It was 'Opposite Sex'

Question: I remember a show from a few years ago about boys being admitted to an all-girl school. And I think the male lead was named Jed. Can you tell me the title and when it ran?

Answer: That's "Opposite Sex," which ran on Fox during the summer of 2000. Milo Ventimiglia played student Jed Perry, and other cast members included Kyle Howard, Margot Finley, Allison Mack and Garcelle Beauvais.

Question: I say the guy who played Hector in "Blades of Glory" is on "Reno 911!" Prove me right!

Answer: You're right! Nick Swardson plays Terry on "Reno 911!"

Question: When I was a kid, I remember watching a show called "December Bride" on TV. There are so many shows out there in reruns, but you never see that one. Is it on DVD?

Answer: "December Bride," which ran on CBS from 1954 until 1959, benefited a great deal from following "I Love Lucy" on the Monday night schedule. It was a kind of old folks' "I Love Lucy," dealing with the escapades of Lily Ruskin (Spring Byington) and Hilda Crocker (Verna Felton). Lily lived with daughter Ruth (Frances Rafferty) and son-in-law Matt (Dean Miller), and her efforts to help them often ended in Lucy-like complications. Harry Morgan played next-door neighbor Pete, who was always referring to his unseen wife, Gladys. His character was spun off into the sitcom "Pete and Gladys," with Cara Williams in the co-title role. That show ran on CBS from 1960 until 1962. "December Bride" is not on DVD.

Question: What's the name of the song they play in the Dr Pepper commercial with the band inside the bubble?

Answer: It's "Say Anything (Else)" by The Cartel.

Question: I love watching "As Time Goes By" on PBS with Judi Dench. How tall is she?

Answer: Dench is 5 foot, 3 1/2 inches tall.

Question: We have several seasons of "The Nanny" on DVD, but we can never figure out one of the lines in the theme song. It goes like this: "Father finds her beguiling / Watch out, C.C. / The kids are actually smiling / ????" Can you help?

Answer: The missing phrase is "such joie de vivre," which is pronounced "joy de vree" and is French for "joy of living," as in "happy life" or, in this context, "we're so glad we have a nanny with a heavy Bronx accent."

Question: Recently my husband and I were watching "The Waltons" on cable. I think the episode was titled "The Comeback." I said the man playing an old folk singer on that episode was Merle Haggard. My husband says there's no way it was him. It's up to you, Inman!