# Bad sitcom. Good joke. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260 "2005-08-30T15:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/81 "2005-09-02T17:56:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The entire “Just Shoot Me” episode with David Cross as the “retarded” brother of Eliot was a great moment in a terrible show. “My pants are tight!” 😃 I also second the Friends joke re: tailoring pants…in _PRISON_!! That’s my favorite joke from the show. > [@initech](#): > > ROSEANNE: > > [Lights go out as electricity is shut off] > Roseanne: Well, middle class was fun. The best part about that episode is when Jackie comes in the next morning and starts talking about her date the previous night, while starting to toast some waffles and use the blender (?). Everyone in the kitchen is staring at her just waiting for her to “get it”. As she’s pressing the buttons, she said, “I think this is broken” and Roseanne says, “Well at least now we know the speed of stupid!”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/82 "2005-09-02T18:00:09Z")
These are paraphrased: **Gilligan’s Island** - They find a silent movie camera and decide to film themselves and send out the movie on a raft in hopes of getting rescued. Professor: “While filming this movie, we encountered some technical difficulties.” Gilligan: “He means me.” **Home Improvement** - Tim and his friend are talking about relationships. Tim’s friend: “Tim, when did you know that Jill was the one?” Tim: “When she told me.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/83 "2005-09-02T18:35:31Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > Probably the only joke on _Friends_ that really made me laugh: > > Joey and Chandler somehow lose a baby they’re taking care of. They go to the lost and found, and find that two babies have been turned in, but they don’t remember what their baby looks like. One of the babies is wearing PJs with clowns on them, the other is wearing PJs with ducks. They decide to flip a coin, but must decide which side means what, which leads to: > > Joey: Heads’ll be ducks because ducks… have heads. > > Chandler: [pause] What kind of screwed-up clowns came to your birthday parties? I am such a geek, but Chandler replies: “What kind of scary-ass clowns came to your birthday?” Which makes it a lot funnier ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/84 "2005-09-02T18:39:25Z")
Such a geek in fact that I was so eager to correct it, I apparently missed the post that already did that. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/85 "2005-09-02T18:42:39Z")
Another fine _Just Shoot Me_ one had Andy Dick starring as a hand model complaining about the lack of work: I just don’t seem to get as many hand jobs here as I did in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/86 "2005-09-02T21:58:48Z")
Aww, **Just Shoot Me** had some other great episodes, too, enough to move it out of the bad sitcom list. Some of my favorites are the one with French Stewart as a TV puppeteer dating Maya, with Gina Giraffe and Mr Mayor - “Mr. Mayor likes it rough!” Same episode also had the guys crying over Brian’s Song, with alot of good lines. Also the episode where Jack and Elliot discover Finch has a huge penis. “It’s a tale as old as time - great product; lousy sales department.” Thank you, **Odinoneeye** , for defending Gilligan’s Island! Another funny moment - when the Howell’s try to teach Tongo the ape man manners; Mrs Howell: “If he uses his fork in his right hand, that indicates European breeding; and if he uses his left, he’s American.” Tongo picks up his plate and starts shoving it in his face. Mr. Howell: “Good heavens, a YALE man!” ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/87 "2005-09-02T22:27:44Z")
> [@Gilligan](#): > > Aww, **Just Shoot Me** had some other great episodes, too, enough to move it out of the bad sitcom list. Some of my favorites are the one with French Stewart as a TV puppeteer dating Maya, with Gina Giraffe and Mr Mayor - “Mr. Mayor likes it rough!” Same episode also had the guys crying over Brian’s Song, with alot of good lines. Also the episode where Jack and Elliot discover Finch has a huge penis. “It’s a tale as old as time - great product; lousy sales department.” Actually, I’d be inclined to say that _Just Shoot Me_ was a show that went downhill really badly after two or three funny seasons, rather than a show that was just plain bad from the beginning Another funny moment from the series – Finch is distraught because his father has been dating Nina. “In his whole life, my dad has only been with one woman. Nina’s been with five!” ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/88 "2005-09-02T22:29:01Z")
I want to go on record saying that I liked ALF. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/89 "2005-09-02T22:32:51Z")
> [@Gilligan](#): > > Thank you, **Odinoneeye** , for defending Gilligan’s Island! Another funny moment - when the Howell’s try to teach Tongo the ape man manners; Mrs Howell: “If he uses his fork in his right hand, that indicates European breeding; and if he uses his left, he’s American.” Tongo picks up his plate and starts shoving it in his face. Mr. Howell: “Good heavens, a YALE man!” Mr. Howell as a native: “Moolah, moolah, moolah!” ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260/90 "2005-09-03T16:14:58Z")
From the Beverly Hillbillies: Mr. Drysdale’s friend is rich, but Jed mistakenly believes he is poor and Drysdale is trying to set him right. Mr. Drysdale: “Why that suit he is wearing was hand made on Saville Row in London England.” Jed: (quietly to the guy): “Don’t you worry about that, it looks just fine.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-sitcom-good-joke/319260.md?page=4)