'90s Flashcards

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Laura Dern, Oprah Winfrey, Demi Moore, and Billy Bob Thornton were among the celeb cameos on “The Puppy Episode,” the April 30, 1997 sitcom episode on which what happened?

A

Ellen Morgan–and the actress who played her, Ellen DeGeneres–came out of the closet.

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In addition to his appearances on Cheers and Frasier, Kelsey Grammer earned an Emmy nomination for portraying Frasier Crane on what other NBC comedy, for an episode in which Frasier and his wife Lilith fly to Nantucket to conduct a self-esteem workshop?

A

Wings

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What TV character worked as a chef at Iridium, then Allesandro’s, and then Javu?

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Those are fictional New York restaurants, and the only fictional person to fictionally chef at all three was Monica Geller, Courteney Cox’s character on Friends.

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This real-life town/state is where Twin Peaks was filmed.

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North Bend, WA

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Portia de Rossi played attorney Nelle Porter on this TV show.

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Ally McBeal

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Two actors from the television series Friends appeared in multiple episodes of the first season of NYPD Blue. One was Robert Costanzo, who played Joey Tribbiani, Sr., and mafioso Alphonse Giardella. Who was the other actor, whose Josh “4B” Goldstein died tragically in NYPD Blue’s fourth episode?

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David Schwimmer

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In the Seinfeld episode “The Voice,” Jerry likes to imagine a voice saying “Helleeooooooow!” that emanates from where?

A

His girlfriend’s stomach / belly button

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What television series received numerous Emmy nominations in 1995—including for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Claire Danes)—but was nonetheless cancelled after its single, critically acclaimed season?

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My So Called Life

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Running for a single season in the late 20th century, what sinfully short-lived game show hosted by Chuck Woolery produced a $1,410,000 winner, enough to put that contestant at #9 on the list of the all-time money winners in American game show history?

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Greed

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What satirical title character from an early 1990s Disney animated comedy television series was the superheroic alter ego of unremarkable suburban avian Drake Mallard?

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Darkwing Duck

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