What's your favorite sitcom scene/episode?

[JimmyJazz]

Mine is definitely the scene from Taxi when the Reverend Jim is going to get his driver's license:

"What does a yellow light mean?"


Humor me please - what are yours?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. "I'm master of my domain"

It was the first time I didn't feel like a perv for maturbating...;)

[Zomby Woof]

3. we had the same timestamp

From the same episode. Scary! :D

[Zomby Woof]

2. I love Jim!

Hard to choose....

I am thinking of "The Contest" from Seinfeld, when Kramer came into Jerry's place, slapped his money down on the counter, and said "I'm out!"

:rofl:

Great thread idea. We could all use some laughs.

[JimmyJazz]

11. It's funny how all it takes is one line and the whole scene

comes to mind :D



Thanks. ;)

[fudge stripe cookays]

4. I love Wings.

either the one where Bryan ends up trapped in the basement with Helen's crazy friend who wants to re-live prom night (and calls him Joey Bear)...

or the one where Faye tried to convince a bunch of her older lady friends that she has a younger man (and the only one she can get to play the part is Lowell, who's hysterical!)

FSC

[I Know How To Do it]

5. Strangers With Candy. The one where she started doing drugs again

"Look, if you're gonna smoke pot, be prepared to spend a lot of time hanging out with your friends and laughing. Think about it."

[Lavender Brown]

6. This is lame, but

I love when Ross and Rachel finally hook up in the planetarium.

[JimmyJazz]

14. you're such a romantic.

:hug:

[redqueen]

21. Me too!

I hung up on my boyfriend for calling & bugging me during that episode.

:blush:

[Divameow77]

22. Oh my Goddess

I was gonna say the one where Ross & Rachel get back together for one night but then he didn't read her letter because he fell asleep and when she tells him "it is sooo over" and he acts like he's gonna cry then yells "Fine by me".
That scene makes me laugh every time

[On the Road]

54. My Favorite Single Line from Friends is When

the encyclopedia salesman is trying to sell Joey the "V" volume and is describing its contents -- volcanoes, etc. He asks Joey "Do you know where the Pope lives?" Joey looks around confused and says "In the woods?"

[meegbear]

7. The Odd Couple on Password

The word is GRAVY

Oscar: (moving hands like he's covering something) Meat. Meat. Meat.
Felix: Lincoln!

Other team gets to try and guesses gravy.

Oscar looking at Felix angry and perplexed.
Felix: Everyone knows Lincoln loved meat.

That whole scene is too long to post, but it's hilarious.

[Wetzelbill]

8. "No Soup for you!"

Pretty much any Seinfeld episode.

Arrested Development - Last season when George and Oscar fought each other (both played by Jeffrey Tambor) and Franklin, Gob's black ventriliquist dummy was arrested. Also, from the first season, well, pretty much ever episode of this show is great too.

Growing Pains - The episode when Boner snorts coke.

Happy Days - Fonzie jumps the Shark!!!!!

[kmla]

9. "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

The. Best. Sitcom. Moment. EVER.

[JimmyJazz]

16. That's pretty high on my list, too!

:rofl:

[AllegroRondo]

18. That was my dad's favorite too.

Thanks for letting me think of him.

[Love Bug]

31. YES!!

I hope one of these days they get all the song rights they need so they can release WKRP on DVD.

[MN ChimpH8R]

33. They ARE birds, aren't they?!?

That is an all-timer.

I always liked MTM cracking up at Chuckles the Clown's funeral, too.

[mcar]

41. You beat me to it

That one's my favorite too. You just can't beat WKRP in the best sitcom category! :rofl:

[mnmoderatedem]

10. Single Scene? No question...

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." - Arthur Carlson

[mnmoderatedem]

13. Dang!

a half second too late! :o

[Debbi801]

12. Mad About You is probably one of my all time favorite sit-coms...

As far as favorite scene, i'd say any with Ursula in it.

I love Seinfeld too. I'd say there, it would be The Contest episode or the one where George gets the motorized wheelchair and gets into the battle with the other scooter riders.

:hug:

[JimmyJazz]

20. The one where Helen Hunt has the wedding invitation in her hand

screaming, "WHAT DOES THIS SAY?" and the name of one of the parents is wrong :D

[merh]

15. Slow down.

Whhhaaattt dddooeess ttthhheee yyyeellooww llliiiggghhhttt mmmeeaann???

