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1. One of the first TV sitcoms was based on a mother who was the head of her household. Starring Peggy Wood, who would later gain fame as the Mother Superior singing "Climb Every Mountain" in the movie "The Sound of Music," what comedy show was later made into a movie starring Irene Dunne in the title role (though the TV show had a shorter title than the movie)?
2. The entertainment community has long had a fascination with fractured families--especially those where a man has to make do on his own. Which of the following protagonists and title combinations are NOT matched up correctly?
3. Everyone knows that Lucille Ball was TV's wackiest early wife and mother. Her husband was played by real-life hubby, Desi Arnaz. On the show, Lucy and Ricky had a son, Little Ricky, who was played by their real-life son. True or False?
4. Another beloved TV couple was played by Robert Young and Jane Wyatt as Jim and Margaret Anderson. What was the show called?
5. Ward and June Cleaver were the parents on another hit from classic television of the '50s and '60s. Their sons were Wally and Theodore, but the younger son had a strange nickname that was part of the title to the show. Do you remember it? "Leave it to ______________."
6. Charles and Caroline were the parents on a show that was set in the 1800s based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It centered on daughters Mary, Laura (who narrated many of the episodes and was lovingly called "half-pint" by her father), and Carrie. The girls in turn called their parents Ma and Pa. What show was this?
7. What were the names of the characters whose last name was Brady on this hit show from the '60s and '70s?
"Here's the story, Of a lovely lady,
Who was bringing up three very lovely girls.
All of them had hair of gold,
Like their mother,
The youngest one in curls."
"Here's the story,
Of a man named Brady,
Who was busy with three boys of his own.
They were four men,
Living all together, but they were all alone."
"'Til the one day when the lady met this fellow,
and they knew they was much more than a hunch.
That this group,
Must somehow form a family.
That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch,
The Brady Bunch, the Brady Bunch
That's the way we became the Brady Bunch."
8. Tim Taylor was the father of three boys on the 1990s show "Home Improvement." What was the name of his wife on the show, who was played by Patricia Richardson?
9. Who doesn't remember "The Cosby Show" (1984-1992), a heart-warming comedy led by parents Cliff and Clair Huxtable, played by Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad? The Huxtables were professionals who were raising their children and longing for the time when they could be living on their own again as a couple with no kids in the house. Cosby and Rashad later starred in a show together as just such a couple. What was it called?
10. Not all TV families are idealized. What show about the dysfunctional Bundy family made many laugh in the '80s and '90s?
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shuehorn
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