TV Show Mash-Up

[WordWolf]

"Everybody Loves Raymond"?

[RottieGrrrl]

"Everybody Loves Raymond"?

You got it! LOL! The episode was "She's the one." Your turn WW.

Edited May 21, 2014 by RottieGrrrl

[WordWolf]

This long-running show had guests appear occasionally. They included Lou Ferrigno, Yo-Yo Ma,

Bill Nye, Bob Keeshan, Margaret Hamilton, Michael Keaton, Bill Bixby, Ming-Na Wen,

Wynton Marsalis, Marcel Marceau, Tony Bennett, Rita Moreno, Branford Marsalis,

Itzhak Perlman, David Copperfield, LeVar Burton.

(In fairness, Bob Keeshan, Michael Keaton, Margaret Hamilton and Ming-Na Wen

didn't play themselves.)

This show featured a trolley.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow

We'll start the day tomorrow with a song or two.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

We'll start the day tomorrow with a smile for you.

Til then I hope you're feeling happy,

Til then I hope your day is snappy.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

It soon will be tomorrow and be our day

We will say a very happy tomorrow to you."

Edited May 22, 2014 by WordWolf

[RottieGrrrl]

well it's obviously got to be some variety show.....Some 70s variety show perhaps......Tony Orlando and Dawn! I don't know. I'm just throwing something out there.

[WordWolf]

well it's obviously got to be some variety show.....Some 70s variety show perhaps......Tony Orlando and Dawn! I don't know. I'm just throwing something out there.

Bill Nye's earliest listed credit is a show he did in 1984, which was not this show.

A lot of the OTHER people sound like 70s stars, though....

Beware concluding that something is "obvious."

[RottieGrrrl]

Beware concluding that something is "obvious."

Yeah I do that all the time too, but at least I got another hint out of you, ha ha ha ha ha. hooookaaay, let's see. Geez. Variety shows sort of hit their peak and died in the 70s. OH I BET IT IS A CHILDREN SHOW!!! Sesame Street!!!!

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I'm hesitant to make this guess, as you list Bob Keeshan as a guest, but I'll still try

"Captain Kangaroo."

George

(If nothing else, it definitely WAS long-running!)

[WordWolf]

It is neither "Sesame Street" nor "Captain Kangaroo." And yes, I included Bob in the list

to eliminate his show from consideration.

[WordWolf]

This long-running show had guests appear occasionally. They included Lou Ferrigno, Yo-Yo Ma,

Bill Nye, Bob Keeshan, Margaret Hamilton, Michael Keaton, Bill Bixby, Ming-Na Wen,

Wynton Marsalis, Marcel Marceau, Tony Bennett, Rita Moreno, Branford Marsalis,

Itzhak Perlman, David Copperfield, LeVar Burton.

(In fairness, Bob Keeshan, Michael Keaton, Margaret Hamilton and Ming-Na Wen

didn't play themselves.)

This show featured a trolley.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow

We'll start the day tomorrow with a song or two.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

We'll start the day tomorrow with a smile for you.

Til then I hope you're feeling happy,

Til then I hope your day is snappy.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

It soon will be tomorrow and be our day

We will say a very happy tomorrow to you."

This show has inspired a current show, which can be seen as a spin-off or successor,

complete with a similar name.

"I'll be back, when the week is new.

And I'll have more ideas for you.

And you'll have things you'll want to talk about.

I

will

too."

(Having never seen this show, Mrs Wolf figured it out from the previous clues,

so you know it's not something obscure and unknown.)

[RottieGrrrl]

I THOUGHT I HAD IT FOR SURE! /> oh well. I never heard of a lot of those actors, but I know enough of them to mull over.....MR ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD!!!! He had a trolley!

Edited May 22, 2014 by RottieGrrrl

[WordWolf]

I THOUGHT I HAD IT FOR SURE! /> oh well. I never heard of a lot of those actors, but I know enough of them to mull over.....MR ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD!!!! He had a trolley!

