03-01-2009, 03:42 PM

Peggy Bundy's mom on Married with Children

Also, Skinny Mulligan and Fatso Flanigan are mentioned sometimes on Gilligan's Island (friends of Gilligan back home)

yankeesrj12 · 03-01-2009, 03:50 PM

On The Big Bang Theory we always hear Wolowitz's mother, but we have yet to see her.

treky · 03-01-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by markway895

How many characters can you think of that are constantly refered to but we never meet.

Lars Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore
Vera Peterson (Norm's Wife) on Cheers
Jenny Picallo on Happy Days (Although we meet her later)
Maris Crane on Frasier
Phil Petrillo on The Golden Girls
Carlton the Doorman (Voice Only)

there were 2 episodes of "CHEERS" where we heard Veras voice and in 1 of them we also saw her legs (both times she was played by George Wednts real wife)

treky · 03-01-2009, 11:56 PM

for those that remember a short-lived sitcom from the 70s called "HOT L BALTIMORE" (I think it was from Norman Lear. It was set at a hotel called the Hotel Baltimore; but the "E" was burned out on the neon sign)
Anyway, there was a character who was ocasionally refered to but never seen called "Moose" Valoti; or something like that.

treky · 03-01-2009, 11:58 PM

Sara on "GREEN ACRES".

Some of the Bunkers nieghbors on "ALL IN THE FAMILY".

Yooch · 03-02-2009, 12:04 AM

Did they ever show Grandma Nussbaum (Fonzi's grandmother) on Happy Days? Seems she was referred to on a couple of occasions, but was she ever portrayed?

bencasey · 03-02-2009, 12:09 AM

Pete's wife, Gladys, on December Bride. We finally did see her when the show was spun off as Pete and Gladys but she never appeared on DB.

For years on Happy Days, Jenny Piccolo was referred to but wasn't seen until much later in the run when they cast Cathy Silvers.

Yooch · 03-02-2009, 12:25 AM

Not to divert the thread, but wasn't Pete, on Pete and Gladys--our own Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H?

Zoneboy · 03-02-2009, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Yooch

Not to divert the thread, but wasn't Pete, on Pete and Gladys--our own Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H?

Affirmative.

03-01-2009, 12:24 PM	#1
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Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,180	Did they ever show Grandma Nussbaum (Fonzi's grandmother) on Happy Days? Seems she was referred to on a couple of occasions, but was she ever portrayed?
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03-01-2009, 01:04 PM	#2
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yankeesrj12 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 4,335	On The Big Bang Theory we always hear Wolowitz's mother, but we have yet to see her.

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treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	for those that remember a short-lived sitcom from the 70s called "HOT L BALTIMORE" (I think it was from Norman Lear. It was set at a hotel called the Hotel Baltimore; but the "E" was burned out on the neon sign) Anyway, there was a character who was ocasionally refered to but never seen called "Moose" Valoti; or something like that.

03-01-2009, 11:58 PM	#11
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	Sara on "GREEN ACRES". Some of the Bunkers nieghbors on "ALL IN THE FAMILY".

03-02-2009, 12:09 AM	#13
bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	Pete's wife, Gladys, on December Bride. We finally did see her when the show was spun off as Pete and Gladys but she never appeared on DB. For years on Happy Days, Jenny Piccolo was referred to but wasn't seen until much later in the run when they cast Cathy Silvers.

03-02-2009, 12:25 AM	#14
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,180	Not to divert the thread, but wasn't Pete, on Pete and Gladys--our own Sherman T. Potter on MAS*H?