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'What Do Kids Know?'. Hosted by Jimmy Gator (Phillip Baker Hall), 'What Do Kids Know?' pits a team of children against a team of adults in bouts of general knowledge.
'American Maniacs'. 'American Maniacs' seems to focus exclusively on violent criminals in the U.S.
| What is the name of the science-oriented public television show hosted by Dr. Jerome Hathaway (William Atherton), the villain of 1985's 'Real Genius'? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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Everything . And the topic of the single episode we see Hathaway attempting to tape? 'The colon -- what DOES it look like?'
| In 1991's 'The Fisher King,' Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) sits in on a rather tasteless pitch regarding a sitcom featuring homeless people who love being homeless. What is the name of this prospective show? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Home Free'. I'm thinking even the WB would turn down that one.
| In 1995's 'Empire Records,' we're told that dubious superstar Rex Manning (Maxwell Caufield) first found fame on a hit TV sitcom. What was it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'The Family Way'. Corey (Liv Tyler): 'When I used to watch you on 'The Family Way'...I would imagine that we were married.'
| In 1983's 'The Big Chill,' Tom Berenger plays an actor who stars in an adventure show that bears a strong resemblance to 'Magnum, P.I.' What is it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'J.T. Lancer'. Sam Weber (Berenger) seems surprisingly miserable and embarrassed about the show's success.
'Southwest General'. Kind of a tough one, since the title of the show is only mentioned once or twice in the film. 'Southwest General' seems to be an homage to 'General Hospital' and 'The Doctors.'
| In 1994's 'Pulp Fiction,' Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) explains that she once acted in a pilot for a prospective adventure TV series. What was it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Fox Force Five'. Mia: 'Fox,' because we're foxy. 'Force,' because we're a force to be reckoned with. And 'Five,' because there's one, two, three, four, five of us.' Quentin Tarantino has mused more than once that he occasionally considers writing and directing a 'Fox Force Five' TV-movie just for fun.
'Stanley Spadowski's Funhouse'. Kind of a 'Bozo' spoof. One of the 'fun' activities the kids in the audience get to enjoy is drinking from a high-powered fire hose.
| In 1997's 'Til There Was You,' Sarah Jessica Parker plays Francesca Lanfield, a woman who was once a child star on a highly popular sitcom. What was it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'One Big Happy Family'. The vain Francesca is shocked when Dylan McDermott's character claims to have never seen the show.
| The events of 1985's 'National Lampoon's European Vacation' are set into motion when the Griswold family wins big on a game show. What is it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Pig In a Poke'. Contestants are forced to wear pig costumes. Not a good look for anyone.
'Hannah's Country Kitchen'. The show is produced by Hannah's husband Paul, played by Sean Connery.
| The title character of 1992's 'Bob Roberts' appears as the musical guest of a show obviously patterned after 'Saturday Night Live.' What is it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Cutting Edge Live'. The episode in question was hosted by an unnamed actor-comedian played by John Cusack, a close friend of 'Bob Roberts' writer-director-star, Tim Robbins.
| At the end of 1999's 'Galaxy Quest,' it's revealed that, as with 'Star Trek,' a new TV series is to be launched as a sequel of sorts to the original. What is it called? | TV Shows That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Galaxy Quest: The Adventure Continues'. As a 'Star Trek' fan, I was all set to be annoyed by 'Galaxy Quest,' but it wound up charming the hell out of me.
| In 1982's 'The World According To Garp,' aspiring novelist T.S. Garp is taken aback when his mother manages to write and publish a runaway bestseller despite having no training or experience as a writer. What is it called? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Sexual Suspect'. Garp is astonished that a woman who 'has never once felt sexual desire' is capable of authoring a book about the sexual identity of women in modern society.
| In 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' we get a glimpse at Captain Jean-Luc Picard's favorite holodeck program, which is based on a series of novels featuring a certain hard-boiled detective. What is that detective's name? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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Dixon Hill. Picard often used the recreational holodeck to 'become' Dixon Hill throughout the television run of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'
| In 'Scream 2,' we learn that Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) has written a bestseller detailing the events of 'Scream' called 'The Woodsboro Murders.' What is the name of the film made from Gale's book? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Stab'. The surviving members of the 'Scream' cast are none too happy about it, either.
| In 1984's 'Dreamscape,' psychic Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is befriended by horror novelist Charlie Price (George Wendt). What is the name of the novel that Charlie shows Alex in oder to establish his credentials when they first meet? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Stab'. He even produces a copy of 'Stab' from his bag to show Alex why he finds the man's face familiar.
