2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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On we go.
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ATHLETIC TV STARS

2: Heisman Trophy finalist and Minnesota Viking Ed Marinaro played Joe Coffey on this long-running 80's cop drama.

4: This member of the “Fearsome Foursome” and the NFL Hall of Fame played Jonathan Garvey on “Little House on the Prairie” before starring as “Father Murphy.”

6: This current Milwaukee Brewers announcer's acting career playing the dad on Mr. Belvedere lasted almost as many seasons as his career as a major league catcher.

8: Alex Karras, a former defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, played this title boy's adoptive father George Papadopolis.

10: Before hitting Hollywood as this 80s TV cop, Fred Dryer played in Super Bowl XIV for the Los Angeles Rams.

WOMEN POETS

3: She described her 1856 book Aurora Leigh as “a novel in verse.”

6: She may have “burned her candle at both ends” while writing “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver” in 1923.

9: This Chicagoan who wrote “Annie Allen” won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, the first African-American woman so honored.

12: A portrait of this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature appears on Chile's 5,000 peso bank note.

15: Born in Senegal, this Revolutionary War-era poet was named for the slave ship that brought her to Boston.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2: Hill St. Blues

4: Merlin Olsen

6: Bob Uecker

8: Webster

10: Hunter

3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

6: Edna St. Vincent Milay

9: Brooks

12:

15:
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Spoiler
2: -
4: -
6: -
8: Webster
10: -

3: -
6: Millay
9: -
12: Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter

3:
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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ATHLETIC TV STARS

2:

4:

6: Bob Uecker

8: Webster

10: Hunter

WOMEN POETS

3: Emily Dickinson

6: Edna St. Vincent Millay

9: Maya Angelou

12: Isabel Allende

15: Sojourner Truth
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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ATHLETIC TV STARS

2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter

WOMEN POETS

3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: Angelou
12: Allende
15: CLAM
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2: CLAM
4: CLAM
6: CLAM
8: CLAM
10: CLAM

3: CLAM
6: CLAM
9: CLAM
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
F*** this set.

EDIT:
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A quick Googling shows that of those 5 TV shows, the most recent ended in 1991. Now I don't feel so bad for not knowing them - I was 5.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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Spoiler
2 Hill St. Blues
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter

3Clam
6Clam
9 Clam
12 Isabel Allende
15 Clam
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This is ridiculous.
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2. CLAM
4. CLAM
6. CLAM
8. CLAM
10. CLAM

3. CLAM
6. Emily Dickinson
9. CLAM (Louise Hansberry?)
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
Teems with quiet fun.
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Spoiler
2: Hill Street Blues
4: Merlin Olsen
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: Hunter

3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Brooks
12: Allende
15: Sojourner Truth
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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Spoiler
ATHLETIC TV STARS

2 Hill Street Blues
4 Merlin Olsen
6 Bob Uecker
8 Webster
10 Hunter


WOMEN POETS

3 Emily Dickinson
6 Edna St. Vincent Millay
9 Gwendolyn Brooks
12 Isabel Allende
15 Amistad
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2: clam
4: clam
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10: clam

3: EB Browning
6: clam
9: clam
12: Isabel Allende
15: Phillis Wheatley
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2 hill st blues
4 merlin olsen
6 bob eucker
8 webster
10 hunter

3 elizabeth barrett browning
6 edna st vincent millay
9 --------------
12 -------------
15-------------
She caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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2: Hill Street Blues
4: Olsen
6:
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ouch.
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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I always thought clams were tender. These are tough
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2: clam
4:Merlin Olson
6:Bob Uecker
8: clam
10: clam

3:clam
6: Edna St. Vincent Millay
9: Gwendolyn Brooks
12: clam
15: clam
Edited the unspoilered comment
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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Spoiler
2: Hill Street Blues
4:
6: Bob Uecker
8: Webster
10:

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12:
15:
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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ATHLETIC TV STARS

2: Miami Vice

4: Merlin Olsen

6: Bob Uecker

8: Webster

10: Hunter

WOMEN POETS

3: ?

6: Edna St. Vincent Millay

9: ?

12: Isabel Allende

15: ?
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Re: 2013 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 5

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Spoiler
2. Hill Street Blues
4. Olsen
6. Uecker
8. Webster
10. Hunter

3. Dickinson
6. E. B. Browning
9. Brooks
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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