Is there actually press-box etiquette?

If there is such a thing as pressbox ettiquite, I hope the SID at the pressbox I'll be in this Saturday will finally discover it and stop screaming at the refs.

 

this thread is incredible.

the first thing you need to do - once he ignores your initial request - is assert yourself. most reporters are grownups. yeah you can tattle to the SID if he refuses to get up but i think all you need is to politely but firmly say something like "um, excuse me sir, but you are in my assigned seat. i see you have a seat over there. please move so i can sit in my seat." i think that would be sufficient in about 99.9 percent of these instances.

 

My bad. Say hi to Arnold Ziffel then for me.

 

The great Frank Cady -- the only actor in TV history to simultaneously play the same role in three series. He turns 91 years old on Friday.

 

Only one?
Fred Dalton Thompson and the redheaded ME on L&O -- past, present and Bathroom unit

 

Tell him he has two choices.
A. He can get out of your seat.
B. You make him get out of your seat.

P.S. It's always better to be strapped in case you are small and they take option B. If you're big, proceed to toss his ass around the press box, and then steal his lunch and glare at everyone else.

 

Man, is that one GREAT trivia question. I've got remember that.

 

OK, I know I'll smack myself in the head when I hear, but I can only think of two -- Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. What was the third?

 

Beverly Hillbillies

 

I don't know if they all were simultaneous or not but Richard Belzer as John Munch has to be up there with Homicide, all the Law & Orders and an episode of X-Files. I even think I'm forgetting a sitcom.

 

Looking this up on Wikipedia was truly a fascinating experience. Det. John Munch, as played by Belzer, was a regular character on "Homicide: Life on the Street" from 1993 to 1998 and since 1999 has been a regular on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." He's been in four episodes of the original "Law & Order" between 1996 and 2000.

He's also made one appearance in each of the following shows:

"The X-Files" (1997)
"The Beat" (2000)
"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)
"Arrested Development" (2006)
"Sesame Street" (Belzer appeared just last month in a bit called "Law&Order: Special Letters Unit," playing a Muppetized John Munch)

No one else has ever played the same character in eight different series. The old record was six, jointly held by Henry Winkler, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt. Ratzenberger and Wendt played Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson on "Cheers" and also made guest appearances together on "St. Elsewhere," "The Tortellis," "Wings," "The Simpsons" and "Frasier."

Winkler, who coincidentally is Richard Belzer's cousin, played The Fonz on the sitcoms "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," "Mork & Mindy" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" and on the cartoons "Fonz and the Happy Days Gang" and "The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz Show," but neither he nor John Munch nor Cliff and Norm have ever appeared in more than two shows simultaneously.

There are four "Law & Order" franchise actors who have appeared in all four series -- Fred Dalton Thompson (DA Arthur Branch), Leslie Hendrix (Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers), Jesse L. Martin (Det. Ed Green) and Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe). Briscoe was also on "Homicide," but neither he nor Ed Green ever appeared in more than two series during the same TV season.

During the 2004-05 season, Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers was a regular character on "L&O" and on "L&O: CI" and made one appearance in "L&B: TBJ."

Thompson, however, starred or appeared in all four series during the 2005-06 season PLUS one episode of another Dick Wolf show called "Conviction." I guess that makes him the winner.

But Sam Drucker, a regular on "Petticoat Junction" from 1963-70 and on "Green Acres" from 1965-71 and a recurring chacter on "Beverly Hillbillies" from 1968-70, still deserves to be acknowledged, especially since it's now Friday. Happy birthday, Frank Cady, and congratulations. Sam Drucker is the sitcom king.

 

damn double j, you certainly entered the right profession.