Playing the Same Role; Movies vs. Television [1] Quiz

Answer: Jed Clampett

The culture shock surrounding the transplanting of a group of rich, but down-to-earth hillbillies to the excesses of Beverly Hills, provided enough fodder for laughs to give "The Beverly Hillbillies" a nine season run, between 1962 and 1971. Based on the series, the same-named movie was released in 1993.
Sing with me now, "...And then one day when he was shootin' at some food, up through the ground came a bubblin' crude."

Answer: Samantha Stephens

"Bewitched", a delightful comedy about a witch married to a mortal, ran for eight seasons between 1964 and 1972. The film based on the series was released in 2005. Kidman gave a credible performance as a witch being hired to play a witch, but Will Ferrell's heavy-handed approach to comedy made the film a disappointment.

Answer: Batman

The campy, somewhat over-the-top series ran for three seasons between 1966 and 1968. Michael Keaton donned the cape for two films, "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992). Val Kilmer gave the role his best in "Batman Forever" (1995), while Clooney took on the job of keeping Gotham City safe in "Batman and Robin" (1997). Christian Bale took us back to Batman's roots in "Batman Begins" (2005).

Answer: Hawkeye Pierce

Robert Altman's revolutionary film, "MASH", about life behind the lines at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea was released in 1970. It did such a good job of being humourous, while still managing to portray the horrors of war, that it spawned a fantastic series which ran for 11 seasons, from 1972 to 1983.

Answer: Joe Friday

Inspired by a desire to present police work as it really occurred, "Dragnet" began life as a radio show. The television series grew out of the show, and ran for eight seasons, from 1951 to 1959. The somewhat less serious movie of the same name was released in 1987. A newer, updated version of the television series started in 2003.

Answer: Tarzan

The story of a child raised by apes to become king of the jungle was one that has captured imaginations ever since Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote his books. Weissmuller was probably the actor most closely associated with the role, and his easily recognized Tarzan cry was played at his funeral.

Answer: David Starsky

"Starsky and Hutch" were two of the coolest, street-wise cops you could ever want to meet. For four seasons, between 1975 and 1979, they got the bad guys, sometimes with the help of Huggy Bear, and sometimes putting the Torino through its paces. The same named movie was released in 2004.

Answer: Grinch

Based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" was first a half hour television special in 1966, and then a feature film in 2000. This much loved story about the green-furred creature who realized the true meaning of Christmas, only after he tried to stop it from coming, has been a perennial Yule time favourite for years.

Answer: Gomez Addams

Depicting a family with a fascination for all things macabre, and the resultant comedic moments that presented when they interacted with the real world, "The Addams Family" series ran for two seasons between 1964 and 1966. The 1991, same-titled film was quite successful, while the 1993 sequel, "Addams Family Values" was somewhat less so.
The animated version ran from 1973 to 1975 and boasted Jodie Foster as a sometimes contributor and "The New Addams Family" ran for only one season in 1998.

Answer: Indiana Jones

Archeology got a real shot in the arm when Harrison Ford took on the role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) and made the profession look romantic and exciting, if not more than a little dangerous. He reprised the role in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989).

The series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", which ran for one season in 1992, was an unsuccessful attempt to cash in on the success of the films.