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Scorpiomoon

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 08:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just when I start thinking these guys know way too much about TV shows, I realized I can totally keep up with them--remembering every single show they mention. Yikes.

How many of you are, right now, mumbling the names they can't get on their own?

Is it just because Danielle and Marcellas are older that they know so much trivia or did they just watch a ton of TV whereas, it would seem, Lisa and Jason watched none?

Princesspeach

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 08:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought I watched a ton of tv growing up but there are plenty of shows I don't know here. They must have watched nonstop.

Jimmer

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 08:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey .... Marcellus just said a while ago that he loved watching The Brady Bunch. The man can't be all bad.

Luvrealtv

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah! It was Schnieder on "one day at a time" I was screaming at my screen and almost shocked that they can't hear me. lol

Barbk

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
IS it just me or do these people know every show that was ever on tv ....these people really grew up watching tv

Missy2

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They were giving me a HUGE headache. I know they are bored but ugh. I wish bb would give them a game to play or something. I'm so sick of hearing them talk about movies and tv. They don't really talk to each other, its more like they are all talking at each other. They all just yell out stuff.

I remember last year when it was down to Monica, Nicole, and Will they started talking about movies too.

Is it just me, or is this year not as good or as popular?

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just wish there was some way for Real Player to run a crawler telling us WHAT the theme of the current TV/Movie/actor discussion was! :) Sometimes I come in mid-conversation and I keep hear them saying, "and another one..." and I'm going, "what the heck is the connection between Maude and Jason Bateman???????" LOL!

Just to prove I've watched more TV than they have...... two shows I bet they haven't mentioned "Filthy Rich," and "The Tomorrow People." Anyone remember those?

Ladytex

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with you guys. I posted in the other thread that I wish that I could participate in their tv trivia discussion tonight. I'm sitting here shouting out names, too ... LOL

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! @ Luv .......... BB really needs to have a hotline so all of us watching can call in and tell the HG's what the answer to their question is!!! Can you imagine it? "Houseguests, America says it was 'Schnieder'"

Drives me crazy!!! :)

Eden

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I remember Filthy Rich, a very short-lived show, first pairing of Delta Burke and Dixie Carter. You got me on The Tomorrow People, Clio!

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eden, I think if anyone would know about Filthy Rich it would be Amy, the only thing, I bet she's too young to remember it. I was in early elementary school when it came on and I'm five years older than her. Anyway, she would have been PERFECT on that show wouldn't she? :)

In my life there's only been one other person who's ever heard of the Tomorrow People. I'll give more info later if no one has heard of it. Off to do an internet search now.......

Duhhart

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's kind of embarrassing isn't it.
On road trips when there is big lull in conversation I'll tell stories of my life but it is really the plot of an old sitcom and the game is you're supposed to catch it and tell me what show it is from. Not a game I play often but I do play it. You have to be with the right kind of person. The kind of person who you can admit that you watched Small Wonder.
So, even though they drive me crazy with the constant talk about it I'm just as guilty.

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone ever done this? "Guess the Sitcom Star or Dictator." It's amazing.....

http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html

Curlyq

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, Clio. That was fun. I can't believe I couldn't fool it by choosing Thelma from "Good Times". I'll have to be more clever next time.

Cliotheleo

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 10:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, Curly, the thing guessed "Blanche Morton" from the Burnes and Alan show wich aired in the '50's and that was as obscure as I could think of, so you'll have to come a little harder than "Thelma." :) I tried just a minute ago with Delta's character from "Filthy Rich," and it didn't guess correctly, but I'm sure I was more to blame, not knowing enough about her character to give the right answers.

Cathie

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 11:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, geez...that site is addictive!!! I tried Mr. Conklin from Our Miss Brooks and it did not guess it, but I may have answered some of the questions wrong. I tried Lassie and it got it after about ten questions, never once asking 'are you human'! Spooky!

Fabnsab

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, that site is downright freaky! Its like Lays potato chips...betcha can't try just one. My husband and I are still trying to stump it. Thanks for the link, Clio!