'Bore-gasm: The Study Of 90's Male Sexual Prowess'. As 'research' for this book, Trish has sex with a wide variety of men aged 14 to 30. (Gee, can you tell that she's the sister of the sexually adventurous Alyssa Jones from 'Chasing Amy'?)
'My Brother Pissed On Me'. Ray felt rejected by his brother Ed (Matthew McConaughey), and this book was the result.
| In 1985's 'Romancing the Stone,' romance novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) recalls a detail from one of her books that helps her to realize that there is an enormous jewel hidden inside a ceramic figurine. A plot element of which of her books gives her the idea to break the figurine? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Treasures Of Lust'. In 'Treasures Of Lust,' Joan's plucky heroine hid something inside a small sculpture. And sure enough, when Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) smashes the ceramic figurine, out spills a green gem the size of a baseball.
| In 1983's 'Twilight Zone: The Movie,' petrified airline passenger John Valentine (John Lithgow) has a book with him that the flight attendant (Donna Dixon) initially mistakes for science fiction. When she asks him about it, he points out that it's actually non-fiction...and that he wrote it himself. What is the name of the book? | Books That Only Exist In Movies!
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'Microchip Logic: The Liberation Of the Left Brain'. Flight Attendant: 'Wow, you really read this stuff?' Valentine: 'I wrote it.' Flight Attendant: 'Ah. So you did.'
The Lone Rangers. It's pointed out that since there are three of them, they're not exactly 'lone.'
| At the beginning of 1985's 'Back To the Future,' we see Marty McFly's band auditioning for a gig at their high school. What is this band's name? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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The Pinheads. Marty (Michael J. Fox) states the band's name just before ripping into a heavy version of the movie's theme song: Huey Lewis and the News' 'The Power Of Love.' The geeky-looking man with the bullhorn who rejects The Pinheads almost immediately is, of course, played by Huey Lewis himself.
| And while we're on the subject of Michael J. Fox, in 1987's 'Light Of Day,' Fox portrays a young man in a band with his sister (Joan Jett). What is this band called? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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The Barbusters. Fiction bled over into reality a bit when The Barbusters' version of the Bruce Springteen-written 'Light Of Day' was released as a single and hit the charts.
| Michael J. Fox isn't the only 'Family Ties' cast member to star in a movie about a band -- Justine Bateman starred as the leader of an all-female band in 1988's 'Satisfaction.' What was this band's name? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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Mystery. And yes, the rumors are true -- that IS Julia Roberts playing second fiddle to 'Mallory' from 'Family Ties.' Funny how times change.
| In 1989's 'The Big Picture,' aspiring film director Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon) directs a bizarre but inventive video featuring a band led by his friend Lydia (Jennifer Jason Leigh). What is this band called? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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Pez People. The quirky video gets Nick noticed by a Hollywood studio.
| In 1984's 'Streets of Fire,' Diane Lane plays Ellen Aim, a rock and roll superstar. What's the name of the band that ably backs her (dubbed-in) power vocals? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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The Attackers. We see posters on walls throughout the movie advertising 'Ellen Aim and The Attackers.'
| In 1995's 'Empire Records,' slightly-addled music store clerk Mark (Ethan Embry) expresses a desire to start a band. What name does he think this band will have? | Bands That Only Exist In Movies!
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Marc. Mark: 'I think I'd call it 'Marc'...but with a 'C,' you know? Since my name is with a 'K'?'
| In 1997's 'Boogie Nights,' Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) comes up with the idea for a series of movies featuring a James Bond-like character named Brock Landers. What's the subtitle of the first 'Brock Landers' movie that we see? | Movies That Exist Only In Movies!
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'Angels Live In My Town'. The credits sequence for 'Brock Landers: Angels Live In My Town' is probably the funniest part of 'Boogie Nights.' In 'Dirk Diggler: A Man of Lust,' the documentary directed by Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), we learn that the seventh 'Brock Landers' film is subtitled 'Oral Majesty.'
| In the 'magical' world of 1993's 'Last Action Hero,' there is no actor named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who, then, played the lead in that world's version of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'? | Movies That Exist Only In Movies!
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Sylvester Stallone. We see a huge cardboard display for 'T2' which looks exactly like the real one...but it's Stallone in the leathers and sunglasses.
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