:rofl:

That will always be my favorite. I love the Rev. Jim - I have a brother just like him :hug: , so he will always be a favorite.

:hug: :hug: Hugs to you JJ! :hi:

[JimmyJazz]

17. Thanks.

Hugs back :hug:

[Nomad559]

19. What does a yellow light mean?

I recorded the video from that scene.

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=slowdown

:)

[merh]

32. Thanks so much - that is wonderful

How I needed that laugh! :hug:

:rofl:

[JimmyJazz]

75. at the end, you can see the actors cracking up!

:D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. Lucy. Ethel. Candy Factory.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

68. That's a sitcom classic

Good choice. That was one show that never jumped the shark.

[merh]

24. Oh, I thought of one (besides the frozen turkeys & Rev. Jim)

Elaine on Seinfield & "sponge worthy" -- my gawd, how that was so true to life. The day they shut that plant down and we had to ration the sponges, it was just all too real and hysterical!

Sponge Worthy :rofl: I definitely ralated :rofl:

[Felix Mala]

43. Just saw epi where Elaine bets Jerry she can break up with Puddy.

Every time she fails she doubles the bet. They do a montage of Elaine jumping Puddy's bones and paying Jerry. In one shot, Jerry's smoking a cigar(!)with a big grin while Elaine counts out hundreds in cash. In the last scene, she asks Puddy to loan her $50.

[Wetzelbill]

61. !!!! That one is awesome!

Jerry looks like some fat cat robber baron! Hilarious!

[StaggerLee]

25. The Office - Season One Episode 4

Rowan: "Gareth, quick trust exercise, ultimate fantasy?"
Gareth: "Hmm?"
David: "We’re just doing the ultimate fantasy, we’re all doing it"
Gareth: "Two lesbians probably, sisters. I’m just watching"
Rowan: "OK. Erm. Tim? Do you have one?"
Tim: "I’d never thought I’d say this, but can I hear more from Gareth please?"

Sorry, guess you had to be there.

:rofl:

Actually the whole episode is hilarious especially when David is strumming his guitar (freelove freeway?) and Tim and Gareth are interjecting while he's singing. Man I love that episode.

:)

[stanwyck]

46. Gareth: I can catch that monkey

which is now one of my family's text message favorites.

Softly, softly. Catch the monkey.

(Gareth is given the job of catching the person responsible for an emailed spoof of David. And he takes the job very seriously.)

[StaggerLee]

50. another monkey

Gareth to Dawn: "Monkey Alan. He fancies you, even if no one else does."


Comedy goodness all of it!

:hi:

[jane_pippin]

65. That's the best Office episode! good choice

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

69. The Office Series Two Episode Five

My favorite episode of The Office and one of my favorites from any sitcom.

The dance contest, the eminent demise of David Brent and Big Keith as Ali G. just to name a few bits.

[jane_pippin]

70. haha. forgot about this....

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

71. Brent in the chicken get up

is memorable also. Oh how I admire the comedic genius of Ricky Gervais.

[jane_pippin]

73. yes! I love that he's all spazzy all the time n/t

[alarimer]

26. Chuckles the Clown

the funeral scene.

[meegbear]

27. Chuckles Bites the Dust

One of the funniest episodes on TV ever.

[11 Bravo]

29. A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.

[caty]

28. Mary Tyler Moore Show

"Chuckles Bites the Dust"

Chuckles the Clown, dressed as a peanut, is killed by a rogue elephant when he is the Minneapolis Circus Parade Grand Marshall. During his funeral, Mary gets a severe case of the giggles. Chuckles use to say, "a little smile, a little dance, a little seltzer in your pants"

[11 Bravo]

36. It's amazing. All the MTM fans got here at the same time!

[caty]

39. Really

And, as for what Chuckles used to say-----I've tried to live by that motto ever since. You too?

[I Know How To Do it]

30. MASH. The episode where the Alien Scout ship lands in camp

and the Lost Lizard People, "Examine" Radar.
That was my favorite one.

[Felix Mala]

40. Is that a real episode? Did Woody Allen direct it?

[I Know How To Do it]

42. Yeah, but I think David Lynch directed it.

[StaggerLee]

83. Are you sure?

I've searched this MASH faq page and I come up with nothing.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tv/mash/guide/

I would have remembered that episode.

