# Funniest Sitcom Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959 "2010-03-10T09:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/1 "2010-03-10T09:37:31Z")
This has been done before, but never hurts to remember those classic moments again. Some of my favorites: In **Golden Girls** , they did an episode with birthdays from the past, and Rose had invited Dorothy to a kind of Chuck E Cheese restaurant (with a clown and parties for little kids) and of course gave her name ito the clown in charge - it was a classic as Dorothy had to march around, etc. From **Friends** , it was only one line, but cracked me up. Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe) is talking to someone outside of their cafe, Central Perk, and, mid-sentence, notices the sign. Mind you, this is in like, Season 5 or something, and she points to the sign and says something like, “Oh, now I get it - like Central Park!” From **Roseanne** , Laurie Metcalf (Jackie) has to make a phone call to an elderly relative to announce that their dad died. It is one of the funniest moments ever on television. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/2 "2010-03-10T09:48:05Z")
**Married With Children** - the one where Al gets glasses and can suddenly see clearly, he takes a look about his house, looks at a photo of his wife, sees his kids, job etc, in the cold light of day - then takes them off and stamps on them. Also loved “God’s shoes” and the one where he meets friendly Aliens. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/3 "2010-03-10T10:24:22Z")
**Friends** again The episode where Joey has been covering for Monica & Chandler I’m Joey, I make low budget adult films etc. I found the turn around on Monica hilarious “I’m Monica, I’m disgusting, I stalk guys and keep their underpants” **Only Fools & Horses** Delboy & Rodney on way to fancy dress party dressed as Batman and Robin. car breaks down, they are late so run the rest of the way. Cut to councillor being mugged outside a building in the fog. cue batman music and Del and Rodney come joggin out the fog. I nearly died ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/4 "2010-03-10T11:03:28Z")
I agree with that _Golden Girls_ moment–no matter how many times I see it, I laugh myself sick! > [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > **Only Fools & Horses** > > Delboy & Rodney on way to fancy dress party dressed as Batman and Robin. car breaks down, they are late so run the rest of the way. > > Cut to councillor being mugged outside a building in the fog. > > cue batman music and Del and Rodney come joggin out the fog. > > I nearly died I’ve never seen this show, but your description made me laugh so hard that I just **had** to see if I could find [that clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q81zlawe13M) on YouTube. I gotta say, that is truly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/5 "2010-03-10T12:20:35Z")
turkey ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/6 "2010-03-10T12:47:45Z")
Just a complete throw away line, but it had me giggling for the rest of the afternoon: From **The Flight of the Conchords** “Fleetwood Mac did some of their best music then.” “Rumours” “No, it’s absolutely true!” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/7 "2010-03-10T12:52:54Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > From **Friends** , it was only one line, but cracked me up. Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe) is talking to someone outside of their cafe, Central Perk, and, mid-sentence, notices the sign. Mind you, this is in like, Season 5 or something, and she points to the sign and says something like, “Oh, now I get it - like Central Park!” IIRC she was showing someone around town and said “This is Central Park [points across the street] and this is Central Perk…Oh my god, I just got that” I wonder how many other people, like me, just got it and the same time. > [@](#): > > From **Roseanne** , Laurie Metcalf (Jackie) has to make a phone call to an elderly relative to announce that their dad died. It is one of the funniest moments ever on television. dad’s dead dad died DAD’S GONE DAD IS DEAD **DAD IS DEAD** **DAD DIED** He’s fine, he sends his love. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/8 "2010-03-10T12:57:23Z")
Friends had some very funny moments. When Chandler awoke to find his odd roommate watching him sleep. When Ross showed up dressed as the Holiday Armadillo. I wish that they would take the reruns off the air, but they did have some great episodes. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/9 "2010-03-10T12:57:53Z")
> [@SunSandSuffering](#): > > **Married With Children** - the one where Al gets glasses and can suddenly see clearly, he takes a look about his house, looks at a photo of his wife, sees his kids, job etc, in the cold light of day - then takes them off and stamps on them. Also loved “God’s shoes” and the one where he meets friendly Aliens. There are too many funny MWC episodes to count! I cracked up when Peg forced Al to do the deed and they cut to images of a washing machine agitator furiously plunging up and down, an oil derrick pumping away, and ICBM missles rising up into launch position - subtle, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/10 "2010-03-10T13:03:37Z")
No “Sitcom Faves” thread can be complete without a “Father Ted” clip. [Father Ted - Down With This Sort Of Thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9xuXQjxMM) ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/11 "2010-03-10T13:04:46Z")
I like this clip from [Frasier](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIBk1a3qdQ) so much that I just keep it bookmarked. Pure physical brilliance from David Hyde Pierce. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/12 "2010-03-10T13:05:08Z")
For my money, and I’m old, I know, WKRP remains the most off-the-hook sitcom ever. Both the Turkeys episode and Johnny Fevers phone cops bit rank as the top two for me. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/13 "2010-03-10T13:34:01Z")
John Cleese’s rant about Sam and Diane’s upcoming marriage in **[Cheers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cq1Vx_2cj8)** (starts at 7:13) – especially with Shelly Long’s topper. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/14 "2010-03-10T13:43:50Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > For my money, and I’m old, I know, WKRP remains the most off-the-hook sitcom ever. Both the Turkeys episode and Johnny Fevers phone cops bit rank as the top two for me. My all-time favorite sitcom moment is from WKRP when Herb has a heart attack. They find him out of the hospital at a 3-D porno film. All of the cast is sitting in the theater and the reaction shots of them dodging “items” from the porno is priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/15 "2010-03-10T13:47:56Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > For my money, and I’m old, I know, WKRP remains the most off-the-hook sitcom ever. Both the Turkeys episode and Johnny Fevers phone cops bit rank as the top two for me. Yes, two great moments in comedy history. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/16 "2010-03-10T13:54:27Z")
**Just Shoot Me** was generally awful, but the episode where the guy pretended to be retarded so he didn’t have to work or do anything was HILARIOUS. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/17 "2010-03-10T13:57:06Z")
I found the full episode on Youtube. [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMfbDPL1ths) [Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzJw0_UzM-s) [Part 3](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMpTqa8iICs) ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/18 "2010-03-10T13:58:07Z")
Does the Simpsons count? If so, I’m going with the episode in which Lisa becomes a vegetarian while Homer plans a barbecue blowout. IIRC, the family is sitting around the table as Lisa exhorts her father to cancel the barbecue out of respect for vegetarian choices and perhaps even _join_ her in those choices. Homer replies, in a general, paraphrasing sort of way, “If I were a vegetarian, I couldn’t eat ham. And bacon. And porkchops.” “D_aa_aad, those all come from the same animal!” “Ppphht, yeah, right. Some _magical_ animal.” His condescending, sarcastic tone just made it so much sweeter. My dad and I hit the floor on that one. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/19 "2010-03-10T14:02:17Z")
**M_A_S\*H:** The sight of Henry’s desk dangling from a helicopter whilst he looks helplessly on is a winner. **The Phil Silvers Show:** Bilko muscling his way onto the Ed Sullivan Show to sing Spanish opera does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/20 "2010-03-10T14:12:11Z")
What’s the ratio of Stanley Nickles to Schrute Bucks? About the same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959.md?page=2)