# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/21 "2010-03-10T14:13:30Z")
By far this Seinfeld bit. I can’t remember the exact wording but it’s something like this: Kramer, answering the phone in Jerry’s apartment: Hello…Vanda-what? George in the bathroom screaming: Say Vandalay! Say Vandalay! Kramer: There’s no Vandalay Industries here. George runs out of the bathroom with his pants down around his ankles and falls to the floor. The kicker is when when Jerry walks in, sees him lying on the floor and says, “And to think, I was going to make you my latex salesman.” ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/22 "2010-03-10T14:19:12Z")
[I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy?!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkZhdgq9t8) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/23 "2010-03-10T14:28:52Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > **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. Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot…pppiiiieeee. Everybody Loves Raymond–The scene where Robert responds to the police call when Marie backs the car into Ray & Deborah’s house. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/24 "2010-03-10T14:31:52Z")
German guest: “Stop talking about the war!” Basil: “Well you started it!” German guest: “We did _not_ start it!” Basil: “Yes you did. You invaded Poland”. Can possibly be matched. Cannot be bettered. ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/25 "2010-03-10T14:32:23Z")
Everybody Loves Raymond PMS episode where Ray tries to hug Deb and Deb wants to have none of it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/26 "2010-03-10T14:33:35Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > 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) I would say that [Small…Far Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmU_q5xrnto) tops that. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/27 "2010-03-10T14:34:29Z")
Nobody has mentioned #1–The ending of [Newhart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYw2i2icNg) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/28 "2010-03-10T14:43:46Z")
Chuckles the Clown dies. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/29 "2010-03-10T14:50:40Z")
Nobody yet has mentioned the \*All In The Family \* episode when Sammy Davis, Jr. kissed Archie Bunker? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/30 "2010-03-10T15:04:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Chuckles the Clown dies. It’s been decades and I can still remember: “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/31 "2010-03-10T15:15:26Z")
> [@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. Other than the two you mentioned, the one that always stuck with me is when they decide to demonstrate the dangers of drunk driving by having Johnny get drunk on air and the Trooper would test his reflexes, but as Johnny gets drunker his reflexes keep getting better and better until he is near passed out but has superhuman reflexes. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/32 "2010-03-10T15:18:42Z")
> [@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. Several years ago, I think it was TNN that was airing two WKRP episodes a day, and I was duly taping them all. I was all excited to see the “phone cops” episode coming up, but unfortunately it never aired . . . because some planes had been flown into some buildings in NYC about a week prior. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/33 "2010-03-10T15:19:02Z")
Another WKRP, the entire Ferryman Funeral Commercial. So many great funny lines: Ferryman: My brochure Herb: Wow, it’s heavy Ferryman: In my business people want heavy “I’m a volume dealer I like to move them in and move them out.” “Volume business, group rates, over 6000 satisfied customers.” And the commercial song, pure gold. “Hey your young and swinging no time to think about tomorrow but there’s no need to deny it, some day your going to buy it.” ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/34 "2010-03-10T15:21:22Z")
_The Dick Van Dyke Show_ Rob fears the hospital mixed up his son with another couple’s, leading to a meeting with the other boy’s father. . . ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/35 "2010-03-10T15:24:46Z")
A few from Blackadder Goes Forth: Lt George: “If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do?” Cpt Blackadder: “Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area.” Cpt Blackadder: “Baldric, that is the worst plan since Abe Lincoln said to his wife, _I’m sick of sitting around the house, let’s catch a show._” Cpt Blackadder: “Since then, we’ve made as much ground as an asthmatic ant with a heavy load of shopping.” [Commenting on allied progress in WW1]. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/36 "2010-03-10T15:25:17Z")
[Forces of Anarchy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxo0fS2VMM) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/37 "2010-03-10T15:29:23Z")
> [@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. I wish I had gotten here earlier. I was going to say **Dr.** Johnny Fever’s phone cops bit. I’m also a _MwC_ fan, and most of the best bits are around Al destroying one of Kelly’s boyfriends or ex-boyfriends. My two favorites are the one where, while throwing the guy out, Al just points to things and the kid runs himself into them, and the one where Kelly sees a boyfriend in the movie theater with another girl and asks Al to beat him up, which Al does for his little pumpkin. My favorite _Cheers_ Norm line was “It’s a dog-eat-dog world and I’m wearing milk-bone underwear.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/38 "2010-03-10T15:31:54Z")
C’mon people, no one has mentioned: What does a “Yellow Light” mean? Lucy had some classics. The Chocolate factory, VitaMeataVegaMin, the 10 ft long loaf of bread, Lucy and Harpo, Lucy setting her fake nose on fire. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/39 "2010-03-10T15:36:15Z")
Another from the Dick Van Dyke show may be my favorite. At the end of the episode where Laura opens Robs mail, and Rob and the team have written a sketch for the Alan Brady Show about it. Millie and Jerry come over to apologize to Laura for thinking she had really opened a package containing an inflatable boat. When they walk in the door, there is Laura in the living room with an inflatable boat. They are unable to apologize because they are overcome with laughter. ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/40 "2010-03-10T15:43:19Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > C’mon people, no one has mentioned: > > What does a “Yellow Light” mean? That was my intro to that show. I caught that scene and liked it and a few months later worked my way through the entire series. (It had been off the air for probably 10 years when I started watching it. I still remember, it was a St Patrick’s day Taxi Marathon, I watched like 15 episodes all tinted green. > [@ianzin](#): > > German guest: “Stop talking about the war!” > > Basil: “Well you started it!” > > German guest: “We did _not_ start it!” > > Basil: “Yes you did. You invaded Poland”. > > Can possibly be matched. Cannot be bettered. The entire series was the funniest sitcom moment ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959.md?page=3)