New ABC Game - Name a Classic TV Show title, character, actor or funny sayings we all know and love - ie Gosh Wally, Live long and proser, Pork Chops and applesauce, etc. You get the idea...

and just for reference:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ill start..

Adam 12

EIGHT is ENOUGH

Sorry I haven't been around much. I'm in the middle of moving. I now have all my things in Seattle now it's just finding a place for everything.  Will log on more often now that I'm up and running again. 

Ginger Grant

LP - glad you got all moved - so happy for you

Jack Tripper

I just discovered this group.  FANTASTIC!!!!  Thanks a lot, we all need to escape into "Classic TV" sometimes!

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                         CINDY!!!!

Klinger (from M*A*S*H).

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Partridge Family.  Yay!!!  My FAVORITE Classic Sitcom!!!

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"Honey I'm home"! The one and only Ricky Ricardo! I love Lucy and don't have the re-runs here! Miss the Ricardos and Mertz's

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All in the Family

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Xena

"You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life...."

now back to--

All in the Family

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Courtship of Eddie's Father

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend,
He's a warm hearted person who'll love me till the end.
People let me tell you bout my best friend,
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy.
People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking son to son.
Cause he's my best friend.
Yes he's my best friend.

Ernie Ford, as in Tennessee

ps lp its Dobie Gillis LOL

Bewitched ... can you just see that nose twitching?!!

Beverly Hillbillies:  texas tea!

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I got it now, in alpha order: 

"Q" is a character in Star Trek played by John de Lancie.

Viola (not sure on spelling) - Mama's Family the neighbor

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Went to the web for this one:  Zachary Smith.   He was an intergalactic doctor of environmental psychology and an enemy agent for a foreign government on board the Jupiter 2 Space Ship.  Johnathan Harris played:  Dr. Zachary Smith on the TV Series: "Lost In Space!"   

anyone other then i do  have the entire 3 seasons of lost in space?

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so the last one was "LOST IN SPACE"

MASH

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so......

All in the family

or.......

Night, Johnboy!

Happy Days

Jimmie "JJ" Walker of Good Times

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MONKEES

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One Day At A Time

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY! WHOO HOOO YESSS I ALWAYS GET TO DO THE P!

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Three's Company

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Underdog

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WKRP in Cincinnati

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

 Wendy's Best commerical

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I'll cheat:

 Young and the Restless

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Archie

June, do you mean ERNIE?

Gilligan's Island

Mark (from The Rifleman)

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OPIE  (Mayberry RFD)

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                 Queen for a Day!

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"Richie" in Happy Days

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Valerie (1986-1987)
Valerie's Family (1987-1988)
The Hogan Family (1988-1991)

This started off in 1986 called "Valerie" Starring Valerie Harper, then was changed to Valerie's Family & last to The Hogan Family.

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Xena

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Alice

C is for COOKIE Monster!!.  I like the older Sesame Street, without Elmo, Telly, and the other newer ones.  There isn't a new character that doesn't have some kind of major problem.  Elmo always referrs to himself in the third person, Telly is just plain odd.  and Rosita and Zoey would be the two kids next door on either side of me that never shut up, and show up at unexpected times just like...what is going to lead me to the letter D....

Dennis the Menace.

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D for Donald Duck!

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(The) FLINSTONES 

HARDY HAR,HAAAAARRRRRR! 

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H is for:

Highway To Heaven.  Yeah, a bit cheesey at times, but at least you didn't have swearing, and you could watch with younger children in the room.

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Incredible Hulk

Jethro

K is for:

Kotter, as in Welcome Back, Kotter.  I always thought he was a riot.  Especially when he'd talk about his weird relatives in the beginning and end segments.  I always thought that they'd be a riot to live next door to.

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LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

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M is for:

the MUPPET SHOW.  I loved that show as a kid.  All the neat guest stars.  Looking at them again as an adult.  I still love it.

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OMG The Muppett Show!! The one with Alice Cooper as the guest star was a riot!

