Question 1

Happy Days dominated American television like no other show in the 70s. It’s success led to multiple spin-offs in the 70s and 80s based on some of its main and side characters. However, the most popular spin-off came as a result of a guest appearance across two episodes of Happy Days. Identify this spin-off about an alien learning Earth’s culture and customs and reporting them back home. Nanu nanu! 

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Answer: 

Mork and Mindy

Question 2

Imagine playing the same character over 5 decades and multiple TV shows. This hugely popular character has done the following: 

• Regularly visited a bar where “everybody knows your name”  

• Moved to Seattle to host a radio show - in a TV show named after the character

• And is starring in a rare revival of the same show in 2024

Identify the character.

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Answer: 

Frasier (Doctor Frasier Crane) 

The character Frasier Crane played by Kelsey Grammer started out on Cheers and then moved to his own show. 

Question 3

Mad About You was a hit 90s show starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. It had a great cast of side characters including an absent-minded and sometimes rude waitress who never remembered her customers - even regular ones. The actress playing the waitress got hired as one of the main leads on another show on the same network. The creators of the new show decided to have some fun with this and made their character the twin sister of the waitress from Mad About You. Identify this show. Bonus points - identify the two characters. 

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Answer: 

Friends

Ursula and her sister Phoebe Buffay were played by Lisa Kudrow across the two shows (Friends, Mad About You and Seinfeld all shared the same universe on NBC).

Question 4

One of the first shows in 1987 on the newly-launched Fox network was the eponymous Tracey Ullman Show. Producer James L Brooks wanted some variety on this show and commissioned a set of animated shorts. There were 48 of them during the run of the Tracey Ullman Show. The spin-off however has had the biggest impact on pop-culture and made Fox network a massive hit amongst viewers (and a very viable acquisition for Disney eventually). Identify this show about a family that refuses to age. 

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Answer: 

The Simpsons