Sunday, February 19, 2012

Answers To Friday Funday Trivia: That 70s Show!!


Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week.

1st place- Teresa: A perfect score of 40 pts... far out Teresa!! Jon also places in 1st because he earned 2 bonus pts for submitting his answers before anyone else... Dy-no-mite!
2nd place- Annie and Rich: 38 pts each. Groovy job guys!
3rd place- Linda: 34 pts. Get down Linda!

Congratulations to those who made it to the shag carpeted podium and thanks to everyone who played.


 1-5
1. 2 pts-- All In The Family
2. 2 pts-- The Odd Couple
3. 2 pts-- Charlie's Angels
4. 2 pts-- Columbo
5. 2 pts--Wonder Woman


6-10


6. 3 pts-- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman- Starring Louise Lasser and produced by Norman Lear, this soap opera parody (set in the fictional town of Fernwood, OH) ran 5 days a week in late night syndication from Jan 1976 to May 1977. Although Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman had a relatively brief run, it was a cultural phenomenon with Lasser (in her "Mary Hartman" character) appearing on the cover of such magazines as People, Rolling Stone, and Time. After Lasser left the series in 1977, the show continued under the title Forever Fernwood until 1978.

7. 2 pts-- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
8. 2 pts-- The Partridge Family
9. 2 pts-- What's Happening!!
10. 4 pts--Family

11-15
11. 3 pts-- The Rockford Files
12. 4 pts-- Nanny and the Professor
13. 2 pts-- Isis- the first weekly American live-action television series whose lead character was a female superhero, this program aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1975-1977. Below is the open credits sequence:






14. 2 pts-- The Brady Bunch Hour- This comedy/variety series ran on ABC from January to May 1977. A lot of players mistakenly put The Brady Bunch as their answer. However, that answer is incorrect because on The Brady Bunch Hour, Jan Brady was played by Geri Reischl. According to imdb.com, Eve Plumb (the original Jan) agreed to do the pilot plus 5 episodes of The Brady Bunch Hour. However, the network insisted on a 13 episode contract with a 5 year option and Eve's father wanted her to have only limited involvement.

Below is a clip from an episode of The Brady Bunch Hour. Look for the appearance (at the 3:54 mark) of cast members from another 70s show included in this quiz!



15. 6 pts-- The Girl with Something Extra- This sitcom, which starred Sally Field and John Davidson, ran on NBC from 1973-1974. It focused on a newly married couple (John and Sally Burton) and the misadventures they get into once John discovers that Sally has ESP. Despite airing after Sanford & Son (which was the #3 ranked show on TV), The Girl with Something Extra was canceled due to low ratings. To date, this has been Sally Field's last attempt at a weekly sitcom. 

The Retro Mix Playlist For 2/18/12: A Tribute to Whitney Houston


6 pm hour

You Give Good Love
Million Dollar Bill
How Will I Know
Fine
Saving All My Love for You
Love Is a Contact Sport
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Thinking About You
Love Will Save the Day
I Got You
Didn’t We Almost Have It All
Take Good Care of My Heart (w/ Jermaine Jackson)

7 pm hour

So Emotional
Call You Tonight
My Name Is Not Susan
I’m Every Woman
The Greatest Love of All
A Song for You
I’m Your Baby Tonight
For the Lovers
Whatchulookinat
Heartbreak Hotel (w/ Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
Hold Me (w/ Teddy Pendergrass)
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)

8 pm hour

I Will Always Love You
Someone for Me
Life’s A Party- The Michael Zager Band (featuring a 14 or 15 yr old Whitney Houston on vocals)
All at Once
Step by Step
If I Told You That (w/ George Michael)
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
I’m Knockin’
I Got You
Queen of the Night
I Look to You
The Star Spangled Banner

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: I'm Your Baby Tonight



Friday, February 17, 2012

Friday Funday Trivia: That 70s Show!!


This week's quiz features 3 montages of 15 photos of  TV series which aired during the 1970s. You have to correctly identify the TV show. To enlarge the montages, click on them. Below the montages are the point values for each photo (40 pts total).

If you are a Friday Funday Trivia virgin about to be touched for the very first time, please read the following rules before playing:

* The game is pub style so looking up the answers, using friends/family for help, etc. is not allowed.

* If you are the only player to correctly identify a photo, you earn 5 bonus points. The first player to submit their final answers to me will earn 2 bonus points. 

* Please do not post your answers in the comments section. Instead, send them to ultfan@gmail.com no later than Friday night (2/17) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Saturday, Feb. 18th.

Not an official rule: If you have no clue about a photo, feel free to come up with an intentionally funny answer. Although you won't get credit for a correct answer, you'll get a thumbs up from me for originality, execution, and showmanship. What can I say, I love to be entertained and I'll take it any way I can get it!


Have fun and good luck!


 1-5
1. 2 pts
2. 2 pts
3. 2 pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts

6-10

6. 3 pts
7. 2 pts
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts
10. 4 pts

11-15
11. 3 pts
12. 4 pts
13. 2 pts
14. 2 pts
15. 6 pts
 
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