Jeopardy! thread for Thur., Nov. 28

Yeah, when Shanna hit the second DD, she had the opportunity to open a guaranteed lead into FJ, but for some reason she chickened out. Then she bet $0 in Final, making herself reliant on both opponents being wrong to win.

ABC/Disney tried a new Muppet Show ("Muppets Tonight") in the late 90s and it pretty much bombed, so maybe that's why they're hesitant about it.

Mike said "Witness Relocation Program", which is likely a response the writers were hoping to trip someone up on.

When I was 17
I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer
I purchased with a fake I.D.
My name was Brian Mcgee
I stayed up listening to Queen
When I was 17

Jeopardy! thread for Wed., Nov. 27

My favorite short: the delightfully downbeat "The Days of Our Years".

If you've seen any of the pathetic attempts at slapstick on 2 Broke Girls, it gives you a real appreciation for what they did on L&S.

Since 90 Bristol Court was three sitcoms in one, we should have a 90 Bristol Court TV Club 30.

I was always impressed with the acting on Laverne & Shirley, they really made the most out of that material.

Although not really a sitcom, Fernwood/America 2Night would make it onto my top ten list.

Yeah, it would have been thought of as sticking their heads in the sand if they didn't do something on the issue, and most 70s sitcoms didn't shy away from being topical.

"Mimeograph".

I recently watched Gunsmoke's "The Queue" and "How to Die for Nothing". I'm focusing first on the ones written by Peckinpah.

Your efforts to expand the TV horizons of this site beyond the last two decades are very much appreciated. I love learning about older shows and have recently been watching episodes of Gunsmoke and The Fugitive using the "100 Episodes" and "TV Club 10" articles as a guide.

This piece made being assigned to write about one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time come across like a bunch of six-year-olds being forced to eat their vegetables.

Good call on the closing theme, it always left you with a smile at the end.

It had high ratings for the latter part of its first season when CBS scheduled it after M*A*S*H. After that, for whatever reason the network repeatedly dicked the show around the schedule until it died.

Well, if he was between the prime pop music listening ages of 15-25 during the 80s, that would mean he was born in the mid-60s. That would make him around 50 years old today, which might be pretty close to reality.

I understand that, but the whole mindset of dismissing 70s TV comedy almost out of hand is very problematic. This was a *great* decade for sitcoms.