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30 November 2007

TV Trivia Question: Invisible recurring characters.→[More:]The best bartenders in town always have a trivia challenge or joke for us. Tonight it was "name TV shows in which there are recurring characters who are never seen." Charlie of Charlie's Angels came to mind immediately, as did Rhoda's Carlton the Doorman, the adults in Charlie Brown known only by their wah-wah voices, and a few others. Got any more? Did Maris on Frasier ever appear on camera?

post by: Miko at: 22:47 | 14 comments

Norm's wife Vera is the first that comes to mind. I don't think we ever saw Maris...but I stopped watching that show for the last few years.

posted by jrossi4r 30 November | 23:00

Add: Vera, Norm's wife, on Cheers.

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:00

Jinx.Does Wilson count? They never showed his face.

posted by jrossi4r 30 November | 23:01

whoa, synchronicity, jrossi...

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:02

Yeah..Wilson was on the bartender's list, so he counts.

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:03

Holy cow...just noticed the typos in my FPP. I wasn't at the bar *that* long...just a long workday. Yeesh!

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:06

Would you believe this was asked before?

posted by iconomy 30 November | 23:07

I'd like to say "No way! I canNOT believe that!" but, despite my surprise, I realize...this is MetaChat. It makes sense...

posted by Miko 30 November | 23:10

I'm going to think of someone not on that wiki list if it takes me all night.

posted by iconomy 30 November | 23:15

What about Nanny on Muppet Babies? All you saw were her legs.

posted by sisterhavana 01 December | 01:57

On "Bill and Ben" the man who owned the garden. He was always just coming back from eating his dinner, so Bill and Ben had to scramble back into their flowerpots at the end of every episode. But he remained an unseen and menacing presence.

posted by essexjan 01 December | 04:26

Karen's husband Stan on Will & Grace.

posted by Miko 01 December | 12:00

Oh, good heavens. I never looked at the Wiki until now...it's hopeless. There's no out-geeking these TV geeks; I haven't watched enough TV in my entire lifetime to even know half of these shows. Fuggedaboutit. Though I think I will print out this page to give to Nick the bartender.

posted by Miko 01 December | 12:05

One that I don't see on that list is the "producer" on old episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos - you know, when Bob Sagat was hosting. The guy would hand Bob the results, and Bob would make a little one-liner about his appearance, but AFAIK, he was never seen on-screen.

posted by muddgirl 01 December | 14:46

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