REMEMBERING THE UNFORGETTABLE: A QUIZ

As rerun times fades, we brace ourselves for autumn promises. The networks swear the fall will be spectacular, but with more than 40 years of new-season history, the dud-to-hit ratio must be something like 25:1. 1st your wits on just a few of the countless shows that became ... FALL FLOPS!

1. Who starred in the 1956 one-season wonder “The Adventures of Hiram Holiday”?

A) Soupy Sales B) Pinky Lee C) Wally Cox D) Woody Allen

2. George Burns played the “me” in 1964s “Wendy and Me.” Who played Wendy?

A) Gracie Allen B) Suzanne Pleshette C) Connie Francis” D) Connie Stevens

3. What 1966 show was advertised as “He must live a dead man’s life -- or no life at all”?

A) “Bracken’s World” (B) “The Outsider” C) “Run Buddy Run” D) “The Man Who NeverWas”

4. Who starred as Albert and Jane Miller in NBC’s 1971 show “The Good Life”?

A) Dick Van Dyke and Sandy Duncan B) Larry Hagman and Donna Mills C) Rock Hudson and Susan St. James D) Bill Bixby and Juliet Mills

5. Who was “O’Hara, U.S. Treasury”?

A) David Jansen B) James Garner C) Dennis Weaver E) Robert Stack

6. What show lasted three months in the fall of ‘77? Hint: the main characters were Buddy, Dancer, Stuf, Moose, and Boychick.

A) “Movin’ On” B) “The San Pedro Beach Bums” C) “It’s a Man’s World,” D) “Garrison’s Gorillas”

7. Who played O.K. Crackerby?

A) Jack Elam B) Warren Oates C) Burl Ives D) Walter Brennan

8. Who played the veteran cop with 25 years on the force in CBS’s 1987 show “The Oldest Rookie?

A) Jerry Orbach B) Dale Robertson C) Paul Sorvino D) Buddy Ebsen

9. In what show did Jack Albertson play Sen. Joe Kelley?

A) “Grandpa Goes to Washington” B) “The Governor and J.J.” C) “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” D) “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”

10. What fall season sparkled with such new shows as “I married Dora,” “The Law and Harry McGraw,” “Everything’s Relative,” and “Leg Work”?

A) 1957 B) 1967 C) 1977 D) 1987

11. What 1989 series featured Richard Chamberlain as a Hawaiian doctor?

A) “Maui Medic” B) “Island Son” C) “Fantasy Physician” D) “Doctor’s Hospital”

SUPERBAD: What 1978 cop series starred the former lead singer of the Patridge Family?

ANSWERS 1-C, 2-D, 3-D, 4-B, 5-A, 6-B, 7-C, 8-C, 9-A, 10-D, 11-B

SUPERBAD: “David Cassidy -- Man Undercover.”