URGENT UPDATE: Once again the official results have been thrown into question. I just noticed an email in my Inbox dated 12/9/2008 from Yellowdog. It contained his guesses to the trivia quiz, and get this, he answered nine correctly, missing only question number five. League officials will be taking his entry under advisement during their weekly conference call on Monday.

Okay, it looks like Doug D. isn’t going to defend his title, so I’m proud to announce that Jodi is the winner with an impressive score of 8. Santa will be delivering your prize on the night of the 24^th.

The runners-up are as follows:

Nancy with 5 ½ (it’s Bud, not Buddy, but no reason for me to be a hardass about it.)

Following close behind is Russ with 5 (pretty impressive guess on number two.)

In fourth place is M.B. with 3 (unless I screwed up his score again or he mounts another  protest.)

Laura, Gish and Lookingforspringfield all tallied a rather non-impressive deuce.

Now for our answers:

1. Cissy from Family Affair (Looking, she may have been a ho, but only Mr. French knew for sure.)
2. Elizabeth from Eight is Enough (Gish, the “Not Hot” sister was Susan. Elizabeth was pretty cute.)
3. Billie Jo from Petticoat Junction (M.B., LaMonjello Jo was on the W.B. remake, Petticoat ‘Hood.)
4. Jennifer from Family Ties (Poor, homely Jennifer.)
5. Buddy, or Letitia, from Family (M.B. was the only one to answer this correctly. I’ve heard that he spent a good deal of time in his adolescence holding up his Kristy McNichol poster with one hand.)
6. Elizabeth from The Waltons (Everyone missed this. Did no one remember the closing sequence when they all said goodnight to each other? Goodnight John-Boy. Goodnight Mary-Ellen. Goodnight ELIZABETH. Jeez.)
7. Gob, or George Oscar Bluth, from Arrested Development (One of the greatest sitcom characters of all time and only Nancy and Jodi could name him? For shame!)
8. Darryl from Newhart (This proved to be the easiest question. Laura thought there were two Larrys. Russ refused to answer it.)
9. Meg from Family Guy (I wanted something from a contemporary animated series. Since it’s on constantly, I thought it would be easier.)
10. “Bud” from Father Knows Best (Another tough one. Russ got it and Nancy almost got it. I can still hear the quizzical inflection in Robert Young’s voice when concerned about Bud’s odd, sometimes sociopathic, behavior.)

Bonus Question:

Get ready to kick yourself – it’s the Snakehandling O’Sheas from Episode 2 of Season 2 of Saturday Night Live. They were your typical sitcom family – they quarreled, they laughed and they were all practicing snakehandlers.

I’m really disappointed in M.B. for missing this one. Perhaps the jingle will refresh your memory:

Pop is a hardhat
Mom’s an exec.
Sis is a nun
And Junior is gay.

Because we’re snakehandlers
We handle snakes.
Snakehandlers
Junior is gay.
Snakehandlers.."