Let's take the Fruits and
Vegetables Test
This will be
easy. Imagine you are lying on a couch in a
therapy session. You are given the names of
fruits and vegetables and told to answer
quickly the first thing that comes into your
mind. Except, in our quiz we want you to
think about how fruit and vegetables relate
to TV trivia. So, take a deep breath, relax,
look over the list and make your guesses.
Click each term to go to the answer
on the page.
APPLES
- The Snapple Lady -
Wendy Kaufmann, a plump,
5-foot 2-inch Long Island native otherwise
known as "The Snapple Lady," was the bubbly
spokesperson for the Snapple Beverage
Corporation, the maker of such all-natural
beverages as Snapple Apple, Mango Madness
and Amazin' Grape. Other choices: Applejacks
Cereal commercials; Larry Appleton
(Mark-Linn Baker), discount store worker and
later newspaper editorial
assistant/reporter] on the sitcom PERFECT
STRANGERS; or the sitcoms APPLE PIE or
APPLE's WAY; Tiny little blue elves ["only
three apples high"] on the cartoon THE
SMURFS; .The USS Appleby, Naval destroyer
on the military comedy ENSIGN O'TOOLE; The
Righteous Apples, a group of five Sherwin
High School musicians in Boston who decided
to help others less fortunate on the PBS
series THE RIGHTEOUS APPLES/PBS/1980;
Crabapple Corners, the hometown of Korean
War surgeon Hawkeye Pierce on the sitcom
M*A*S*H; the Disney Movie The Apple
Dumplin Gang; and The Big Apple (a.k.a.
New York City), the home of such great TV
shows as NYPD BLUE, FRIENDS, LAW & ORDER.
BANANAS
- Miss Chiquita Banana, a
female banana character (first drawn by
artist Dik Browne) who wore a headdress of
fruit and sang the trademark
Chiquita
Banana song (voice first provided by
singer Patti Clayton) that began "Hello
Amigo...I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to
say/You eat the banana in a special way/When
its fleck with brown and has a golden
hue/That's when bananas are the best for
you...." (Music © 1945 Shawnee Press Inc.).
Other possible choices: the children's
programs BANANAS IN PAJAMAS (B1 & B2),
the cartoon superhero BANANA MAN or
the puppet adventure hour THE
BANANA SPLITS; Billy Banana, one of
the characters played by Chuckles the Clown
on his WJM-TV show on the MARY TYLER MOORE
SHOW; and bananas were the favorite food of
orange-furred Goriddle Gorilla on the daily
children's program THE GREAT SPACE COASTER.
BEANS
- Teenage spy Beans Baxter
on the espionage comedy THE NEW ADVENTURES
OF BEANS BAXTER. Other choices: Beanpole, a
childhood nicknames given to tall Susan Kean
(on the sitcom SUDDENLY SUSAN; Stringbean,
the nickname given to comedy writer Rob
Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) on THE DICK VAN DYKE
SHOW; Aunt Betty's Coffee and Bean Shop
managed by widow Ann McNeil (Ann Jillian) on
the ANN JILLIAN SHOW; The Silver Soy
Bean Award given to news reporter Les
Nessman (Richard Sanders) by the
Plowing Patriots of Omaha, Nebraska on
the sitcom WKRP IN CINCINNATI; Beany
"Beany Boy!" and his sidekick Cecil the Sea
Serpent on
MATTIES FUNDAY FUNNIES;
the monstrous "Frankenbean" (David H.
Fletcher) living in the Hillhurst haunted
mansion on the action adventure BIG BAD
BEETLEBORGS; Beantown, the nickname
for the city of Boston and part of the title
of the CBS sitcom GOODNIGHT BEANTOWN; Judge
Roy Bean, the self-appointed Texas lawman on
the western JUDGE ROY BEAN;
Mr. Bean, the goofy man on
the British comedy series MR. BEAN; and just
for fun, I must mention the fireside "Bean"
scene in the motion picture Blazin
Saddles.
