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Do you know how these TV characters got their nicknames?
Remember why they are called Hawkeye, Radar and Bones?
From the Skipper to Hot Lips, some TV characters are best known by their nicknames. Some of the most memorable characters — Fonzie, Ponch, Hoss — were known by their nicknames. The meanings of those were pretty easy to figure out
But perhaps you have wondered how the following characters got their nicknames. See if you remember — or can guess! Good luck!
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How did "Gopher" on The Love Boat get his nickname?
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How did "Radar" on M*A*S*H get his nickname?
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Sticking with M*A*S*H, how did "Hawkeye" get his nickname?
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How did "Beaver" get his nickname?
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Why is Leonard McCoy called "Bones" on Star Trek?
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Why is Aunt Bee called "Bee" on The Andy Griffith Show?
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How did Potsie get his nickname on Happy Days? (He explained it in the sixth episode.)
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In the episode "The Interview Show," Tootie explains how she got her nickname on The Facts of Life. What was the reason?
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Why is Captain Kangaroo called "Kangaroo"?
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How did Rerun get his name on What's Happening!!
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How did Faceman get his nickname on The A-Team?
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How did Venus Flytrap get his name on WKRP in Cincinnati?
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How did the character Huggy Bear get his name?
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Do you know how these TV characters got their nicknames?
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Didn't do too bad.
13/13
Hey, not too bad. I just guessed at most.
You got 13 out of 13 - Impressive stuff! You sure know your TV trivia! Now THAT'S more like it. Knew most of them but took an educated guesses on #s 8 and 13. I guess I guessed correctly.
13 out of 13
Number 7 is false...."Potsie" explained he like to bang on pots and pans as a kid so his mom called him "POTSIE"
Actually he said he got the name because he used to make pots out of clay when he was a kid, so his mother called him "Potsie". He said this in the episode "The Deadly Dares".
8/13
11/13. If "Bee" was short for "Beatrice," why wasn't her name spelled "Bea?"
You got 11 out of 13
Impressive stuff! You sure know your TV trivia!
Impressive stuff! You sure know your TV trivia!
11/13. Lots of good guesses, lol
10 out of 13
#11's wrong--he WAS a master of disguise!
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, a B-movie actor and leader of the A-Team, was the master of disguise. Face was the conman who 'scammed' stuff for the team :)
7 of 13
4/13 Obviously I missed the episodes where they explain how they got their nicknames.
4/13 😖😭
7 of 13...
Me too.
I guess I don't watch enough television.
I guess I don't watch enough television.
You got 13 out of 13 - Impressive stuff! You sure know your TV trivia! Knew most of them and took educated guesses on #8 and #13 and guessed right.
11/13
Venus was actually supposed to be Venus Rising (yes, it's based on his birth sign, but it was Andy's idea). When he arrived at the station, he got a little nervous and introduced himself as Venus Flytrap ("the plant that eats bugs"). Mama Carlson will do that to a person...
NO. When he first walks in on the meeting ANDY introduces him as "Venus Flytrap." In a later episode which recreates the moment and adds additional scenes Andy admits "it just slipped out."
I've seen that flahback episode I don't know how many times (it opens with Andy and Venus playing Hide The Chair) and it was years before I realized Catol Bruce had reshot all the scenes from the pilot--which features Sylvia Sidney.
13 had to think this one out