TV SPIN-OFFS: How well do you know them?

                                       

Here's some fun for the day.....


PHRASE FUN:  (What is a rhyming phrase for the following.  Answer at bottom)
'The best store'

JOKE:    
Q:  How do crazy people go through the forest?
A:  They take the psycho path.

QUOTE:
"For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier.  I put them in the same room and let them fight it out."
(Steven Wright)

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
If you continually ignore God's voice, eventually you will not be able to hear it.

TV SPIN-OFF TRIVIA:  (There’s lots of them, so this will be Part one.   Part two showing up sometime later)  ***Answers below last picture

1. The picture at the top of the page is from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"  Name 3 spin-offs from this show.

2. ‘Trapper John M.D.’ was a spin-off of what show?

3. Who played the character Frasier who garnered his own spin-off from Cheers?

4. ‘Knot’s Landing’ was a spin-off from what show?

5. ‘Dirty Sally’ was a spin-off of ‘Gunsmoke.’  Who was originally asked to play the part of Marshall Dillon in ‘Gunsmoke’ and did a filmed intro of the first episode?

6. How many years did ‘Flo’, the spin-off of ‘Alice’ last?

7. How many spin-offs were there of ‘All in the Family’ and what were they?   One of these spin-offs had a spin-off.

8. ‘Fish’ was a spin-off of “Barney Miller”.  Who played the character Fish and what Academy Award winning movie was he in?  What character did he play in this movie?

9. Name 3 spin-offs of “Happy Days”?

10. Lisa Bonet was the character originally in ‘The Cosby Show’ that starred in this spin-off.   Name the show and the character.

11. Vickie Lawrence was this character in picture below.   Name the character, the original show she portrayed her on and the spin-off.  

ANSWERS:

1. ‘Rhoda’, ‘Phyllis’, ‘Lou Grant’

2. ‘M.A.S.H.’

3. Kelsey Grammer

4. ‘Dallas’

5. John Wayne

6. one year.

7. ‘Maude’ (she was Edith’s cousin) ‘The Jefferson’s’ ( they were the Bunker’s neighbors) ‘Archie Bunker’s Place‘ , ‘Gloria’ (focuses on Gloria after Michael leaves her to go live in a commune)   ‘Maude’s’ spin-off was “Good Times”  (Florida Evans worked for Maude)

8. Abe Vigoda;  “The Godfather”;  Sal Tessio

9. ‘Laverne & Shirley’; ‘Joanie Loves Chachi; ‘Mork & Mindy’

10. ‘A Different World’;  Denise Huxtable

11. Thelma Harper aka Mama (from the Mama, Ed & Eunice skits on the Carol Burnett  show)  “Mama’s Family” was the spin-off lasted 6 seasons    

PHRASE FUN (Answer)
Top Shop

Until next time.......