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Big Giant Head - This sci-fi comedy 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN/NBC/1996-2001 told the tale of four aliens who posed incognito as humans to observe the people and customs of Earth. They reported back their findings to a never seen but often spoken about character known as "The Big Giant Head" who was first mentioned on episode #8 "Body & Soul Dick." This mysterious galactic overlord was both respected and feared by the visiting aliens, (a.k.a. "the Solomon Family") headed by Dick Solomon, (John Lithgow), a Physic Professor at a nearby college. Harry Solomon (French Stewart) is the groups conduit for communicating with the Big Giant Head. In later episodes, the Big Giant Head visited Earth and took the form of William Shatner (of Star Trek fame).

Bigfoot - The local nickname of a mythical Bigfoot-like creature that roamed the woods outside the town of Cicely, Alaska on the quirky rural drama NORTHERN EXPOSURE/CBS/1990-96. In reality, the "creature" was a woodsman named Adam (Adam Arkin) whose talents included gourmet cooking, writing, and possessing knowledge of covert government operations. While working as an anonymous contributor to the Cicely News and World Telegram Adam wrote articles on talking trees, and botanical espionage by the government. Adam first appeared on the episode "Aurora Borealis" (8/30/90) and later married a woman named Eve on the episode "Our Wedding" (5-11-92).  See also - CREATURES: "Bigfoot"   

Bones - A term used affectionately by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) when addressing his starship's senior surgeon, Doctor Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) on the sci-fi series STAR TREK/NBC/1966-69. The nickname was short for "sawbones," a traditional title for a doctor who up to the 19th century was noted for "sawing" off limbs. Comedy writer Robert Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) from the sitcom THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW/CBS/1961-66 was also nicknamed "Bones" during his hitch in the US Army. Bones was also what Mary Richard's (Mary Tyler Moore) parents called their daughter on the sitcom THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW/CBS/1970-77. See also - "Stringbean"

The Buttmans - Strange family with buttocks instead of foreheads featured on the comedy series IN LIVING COLOR/FOX/1990-94. In one skit the daughter of the family went out on a date with Richard Dickerson, the possessor of a long, well-endowed nose that resembled a penis. The 1990s MTV cartoon series BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD also used the "Butt" as a means of getting a laugh in the form of statements like "Butt-head," Butt-Knocker, Butt-munch, Asswipe etc.     

Chicken Legs - The not-so-affectionate nickname of Marcy Rhodes (Amanda Bearse), a bank employee and feminist next-door neighbor to the Bundy family on the sitcom MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN/FOX/1987-97. When Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill), a frustrated shoe salesman, wanted to drive Marcy from his home, he mocked her skinny stature by using quips relating to a chicken, often calling her "Chicken Legs." Once Al said "Look what's crossed the road. I can't be a chicken, it hasn't got breasts...just nuggets." During an argument, Marcy's husband Steve (David Garrison) told his wife "You know why you have chicken legs? It's because your mother eats all those eggs." Al calls Marcy a "chicken" for the first time on episode No. 113 "Johnny Be Gone." The dialog follows: Marcy [looking round]: "Al, do you see a fish eye anywhere round here?" Al [looking at her wearing just a towel]: "No, but I see a chicken leg." On episode No. 232 "Kiss of the Coffee Woman," Al puts together a Top Ten List on Marcy of suggestions to approve her appearance. It read: 10. Wear traditional Islamic garb covering all but the eyes; 9. Feather removing electrolysis; 8. Ski mask; 7. Sew up holes in ski mask; 6. Hire attractive woman to stand in front of you at all times; 5. Beak job; 4. Put paper bag over ski mask; 3. Shave head, tattoo Cindy Crawford's face on back of head, and learn to walk backwards; 2. Poke out eyes of every man on Earth; 1. Get President to make every day Halloween. TRIVIA NOTE: On the sitcom I LOVE LUCY/CBS/1951-57 Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) was called "Bird Legs" in grade school. 

Chinzo - During an interview segment of THE TONIGHT SHOW (3/31/98) the jut-jawed Jay Leno revealed that in school the kids nicknamed him "Chinzo." His guest Denise Richards (Wild Things, 1998) informed Jay that she was called "Fishlips" in high school. 