[Jara sang]

34. Do the Simpson's count?

I loved the one where Homer is doing donuts in the presidential limousine in George H.W. Bush's front yard. Later him and Bart super glue a rainbow afro to Bush I's head. It was the most hilarious moment in TV, for me at least. :rofl:

[Initech]

90. Yeah, I think the Simpsons would count!

And my favorite scene is:

Lisa: It's rotten being a kid, no one listens to you.

Grampa: It's rotten being old, no one listens to ya!

Homer: I'm a white male, age 18 to 49, everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are!

Also in the same episode:

Marge: Lisa, normally I would say that you should stand up for what you believe in. But you've been doing that an awful lot lately.

Bart: You made us march in that gay rights parade.

Homer: And we cant watch Fox because they own those chemical weapons plants in Syria.

[motely36]

35. That is one of my favorites

also

The one WKRP where Les drops the Chickens

and

"I just saw them in the window and I had to have them" from Carol Burnett

[MN ChimpH8R]

44. The whole scene

Les: It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From... W.... ... K... ... R... ... P!!

Les: No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenberg tragedy has there been anything like this!

Johnny: Les? Are you there? Les isn't there. (composing himself) Thanks for that on-the-spot report, Les, and for those of you who just tuned in, the Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys. Film at eleven.

Jennifer: But Mr Colly, a lot of turkeys don't make it through Thanksgiving!

Venus: Les! Are you okay?
Les: I don't know. A man and his two children tried to kill me. After the turkeys hit the pavement, the crowd kind of scattered, but some of them tried to attack me! I had to jam myself into a phone booth! Then Mr Carlson had the helicopter land in the middle of the parking lot. I guess he thought he could save the day by turning the rest of the turkeys loose. It gets pretty strange after that.
Andy: Les, c'mon now, tell us the rest.
Les: I really don't know how to describe it. It was like the turkeys mounted a counterattack! It was almost as if they were ...organized!!
Mr Carlson: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

:rofl:

[Felix Mala]

37. Grand Opening ceremonies of Douglas's bedroom: Green Acres

Olive, Lisa, Ralph and Alph cut the ribbon and Ralph blows her trumpet. They open the door and... nothing's really done. There's still a hole in the wall for a window, the closet still opens to the outside and the telephone is still on the pole. They did pour concrete and the TV set has sunk into it because, as Ralph explains, they were in a hurry and moved the furniture back in before the concrete set.

Lisa thinks it looks very nice, but Oliver orders them back to work.

Ralph, with trumpet: But I gotta blow the fanfare...

Oliver: I don't care if you have to blow your brains out, get back to work!

[Wetzelbill]

38. "It was a one in a million shot , doc, one in a million!"

"I shoulda went with the jerk store!"

[SCDem]

45. West Wing - In Excelsis Deo

Brings tears to my eyes every time.

[leftynyc]

56. The last montage of that episode was some of the best TV ever

n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. Definitely Car 54 Where Are You

It was an early '60's sitcom starring Fred Gwynne (who later was Herman Munster in The Munsters) and Joe E. Ross (who later played a caveman in a caveman sitcom with Imogene Coca) who were NYPD cops and partners. As a little kid growing up during that time, I remember it as the all-time funniest sit-com ever.

The funniest episode that I've ever seen on television was one in that series with guest star Jan Murray. Murray was a hilarious comedian of that period who had a personna somewhat similar to Daffy Duck, the cartoon character. In this episode, Jan Murray starred as himself, judging the NYPD barbershop quartet competition. To his dismay, every single cop barbershop quartet in the competition sang the same song: "By the light of Silvery Moon" in exactly the same way. By that, I mean that at a certain point in the song, the singers went into a series of unending harmonized "Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom!" sounds. Even the female cop barbershop quartet sounded the same and had the same unending harmonized "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom" interlude. By the time the Car 54 boys (Fred Gwynne and his partner Joe E. Ross - who always was shouting "ooooh, ooooh, Francis") show up to do their song, Jan Murray is on the verge of a complete mental breakdown and he jumps out the window when they start singing the "boom boom boom". They follow him around to finish the competition and Jan Murray sees them everywhere, every time he turns around. Murray ends up getting admitted to a mental health hospital. The Car 54 boys follow him and try winning the contest by performing their song outside his hospital window, again with the "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom" stuff. I nearly had a complete bodily systems shutdown when I was a kid as I laughed so hard. This is one of the legendary episodes of comedy TV, in my opinion.

