# Best Fourth-Wall Breaking Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fourth-wall-breaking-moments/937840 "2021-03-13T18:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fourth-wall-breaking-moments/937840/50 "2021-03-14T18:23:58Z")
The violently mediocre sitcom **Yes, Dear** did a great episode that included a subplot involving getting a new couch and rearranging the living room. As a result, the couch faces away from the audience and the dialog discusses how it should be better like that, but something is just wrong. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OqBk7Ud_Ls&t=877) This was the bit of breaking the 4th wall that made me start a similar thread 18 years ago. Lots of great new 4th wall breaks since then. At least your spelling was better than mine. > [@Breaking the Forth Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-forth-wall/182384): > > There’s something about actors addressing the audience, either in or out of character, that gets me. Sure, it’s often used as a cheap gag, but sometimes it just clicks perfectly. From the Marx Brothers to Bugs Bunny to On the Road movies, it’s been used by the best and worst. It’s been used in movies, TV, radio, books, comics, you name it. Some that stick in my mind are the many great uses in the On The Road series mainly by Bob Hope, David Attison on Moonlighting had some really great bits … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fourth-wall-breaking-moments/937840)._