Chipmunk Cheeks - The nickname of Alfred Delvecchio (Al Molinaro) owner of Arnold's Drive-In, a burger joint near Milwaukee's Jefferson High School on the sitcom HAPPY DAYS/ABC/1974-84. He was given the nickname "Chipmunk Cheeks" by his soldiers buddies when he served in the Army.   

Face - One of four soldiers-of-fortunes on the adventure THE A-TEAM/NBC/1983-87 on the run from the US Army for a crime they did not commit. Dirk Benedict starred as Lt. Templeton Peck (a.k.a. "Face" - short for "Faceman"), a handsome con-artist who could talk his way out of just about any situation. According to his fellow AWOL buddies "Who couldn't believe that face." 

Face, The - Occasionally during episodes of the private detective drama THE NEW MIKE HAMMER/CBS/1984-87, gumshoe Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) would gaze across a crowded room or a busy street and see a seductive brunette female known only as "The Face" who popped into frame and just as quickly popped out again, much to the chagrin of Mike Hammer who was dying to meet her. The general public was also kept in the dark as to her identity until her credit line appeared on an episode of ABC's PERFECT STRANGERS. It revealed that "The Face" was model actress Donna Denton. Finally after three years of just glimpses Mike Hammer got to meet the mysterious woman in the spring 1987 episode entitled "A Face in the Dark." It turned out that "The Face" was a writer named Laura who penned a series of successful detective novels published by Bartlett Publishers. Her primary character Nick Steele was based on Mike Hammer. Each time she had eluded Mike Hammer, she had been doing research on her character. When Mike finally caught up with this vision of loveliness, more than just words passed between the two of them. But as quickly as Laura came into Mike's life, she just as quickly disappeared through a pair of French doors, leaving Mike to wander the streets and wonder if he'd ever see her again. When THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MIKE HAMMER/SYN/1996-97 debuted actress Rebecca Chaney continued the role of  The Face. TRIVIA NOTE: Anita Colby, the nation's first Supermodel was also known as the "Face." She was the first model to make $100 an hour and appeared on the cover of Time and 14 other magazines in one month in 1945. She was the hostess of PEPSI-COLA PLAYHOUSE in 1954. Colby died on March 27, 1992 of lung disease at her home in Oyster Bay, NY at the age of 77. "The Face" was also the name of a Edwardian criminal (Peter Ducrow) now living in modern London (via suspended animation) who battled his nemesis Adam Llewellyn de Vere Adamant (Gerald Harper) on the British series ADAM ADAMANT LIVES!/BBC/1966-67.        

Ferg-face - What 14-year-old Clarissa Darling (Melissa Joan Hart) called her scheming dweeb of a younger brother, Ferguson W. Darling (Jason Zimbler) on the sitcom CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL/NIK/1991-94. Clarissa said Ferguson was a "burr on my butt since I was born" and referred to Ferg-Face as a "dork-headed creep they should grind up for puppy puke." 

Ferret-face - The insulting but quite appropriate nickname for Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville), a weasel of an army surgeon on the military comedy M*A*S*H/CBS/1972-83. Frank was married but that didn't keep him from fooling around with nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) who was stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Frank always quoted chapter and verse from the Army manual and questioned everyone's patriotism when they didn't do things by the book. When Margaret Houlihan got married later in the series, Frank went bonkers with jealousy, as well as AWOL. While drunk in Tokyo, he accosted a General and his wife in a bathhouse and was place on psychiatric observation. Back at the 4077th, Captain Hawkeye Pierce toasted his departure with a simple "Goodbye, Ferret Face." Frank was also called the "Lipless Wonder."  See also -"Hot Lips" 

Fishface  See - "Muffin"

Fishlips  See "Chinzo"

Five Fingers - Code name of American agent Victor Sebastian (David  Hedison) who posed as a Communist agent in the European theater for US Counterintelligence on the espionage drama FIVE FINGERS/NBC/1959-60. His cover assignment was a theatrical booking agent. The only person to know the real identity of "Five Fingers" was his American contact, Robertson (Paul Burke). The series was based on the movie Five Fingers (1952) which starred James Mason and Danielle Darrieux. 

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