Television Trivia Including Lou Grant, Barbra Streisand, Jack Klugman, the Jolly Green Giant

 

 

Television trivia questions and answers about Zoro, Walt Disney, Jack Klugman, Lou Grant, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Caine and more.

What was the name of Walt Disney's family dog?
A: Lady. She was a poodle, not a cocker spaniel like Lady in Disney's 1955 film Lady and the Tramp.

Actors Jack Klugman and Tony Randall played roommates in the TV sitcom The Odd Couple. What actor was Klugman's real-life roommate in New York City before both became stars?
A: Charles Bronson.

What entertainer, upset at the high decibel level of the commercials shown during the TV premiere of one of her movies, called NBC and order and engineer to lower the volume?
A: Barbra Streisand, in February 1995. The film was The Prince of Tides.

What famous entertainer first appeared on stage under the name Earl Knight?
A: Alan King, who was born Irwin Knibertg. As a teen he formed a combo called Earl Knight and His Musical Knights, which performed at weddings and bar mitzvahs--with Kniberg/Knight/King on the drums.

By what more popular name do TV viewers know fictional old West Hero Don Diego de La Vega?
A: Zorro.

What is the name of the more famous actor-brother of TV's Steve Forrest, who appeared as Hondo in S.W.A.T. and as Ben Stivers on Dallas?
A: Dana Andrews.

What popular actor fell in love with a woman he saw in a Maxwell House commercial -- and married her?
A: Michael Caine. His wife is Shakira Baksh.

What was the name of the baby born to Ted Baxter and his wife Georgette on the popular TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show?
A: Mary Lou- for Mary Richards and Lou Grant, the show's two leading characters.

What burly character actor provided the voices of Charlie the Tuna and the Jolly Green Giant in television commercials?
A: Herschel Bernardi.

What famous entertainer appeared on educational TV in the 1970s as the milkman on The Electric Company?
A: Bill Cosby.

Whom did actor John Forsythe replace as multimillionaire Blake Carrington on TB's Dynasty 16 days after filming had begun?
A: George Peppard, who disagreed with the producers on how the part should be played. He ended up on The A-Team.

In the Abbott and Costello Who's on First routine, what was the pitcher's name?
A: Tomorrow.

Why was the Muppet Show banned from TV in Saudi Arabia?
A: Because one of its stars was a pig.