Trivia Newton-John

I love trivia questions. It gives me an opportunity to show off my vast array of thoroughly useless knowledge (sadly, no one is usually as impressed as I feel they should be), and so I thought it only natural to present an opportunity for folks to show off their own worthless knowledge here at retrospace.

The rules are simple: Leave your answer in the comments section. Be the first to guess correctly and win a nice Trivia Newton-John Award to place proudly in your blog's sidebar. Here's the question:

The man in the image below is the main character of an early seventies TV show (1971-1972). What is the character's full time profession on the show?

Hint: The answer is not "investigator" and definitely not "hairdresser" - good Lord that man had a bushy mane!

When the correct answer is given, I will post the award for the winner. Good luck!

We already have a winner! Samurai Frog from Electronic Cerebrectomy collect your trophy. Impressive. Stay tuned for the next Trivia Newton-John quiz!


  1. Why, adventure novelist, of course! He'd left Department S by 1971...

    Side note: I have a burned copy of Peter Wyngarde's terrible-but-fascinating album, When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head.

  2. Wow, that didn't take long! Thanks for playing- this was a lot of fun.

    As for Wyngarde's album - that is one of the most infamous and strange LP's of all time. A must have in any music collection.

    "A master piece of fine, pseudo-psychedelic orchestrations and inpeccable bad taste." - The New Musical Express - 1970

  3. How could that be fun? I didn't even get a chance. Oh well, I didn't know who it was anyway.

  4. Robert- Brief, fleeting, transient,... yet it was a moment of fun nonetheless.

    BTW: I don't think it's been mentioned yet that the character in the picture is Jason King (from the TV show Jason King) played by Peter Wyngarde.

  5. Congrats to SamuraiFrog. That's so cool. Never seen the show, but always thought it sounded rather cool.

  6. Oh man--way to go, Frog. I remembered the face (and the simpy expression) but couldn't recall anything about the show.