BROCCOLI
-
The pejorative nickname given by
Ensign Crusher to Lt. Reginald "Broccoli"
Barclay (Dwight Schultz) first heard on
episode No.69 "Hollow Pursuits" on the
sci-fi series STAR TREK: THE NEXT
GENERATION/SYN/1987-94. Other
choices: Broccoli is the one of three key
ingredients in the beverage "Veggie Boy" on
the sitcom CHEERS; and Oh yeah, President
Bush, (the first one) announced to the media
while in office that he hated to eat
Broccoli - the vegetable).
CARROTS
- Mr. Bunny Rabbit, a hand puppet with
black-rimmed glasses who got scolded for
stealing carrots from the Captain on the
children's program CAPTAIN KANGAROO. Other
possible choices: The Trix Rabbit
"But I hate carrots. I like Trix!"; Humphrey
Carrotfoot, the white rabbit in a
black cape on the puppet series THE BERTIE
THE BUNYIP SHOW first aired on Channel 3
WRCV-TV in Philadelphia in the 1950s and
1960s; Tybo, an intelligent carrot
creature on an episode LOST IN SPACE; and
the ever popular cartoon character Bugs
Bunny as he chomps on a carrot and says "Eh,
What's up Doc?"
CORN
- The Frito
Olay Bandit on the Frito Lay Corn Chip
commercials in the late 1960s. Other
choices: Cornelius J. Cobb, the town's
storekeeper on the classic children's
program HOWDY DOODY; Cornflake "Corny" S.
Pecially who owned a rocking chair factory
on MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD; Don Cornelius,
the host of the weekly black musical TV
program SOUL TRAIN; Beavis a.k.a. "Cornholio!"
on the cartoon BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD; Cornfed
the Pig (voice of Gregg Berger), the
assistant on the cartoon DUCKMAN; Laura's
Cornucopia Catering Service
on the sitcom Duet/FOX/1987-89;
and Corny
the Clown on the WABC-TV program TIME FOR
FUN in 1953.
GRAPES - Grape Nehi, the favorite
soda pop drink of army clerk Radar O'Reilly
on the sitcom M*A*S*H. Other choices: The
Great Ape, a large 2000-pound purple ape on
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon THE GREAT GRAPE
APE SHOW/ABC/1977-78; or The "Grape Guy"
underwear mascot who wears a cluster of
grapes in the Fruit of the Loom commercials.
PARSLEY -
Green herbaceous plant
enjoyed by Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli (Henry
Winkler), a cool, garage mechanic on the
sitcom HAPPY DAYS/ABC/1974-84. When Fonzie
ate lunch (usually at Arnold's Drive-In
Restaurant), he enjoyed a garnish of parsley
with his sandwich. When Al Delvecchio, the
owner of Arnold's asked "Why do you eat that
stuff?" the Fonz replied "Why does Popeye
eat Spinach?" Although the Fonz like
Parsley, he detested Liver and anybody who
had anything to do with it.
PEACHES -
Affectionate nickname bestowed on tomboy
Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence by big brother
Willie Lawrence (Gary Frank) on the domestic
drama FAMILY/ABC/1976-80. Peaches was also
the nickname used by the father of public
defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post) to
describe his daughter on the sitcom NIGHT
COURT/NBC/1984-92. Other choices: The Peach
Pit Restaurant, the hangout for the guys and
gals on the teen drama BEVERLY HILLS 90210;
Captain Peter "Wrongway" Peachfuzz, on the
cartoon ROCKY & BULLWINKLE; The Rockford
Peaches, a 1940s all-girl baseball team on
the sitcom A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN; and Sam
Peachpit, an American Indian on the railroad
adventure CASEY JONES.
