How much do you know about your favorite fictional New Yorkers? Answers will be posted in comments.
1. 100% plus extra credit without answering any other questions if you can figure out who the guy in the photo is. No? Here’s a hint. He was the voice for the opening credits of everyone’s favorite NY sitcom that ran from 1970-1975. If you still can’t get it, here’s another hint. November 13th.
2. Who lived at 328 Chauncey Street in Brooklyn?
3. What was the name of Harvey Keitel’s character in Taxi Driver?
4. In which neighborhood did Archie Bunker live?
5. Actress Marla Gibbs played which sassy maid?
6. The marble rye and chocolate babka from those Seinfeld episodes came from Schnitzer’s Bakery. Fictional name for a real bakery. Name the real Schnitzers.
7. Name Ratso Rizzo’s partner in crime.
8. Rita Moreno danced her a** off in West Side Story. What was the 1970’s children’s series she was in with Morgan Freeman?
9. Which movie featured a group of criminals using color name aliases long before Quentin Tarantino had it in Reservoir Dogs?
10. Name the Yiddish actress who portrayed Bubby in Crossing Delancey.
3 Comments
1. Bill Woodson
2. The Kramdens and The Nortons of The Honeymooners.
3. Sport Mathew
4. They supposedly lived in Corona, Queens, but the actual house in opening credits is in Glendale.
5. Florence on The Jeffersons
6. Royal Pastry Shop
7. Joe Buck
8. Electric Company
9. Taking of Pelham 123
10. Molly Picon
I thought Archie Bunker was supposed to be Astoria?
Rick, read the comments here…
http://queens.about.com/b/2008/01/28/the-secret-of-archie-bunkers-house-in-queens.htm
It’s mentioned on the show that he’s in Astoria, but the actual address is Corona, so it’s all fictional anyway. 🙂