Friday Questions About the Boob Tube

[kybearfuzz]

The funk is lingering, but much better I think. It's amazing how a drastic change in the weather can drastically change a mood. So here's some questions to pass the day away:

1. What is your favorite reality show and why do you like it?
   
2. Which American TV family would you visit: the Patridge Family, the Brady Bunch, or the Addams Family?
   
3. What famous star deserves a hit televisions series, assuming he or she hasn't had one (maybe they've had a show, but it didn't last)?
   
4. You win one night with a famous celebrity, one who will do anything (and I mean ANYTHING) you ask. Who is it?
   
5. What three dead celebrities would you magically bring back (in a non-zombie way)?
   
6. What movie have you seen recently (at home or in the theaters) would you love to see become a TV series?
   
7. What reality show has overstayed its welcome?
   
8. What television series has overstayed its welcome?
   
9. Who would you say was the best "magical" lead, Jeanie (I Dream of Jeanie), Samantha (Bewitched), Nanny (Nanny and the Professor), Sabrina (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), or any other?
   
10. Who is the best TV animal, Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Mr. Ed, Buck (Married with Children), Duke (The Beverly Hillbillies), or other?

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Some of my answers might surprise the folks who think they know me best:)

1. Hands down .. So, You Think You Can Dance .. the kids and choreographers are so incredibly talented.
2. The Addams Family
3. Kristin Chenowith ... a starring role ... She was delightful in Pushing Daisies.
4. My first answer would be Angela Lansbury (minus doing anything I ask). My followup answers .. with your implied "anything" ... George Eads or George Clooney:)
5. George Burns, Bob Hope and Bea Arthur
6. Nothing comes to mind.
7. All of them, except SYTYCD, especially American Idol and The Bachelor
8. Law & Order
9. Samantha ... Elizabeth Montgomery was terrific and charming, believable as the character.
10.Mr. Ed! (Does Alf count?:)

[furrytxcub.livejournal.com]

1. Project Runway (and international versions). Except for this abysmal season of PR US, it's always interesting and you're almost always in for some exciting fashion.
2. The Addams Family would probably be the most fun.
3. Huge Jackman.
4. Such a hard question....there are so many. If I only had to choose one, it would be Peyton Manning.
5. Nell Carter, Bea Arthur, Michael Bennett
6. I haven't really seen anything I can think of that would make a series I would be interested in watching.
7. America's Next Top Model
8. Heroes
9. Gob Bluth :)
10. Salem. He was the only thing I enjoyed about that show...

[barak.livejournal.com]

1. I actually liked Top Chef: Masters because they were all civilized and helpful and friendly to each other- no backstabbing or bitchiness with the other contestants. And it was amazing to see what these master-class level chefs could CREATE.

2. Probably the Addams Family- but if I had my druthers, I'd visit the Golden Girls.

3. I think Kristin Chenoweth seems to have the best talent to pull one off.

4. Daniel Craig. With strawberries. *cue porn music*

5. Kathrine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Gregory Peck

6. Entre les murs (French, "The Class")...Netflix it. I would love to see more stories centered in this school.

7. American Idol. Survivor. So You Think You Can Dance. The Bachelor/The Bachelorette. Most of them, including football. And Jay Leno.

8. I can think of several and can't choose between most of them. Both of the Law and Order and CSI franchises. Two and a Half Men. Heroes. And 90210/Melrose Place. What d'ya mean its a remake? Same thing.

9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Wouldn't you agree?

10. Digby (from Pushing Daisies).

my 10

[http://users.livejournal.com/_decibel_/]

1:So You Think You Can Dance. Sure it's a competition show, but it's a show that really relies on the physical skill of the contestants. A second runner up is Top Chef- mainly for creativity (except when they use a foam. I think that's a cop-out).
2: Addams Family. Definitely.
3: Kristen Chenowith.
4: Bill Goldberg.
5: Bob Fosse, Heath Ledger, Cole Porter
6: ....umm... I got nuttin'. Can't say that I've seen one that would be a good series.
7: Survivor American Idol
8: The Law and Order franchise. 'Next on "Law & Order: Hall Monitor Detail'...."
9: Samatha
10: Eddie from Frasier

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

1. What is your favorite reality show and why do you like it?

none of them

2. Which American TV family would you visit: the Patridge Family, the Brady Bunch, or the Addams Family?


i was a bigtime partridge family nut when it was on the air. but in hindsight, I'd visit the addams family


3. What famous star deserves a hit televisions series, assuming he or she hasn't had one (maybe they've had a show, but it didn't last)?

i can think of a few b-list but famous famous... Clive Owen

4. You win one night with a famous celebrity, one who will do anything (and I mean ANYTHING) you ask. Who is it?


Gerrard Butler


5. What three dead celebrities would you magically bring back (in a non-zombie way)?


Bones McCoy, Scotty, and a hot young marlon brando


6. What movie have you seen recently (at home or in the theaters) would you love to see become a TV series?

Oddly, no pun intended, Coraline

7. What reality show has overstayed its welcome?

all of them


8. What television series has overstayed its welcome?

they finally killed off ER didn't they? Smallville.


9. Who would you say was the best "magical" lead, Jeanie (I Dream of Jeanie), Samantha (Bewitched), Nanny (Nanny and the Professor), Sabrina (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), or any other?

Samantha


10. Who is the best TV animal, Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Mr. Ed, Buck (Married with Children), Duke (The Beverly Hillbillies), or other?

Frazier's dog

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

1. Big Brother because it is just a big train wreck. You can't help but watch three times a week.
2. The Brady Bunch.
3. Kristen Chenowith is a good choice.
4. Jon Favreau
5. Lucille Ball, John Ritter and James Dean
6. Can't say I can think of one.
7. The Bachelor
8. CSI
9. Samantha (Bewitched) hands down
10. Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

[anziulewicz.livejournal.com]

1: The only "Reality TV" show I have ever followed on a regular basis is The Next Food Network Star.
2: Oh, that's almost TOO easy. The Addams Family, natch. I adore them. They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky.
3: I've always rather admired Andie McDowell. I think she would do well in the right sitcom.
4: "Famous" is a rather subjective term, but if it had to be someone really famous ... James Gandolfini might be a good choice to go a roll in the hay with.
5: There are all sort of deceased celebrities that I wish we could have back. Paul Lynde was a very funny guy who had a tragically short life. Bob Keeshan ("Capt. Kangaroo") was a hero to kids of my generation. Gilda Radner and Madeline Khan, both extremely funny ladies who were claimed too soon by ovarian cancer. The list goes on and on.
6: District 9 could actually be expanded into a TV series with the right producers. In the wrong hands it could just be a knockoff of Alien Nation.
7: Just about every reality show on MTV has overstayed its welcome. Hell, MTV has overstayed its welcome.
8: There aren't really any big network TV shows that I follow on any kind of regular basis now that Battlestar Galactica is gone. I know Lost has its stubborn fan base, but REALLY, don't you think the producers are milking it for all it's worth?
9: There was something endearingly goofy about Jeannie that can still make me laugh. I know Endora (Agnes Moorehead) wasn't the lead on Bewitched, but she often stole the show.
10: FLIPPER!