TV Laughter
Set in Atlanta, this sitcom revolved around four designers played by Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Delta Burke, and Jean Smart.
What is Designing Women? This popular show was created as a way to talk about subjects that were important to the creator, Linda Bloodworth, and she wrote the characters specifically for the actresses who played them.
“Where’s the beef?” is associated with this fast-food restaurant.
What is Wendy’s?
“I’m Looking Over” one of these.
What is a four-leaf clover? The tune is “I’m Looking Over a Four- Leaf Clover.”
This actress famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy.
Who is Marilyn Monroe? Town & Country magazine calls it “the world’s most famous birthday gift.” It happened at a fundraiser with 15,000 in attendance.
Marilyn Monroe and this MLB player wed.
Who is Joe DiMaggio? They married in January 1954. The press called it “the marriage of the century,” but the couple divorced later that year.
Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers played roommates with John Ritter in this TV sitcom.
What is Three’s Company? Much of the show deals with their hilariously awkward interactions with the Ropers, their landlords.
“Home of the Whopper”
What is Burger King?
“Yellow Rose of” this state.
What is Texas? “Yellow Rose of Texas” was first released in 1836, and it remains a popular folk song.
Jack Ruby killed this man on national TV.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald? Oswald was in the process of being transferred from the Dallas police headquarters to a county jail.
Before becoming one of the first TV celebrity chefs, she enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris in 1950.
Who is Julia Child? She worked for what is now the CIA and attended Le Cordon Bleu on the G.I. Bill.
Robert Guillaume plays Lieutenant Governor DuBois in this TV sitcom.
What is Benson? In the final season, Lieutenant Governor Benson DuBois runs against Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling in the gubernatorial election.
“Finger-lickin’ good”
What is KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken? Due to COVID-19, KFC has paused the use of the slogan, but they promise to bring it back when the time is right.
“You Are My” this.
What is sunshine? The tune is “You Are My Sunshine.”
This former first lady married a Greek shipping magnate.
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy? Aristotle Onassis and Kennedy were married on the island of Skorpios, a private island owned by Onassis.
Charlie Brown and friends debuted in this comic strip in 1950.
What is Peanuts? The characters’ appearances changed around 1957.
In this legal sitcom that takes place after hours, Harry Anderson plays Judge Harry T. Stone, and John Larroquette plays Assistant District Attorney Dan Fielding.
What is Night Court? Harry Anderson also stars in Dave’s World, a sitcom based on humor columnist Dave Barry. John Larroquette was part of the ensemble cast in Boston Legal, among many other TV shows.
Originally known for its soft-serve ice cream and more recently for its Blizzards
What is Dairy Queen?
“Tiptoe through [these] with Me.”
What are the tulips? Tiny Tim sang a different arrangement of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips with Me,” accompanied by his ukulele.
Muhammad Ali used to go by this name.
What is Cassius Clay? He changed his name when he joined the Nation of Islam movement. He converted to Islam in the 1970s.
While living in Cuba, this American author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 after the release of The Old Man and the Sea.
Who is Ernest Hemingway? According to the Nobel site, he won the prize “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.”
Ed O’Neill plays Al Bundy, shoe salesman, in this TV sitcom about his miserable life and his dysfunctional family.
What is Married... with Children? Katy Sagal plays Al’s wife, Peggy, whom he bickers with constantly.
“We have the meats.”
What is Arby’s?
“Be Kind to” these.
What is your web-footed friends? The song is “Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends” and was used to end his show.
One of these cast members—Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, or Dennis Hopper—of the 1969 counterculture film Easy Rider also directed the film.
Who is Dennis Hopper?
In 1952, this English monarch died, leaving the ascension to the throne to Queen Elizabeth II.
Who is King George VI? His family called him Bertie. The 2010 film The King’s Speech is the story of how he overcame his speech impediment.