[johnnie]

48. One comes to mind

Gomer Pyle USMC. The episode when he is out on maneuvers and he is with the sarge. The sarge thinks he has to watch out for Pyle, but of course he doesn't. The sarge is trying to squeeze water from mud and Gomer finds a clear stream, the sarge comes back with berries and Gomer is cooking wild pheasant and then he rolls some cigars with tobacco he finds in the woods. They both end up gaining weight...lol, that one kills me.

I know it's old, but it is really funny and it came to mind.

[texas1928]

49. The one that I just laugh so hard on is the Drew Carey

Where they doctor a safety video he did with fart noises. He has to show it to the senior VPs and befroe he goes in he eats half his birthday cake that is made of bean curd, and that was left in Oswald and Lewis's trunk all afternoon in the heat. I was crying when that scene ended.

[Burma Jones]

51. Archie Bunker and Sammy Davis Jr.

"Sugar and milk in your eye?"

[DerekG]

52. Two scenes from All In the Family and Arrested Development

A menopausal Edith tells Archie to "stifle!"

Gob performs a series of bizarre dances in his Spring Break magic show to the tune of "Final Countdown."

[Tyrone Slothrop]

58. "They're illusions, Michael"

"A trick is something a whore does for money."

[Gormy Cuss]

72. Another great All in the Family episode

When Edith inadvertently invited the "swingers" to visit, thinking they were just a nice friendly couple Archie would like to meet.
(Rue McClanahan and Vincent Gardenia were the swingers, IIRC.)

[sundog]

53. fat actress - "the koi effect"

she consults a quack doctor on how to lose weight

not my all time fave, but it's the first one that comes off my head in recent memory

[JimmyJazz]

57. ha ha ha - I can't see your banner!

All I see is a red x - does this mean shark week is OVAH!

[sundog]

59. yes

:(

[Fiona]

55. One episode of Friends

had three of my favorite sub-stories. The first is where Rachel discovers Ross has a new girlfriend. She says: "Isn't that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic?"

In the same episode, Chandler gets molested by Joey's tailor, and Phoebe cuts Monica's hair. Monica asks to look like Demi Moore but Phoebe thinks of Dudley Moore.

Great episode.

Oh yeah, and Chuckles the Clown.

[cheeseit]

87. Yeah, that's how they measure pants- IN PRISON!

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

60. The Seinfeld episode when Elaine leaves Jerry's apartment and

says something like "I'm gonna go visit my mother. She's got my panties all laid out for me."

[Lost4words]

62. Barney Miller, the hash brownie episode! n/t

[driver8]

81. One of the funniest episodes ever!!

"mushie...mushie..."

[Coventina]

63. "MORE GOO!" The Bob Newhart Show

:rofl:

[Democrats_win]

64. "She reads the Atlantic Monthly every week." Howard

Emily and Howard were defending a neighbor from a social worker that her greedy children sent.

[stlsaxman]

80. "Emily- wake up!!!- I just had the wildest dream!!"

In the last episode of "Newhart" when he wakes up in the bedroom of "The Bob Newhart Show", with Suzanne Plishette(?) ....

THAT has got to be the greatest, most clever turn for a sitcom in the history of television!

[peekaloo]

101. The High I.Q. episode.

At the dance where Emily and Bob (aka Guest) are meeting the other members and the guy who pronounces people's names back wards is introduced. Emily is somewhat bemused by his talent then the guy turns to Bob and asks "What's your name?". :rofl:

I love Newhart's deadpan humor.

[Divameow77]

66. The "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

episode with Richard Simmons
My husband and I have seen it 4 or 5 times and we still pee our pants everytime.

[FredScuttle]

67. "Devoted mother, beloved ......"

Aunt! It was supposed to say "Aunt"!!!


probably my favorite TV moment of the past few years due to the sheer audacity to use the unholiest of words.

[Sam_Lowry]

74. In the view of a Simpsophile...

Any episode with Homer talking with his brain:


Homer: Oh, 20 dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Brain: 20 dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services
Homer: WooHoo!

Homer: I'll offer to go, and when he says no, I'll be off the hook
Brain: Wait, are you sure that's how these things are supposed to work?
Homer: Shutup, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!




:rofl:

[Lindsey]

76. Yes...Barney Miller and the brownie episode....

OMG!!!!! One of the main characters says to Barney: "To err is human, to forgive is devine. Forgive me Barney, be devine." I have NEVER forgotten that line or that episode!!!!!!

