Meet the Small Potatoes talking head interviews with the band’s friends, manager Lester Koop (McDowell), and man on the street interviews with the band’s fans (all of whom are potatoes). The Small Potatoes’ trajectory roughly follows trends in American popular music through the second half of the 20th century: The Potatoes start as a country and western band in Idaho in the 1940s, before finding popularity first as rock and roll and then doo wop singers in the 1950s. They reach the peak of their popularity in the 1960s as a British invasion style act, followed by their experimenting with psychedelic rock after a
Couch Potatoes (game show) celebrities Bob Eubanks, Jim Lange, Janice Pennington, Wink Martindale, Peter Marshall, Johnny Gilbert, and Gary Owens appeared. Other celebs included Cubby O'Brien from "The Mickey Mouse Club", Jay North from "Dennis the Menace", Larry Mathews from "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Isabel Sanford from "The Jeffersons", Dick Sargent from "Bewitched", Alaina Reed Hall from "227", Dorothy Lyman from "Mama's Family", Steve Allen, and Rebeca Arthur from "Perfect Strangers". The premiere episode had Dennis Franz as a guest asking questions about "Hill Street Blues". Couch Potatoes (game show) Couch Potatoes is an American game show which featured two teams competing in