Get Nostalgic With This Quiz on 1970s TV Shows

Mork and Mindy’s house from the eponymous hit show is still a tourist destination in Boulder, Colorado. Writer Garry Marshall chose Boulder for the setting because he had a niece in school there.

Singer Sammy Davis Jr. loved the show “All in the Family” so much, he requested to guest star on it. The result was an episode called “Sammy’s Visit,” which features one memorable kiss.

Unlike a “whodunit,” a “howcatchem” is when the audience knows who the culprit is all along, and the reveal comes from how the criminal is caught.

“SNL” debuted in 1975, and the original cast included comedians Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Jane Curtain. Bill Murray joined the cast in its second season.

The “Little House on the Prairie” book series was written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The first book was set in Kansas, but the TV series is based in Minnesota.

Two years after “Happy Days” debuted in 1974, its first spinoff aired: the hit show “Laverne & Shirley.” “Mork & Mindy” (1978) and “Joanie Loves Chachi” (1982) came later.

Colonel Steve Austin was a test pilot and astronaut who, after an almost fatal accident, was rebuilt by the government for $6 million into a bionic super-agent. Austin was played by actor Lee Majors.

After “Blazing Saddles” star Cleavon Little turned down the role of Fred Sanford, Little suggested that his co-star from “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” Redd Foxx, be cast in the role.

Aaron Spelling produced three hit shows that began in the 1970s: “Family” (1976-1980), “Charlie’s Angels” (1976-1981), and “The Love Boat” (1977-1987).

Actress Mary Tyler Moore starred in the eponymous series as the character Mary Richards, who finds a job at WJM-TV, Minneapolis’ lowest-rated TV news station.

The only two characters to appear in every episode of “The Muppet Show” were Kermit the Frog and Waldorf, the latter of whom is one of the two grumpy old hecklers, Statler and Waldorf.

“Roots” aired over eight consecutive nights in 1977, and its final episode was broadcast in 51.1% of American homes. That year’s Super Bowl reached 44.4% of viewers.

The character Richie Cunningham was played by actor and filmmaker Ron Howard, who won an Oscar for Best Director in 2001 for “A Beautiful Mind.”

In the opening credits of “Taxi,” the character Tony Banta — played by actor Tony Danza — is seen driving over New York City’s 59th Street Bridge (now named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge).

“M*A*S*H” is set in the early 1950s during the Korean War, and follows the lives of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.