# Best scene in Television **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483 "2024-08-30T19:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/164 "2024-09-07T19:16:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I remember that one too. The couple’s son was regular height, correct? Yes, and the best moment is probably Felix meeting the son and blurting out, “Oh, you’re perfectly normal…” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/165 "2024-09-07T21:08:03Z")
> [@K364](#): > > This thread is not “The Funniest scene in Television” but I’m surprised we’ve got to post 161 without mentioning: If it were, we’d also have to mention - [Niles prepares for Valentine’s day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpImet3Xwgw) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/166 "2024-09-07T23:39:59Z")
For _ **MTM** _, I’d have to go with the “Sue Ann’s Bedroom” scene: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ajyc5jX-Rjs/maxresdefault.jpg "The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Sue Ann bedroom scene! From "Sue Ann's Sister" Season 7, Episode 3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajyc5jX-Rjs) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/167 "2024-09-08T01:56:35Z")
The best scene in MTM? It has to be when Sue Ann and Phyllis face off over Phyllis’ husband. And just when you think they can’t top each other, Mary walks in and steals the scene with a no-joke, all-business topper. [https://youtu.be/tVl4ZLrkEJw?t=14](https://youtu.be/tVl4ZLrkEJw?t=14) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/168 "2024-09-08T07:26:40Z")
Another from The Wire: Levy cross-examines Omar in Bird’s murder trial: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P3i36ybA8Ms/maxresdefault.jpg "Omar Takes The Stand | The Wire | HBO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3i36ybA8Ms) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/169 "2024-09-08T08:07:34Z")
I love the scene in _ **The Sopranos** _ where Christopher decks Lauren Bacall: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0HNO7ATCKP8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sopranos - Christoper robs Lauren Bacall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HNO7ATCKP8) ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/170 "2024-09-08T13:52:05Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > The best scene in MTM? It has to be when Sue Ann and Phyllis face off over Phyllis’ husband. And just when you think they can’t top each other, Mary walks in and steals the scene with a no-joke, all-business topper. I don’t get the MTM scenes. I don’t understand the humor, with Chuckles or the bit with Sue Ann v Phyllis. I watched the Frasier scene, a show I didn’t watch, with Niles and while I didn’t laugh, I understood the comedy happening. What context am I missing in MTM? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/171 "2024-09-08T14:29:33Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > I don’t get the MTM scenes. I don’t understand the humor, with Chuckles or the bit with Sue Ann v Phyllis. I watched the Frasier scene, a show I didn’t watch, with Niles and while I didn’t laugh, I understood the comedy happening. What context am I missing in MTM? > > Thanks! I agree. I’m coming in blind as Mary Tyler Moore is not well known here, and I’ve not seen any before. I just watched the Phyllis and Su-Ann clip and have absolutely no idea how this could be considered a funny scene from a random episode let alone the pinnacle that someone wants to highlight as “the best scene on television” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/172 "2024-09-08T15:28:59Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > I don’t get the MTM scenes. I don’t understand the humor, with Chuckles or the bit with Sue Ann v Phyllis. . . This can be a problem with character-based comedy. If you don’t know the characters, you don’t get the humor. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/173 "2024-09-08T16:16:57Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > I don’t get the MTM scenes. I don’t understand the humor, with Chuckles It isn’t just you. I watched MTM when it was new, I liked the show. And I have NEVER thought the Chuckles scene was “all that”. I barely, uh, chuckled. FTR, I also don’t think “Sneeds Feed and Seed (formerly Chucks)” is in any way funny, PS, I watched the souffle skit, it was funny, but not “best scene in television” funny. I loled out loud at both Mary and the chocolate stains. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/174 "2024-09-08T16:51:29Z")
Winter comes for House Frey. > **Summary** > > I don’t usually like death scenes, but watching Arya end Walder was cathartic. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/175 "2024-09-08T17:06:57Z")
