# Classic TV Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586 "2008-04-01T20:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/21 "2008-04-02T15:29:51Z")
Tim Conway cracking Harvey Korman up with his deadpan delivery of a very weird character. (Carol Burnett) Eunice, Mama and Ed playing “Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry!!” (Carol Burnett) Otis locking himself in the jail cell with the keys hanging on the wall. (Andy Griffith) A monkey perching himself on top of Johnny Carson’s head. (The Tonight Show) Lucy and Ethel stuffing chocolates in their mouths. (I Love Lucy) Cliffy pontificating at the bar. (Cheers) Donny pretending he had a brain injury to get out of working. (Just Shoot Me) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/22 "2008-04-02T15:42:45Z")
Even more specific with the Harvey Korman/Tim Conway thing, the joke about the Siamese twin elephants…when they sneeze… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/23 "2008-04-02T18:05:58Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] [Slow down!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mrJKB1MtHk) CMC +fnord! [/QUOTE] I haven’t seen this for many years and it still brings tears to my eyes. It’s probably the funniest moment in sitcom history. As I understand it, the last part of it was ad-libbed because of the audience reaction. Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/24 "2008-04-02T18:22:34Z")
_Dallas_ : Pam Ewing waking up to find Bobby in the shower - his death and the entire preceding season was a dream. Also: the classic "Who Shot J.R.? season cliffhanger. _Miami Vice_: Crockett and Tubbs in a Ferrari as “In the Air Tonight” plays along _The Cosby Show_: The Huxtable family lip-synching performances for the grandparents’ anniversary ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/25 "2008-04-02T18:31:12Z")
Alfred Hitchcock’s silhouette. Roger Serling introducing the latest “Twilight Zone” story. The ‘who shot J.R.?’ cliffhanger brouhaha. Arte Johnson saying “Vedddy INNNNT-eresteeeng!” The kitten meowing at the end of every MTM Production. (What a lot of folks forget from the final episode of “St. Elsewhere” is that it showed the kitten lying comatose with a “blip” from a heart-monitor sounding throughout it’s closing credits. At the very end, the kitty flatlines.) “Space, the final frontier…” “Mr. McGee don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” “Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger…no Coke, pepsi.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/26 "2008-04-02T18:42:44Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Roger Serling introducing the latest “Twilight Zone” story. [/QUOTE] Rod Serling ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/27 "2008-04-02T19:04:00Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Rod Serling [/QUOTE] Roger Ebert & Gene Siskel: “Thumbs [up or down].” ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/28 "2008-04-02T20:38:46Z")
Richard Nixon on Laugh-in: “Sock it to me!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/29 "2008-04-02T20:41:12Z")
The MTM (Mary Tyler More Productions)Kitten is itself a parody of the MGM Lion. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/30 "2008-04-02T20:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=crowmanyclouds] [Slow down!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mrJKB1MtHk) [/QUOTE] Nice clip, but … “What colour are my eyes” “Call 'em … brown” “Okey-doke … W… F” huh? 😕 I take it there’s some nuance I’m missing here. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/31 "2008-04-02T21:05:16Z")
It’s “W…N”. Last 2 letters of “brown”. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/32 "2008-04-03T00:43:51Z")
_Columbo_…“One more thing.” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/33 "2008-04-03T00:56:21Z")
_:::starggering around:::_ This is the big one! Elizabeth, I’m comin’ to join you, honey. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/34 "2008-04-03T01:53:25Z")
WKRP in Cincinnati: Art Carlson says, "As God as my witness, I thought [turkeys could fly.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnwmvZhDz4). Ok, so the classic line is not in this clip, but Les Nessman’s report of the attack is. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/35 "2008-04-03T02:11:31Z")
Radar O’Reilly looking up from whatever was going on and announcing “choppers” before anyone else could hear them. And him handing Henry Blake things before he asked for them. And when they announced that Blake died on the way home while everyone was in surgery. THAT still makes my eyes water. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/36 "2008-04-03T02:15:09Z")
The final moments of the “$99,000 Answer” episode of The Honeymooners. I’ll never forget the look on Jackie Gleason’s face when the announcer asks him, “Who is the composer of Swannee River?” ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/37 "2008-04-03T04:59:23Z")
Fonzie improbably thumping anything apparently broken to make it not only work, but violate the laws of physics in Fonzie’s favour. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/38 "2008-04-03T12:13:36Z")
When the 3rd Rock people picked up the Big Giant Head at the airport: Dick: Did you have a good flight? BGH: No, I kept seeing some creature out on the plane’s wing. Dick: The same thing happened to MMMEEEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/39 "2008-04-03T12:15:51Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] When the 3rd Rock people picked up the Big Giant Head at the airport: Dick: Did you have a good flight? BGH: No, I kept seeing some creature out on the plane’s wing. Dick: The same thing happened to MMMEEEEEE! [/QUOTE] Oh, yeah…that was one of those sublime moments when an incredibly cool metagag actually comes off perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586/40 "2008-04-03T16:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=Noel Prosequi] Fonzie improbably thumping anything apparently broken to make it not only work, but violate the laws of physics in Fonzie’s favour. [/QUOTE] Fonzie jumping the shark on waterskis (You were all thinking it! Admit it!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-tv-moments/443586.md?page=1)