Sia

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Clio, that was WEIRD! It guessed correctly that I was Edith Bunker and then that I was Murphy Brown. I stumped it with Corky Sherwood-Forrest, however. That's amazing. Thanks for the link.

Romans8_1

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great site, It guessed Opie, The soup nazi and T'Pol.

1kid4us

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I stumped it! I was one of the twins from the show double trouble.. katie and allie i believe their names were.. but it guessed chrissy from three's company, and it was wrong. my hubby did it and he was chandler from friends and the freaky computer thing got it right!

Bernie

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just to say, that I know the show that Danielle couldn't remember and no one else could guess a little earlier-it was Space 1999, and the moon got blasted from orbit around earth, and went wandering in space, with a few people on it in a dome, and the actor was Martin Landau, and his real life wife was Barbara Bain who played the doctor, so BB---tell them!
And at my age, I don't care that I know every show they mention, it's cool

Willsfan

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I stumped it with a really old one...Patty Duke. But, the option to "add" questions might help it get the answer next time.

It got Naomi from Mama's Family. Said I was #2 to ask that question. LOL

Calgal

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Earlier, Marc was talking about a "Southern" show w/a single mom and a girl w/an annoying voice, by any chance could it be "The Torkelsons?" It sure qualifies, and I agree w/Marc!

C1mag

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For some reason it can't seem to get Archie Bunker. I thought for sure it would.

Draheid

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 04:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
C1mag: It got Archie for me ... maybe the question about 'did your wife die of cancer'? I don't remember how Edith died, but that sounded plausible to me.

Romans8_1

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bernie, I loved Space 1999. I have the first 2 seasons on DVD.

Wyndie

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Clio! That is the BEST site! I have stumped it once - Stephanie from All in the Family - and have lost to the darn thing about 5 times since. I guess it was beginner's luck. That and the fact that I cannot think of anything really obscure yet. Oh, but I will! Actually... I just thought of one... Hm. I shall let you know if it beats me! (FYI, Gale Storm, My Little Margie)

I hate that I missed the houseguests talking about tv and movie trivia. I love trivia. It is a sickness but I guess I was just raised on so much television myself.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Remember in BB1 when they had trivia challenges?
These people would love that!

The Dead or Alive.. and how they thought Brian Piccolo was alive and it drove Curtis crazy and people kept thinking of sending banners.. I think it was Cassandra who answered that in her visit.. or a banner. Anyway lots of us were yelling answers to those questions too.

Bailey

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It missed Brenda from Rhoda for me.. guessed it as Lisa from Mad about You. What a fun site!

Curlyq

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That site actually guessed Tina Wesson from Survivor! I guess it doesn't have to be a sitcom after all, unless they consider her a dictator. :)

Fabnsab

Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, now this is scary. I have my two sisters thinking of characters with me and we came up with Gerry, the cousin of Blaires from Facts of Life...it guessed her. Then we did Pinky Tuscadero from Happy Days...it guessed her. Downright crazy. I love it.

Bernie

Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Romans, I know every science fiction and/or fantasy series ever made for TV! LOL! I'm an inveterate SF fan. :-)
How come that site you've all been having fun with wouldn't open for me, then? I'm getting very cranky tonight, feeling left out and all that! [Just practising my wingeing and whining, ignore me if you feel like it, I'll just go in a corner and pout some more :-(]

Dogdoc

Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 04:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wyndie, was Zazu Pitts on My Little Margie? I know she and Gale Storm played together on a show with a cruise ship or something. I went to the trivia site last night and lost right away with Buffy from Family Affair.I think I will do Bobby Buntrock (little Harold on Hazel) today.

Jeeny98

Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 08:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a terrible memory, but I do remember last year when Will and Nicole where the only ones, or maybe Monica was there too at one time. Will was amazed at one of the producers who would "help" them with the answers. I forget the producer or whoever it was in the back, maybe John?. Whenever they were stuck on something, Will would sometimes ask this person, and the person would come over the speaker with the answer. Will said one time, jeez, "do you not know anything?" Or something like that. They could be discussing anything, not just TV and movies and this guy knew all the answers.

Who was that? Does anyone remember that?

I thought that was funny and it was entertaining. Especially because it was so boring around that time, because of so few people left in the house.