Joe Piscopo
publication date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (part of Spring 2022)
category: 
Television
clue: He co-starred with Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, and Treat Williams in a series of cinematic flops in the 1980s, but he had a notable small-screen partnership with Eddie Murphy in the same decade.
explanation: Piscopo starred in Johnny Dangerously, Wise Guys, and Dead Heat. Piscopo and Murphy were the only Saturday Night Live cast members considered good enough to keep when the rest of the cast was fired by showrunner Dick Ebersol in 1981. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Chris Lemler
Stars Who Trekked: Since its inception in the 1960s, the science-fiction program Star Trek and its many spinoff shows and movies have spread across pop culture, attracting a huge fan base... and that includes big-name stars who are happy to make guest appearances. The celebrities in this theme, who will appear throughout the Spring 2022 season, are all established names in Hollywood who signed up for guest appearances in some iteration of Star Trek.Similar Goos
Ed Begley Jr.
He co-starred in films with Richard Pryor, Roseanne Barr, Macaulay Culkin, Larry David, Anna Faris, and Jane Lynch, but he's best known for playing a doctor elsewhere. Go »
Ted Knight
In one sitcom, he played an arrogant yet buffoonish TV news anchorman. In another, he played a work-at-home newspaper cartoonist. Go »
H. Jon Benjamin
You might not know his face (or his first name), but you've heard his voice as Sterling Archer, Bob Belcher, Coach McGuirk, and many more roles. Go »
Michael McKean
He's had a strange career, going from the Shotz Brewery to Studio 8H, and from a musically challenged English heavy metal band to an ethically challenged Albuquerque law firm. Go »
Mia Kirshner
She appeared alongside vampires and werewolves in Dracula: The Series, Wolf Lake, and The Vampire Diaries, but she's better known for roles in 24 and The L Word. Go »