Yes, he did. And it led to the Land of Make-Believe.

The current cartoon "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" follows Daniel Tiger

onto the trolley as he goes to school and learns life lessons,

complete with variations on the opening and closing songs used by

Fred Rogers.

My favorite legend of Mr Rogers is that someone stole his car, and that,

when the thief saw the announcement on the news, he returned the car

and apologized. Nice story.

I was shocked to see Ming-Wa Nen was on his show playing a role. She's on

"Marvels Agents of SHIELD" as Agent May. Bob Keeshan, of course, was

playing Captain Kangaroo and not himself when he visited.

I like that his closing song (that replaced "Tomorrow" changed the line

"I'll be back when the day is new" to "I'll be back when the week is new"

for Friday episodes. Some kids DO notice those things.

(Mrs Wolf has watched Daniel Tiger's show, and recognized the trolley and

the reference to "snappy" in the song confirmed for her that this was

the original show I was mentioning.)

So, your turn.

[RottieGrrrl]

ha ha! I did not know you knew so much about mr. Rogers, lol. :P/>Of course, you have kids.

Hookay, I had one in store.. here we go. I'll start out with this, although I'll be surprised if you GUYS get it with too hard clues, it really was more popular among female tweens and teens, I think. (clue clue) I'll start out with this.

This TV show became one of the longest-running television series boasting all female leads.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"Cagney and Lacey"?

George

[WordWolf]

I have 3 answers, each for a different type of show.

"The Golden Girls?"

[RottieGrrrl]

Good answers, lol But this is NOT a sitcom. Clue 2 ONE of the actresses got replaced after the 3rd season. Was she fired or did she quit? According to her, she quit. But She is known for being a diva and hard to work with.

[hiway29]

sounds like Charlie's Angels

[WordWolf]

Good answers, lol But this is NOT a sitcom. Clue 2 ONE of the actresses got replaced after the 3rd season. Was she fired or did she quit? According to her, she quit. But She is known for being a diva and hard to work with.

I actually thought of this show first, but figured "Golden Girls" was a LOT more likely.

You're referring to Shannon Doherty and "Charmed."

I thought of it first because I've watched this show and I generally don't

watch Bea Arthur because of an incident November 17, 1978.

(The sole airing of the Star Wars Holiday Special.)

Edited May 22, 2014 by WordWolf

[WordWolf]

ha ha! I did not know you knew so much about mr. Rogers, lol. :P/>/>Of course, you have kids.

(snip)

I knew some of the trivia, but remember I get to use the Wikipedia page and the

IMdB page (and other resources) when composing the clues.

I have ONE kid. He just SEEMS like he's plural because he's a lot of work. :)

At the time of the airing, I noticed the change from "day" to "week" but had forgotten

it over the decades. It came back to me last night when I was reading.

[RottieGrrrl]

HEY hiway, that's not a bad guess!!! I never even thought of them! WordWolf you got it. I just don't know what's too easy and what's too hard. I figured not all guys pay attention to those goil shows. lol. Now please explain this part.

I thought of it first because I've watched this show and I generally don't

watch Bea Arthur because of an incident November 17, 1978.

(The sole airing of the Star Wars Holiday Special.)

What? You don't watch her because of an incident on November 17th 1978 and Star Wars? HUH?????

[WordWolf]

HEY hiway, that's not a bad guess!!! I never even thought of them! WordWolf you got it. I just don't know what's too easy and what's too hard. I figured not all guys pay attention to those goil shows. lol.

They aired the show in syndication at lots of different times when I

wasn't at work. I do have some interest in modern-day magic stories

(I read "the Dresden Files" and recommend them for any other fan of the

genre.) Also, I was single and the show starred these 3 cute chicks.

That's enough for me to have watched the show when I was able.

Admittedly, later it was hard for me to follow time-wise, so I missed

the later seasons and what looked like interesting stories about the

school.

What? You don't watch her because of an incident on November 17th 1978 and Star Wars? HUH?????

