Snake Lady, The  See - "The Potato Man"

Soapy - Nickname of Clarence Weaver (Stephen Woolton) on the sitcom THIS IS ALICE/SYN/1958. On the adventure FALL GUY/ABC/1981-86, a bail bonds woman known as "Big Jack" was also called "Soapie" because her life was like a soap opera. On the northwestern adventure THE ALASKANS/ABC/1959-60, John Dehner played an unethical, wheeler dealer named "Soapey Smith" who operated in the Klondike and Yukon regions of 1898.

Soda Pop - Family nickname of one of the three Curtis brothers on the teen drama THE OUTSIDERS/FOX/1990. Set in 1966, the story focused on the Curtis brothers as they struggled to keep the family together after the death of both parents. "Soda Pop" (Rodney Harvey) was a high school drop out facing the problems involved with coming of age. His younger brother and aspiring writer was nicknamed Pony Boy (Jay R. Ferguson).

Solid Gold Dancers, The - A talented group of male and female dancers who appeared weekly on the syndicated musical countdown program SOLID GOLD/SYN/1980-88. "The Solid Gold Dancers" bounced and strutted their athletic bodies to the tunes of the top ten records of the week.

Sorcerer - On the hi-tech suspense series THE NET/USA/1998-99, Brooke Langton starred as Angela Bennett, a female who is sought by a group of computer terrorists known as The Praetorians. Her only secure contact is the "Sorcerer" (voice of Tim Curry) a faceless man with an English accent who was accessible through the Internet. "That guy's got to be the weirdest guy on the planet" is just one description of this invisible benefactor. Later in the series, the Sorcerer was revealed to be a genius computer hacker described as a "teenager with a bad bleach job." Sorcerer, a.k.a. "Jacob Kresh" (Eric Szmanda) fought the Praetorians because they killed his father.

Soup Nazi, The  See - COOKS & COOKBOOKS

Space Cadets  See - POLICE - SCI-FI 

Space Patrol  See - POLICE - SCI-FI

Space Rangers  See - POLICE - SCI-FI 

Spanky - Nickname of George Robert Phillips McFarland, known to the rest of the world as Spanky, the cherub-faced leader of a group of all-American kids featured in Hal Roach's OUR GANG two-reeler comedies in the 1930s. Spanky joined the Gang in 1932 at the age of 3. When he retired at the age of 16, he had completed some 95 adventures with his costars Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Darla Hood and Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas. Spanky got his nickname when his mother scolded him for getting too close to some cameras. Her advice to her little son? "Spanky, spanky, mustn't touch!" In later years Spanky left the Hollywood scene and labored as a hamburger flipper, soda bottler and appliance sales manager. His cute baby face became popular again when the Our Gang films were repackaged for TV as THE LITTLE RASCALS in the 1950s. In recent years, he made a cameo appearance at the bar "where everybody knows your name" on TVs CHEERS. George "Spanky" McFarland died of a heart attack on June 30, 1993 in Fort Worth.

Sparkles - The college nickname of Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry), a beautiful man-chasing May West-like bombshell who lived in an apartment in Washington, DC on the sitcom 227/NBC/1985-90. The self-absorbed Sandra loved the three M's (Men, Money and Me).

Spearchucker Jones - The nickname of Oliver Harmon “Spearchucker” Jones (played by Timoth Brown), an African-American football star turned doctor who was stationed at Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 4077th Division during the Korean War on the military sitcom M*A*S*H/CBS/1972-83. Spearchucker (whose character also appeared in the 1970 film M*A*S*H that inspired the series) hangs out with white surgeons Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John. His character was written out of the show after the first season when the writers discovered that there were no black surgeons during the Korean Conflict.

Spider-Man - Secret identity of Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond), a young college science major and part-time photographer for the Daily Bugle newspaper on the fantasy series THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/CBS/1978-79. Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker received the powers of super strength (in proportion to a spiders) and the ability to climb walls effortlessly. Using his scientific know-how, Peter devised a web shooting device which he strapped on his wrist. It shot a light-weight webby strand with steel-like sturdiness which he used to dangle from buildings and to subdue the bad guys. Spiderman who wore a red, black and blue costume, confounded the police and his boss, newspaper editor J. Jonah Jameson (Robert F. Simon) both who wanted to discover the true identity of this wall climbing web-head. The Spider Man debuted in the Marvel Comics No.15 issue of Amazing Fantasy (August 1962). Originally, Peter Parker devoted his life to fighting crime after his Uncle Ben was killed by a burglar. The animated cartoon series SPIDER-MAN/ABC/1967-70, SPIDER-WOMAN/ABC/1979-80 (Spidey's female counterpart); SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS/NBC/1981-82/1984-86; THE INCREDIBLE HULK AND THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/NBC/1982-83; THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND THE INCREDIBLE HULK/NBC/1983-84; and SPIDER-MAN/FOX/1995 and SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED/FOX/1999 continued his adventures. TRIVIA NOTE: As of the year 2000 the Marvel Comics Peter Parker character is running the "WEB" site edition of the Daily Bugle newspaper. He "is" their Webmaster.

Splinky - The childhood nickname of Ira Buchman (John Pankow) mentioned on the sitcom MAD ABOUT YOU/NBC/1992-99. When Ira and his cousin Paul (Paul Reiser) were little kids they once tried on some female clothing. As Ira tried on the bottom of a woman's bikini, his private parts (referred to as a "Splinky" by the youths) fell out for confines of the swim suit. Now that both Paul and Ira are adults, Ira prefers that Paul not tell the "Splinky" story to people outside the family, especially not to Ira's new female companions.

Spooky Mulder - On the fantasy drama THE X-FILES/FOX/1993-2002, David Duchovny appeared as Fox "Spooky" Mulder, a zealous, conspiracy obsessed FBI agent (trained in psychology at Oxford) who was assigned to investigate cases (a.k.a. "The X-Files") that bordered on the paranormal. His coworkers at the Quantico FBI Training Academy dubbed him "Spooky" because of his beliefs in unexplained phenomena (UFO's, etc.). Mulder refers to himself as "The FBI's Most Unwanted."

Spooky Old Alice - On the comedy variety program THE GEORGE GOBEL SHOW/NBC/CBS/1954-60, the small, crew-cut comedian George Gobel referred to his wife on the series as "Spooky Old Alice." Lonesome George (as he was called) was very non-aggressive and often had domestic confrontations with his much taller wife. Alice was the real-life name of George's wife, but on the TV show she was played by Jeff Donnell (1954-58) and later by Phyllis Avery (1958-59). The Alice sketches were dropped when the show moved to the CBS network. See also -"Lonesome George"

Spud - Pejorative nickname of Bud Bundy (David Faustino), given to him by his dimwitted but beautiful blond sister Kelly (Christina Applegate) on the dysfunctional family comedy MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN/FOX/1987-97. Kelly also referred to her brother Bud as "Toad Boy." See also - "Grand Rapper B" and "The Dumbest Girl in America"

Spy Girl - Espionage character featured on episode No. 120 "The Spy Who Loved Me" on the sitcom MAD ABOUT YOU/NBC/1992-99. See "SPIES: Spygirl"

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