Friday, March 4, 2011

It's a Sitcom Party!

Hey, it's Pizza / Movie night at the launchpad, but we are always up for a good sitcom. Check out this picture and see how many of the sitcoms you can identify. Click on the picture to see it larger. The key is here and the list is also below. No peeking until you at least try. I put in bold the ones that I missed.

Bonus Quiz - I have listed the characters as identified in the picture. Name the actors.

In other news, The US Government will not shutdown today. For that I am grateful, as I am sure are those people to whom I pay bills. The Congress passed another Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for two more weeks, so they can keep talking about finding the money to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year.

Bonus Quiz #2 - Why is this date significant in American History? Why is it of some significance to Franklin Roosevelt, though he likely feels the same way about January 20?

Finally, if anyone is in the market for a car - I might be willing to give you mine. It would appear that another model of Mazdas (the Mazda6) may have spiders in the engine venting that may cause a fire. But a fire would be preferable to having SPIDERS in one's car! You can read the article about the recall here.

OK? Ready for the list. How'd you do?
  1. The Odd Couple (Felix Unger)
  2. Seinfeld (Cosmo Kramer)
  3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Richards)
  4. Sanford and Son (Fred Sanford)
  5. Night Court (Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon)
  6. Mr. Belvedere (Lynn Aloysius Belvedere)
  7. Everybody Loves Raymond (Ray Barone)
  8. Welcome Back, Kotter (Gabe Kotter)
  9. What’s Happening!! (Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs)
  10. All in the Family (Archie Bunker)
  11. The Cosby Show (Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable)
  12. The Honeymooners (Ralph Kramden)
  13. Maude (Maude Findlay) - I got this one on the second pass
  14. Married . . . with Children (Al Bundy)
  15. The Facts of Life (Natalie Green)
  16. Chico and the Man (Ed Brown) - I thought it was Ed Norton, but that couldn't be right with Kramden also there.
  17. Will & Grace (Grace Adler) - but only because it didn't look like her.
  18. The Golden Girls (Sophia Petrillo)
  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show (Rob Petrie)
  20. Good Times (James "J.J." Evans, Jr.)
  21. Roseanne (Dan Connor)
  22. Saved by the Bell (Sam "Screech" Powers) - a show I never watched, thankfully
  23. Charles in Charge (Charles)
  24. Home Improvement (Wilson Wilson, Jr.)
  25. Family Matters (Steven Quincy Urkel)
  26. Three’s Company (Chrissy Snow)
  27. Growing Pains (Jason Seaver)
  28. Happy Days (Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli)
  29. The Jeffersons (George Jefferson)
  30. Perfect Strangers (Balki Bartokomous)
  31. Laverne and Shirley (Laverne DeFazio)
  32. I Love Lucy (Lucy Ricardo)
  33. 227 (Sandra Clark)
  34. ALF (ALF)
  35. Family Ties (Alex P. Keaton) - although he looks like a girl, must be the hair
  36. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (William Smith)
  37. Friends (Rachel Green)
  38. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Salem Saberhagen) - I knew the show, but would have never been able to come up with the cat's name
  39. Blossom (Blossom Russo) - tonight on a very special "Blossom," Blossom tries not to look so pained
  40. Out of This World (The Cube) - never would have gotten this one, either
  41. Frasier (Eddie)
  42. Webster (Webster Long)
  43. Full House (Michelle Tanner)
  44. Diff’rent Strokes (Arnold Jackson)
  45. Punky Brewster (Penelope "Punky" Brewster) - although I initially switched her with the Olsen twin.
  46. Who’s the Boss? (Tony Micelli)
  47. Mork & Mindy (Mork)
  48. Taxi (Louie DePalma)
  49. Two and a Half Men (Charlie Harper)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Was reality TV the death knell for the sit com? I think only 3 or 4 of these were on in the last decade.

Brave Astronaut said...

C - unfortunately, I think that is the direction we are going. Although given the limited attention span of most people, I'm surprised the sitcom is not still successful.