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special

1978 was between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. At the time, I was

a kid. Naturally, I was really into Star Wars (there were toys, comic

books, etc.) In 1978, Lucasfilm greenlit a project to appear on TV to

maintain hype for the fans while Lucas worked on TESB. It was aimed at

small children, and was 2 hours long. (It worked as a small children's

special, but would have made a successful 1 hour special.) There were

many problems with the thing, and Lucas has said, off the record, that he

wished he could destroy all the bootleg copies of the thing from the sole

airing. There were some neat things about it, and it DID feature most of

actual SW cast. There were a number of actors who played bit parts, with

varying levels of success. A high point was Art Carney as Saun Dann, a

low point was Harvey Korman stuck playing a defective droid (he was much

better as the alien Julia Childs analog).

Towards the end, there was a scene set in the Cantina on Tatooine. Now,

I get the grizzled bartender (Wuher) has to have someone else tending bar

and he might not be there at any particular moment. All they needed was

another grizzled-looking actor to play a hardened Tatooine worker. So, out

of all of Hollywood, they chose BEA ARTHUR. Even as a kid, it made no

sense to me... and worse, since this was a MUSICAL, they had her show up,

bartend, and then SING! TWICE! And then Harvey Korman tried to pick her

up.

My subconscious actually suppressed the memory of the show until I saw a

bootleg airing for fans decades later. Then it all came back to me.

However, it explains why I went out of my way to avoid Bea Arthur shows

from 1979 onwards. (Now it's just a habit, not a rule.)

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I figured not all guys pay attention to those goil shows. lol. Now please explain this part.

I guess that depends on what you mean by girl shows. If they have attractive girls showing their wares ("Police Woman," "Charlie's Angels," "Charmed," "Partners in Crime," I'm there. If you mean drama-queen stuff, count me out. ;)

George

[RottieGrrrl]

Ha ha, WW and George. When I was at work, thinking of Charmed, our handyman was there and I told him I don't think this is a good choice for this board because how many guys have watched Charmed. And he told me the same thing you guys did, if they are cute chicks then they'll watch. I thought he was being stupid, but I guess I'm stupid, lol. :rolleyes:/>

WW , interesting story how poor Bea Arthur left such a negative impression on your young mind! I'm sure I have my own "Bea Arthur" somewhere in my mind, I just can't think of it at the moment.

Anyway, WW is up, whenever he gets a chance!

[WordWolf]

Now you know why I sometimes respond to bluster with

"You can't scare me-I've seen Bea Arthur sing."

[WordWolf]

This "variety" show had many, many guests, including:

Candace Bergen, Ben Vereen, Rita Moreno, Florence Henderson,

Phyllis Diller, Ruth Buzzi, Julie Andrews, Milton Berle,

George Burns, John Cleese, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn,

Rich Little, Steve Martin, Ethel Merman, Zero Mostel,

Bernadette Peters, Vincent Price, Lou Rawls, Connie Stevens,

Pearl Bailey, Petula Clark, Roy Clarkm James Coco,

Alice Cooper, Bob Hope, Elton John, Danny Kaye, Cloris

Leachman, Liberace, Loretta Lynn, Gilda Radner, Helen

Reddy, Roy Rogers, Peter Sellers, Raquel Welch, Harry

Belafonte, Spike Milligan, and Victor Borge.

(Yes, I could have kept going.)

This show spawned a sequel, eventually, and there were

a number of theatrical-release movies.

[RottieGrrrl]

I would guess the Brady Bunch Variety Hour, but the movies they made were not in theaters, OH WAIT!!!! THE SPOOFS THEY MADE WERE! Okay, I'm going to guess the Brady Bunch. If I'm right, I can't give another show till later in the afternoon cause I have to bring my dog to day care (she goes every Friday to play with other dogs) and I have to bring my car in to the Toyota dealer and I won't be at work till later today. But I bet I'm right! I bet I'm right!