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Nancy Drew

ps look!:
alice cooper-you and me on the muppets

More treasures:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=4835&pst=617525&thread_options_open=1

Ohhhh Nooooo Mr. Bill

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P is for:

Police Woman.  I barely remember the show.  I just wanted to do 'Q' this time...I know, I'm bad.

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Q is for

Quantum Leap.  I loved that show.  Most of the episodes were well written, well acted.  Of course there were the stinkers, but what series doesn't have them.  'Nowhere to Run' the only thing I can stand Jennifer Anniston in. Running for Honor... another goodie. A few funny ones. I miss it.

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RHODA

SUFFERIN' SUCKATASH

The Honeymooners

Untouchables

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V is for: Valley.  Harper Valley PTA, Sweet Valley High.  I found that show by accident.  I loved the series of the High School days in book form.  I had the first 60 or so. Seems also as if there was some western that had 'Valley' in the title. 

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W - Wembley of Fraggle Rock

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Y is for: 

You Bet Your Life, Your Show of Shows, Yabba Dabba Dooo!

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I had to think for a while for this one:

Z is for:  Zipper!

In the beginning of the show, Mr Rogers would come in, singing, he'd take off his suit coat and hang it up in a closet.  He'd then take out a sweater (which his mother had made him, according to legend) and zip it up all the way to the top, then bring it back down to about half way.  I remember that.  I watch it now with my two youngest children.  What a loss of a very gentle man. 

Okay, a little lame. 

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Hm.  I wonder how many of the shows we have listed Aaron Spelling had a hand in...

He lived a long life with great success, surrounded by those who loved him, cared about him, and that he loved and cared about in return.

Let's hope he is entertaining the angels in heaven.

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There is a thread dedicated to him.. here and in the I Love Lucy group.

Hart to hart, love boat, fantasy Island, Dynasty.....

Nell Carter

D is for:  Dumb Dora and Dumb Donald. 

On MatchGame, the host, Gene Rayburn, would occasionally start his questions with 'Dumb Donald (or Dumb Dora) was so dumb...' and the audience would say 'How dumb was (s)he?'  and Gene would ask his question that the contestant would have to answer, and hope the celebrity panel would match it.  That game show was a riot, as was Gene, and most of the celebs, especially Brett Sommers and Charles Nelson Riley...

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OMG I LOVE the Match game...

Gene: Dora was so dumb.....

(studio audience: How dumb was she?)

E is for Eddie as in Courtship of Eddie's Father

F is for Frog.  as in Kermit.  I think he may have been done prior, but he was probably the smartest muppet on Sesame Street.  I liked his Newscasts where he 'interviewed' nursery rhyme characters, little bo peep, little jack horner, and humpty dumpty.  Like I have said before and will again, vintage Sesame Street rocked.

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G o Go Gophers

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I is for:  In the Heat of The Night

A very good show.  It was not the wrapped up in 44 minutes cop drama.  People were shot, died, answers left hanging..it dealt with real (at that time relavent) issues. 

I liked the characters.  Flawed, human, and some even I liked to hate.  A far better vehicle for Carol O'connor than Archie, I think.  Maybe because I was too young to 'get' that show when it first ran.

Tragic events hit that cast.  From what I understand, the man who played Virgil Tibbs, Harold Rollins (?) died of AIDS.  Hugh O'connor, Carol's adopted son commited suicide, unable to shake his consuming drug habit, he left behind a wife, baby, and a heartbroken father who took his grief and went on the air to beg us not to let drugs consume us, to get help.  He also named the man who sold Hugh the drugs.  VERY brave.  I think Carol died a brokenhearted man.  But whether you liked or hated Carol, he was one of the many stars who made In the Heat of the Night shine.

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K is for:  Krause.

From the tv show Benson.  That lady was a riot.  She had a heart of gold deep (very deep) down.  I think she enjoyed the bantering she did with Benson.  (Robert Guillume)  Inga Swenson played Krause.  I liked her.  