PEANUTS
- The
Peanut Gallery, the fortunate 40 kids who
comprised the audience on the classic 1950s
children's show HOWDY DOODY. Other choices:
Mr. Peanut, the debonair advertising mascot
with his top hat, monocle (over his right
eye), spats, white gloves and cane for the
Planters Peanuts. Company; Skippy Peanut TV
commercials hosted by former mouseketeer
Annette Funnicello; or the
allergy source to such TV characters as
Kenny Beckett on DAVE'S WORLD, Bill
Haverchuck on FREAKS & GEEKS, and Nina Van
Horn on JUST SHOOT ME.
PICKLES -
The nickname of the wife of
New York comedy writer Maurice "Buddy"
Sorrell on the sitcom THE DICK VAN DYKE
SHOW/CBS/1961-66. Actresses Barbara Perry
and Joan Shawlee appeared in the recurring
role of Buddy's shrill, blond-haired wife
Pickles, a former showgirl with a bubble
brain and a voracious appetite. Her maiden
name was Fiona Conway. Other choices: The
Stork mascot on the Vlasic Pickles TV
commercials; Tommy Stu and Didi Pickles who
live at 1258 N. Highland on the cartoon
RUGRATS; Pickles Oblong (Jean Smart), Bob's
bald wife who wears a wig on the cartoon THE
OBLONGS; and the pickle jar that holds the
head of the sheriff on the western NED
BLESSING
POTATOES
-
Frank William Tucker, a.k.a. "Frank the
Potato Man" (David Proval), a homeless
Vietnam veteran who wandered around the town
of Rome, Wisconsin carrying a five-pound bag
of Idaho potatoes on the drama PICKET
FENCES/CBS/1992-95. Other choice: Spud, the
pejorative nickname of Bud Bundy (David
Faustino) given to him by his sister, Kelly
Bundy (Christina Applegate) on the sitcom
MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN; "Sweet Potato," the
nickname of Reverend Reuben Gregory (Clifton
Davis) on the sitcom AMEN; A "Couch Potato",
a person who loves watching TV and the name
of the syndicated 1989
game show COUCH POTATOES®;
and Mr. Potato Head, the first toy
advertised on national television (in 1952).
PUMPKIN -
Affectionate nickname of
teenager Kelly Bundy (Christina Applegate)
used by her father Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) on
the sitcom MARRIED
WITH...CHILDREN/FOX/1987-97. Since Kelly was
not the brightest girl around, this
vegetable nickname suited her quite well.
Pumpkin was also used as a nickname by
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) on the
sitcom FRIENDS/NBC/1994+;
by
six-year-old Mary Sue (Rachel Duncan) on the
sitcom THE TORKELSONS and by six-year-old
daughter, Sophie Wilder (Tina Majorino) on
the sitcom CAMP WILDER. Other
choices: The perennial favorite holiday
special It's A Great Pumpkin, Charlie
Brown (1966); or Pot-Bellied
Pumpkin, one of the many mean names Dr.
Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) called the
ship's robot on LOST IN SPACE.
TOMATOES
- Vegetable
villains on the Saturday morning cartoon
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES/FOX/1990-92
based on the 1980 sci-fi film spoof of the
same name and its sequel Return of the
Killer Tomatoes (1988). The Killer
Tomatoes were the by-product of nefarious
experiments performed by mad scientist Dr.
Putrid T. Gangreen who like all mad
scientists wanted to rule the world with the
help of his veggie creations. Other choices:
Heinz 57 Ketchup TV commercial with
Carly Simon's hit song "Anticipation" heard
as viewers waited for the slowly pouring
ketchup to leave the bottle; Campbell Soup
Twins, mascots for Campbell's condensed
tomato soup; Colonel Sherman T. Potter
(Harry Morgan) was allergic to tomato juice
on M*A*S*H; and Ginger Szabo the
network radio
spokeswoman for "Lemo Tomato Juice Girl" on
the drama HOMEFRONT/ABC/1991-93.
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