Also, recently - Reno 911. I laugh out loud until I'm almost in tears (especially the two-part homeland security episodes from the first season - some of the best t.v. EVER IMHO).

I have many, many more scenes from many, many show that I absolute love.
Great thread! A little laughter on a Friday night after a rough week at work really helps!

[jim3775]

77. "Is that a titleist" *George nods* "I guess I hit a hole in one"

[bigwillq]

78. The Roseanne weed episode

When Roseanne, Dan and Jackie are in the bathroom just after smoking.
Dan and Rosie are sitting on the floor next to the tub just chatting.
We think it's just them two but minutes later, Jackie yells out from the bathtub! She's sitting in the bathtub all stoned and later points out that she's alone but not really------

"It's just me and my ganja!" Not an exact quote but thought it was a riot!

[Eyeball Kid]

98. Even funnier,

Jackie suddenly blurts out from the bathtub, "Is this the sink? AM I SHRINKING???!!"

:rofl:

[Spider Jerusalem]

79. "You started it." "No, YOU started it...you invaded Poland!"

Fawlty Towers, "The Germans"...

[Dave Sund]

82. Sports Night - The Cutman

"Well, I hate to correct you on your own show, Casey, but there are 52 states, with Alaska, and Rhode Island."

[Rhiannon12866]

84. Slow down! LOL!

:rofl:

[dajoki]

85. seinfeld...

"if relationship george walks through this door, he will kill independent george. a george divided among itself cannot stand"

[cheeseit]

86. Red Dwarf- Better than Life

The one from series two with the virtual reality machine.

[DS1]

88. I know this thread is not about generalizations

But I find the ENTIRE collection of The Young Ones so fucking funny I can't pick one.

Thatcher!

[yurbud]

89. ALL IN THE FAMILY: Rashomon take off with Ron Glass

Archie, Meathead, and Edith all tell different versions of Archie butting heads with a black plumber's helper who came to the house.

Archie tells it like he's a black power militant who threatens him with a switchblade.

Meathead portrays him as a hapless uncle tom archie picks on (who has no knife)

Edith's story seems most likely, and says he was eating an apple with a pen knife, and Archie took it as a threatening gesture.

Meathead wants to take Edith's story as a vindication, but Gloria remembers he said there was NO knife, Archie thinks HE'S been vindicated until Edith remembers that the black guy left his knife and she pulls it out of her purse--a little two inch pocket knife.

Hillbilly Hitler art:



Blog:

[Breezy du Nord]

91. "Are you sponge-worthy?"

Teh funny.

[kwassa]

92. "Murphy Brown" with Wallace Shawn as Stuart Best had my crying

I was laughing so hard.

quote from a tv summary:
Stuart Best returns to Washington as a congressman and he humiliates Murphy at an inaugural party. To get her revenge, Murphy gets him on FYI to see where he stands on the issues, only Stuart didn't find out who was contributing to his campaign.
end of quote.

His extreme changes on the issues are hilarious. I wish I could find the exact script.

[maveric]

93. The Werewolf scene from Barney Miller.

When a guy locked in the cage said he was a werewolf and will be transforming soon due to the full moon.
Yemana (Jack Soo), was really nervous, beleiving that the guy was really a werewolf and asking Barney if he should spread some newspapers on the floor of the cell.

[Initech]

94. One of my favorites is from Curb Your Enthusiasm

In the episode where Larry picks up a hooker so he can use the carpool lane, and he's inside Dodger Stadium, and he passes by these two guys who are interviewing him for a golf course membership. They see him with the hooker and he says "Oh by the way, if you want a blow job, she's the best in the city."

[arwalden]

95. The One Where Ross And Joey Take Naps Together.

[Kire]

96. Seinfeld: "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[shawmut]

97. All In The Family - Drunk Archie, Black Jesus

"Forgive me Lord, The Jeffersons were right!"

[Wetzelbill]

99. "And you want to be my latex salesman"

[Left_Winger]

100. From All in the Family

When Archie poses for a photo with Sammy Davis Jr. and Sammy gives Archie a big kiss on the cheek.

Power to the people, baby!

[peekaloo]

102. Curb Your Enthusiasm "Grand Opening"

the "tourette's solidarity" scene at the end.

I pee my pants every time!