What Show Was That? Trivia Quiz

Answer: "The Muppet Show"

The Muppets originally became famous in "Sesame Street". "The Muppet Show" had 120 episodes produced between 1976 and 1981. Statler and Waldorf were the two old gentlemen that sat and criticised every item in the program. The cinema in Gawler, South Australia has a balcony with Statler and Waldorf cut-outs. Rowlf only appeared in the first few episodes, where he would try to recite poetry, whilst Fozzie tried to tell jokes each week.

Answer: "The Andy Griffith Show"

"The Andy Griffith Show" resulted from an episode of the "Danny Thomas Show" and also spawned several other shows including, "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C" and "Mayberry R.F.D.". The boy that played Opie went on to play the character of Richie Cunningham in "Happy Days", before becoming the director of such films as "A Beautiful Mind" and "Apollo 13".

Answer: "The Bob Newhart Show"

Bob Newhart played the part of the Chicago psychologist, Robert Hartley, and the show spawned such characters as Elliot Carlin, played by Jack Riley, who hated everything and everyone. This character has also been seen on other shows such as "St. Elsewhere" where he blamed his existing mental health issues on years of therapy with some quack in Chicago.

Answer: "The Bugs Bunny Show"

"The Bugs Bunny Show" debuted in 1960 featuring three "Loonie Toons" that had previously been shown in the movie theatres with linking sequences interspersed between the cartoons. Some of the characters introduced through "The Bugs Bunny Show" include Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe le Pew and the Roadrunner.

Answer: "The Abbott and Costello Show"

"The Abbott and Costello Show" only ran for two seasons in 1952-1953. It is believed that Jerry Seinfeld based his show "Seinfield" on the Abbott and Costello emphasis of funny situations rather than life lessons.

I was very disappointed when Peter Costello the shadow treasurer resigned from Australian politics, as he would have gone well with the future prime minister Tony Abbott.

Answer: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

The original premise for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show", was that she was to be a recently-divorced woman, but was changed to that of a single woman with a recently-broken engagement. After six years of playing Laura Petrie on the "Dick van Dyke Show", it was felt that viewers may have been alarmed that she had divorced from Rob. Three successful sequels arose from the characters created for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", being "Rhoda", "Phyllis" and "Lou Grant".

Answer: "The Patty Duke Show"

In one episode of "The Patty Duke Show" Patty played a third part being a distant cousin Betsy from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Patty Duke was also the second wife of John Astin, who played the part of Gomez Addams in "The Addams Family".

Answer: "The Scooby Doo Show"

Velma had the analytical mind, Daphne always seemed to get into some sort of danger, whilst Shaggy was much like Scooby Doo and always afraid and hungry. The leader of the group was Fred, who also starred as Alan in "Josie and the Pussycats".

Answer: "The Norman Gunston Show"

Garry Macdonald was a cast member in all the listed answers, "The Norman Gunston Show" was a parody on the typical tonight show format. Norman portrayed himself as ill-prepared and having done no research about his guests whilst linking any of their achievements, to something similar that had happened to himself.

Answer: "The Flip Wilson Show"

"The Flip Wilson Show" ran for 4 years featuring 94 episodes. Both Geraldine Jones and Reverend Leroy were played by Flip and some other quotes attributed to Geraldine include "The devil made me buy this dress!" and "You devil, you!"