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LILY Tomlin as Edith Ann on Laugh In

M is for:   Make A Wish.

In the 1970s, there was a tv show called Make a Wish.  It had a guy with a guitar, and he explored different subjects every week, at a kids' level.  I did some searching and the host was the brother of Harry Chapin, Tom.  I liked it.  It was not sugary, not too stark.  Too bad we don't have shows like that anymore.  Guess we kids of the 1970s really were innocent.

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O is for Osmonds

Remember the Donny & Marie show of the 1970s?  I thought Marie was so pretty, I wanted to look just like her, and she SKATED!  I loved ice skating then, and still love skating today.  I thought Donny was good looking.  and growing up Mormon, we were allowed to stay up the extra half hour past our bedtime when that show came on...woo hoo!

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WHOOO HOOOO The Osmonds. "I'm a Little Bit Country....I'm a Little Bit Rock n Roll 

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Partridge Family!!!! OK I know, I know EVERY time we get to P I somehow get to do it & I pick the Partridge Family ALL the time!!! What can I say??? Hey I got this 45 record & its still in great playing shape! Very Sweet!!!!

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R is for:  Ricardos

Ricky and Lucy.  I did not care much for him, but I liked Lucy. 

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 S - Samantha Stevens

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T is for:  The Twilight Zone

I love this series.  For the most part very thought provoking episodes (of course, a few stinkers are in there).

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UNGER, Felix from the Odd Couple

V is for: Velma

The orange sock wearing genius.  If it were not for her plans and deductive reasoning, they wouldn't figure out much past their names.  Gotta love 'er.

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Z is for: Sleep! 

Think I goofed this time, dontcha?  Nope.  In nearly every cartoon from Warner Brothers to Hanna Barbera, and others, when a cartoon character goes to sleep, we either see a little thought cloud above their heads with a little saw cutting logs, or a bunch of....

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's. 

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B is for:  Barney Rubble

The ever-faithful sidekick of that loudmouth Fred Flintstone.  Kinda dumb, but loyal and true.  Did you know that the Flintstones and Rubbles were suppost to be the animated (and pre-historic) version of Ralph, Ed, Trixie and Alice.

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Chico and the Man

D is for: Dinosaurs

There was a TV show called Dinosaurs, about a family of (drumroll, please) Dinosaurs, not muppets, but kinda like hard rubber, I'd guess.  If I am not mistaken, it aired in the 80's.  The voice of the baby dinosaur ('I'm the baby..gotta love me' and his term for his father 'NOTTHEMOMMY') is the same man (and if you saw him you'd be surprised) that does Elmo's voice.

Of course, there are other TV dinosaurs, Dino, of course, from the Flintstones, the dinosaurs from Land of the Lost, and even some dinosaurs in the further reaches of the Twilight Zone (Oddessey of flight 39)

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F is for:  F-Troop. 

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H is for: HOW COME? 

A TV show that came on sometime during the weekend, and it answered questions of how things worked, how things were made, etc.  Not really a kids' show, but as a kid I was able to understand it, and liked it sometimes. 

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I is for:  I Married Joan. 

Starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III, voice of Mr Magoo, to name a couple).  Joan Davis is often compared to Lucille Ball, but while both women were comediannes, each were hysterically funny in their own right.  Lucy may be more well known, but Joan outshone her on TV because Jim Backus' character was not an overbearing sexist pig as was Ricky Ricardo.  I thought Desi Arnaz was, too.  So, don't count out Joan, give her a chance, and you'll see why this quiet classic may become a new favourite.

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I is for:  I Dream of Jeannie

For as strict as the censors were (NO navel shots, and her bottle could not be in his bedroom,) it was funny, a bit fluffy, but a lot of fun to watch her manipulate him.  It went downhill after they married.  Boy, tame by today's standards.

I saw Barbara Eden's biography on A&E, and she had great successes professionally, and such tragedy personally, but even today, she is a beautiful class act.  The younger generation can see what dignity is and how to behave just from watching her.

KS

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Ed Asner , Co Star of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.