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Retro4Life · 04-05-2011, 09:05 PM

Keying in on a discussion thread from yesterday (two of them really), I thought it might be fun to include a list of shows that had robots guest star at one point or another (sci/fi shows are exempt, of course; too easy).

Here's a few I thought of:

Gilligan's Island
Alice
Holmes and YoYo (natch)
The Living Doll (obvious)

(I didn't define the last two shows as sci/fi because they were generally just sitcoms with a slight sci/fi bent)

Others?

Brian Damage · 04-05-2011, 09:16 PM

Small Wonder

biffbronson · 04-05-2011, 09:33 PM

The Munsters (I don't think of that as sci-fi)

Zoneboy · 04-05-2011, 09:43 PM

Hymie the C.O.N.T.R.O.L Robot - Get Smart

robyrob · 04-05-2011, 09:44 PM

Mork and Mindy and Laverne & Shirley both had episodes with a robot

Benson, Family Matters, Silver Spoons

Marvo301 · 04-05-2011, 09:45 PM

Saved by the Bell (Screech had a robot in the early seasons)
Get Smart (Hymie)

Zoneboy · 04-05-2011, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marvo301

Get Smart (Hymie)

^^

tv star collector · 04-06-2011, 09:24 AM

How about Rosie (The Jetsons) and Bender (Futurama)?

catlover79 · 04-06-2011, 09:38 AM

Even though it's technically not a sitcom, Dukes of Hazzard featured "Robot P. Coltrane". In the early 80s, the soap opera Days of Our Lives had a plot about a robot name SICO, which was written into the series as a focus for learning-disabled children.

TV_on_the_Porch · 04-06-2011, 10:37 AM

Private Benjamin and Life With Lucy episodes come to mind. Can't think of any others that haven't been mentioned.

rezny717 · 09-19-2011, 06:24 PM

And,in the pretty good second season 1965-1866 episode of ABC's "The Addams Family"called "Lurch's Little Helper",Gomez and Uncle Fester built a robot assistant("Robby the Robot" from the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet")to help "head butler"Lurch.(Lurch smiled when Gomez said that.)

rezny717 · 09-19-2011, 06:26 PM

Oops!Sorry.I meant 1965-1966,not 1965-1866.

treky · 09-21-2011, 01:57 AM

the short-lived series from the mid-70s "HOLMES AND YO-YO"

Zoneboy · 09-21-2011, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rezny717

Oops!Sorry.I meant 1965-1966,not 1965-1866.

You could've just edited your post, an apology for a typo isn't necessary.

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rezny717 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2011 Location: Lincoln,Nebraska Posts: 659	And,in the pretty good second season 1965-1866 episode of ABC's "The Addams Family"called "Lurch's Little Helper",Gomez and Uncle Fester built a robot assistant("Robby the Robot" from the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet")to help "head butler"Lurch.(Lurch smiled when Gomez said that.)

09-19-2011, 06:26 PM	#12
rezny717 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 06, 2011 Location: Lincoln,Nebraska Posts: 659	Oops!Sorry.I meant 1965-1966,not 1965-1866.

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