Talk:Benson (TV series)

message: I strongly believe the governor is a democrat as evidenced in the first episode in which the governor tells Benson his daughter hates him and then Benson asks, "Why? Is she a Republican?"  If there are no other facts to contradict this please add it somewhere to the article.  
----- Ponile 2/23/07
Agreed.  By the way I am Ponile, since I lost my password.  That sucks because I created a very good article with that username. PonileExpress (talk) 18:35, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: GREAT observation & deduction !Peace is contagious (talk) 20:41, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually Katie calls her dad a murderer, and THEN Benson sarcastically asks if she's a Republican. LOL But Katie was referring to her dad killing beavers by moving their dam, not people.Peace is contagious (talk) 01:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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message: Is the article serious when it says the show ran from September 13, 1979 to April 19, 1986?  I always liked Benson but the show just disappeared around 1981 and I never saw it on TV after that.  Who was airing it? -Rolypolyman (talk) 21:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There r many reasons why TV shows were yanked from certain areas/"markets" ...however often it was for "reasons" of racial or "moral" prejudice. I grew up in NY & remember seeing it (1st run) in the mid 1980s Peace is contagious (talk) 21:04, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
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message: The following is unsourced information:
* Jerry Seinfeld's first television appearance was in 1980, playing the recurring role of the delivery man/aspiring comic, Frankie.  Shortly afterward, he was abruptly fired. He has claimed in several interviews that he was not told that he would be fired. Rather, he came to the studio for a table read, only to discover that he did not have a script.
* Ted Danson played the character Dan, who married Benson's secretary, Marcy. The following year, Danson would star in the eventual hit program Cheers.
* Lewis J. Stadlen's character, John Taylor, was written out of the show after the first season.  The storyline ended with Taylor quitting to run for political office, even going so far as snubbing an endorsement from his former boss.
* Two actors from this series, Ethan Phillips and Rene Auberjonois, appeared later as regular characters in the Star Trek universe (as Neelix in Star Trek: Voyager and Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, respectively). Robert Picardo, who played the Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager, appears in the two-part Benson seventh season episode "Reel Murder".
* Swenson and McWilliams appeared as recurring characters on Soap prior to joining the Benson cast. Although Benson is a cross-over character from Soap, both Swenson and McWilliams play new characters, albeit with personalities near identical to their Soap characters.
* The theme song to Benson is a popular sound clip on the Preston and Steve morning radio show. Broadcasting on 93.3 WMMR and based primarily in Philadelphia, the theme is mostly used for when the hosts can't remember a certain actor or show.
* The same house used in Benson was also used in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" as the Bank's mansion, and used briefly in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series as the Drysdale Mansion.  (No, it was not the house used in The Fresh Prince, a simple look at the two facades shows they are vastly different architecture despite having similar "footprints").
While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 11:38, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
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message: ...including since the separation of Comedy and Drama categories in 1966. Sherman Helmsley was nom'd several times, but lost. (Coincidentally, Isabella Stanford of The Jeffersons, is the only 'Black' female to win in the same, corresponding, female category.) Bill Cosby was never even nom'd for The Cosby Show, bc the Academy is devotedly Leftist/Liberal & Cosby was 'preaching' about self-reliance and personable responsibility. Chico & The Man actor may be only Latino, Comic Lead to win Peace is contagious (talk) 20:41, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source for this? If not, it is original research and can't be included. DonIago (talk) 20:51, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: LOL ! U r a funny dude, ya know that ? Just take a quick view of the Winners list on any web-site or even here ...& unfortunately u r helping to cover-up racism & prejudice. I'm almost curious why...but c'est la vie Peace is contagious (talk) 01:43, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless a source has specifically made the claim that you want to make, what you're talking about is engaging in synthesis. Wikipedia publishes what sources have said; we don't draw our own conclusions or interpretations. DonIago (talk) 01:47, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
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message: Was Benson a spin-off of soap 148.76.225.46 (talk) 05:40, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
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