# Favorite unpopular joke from a TV show

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515 "2018-05-20T17:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lorne\_Armstrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515/81 "2018-06-03T07:26:33Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> One from the _Dick Van Dyke Show_, when they were trying to write a sketch.
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> “But WHY would someone travel to the center of the Earth?”  
> “To find out whether it’s chewy or cream-filled.”

The episode where Rob wants to bring old radio stars together for The Alan Brady Show and center the show around the Golden Age of Radio:

Rob: “What’s the one thing that’s never been done on television?”  
Buddy: “You can’t do that on television.”

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515/82 "2018-06-06T13:20:50Z")

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Sally Solomon: So how was your flight?  
Big Giant Head: Horrible. I kept seeing a monster on the plane’s wing.  
Dick Solomon: That same thing happened to meeeeee!

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515/83 "2018-06-06T13:41:33Z")

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In [Venture Bros.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73gYxsxRrs), Henchman 21 hums Holst’s _Mars: Bringer of War_ as he suits up. When Henchman 24 arrives, he’s humming the same tune and they’ve reached the same point!

God I love this show.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515/84 "2018-06-06T15:05:49Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> Sally Solomon: So how was your flight?  
> Big Giant Head: Horrible. I kept seeing a monster on the plane’s wing.  
> Dick Solomon: That same thing happened to meeeeee!

For those who might not know, Big Giant Head was played by William Shatner. He played the guy seeing the monster on the plane’s win in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, a _Twilight Zone_ episode. John Lithgow played the same character in a remake of that episode in the _Twilight Zone_ movie.

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515/85 "2018-06-06T15:24:20Z")

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Another from “M_A_S\*H”:

Trapper: We were going to join the nurses.

Hawkeye: Yeah, we were going to join them and make one big nurse.

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