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This is the last of the ’80s quizzes. We swear. (We’ll have to sit on our ‘Name-that-Thundercat’ challenge until summer.)
The 1980s represented the golden age of sitcoms. Family Ties. Cheers. The Cosby Show. Small Wonder. (Well, I guess some were more golden than others.) Let’s see how much network television trivia you’ve retained from the ’80s.
Take the Quiz: ’80s Sitcoms
75% correct. I missed the questions that dealt with shows I didn’t watch.
posted by Sue on 5-5-2008 at 10:40 am
100%! Finally a quiz that speaks to my level of intelligence!! :-)
Although most of my knowledge comes from watching TV Land/Nick at Night rather than the originals.
posted by Tim on 5-5-2008 at 11:20 am
I love your 80’s quizzes. Keep `em coming.
posted by Brian on 5-5-2008 at 11:21 am
It is only in retrospect that we realize that The A Team and Miami Vice were, in fact, sitcoms.
posted by Miss Cellania on 5-5-2008 at 11:43 am
Did anyone else labor for years under the delusion that Perfect Strangers ended with Balky and Larry realizing that Balky showed up at the wrong Larry Appleton’s house and they were, in fact, never related?
I had sworn this up and down for years.
Though a panel of Ivy League researchers have calculated that the show would have been 89% more awesome had it ended that way.
posted by EMStoveken on 5-5-2008 at 12:15 pm
95% - Apparently I don’t know that much about The Cosby Show.
posted by MikeTrig on 5-5-2008 at 12:17 pm
17 out of 20, Not bad. I am so happy that you were able to slip in the much needed A-Team and Miami Vice reference into 80’s week. I was getting concerned. Fool’s are being Pitied and Beards are going unshaven in honor of 80’s week.
posted by Don on 5-5-2008 at 12:36 pm
Where was the Designing Women question??
posted by Matt on 5-5-2008 at 2:08 pm
What a fun quiz. We did great, 95%. I guess we were watching a lot of tv during that decade.
posted by Helen on 5-5-2008 at 7:41 pm