But wait. It might be this one: [Alfie and Tommy and the lists.](https://youtu.be/7t885JG9qNE) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/176 "2024-09-08T17:10:12Z")
> [@K364](#): > > This thread is not “The Funniest scene in Television” but I’m surprised we’ve got to post 161 without mentioning: > > [Mary Tyler Moore Show - Chuckles Bites the Dust](https://youtu.be/1a7DO0cF-aM?si=mPrVuuTmhEY5Dzr1&t=394) > > [Carol Burnett Show - Tim Conway Elephant Story](https://youtu.be/-2OkR35ketA?si=B1ljqs3YUkUDtfB8) I have seen the Elephant Story many times and I have yet to find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/177 "2024-09-08T18:21:22Z")
Most of me favorite Breaking Bad scenes have been mentioned, but three additional ones I don’t think have been mentioned, all from ozymandias: Walt with Holly in the gas station bathroom, chokes me up every time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i-4qDsnLkKQ/hqdefault.jpg "Holly White Breaking Bad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4qDsnLkKQ) Walt rolling the barrel through the desert. The scenery, the music, the pants, just perfect. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X29hSD7_5dY/maxresdefault.jpg "Breaking Bad - Rolling the Barrel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X29hSD7_5dY) The scene with Walt, Skyler and Finn that cumulates with Walt kidnapping Holly and Skyler screaming down the street. Just so intense. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F9nSgCQmmp0/maxresdefault.jpg "Breaking Bad Season 5: Episode 14: Walt and Skyler fight HD CLIP") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nSgCQmmp0) Now for something completely unrelated, one of my favorite scenes from Freaks and Geeks is when Bill Haverchuck comes home from school, makes himself a snack and watches Shandling on TV. Such a simple scene, no dialogue, but if perfectly captures latchkey life in the 80s. It’s sad, happy and nostalgic all at once. Brilliantly done. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cmCpmEQD0L4/hqdefault.jpg "Freaks and Geeks - scene with Bill") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCpmEQD0L4) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/178 "2024-09-08T20:44:50Z")
There is a dire lack of Justified in this thread. In this scene here, our hero and his ex-wife arrive at her home to find the hitman he was hunting. The hitman likes to play a game with his victims: he’d place his gun on the table, have someone count down from 10, and when the victim reached for the gun he’d impale their hand with an icepick, pick up the gun, and shoot them. Then he tries to do it to Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pkilcMAXQRc/maxresdefault.jpg "Raylan Brings a Gun to a Knife Fight | Justified Season 3 Episode 1 | Now Playing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkilcMAXQRc) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/179 "2024-09-08T20:54:55Z")
Beavis and Butt-Head were told they’d be sent to a school where they’d get their asses kicked daily if the laughed again, on the day that sex education started. Any time Mr. Moose dropped ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/180 "2024-09-08T22:06:00Z")
I remember laughing my ass off at the MTM Chuckles scene, and had forgotten about it; so was glad to see it here. I can think of thirty amazing scenes but cannot fathom how you could compare such different shows. I don’t know which is best. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/181 "2024-09-08T22:11:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Luke Skywalker arrives at the end of season 2 of The Mandalorian. Oh my goodness, yes! But was it really great TV, or was it specific to GenX? For me it was incredibly powerful - it filled a hole I’ve had since childhood. Finally we see Luke the badass . . . Luke the invincible . . . Luke the _ **Jedi** _. I’m just not sure it will mean as much to my daughter. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/182 "2024-09-08T22:36:00Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > when he embarrasses the woman who didn’t stand when he entered the room. [That’s my favorite West Wing speech.](https://youtu.be/ALd6xCvZgpc) ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/183 "2024-09-09T01:57:52Z")
There are so many good West Wing speeches or scenes. [PR Knife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQlUVfz_qbg) > [@Alessan](#): > > There is a dire lack of Justified in this thread. I agree but it’s been too long and so I don’t remember a lot. Walton is fantastic in that show. Thanks for the conversation! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=10)